Reformer Instructor Test Out - Balanced Body
Latest Update 2024-2025 Actual Exam 160
Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers
Guaranteed A+ Approved by the Professor
1883 - CORRECT ANSWER: When was Joseph Pilates born?
1926 - CORRECT ANSWER: Joseph Pilates opened his first studio
1967 - CORRECT ANSWER: Joseph Pilates dies
90 - CORRECT ANSWER: In the footwork exercises, the football should ideally be set
to _______ degree angle at their hips.
Activates core
Increases lateral flexion
Increases or decreases muscle tone - CORRECT ANSWER: List 3 ways in which
breathing facilities movement
Breathing
Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
Balanced Muscle Development
Rhythm/Flow
Whole Body Movement
Relaxation - CORRECT ANSWER: 9 Pilates Principles
,Contract/Release
Active
Static - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 3 different stretching techniques
Fingertip abs
Pregnant Cat (all fours) - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 2 pre Pilates exercises for
engaging the core
Hip Circles
Leg Pull Down (plank position)
Let Pull Up (reverse plank position) - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 3 level 2 mat
exercises that increase scapular stability
Hip: ASIS
Knee: Center of patella
Ankle: Center of ankle joint - CORRECT ANSWER: What points must line up for correct
leg alignment when view from the front of the body?
Hip: Greater Trochanter
Knee: Mid-lateral point of knee
Ankle: Just anterior to the lateral ankle bone - CORRECT ANSWER: What points must
line up for correct leg alignment when viewed from the side?
Long Spine Massage
Long Box Swan
Long Box Rocking - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 3 exercise for increasing hamstring,
gluteal & back extensor strength in Reformer 3
Lower the football to lowest setting
, Horizontal adjustment of the carriage
Use stop blocks if Revo not present - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 3 ways to adjust the
fit of the Reformer for clients with knee & hip injuries that don't tolerate deep flexion at
the hips.
Lumbopelvic Stability - Footwork
Abdominal Strengthening - Hundred
Scapular Stability - Kneeling abdominals, facing back
Stretching - Mermaid - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 4 Pilates Movement Principles &
list one Reformer exercise you would use to teach that principle
Marching (knee folds)
Toe Taps
Opposite arm/leg reach - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 3 pre Pilates exercises for
teaching pelvic stability
Romana
Eve Gentry
Ron Fletcher
Carola Trier
Kathy Grant
Mary Bowen
Lolita San Miguel - CORRECT ANSWER: Name the elders who studied under Joseph
Pilates
Rowing Back 1
Thigh Stretch
Snake
Twist
Control Front Facing Carriage
Latest Update 2024-2025 Actual Exam 160
Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers
Guaranteed A+ Approved by the Professor
1883 - CORRECT ANSWER: When was Joseph Pilates born?
1926 - CORRECT ANSWER: Joseph Pilates opened his first studio
1967 - CORRECT ANSWER: Joseph Pilates dies
90 - CORRECT ANSWER: In the footwork exercises, the football should ideally be set
to _______ degree angle at their hips.
Activates core
Increases lateral flexion
Increases or decreases muscle tone - CORRECT ANSWER: List 3 ways in which
breathing facilities movement
Breathing
Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
Balanced Muscle Development
Rhythm/Flow
Whole Body Movement
Relaxation - CORRECT ANSWER: 9 Pilates Principles
,Contract/Release
Active
Static - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 3 different stretching techniques
Fingertip abs
Pregnant Cat (all fours) - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 2 pre Pilates exercises for
engaging the core
Hip Circles
Leg Pull Down (plank position)
Let Pull Up (reverse plank position) - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 3 level 2 mat
exercises that increase scapular stability
Hip: ASIS
Knee: Center of patella
Ankle: Center of ankle joint - CORRECT ANSWER: What points must line up for correct
leg alignment when view from the front of the body?
Hip: Greater Trochanter
Knee: Mid-lateral point of knee
Ankle: Just anterior to the lateral ankle bone - CORRECT ANSWER: What points must
line up for correct leg alignment when viewed from the side?
Long Spine Massage
Long Box Swan
Long Box Rocking - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 3 exercise for increasing hamstring,
gluteal & back extensor strength in Reformer 3
Lower the football to lowest setting
, Horizontal adjustment of the carriage
Use stop blocks if Revo not present - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 3 ways to adjust the
fit of the Reformer for clients with knee & hip injuries that don't tolerate deep flexion at
the hips.
Lumbopelvic Stability - Footwork
Abdominal Strengthening - Hundred
Scapular Stability - Kneeling abdominals, facing back
Stretching - Mermaid - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 4 Pilates Movement Principles &
list one Reformer exercise you would use to teach that principle
Marching (knee folds)
Toe Taps
Opposite arm/leg reach - CORRECT ANSWER: Name 3 pre Pilates exercises for
teaching pelvic stability
Romana
Eve Gentry
Ron Fletcher
Carola Trier
Kathy Grant
Mary Bowen
Lolita San Miguel - CORRECT ANSWER: Name the elders who studied under Joseph
Pilates
Rowing Back 1
Thigh Stretch
Snake
Twist
Control Front Facing Carriage