BALANCED BODY PILATES PRACTICE EXAM TIPS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔List the color coding of the Balanced Body Reformer Springs from lightest to
heaviest - ✔✔1. Yellow (lightest)
2. Blue
3. Red
4. Green (heaviest)
✔✔In the footwork exercises, the footbar should ideally be adjusted so the client has a
_____________ degree angle at their hips - ✔✔90 degree
✔✔Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the reformer for clients with knee and hip injuries
that don't tolerate deep flexion - ✔✔1. Lower the bar away from the carriage
2. Limit range of motion of client
3. Move carriage with blocks
✔✔Name 5 pieces of equipment that Joesph Pilates invented - ✔✔1. Reformer
2. Cadallic
3. Wunda chair
4. Barrel
5. Spine Corrector
✔✔Circle any reformer exercises that are CONTRAINDICATED for clients with
osteoporosis (reformer) - ✔✔Hundred and Short box abdominals
OK =
Swan
Feet in straps
Kneeling abdominals
Arm work sitting
✔✔Circle any reformer exercises that are RECOMMENDED for clients with
osteoporosis - ✔✔Footwork
Feet in straps (if stable)
Pulling straps
Standing
Swan
Arm work - Facing back
NOT OK =
Rollbacks
Short box abdominals
, ✔✔What points must line up for correct leg alignment when viewed from the front and
the side? - ✔✔Front =
Hips: ASIS
Knee: Center of patella
Ankle: Center of front of ankle
Side =
Hip: High point of iliac crest
Knee: Midpoint of lateral side of knee
Ankle: Lateral malleolus of ankle
✔✔Name 3 common leg misalignments and describe them - ✔✔1. Bow legs - Genu
varum = legs reach out laterally from midline
2. Hyper extension = legs reach posteriorly
3. Knock knees - Genu valgum = legs fall medially in relation to midline
✔✔List 2 reformer exercises that require caution when working with clients with low
back problems - ✔✔1. Roll backs
2. Bridging
✔✔Design a class using 15 reformer exercises that includes work for all of the major
muscle groups - ✔✔1. Standing roll downs
2. Footwork
3. 100's
4. Feet in straps
5. Arm work
6. Abdominal work
7. Pulling straps
8. Knee stretch
9. Elephant
10. Long stretch
11. Arm work 2
12. Bridging
13. Standing
14. Lunge
15. Mermaid
✔✔Pilates Mat 2 - ✔✔Written
✔✔List 3 ways in which breathing facilitates movement - ✔✔1. Inhaling --> Spinal
extension
2. Exhaling --> Spinal Flexion
3. Inhaling/Exhaling --> Lateral flexion/Spinal rotation
4. Warm up core
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔List the color coding of the Balanced Body Reformer Springs from lightest to
heaviest - ✔✔1. Yellow (lightest)
2. Blue
3. Red
4. Green (heaviest)
✔✔In the footwork exercises, the footbar should ideally be adjusted so the client has a
_____________ degree angle at their hips - ✔✔90 degree
✔✔Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the reformer for clients with knee and hip injuries
that don't tolerate deep flexion - ✔✔1. Lower the bar away from the carriage
2. Limit range of motion of client
3. Move carriage with blocks
✔✔Name 5 pieces of equipment that Joesph Pilates invented - ✔✔1. Reformer
2. Cadallic
3. Wunda chair
4. Barrel
5. Spine Corrector
✔✔Circle any reformer exercises that are CONTRAINDICATED for clients with
osteoporosis (reformer) - ✔✔Hundred and Short box abdominals
OK =
Swan
Feet in straps
Kneeling abdominals
Arm work sitting
✔✔Circle any reformer exercises that are RECOMMENDED for clients with
osteoporosis - ✔✔Footwork
Feet in straps (if stable)
Pulling straps
Standing
Swan
Arm work - Facing back
NOT OK =
Rollbacks
Short box abdominals
, ✔✔What points must line up for correct leg alignment when viewed from the front and
the side? - ✔✔Front =
Hips: ASIS
Knee: Center of patella
Ankle: Center of front of ankle
Side =
Hip: High point of iliac crest
Knee: Midpoint of lateral side of knee
Ankle: Lateral malleolus of ankle
✔✔Name 3 common leg misalignments and describe them - ✔✔1. Bow legs - Genu
varum = legs reach out laterally from midline
2. Hyper extension = legs reach posteriorly
3. Knock knees - Genu valgum = legs fall medially in relation to midline
✔✔List 2 reformer exercises that require caution when working with clients with low
back problems - ✔✔1. Roll backs
2. Bridging
✔✔Design a class using 15 reformer exercises that includes work for all of the major
muscle groups - ✔✔1. Standing roll downs
2. Footwork
3. 100's
4. Feet in straps
5. Arm work
6. Abdominal work
7. Pulling straps
8. Knee stretch
9. Elephant
10. Long stretch
11. Arm work 2
12. Bridging
13. Standing
14. Lunge
15. Mermaid
✔✔Pilates Mat 2 - ✔✔Written
✔✔List 3 ways in which breathing facilitates movement - ✔✔1. Inhaling --> Spinal
extension
2. Exhaling --> Spinal Flexion
3. Inhaling/Exhaling --> Lateral flexion/Spinal rotation
4. Warm up core
