STOTT PILATES UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE

STOTT PILATES UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE

●● Order of essential exercises
(Column 2)
Answer: Side arm preps sitting
Side twist sitting
Front rowing preps
Stomach massage
Arms pulling straps (long box)
Round back (short box)
Straight back (short box)
Twist (short box)
Tree (short box)
Elephant
Mermaid
Leg circles
Knee stretches
Running
Hip lift

,Hip rolls
Single thigh stretch
Side splits


●● Footwork 1-5
Answer: 1. Toes apart heels together
2. Wrap toes on bar
3. Heels on bar
4. High half toe
5. Lower & Lift


●● Second position 1-3
Answer: 1. Parallel
2. Laterally rotated
3. Medially rotated


●● Single leg 1-3
Answer: 1. One leg bent
2. Bicycle
3. Single heel


●● What is the spring tension for footwork?

, Answer: 3-4 Springs


●● What is the breathing pattern for essential level footwork?
Answer: (1-4) Exhale push carriage out
Inhale return carriage
(5) Inhale push carriage out
Exhale lower heels
Inhale lift heels
Exhale return carriage


●● What is the foot placement for second position 1-3
Answer: 1. heels on footbar, ankles dorsiflexed, legs parallel and
abducted to hip-distance apart
2. Heels as wide as possible on footbar, ankles dorsiflexed, legs laterally
rotated, knees flexed and pointing over center of feet
3. Heels on bar, abducted slightly wider than hip-distance apart. Legs
medially rotated, knees flexed and touching.


●● Breathing pattern of single leg
Answer: Inhale press carriage out
Exhale return


●● The ball of the foot is on the footbar for which single leg exercise/s?