BALANCED BODY REFORMER 1 MODULE 2026
AND 2027 ELITE TEST BANK REAL QUESTIONS
AND 100% COMPLETE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
◎ Pilates Movement Principles. ANSWER:- - Breathing
- Core Activation (lower)
- Neutral Spine: Finding the optimal starting position
- Abdominal Strengthening
- Lumbopelvic Stability
- Strengthening & Mobilizing the Spine
- Scapular Stability & Mobility (shoulder)
- Release Work
- Stretching
- Correcting Alignment
◎ Inner Unit of Core Activation/Elements. ANSWER:- - Multifidi
- Transverse Abdominus
- Pelvic Floor
- Diaphram
◎ Outer Unit - Lumbopelvic Stability. ANSWER:- - Anterior Oblique Sling System
- Posterior Oblique System
- Deep Longitudinal System
- Lateral System
◎ Anterior oblique sling system. ANSWER:- - Right serrated anterior
- right External oblique ab
- left Internal oblique abdominal
- left Adductors
◎ Posterior oblique system. ANSWER:- - latissimus dorsi
- contralateral gluteus maximus
◎ Lateral System. ANSWER:- - gluteus medius
- gluteus minimus
- contra lateral adductors of the thigh
◎ Anterior oblique sling system actions. ANSWER:- - Torso Flexion
- Torso Rotation
- Creating pelvic stability (ex. walking)
◎ Posterior oblique sling actions. ANSWER:- - rotation
, - torso extension
- pelvic stability
- examples: swimming on the mat, walking, running
◎ Deep longitudinal system. ANSWER:- - erector spinae
- quadratus lumborum
- throracolumbar fascia
- sacrotuberous ligament
- biceps femoris
◎ Deep longitudinal system actions. ANSWER:- Creates spinal extension as in many
Swan exercises
◎ Lateral System Actions. ANSWER:- - adduction and abduction of hips
- upslip downslip of pelvis
- balances the forces on pelvis & to keep pelvis level
over femur in walking and standing
◎ When and where was Joseph Huberts Pilates born?. ANSWER:- In Germany around
1883
◎ What exercise equipment did Pilates invent?. ANSWER:- - Universal Reformer
- Wunda chair
- Cadillac
- Ladder barrel
- Spine Corrector
◎ Who were some of the teachers who carried on Pilates work?. ANSWER:- - Romana
Kryzanowski
- Eve Gentry
- Ron Fletcher
- Carola Trier
- Kathleen Stanford Grant
- Lolita San Miguel
- Mary Bowen
◎ What is TVA and it's actions?. ANSWER:- Transverse abdominis is the 2nd link in
the inner unit chain. TA acts like a corset to draw in the ab muscles and decrease the
diameter of the waist.
◎ What is the diaphragm and it's actions?. ANSWER:- It is the primary muscle of
respiration. It forms a dome whose bottom edge attaches to the inside of the rib cage,
the 12th rib. It plays a major role in breathing, as its contraction increases the volume of
the thorax and so inflates the lungs.
AND 2027 ELITE TEST BANK REAL QUESTIONS
AND 100% COMPLETE VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.
◎ Pilates Movement Principles. ANSWER:- - Breathing
- Core Activation (lower)
- Neutral Spine: Finding the optimal starting position
- Abdominal Strengthening
- Lumbopelvic Stability
- Strengthening & Mobilizing the Spine
- Scapular Stability & Mobility (shoulder)
- Release Work
- Stretching
- Correcting Alignment
◎ Inner Unit of Core Activation/Elements. ANSWER:- - Multifidi
- Transverse Abdominus
- Pelvic Floor
- Diaphram
◎ Outer Unit - Lumbopelvic Stability. ANSWER:- - Anterior Oblique Sling System
- Posterior Oblique System
- Deep Longitudinal System
- Lateral System
◎ Anterior oblique sling system. ANSWER:- - Right serrated anterior
- right External oblique ab
- left Internal oblique abdominal
- left Adductors
◎ Posterior oblique system. ANSWER:- - latissimus dorsi
- contralateral gluteus maximus
◎ Lateral System. ANSWER:- - gluteus medius
- gluteus minimus
- contra lateral adductors of the thigh
◎ Anterior oblique sling system actions. ANSWER:- - Torso Flexion
- Torso Rotation
- Creating pelvic stability (ex. walking)
◎ Posterior oblique sling actions. ANSWER:- - rotation
, - torso extension
- pelvic stability
- examples: swimming on the mat, walking, running
◎ Deep longitudinal system. ANSWER:- - erector spinae
- quadratus lumborum
- throracolumbar fascia
- sacrotuberous ligament
- biceps femoris
◎ Deep longitudinal system actions. ANSWER:- Creates spinal extension as in many
Swan exercises
◎ Lateral System Actions. ANSWER:- - adduction and abduction of hips
- upslip downslip of pelvis
- balances the forces on pelvis & to keep pelvis level
over femur in walking and standing
◎ When and where was Joseph Huberts Pilates born?. ANSWER:- In Germany around
1883
◎ What exercise equipment did Pilates invent?. ANSWER:- - Universal Reformer
- Wunda chair
- Cadillac
- Ladder barrel
- Spine Corrector
◎ Who were some of the teachers who carried on Pilates work?. ANSWER:- - Romana
Kryzanowski
- Eve Gentry
- Ron Fletcher
- Carola Trier
- Kathleen Stanford Grant
- Lolita San Miguel
- Mary Bowen
◎ What is TVA and it's actions?. ANSWER:- Transverse abdominis is the 2nd link in
the inner unit chain. TA acts like a corset to draw in the ab muscles and decrease the
diameter of the waist.
◎ What is the diaphragm and it's actions?. ANSWER:- It is the primary muscle of
respiration. It forms a dome whose bottom edge attaches to the inside of the rib cage,
the 12th rib. It plays a major role in breathing, as its contraction increases the volume of
the thorax and so inflates the lungs.
