BALANCED BODY 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Pilates Movement Principals and 1 CHAIR exercise to teach that principle: -
✔✔Abdominal Strengthening: Teaser on Floor
Breathing: all of them
Lower Core Activation: Hamstring 3
Lumbopelvic Stability: Standing Leg Pumps
Neutral Spine: Hamstring Stretch 1
Strengthening and Mobilizing the Spine: Swan
Shoulder Stability and Mobility: Hamstring 3
Correcting Alignment: Mermaid
Release Work: :
Stretching: Achillies Tendon Stretch
✔✔Pilates Movement Principals and 1 Tower/Trapeze exercise to teach that principle: -
✔✔Abdominal Strengthening: Teaser
Breathing: all of them
Lower Core Activation: Roll Down
Lumbopelvic Stability: Parakeet
Neutral Spine: Leg Sorings Supine
Strengthening and Mobilizing the Spine: Swan Push Through Bar
Shoulder Stability and Mobility: Rowing Front
Correcting Alignment: Roll Down
Release Work: Spread Eagle
Stretching: Circle Saw
✔✔Pilates Movement Principals and 1 BARREL exercise to teach that principle: -
✔✔Abdominal Strengthening: well abdominal series
Breathing: all of them
Lower Core Activation: Teaser: Forward and Reverse
Lumbopelvic Stability: swimming
Neutral Spine: Feet in Straps
Strengthening and Mobilizing the Spine:Swan
Shoulder Stability and Mobility:
Correcting Alignment:
Release Work: Piriformis/Posterior Hip Stretch
Stretching: Ladder Barrel Stretches
✔✔4 Muscles of the Core (Inner Unit) - ✔✔Transverse Abdominus
Pelvic Floor
Diaphragm
Multifidi
(Perhaps plus Quadratus Laborum, Psoas Major)
, ✔✔What country was Joseph Pilates Born in? - ✔✔Germany
✔✔In what year did Joseph Pilates come to the US? - ✔✔1926
✔✔What American City did he live and work in? - ✔✔New York
✔✔What bony landmarks define a neutral spine? - ✔✔The ASIS (anterior superior iliac
spine) and the public bone are in a horizontal plane about parallel to the ground.
✔✔List 2 ways to modify spine stretch for clients with tight hamstrings? - ✔✔1) Bend
knees slightly
2) Bolster the sit bones with a rolled up mat or blanket
✔✔List Mat 4 Exercises that require caution for clients with low back problems: -
✔✔Spine Stretch Forward
Spine Twist
Rolling Like a Ball
Rollover
The Hundred
Leg Circles
Neck Pull
Side Bend
Boomerang
✔✔Design a short (15 exercise) Mat Class - ✔✔
✔✔List the Key Areas Pilates Target/Work: - ✔✔Abdominals (Sagital and Oblique)
Lateral Flexion
Torso Rotation
Back Extension
Leg: Lower Body - Hip, Leg, Ankle
Arms: Upper Body - Shoulder and Arm Exercises
Scapular Stability
Pelvic Stability: Lower Body
Stretches
✔✔3 Ways Breathing Facilitates Movement - ✔✔1) Focus Awareness On Movement
2) Improves Oxygen Flow through the Body
3) Improves Capacity of the Lungs
✔✔Name 2 Pre-Pilates Exercises for Engaging the Core - ✔✔Activate: all 4's
abdominals, Fingertip Abdominals
Stabalize: Pelvic Clock, Bridging
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Pilates Movement Principals and 1 CHAIR exercise to teach that principle: -
✔✔Abdominal Strengthening: Teaser on Floor
Breathing: all of them
Lower Core Activation: Hamstring 3
Lumbopelvic Stability: Standing Leg Pumps
Neutral Spine: Hamstring Stretch 1
Strengthening and Mobilizing the Spine: Swan
Shoulder Stability and Mobility: Hamstring 3
Correcting Alignment: Mermaid
Release Work: :
Stretching: Achillies Tendon Stretch
✔✔Pilates Movement Principals and 1 Tower/Trapeze exercise to teach that principle: -
✔✔Abdominal Strengthening: Teaser
Breathing: all of them
Lower Core Activation: Roll Down
Lumbopelvic Stability: Parakeet
Neutral Spine: Leg Sorings Supine
Strengthening and Mobilizing the Spine: Swan Push Through Bar
Shoulder Stability and Mobility: Rowing Front
Correcting Alignment: Roll Down
Release Work: Spread Eagle
Stretching: Circle Saw
✔✔Pilates Movement Principals and 1 BARREL exercise to teach that principle: -
✔✔Abdominal Strengthening: well abdominal series
Breathing: all of them
Lower Core Activation: Teaser: Forward and Reverse
Lumbopelvic Stability: swimming
Neutral Spine: Feet in Straps
Strengthening and Mobilizing the Spine:Swan
Shoulder Stability and Mobility:
Correcting Alignment:
Release Work: Piriformis/Posterior Hip Stretch
Stretching: Ladder Barrel Stretches
✔✔4 Muscles of the Core (Inner Unit) - ✔✔Transverse Abdominus
Pelvic Floor
Diaphragm
Multifidi
(Perhaps plus Quadratus Laborum, Psoas Major)
, ✔✔What country was Joseph Pilates Born in? - ✔✔Germany
✔✔In what year did Joseph Pilates come to the US? - ✔✔1926
✔✔What American City did he live and work in? - ✔✔New York
✔✔What bony landmarks define a neutral spine? - ✔✔The ASIS (anterior superior iliac
spine) and the public bone are in a horizontal plane about parallel to the ground.
✔✔List 2 ways to modify spine stretch for clients with tight hamstrings? - ✔✔1) Bend
knees slightly
2) Bolster the sit bones with a rolled up mat or blanket
✔✔List Mat 4 Exercises that require caution for clients with low back problems: -
✔✔Spine Stretch Forward
Spine Twist
Rolling Like a Ball
Rollover
The Hundred
Leg Circles
Neck Pull
Side Bend
Boomerang
✔✔Design a short (15 exercise) Mat Class - ✔✔
✔✔List the Key Areas Pilates Target/Work: - ✔✔Abdominals (Sagital and Oblique)
Lateral Flexion
Torso Rotation
Back Extension
Leg: Lower Body - Hip, Leg, Ankle
Arms: Upper Body - Shoulder and Arm Exercises
Scapular Stability
Pelvic Stability: Lower Body
Stretches
✔✔3 Ways Breathing Facilitates Movement - ✔✔1) Focus Awareness On Movement
2) Improves Oxygen Flow through the Body
3) Improves Capacity of the Lungs
✔✔Name 2 Pre-Pilates Exercises for Engaging the Core - ✔✔Activate: all 4's
abdominals, Fingertip Abdominals
Stabalize: Pelvic Clock, Bridging
