Peak Pilates Study Guide Level 1 2024 Exam Questions & Answers 100% Correct!

A concept that describes how each exercise is stabilized by the powerhouse and supported by critical connections - ANSWERSanchoring stacking one vertebrae at a time, lifting bone by bone, or rolling down and releasing the vertebrae onto the mat one vertebrae at a time - ANSWERSArticulate/Segment Rectangle formed by 2 imaginary lines running from shoulder to shoulder and from hip to hip and completed by 2 lines running from shoulder to hip - ANSWERSBox simpler versions of an exercise "stepping stone" - ANSWERSbuilding blocks shape the spine and body assume during many Pilates exercises. Created by deep pull of the transverse abdominus wrapping around the spine and opening the spinal column in flexion - ANSWERSC Curve the line running downward from the nose, navel, and pubic bone to the heels - ANSWERScenterline a symptom or health condition that makes a particular exercise inadvisable or unsuitable for a student to perform - ANSWERScontraindications connections that deepen the work in the powerhouse and improve execution. 1. Three Anchors 2. Rib to scapula/scapula to rib 3. heel and buttock connection - ANSWERSCritical Connections What are the three critical connections? - ANSWERSThree anchors, rib to scapula/scapula to rib, heel and buttock connection The action of elongating and creating space between the vertebrae - ANSWERSDecompression A way to approach and cue rolling the spine segments: tailbone to top of pelvis, top of pelvis to base of sternum, bottom of ribs, and bottom of ribs to skull - ANSWERSDividing the Spine Into Thirds Image of buttons pressing from front to back and back to front through the body - ANSWERSFive Buttons