Pilates Mat Exam
Pilates Principles - correct answer ✔Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
Flowing Movement
Breathing
Contemporary Additional Principles - correct answer ✔Alignment
Commitment
Pelvic Complex - correct answer ✔The bony structures of the pelvis plus all
the muscles that act upon or affect it. These include:
Abs
Adductors (inside legs)
Hip flexors
Hamstrings
Back Extension
Ideal pelvic alignment allows the muscles of the Pelvic Complex to work with
balance and efficiency. Altering the pelvic alignment will affect this balance
and therefore affect the entire body. Muscle imbalances or faulty movement
patterns of the pelvic complex can cause misalignment, which will inevitably
affect the movement patterns of the whole body and possibly cause pain and
injury.
Ped-a-pul Arm Sequence - correct answer ✔(1) Double Arm Presses: 1.
Flexion/Extension & Adduction/Abduction
, (2) Circles
(3) Shrugs and Triceps
(4) Wax on wax off
Exercises for Scoli - correct answer ✔Strengthen core muscles - eg chest lift,
hula, hundred.
2BC Exercises - correct answer ✔Pelvic Curl
Chest Lift
SLL
Hula
Roll Up
Spine Stretch
Roll Back
Saw
Cat Stretch
Roll Down
Side Reach
Roll Overs
Cobra
Standing Arm Series: Double Arms
Standing Glute Series: Bent Leg Lift & Rotate
Ped-a-pul: Squats/Plies
Ball: Squats
Ball: Pelvic Press
Ball: Wall Squats
Pilates Principles - correct answer ✔Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
Flowing Movement
Breathing
Contemporary Additional Principles - correct answer ✔Alignment
Commitment
Pelvic Complex - correct answer ✔The bony structures of the pelvis plus all
the muscles that act upon or affect it. These include:
Abs
Adductors (inside legs)
Hip flexors
Hamstrings
Back Extension
Ideal pelvic alignment allows the muscles of the Pelvic Complex to work with
balance and efficiency. Altering the pelvic alignment will affect this balance
and therefore affect the entire body. Muscle imbalances or faulty movement
patterns of the pelvic complex can cause misalignment, which will inevitably
affect the movement patterns of the whole body and possibly cause pain and
injury.
Ped-a-pul Arm Sequence - correct answer ✔(1) Double Arm Presses: 1.
Flexion/Extension & Adduction/Abduction
, (2) Circles
(3) Shrugs and Triceps
(4) Wax on wax off
Exercises for Scoli - correct answer ✔Strengthen core muscles - eg chest lift,
hula, hundred.
2BC Exercises - correct answer ✔Pelvic Curl
Chest Lift
SLL
Hula
Roll Up
Spine Stretch
Roll Back
Saw
Cat Stretch
Roll Down
Side Reach
Roll Overs
Cobra
Standing Arm Series: Double Arms
Standing Glute Series: Bent Leg Lift & Rotate
Ped-a-pul: Squats/Plies
Ball: Squats
Ball: Pelvic Press
Ball: Wall Squats
