Balanced Body Written Test Out Questions with
Answers Graded A
Pilates Mat 1 - -Written teach in? - -New York City
List the 9 Pilates Principles - -1. Breathing Circle exercises that are contraindicated for
2. Concentration clients with osteoporosis - -100
3. Control Rolling like a ball
4. Centering Double straight leg stretch
5. Precision
6. Balanced Muscle Development OK =
7. Rhythm/Flow -Swan
8. Whole Body Movement -Side leg series
9. Relaxation -Side leg kicks
Name 5 Pilates Movement Principles - -1. Name 3 mat exercises that are safe throughout
Lower core activation pregnancy - -1. Side leg series
2. Neutral spine 2. Cat/cow
3. Abdominal strengthening 3. Pregnant cat
4. Shoulder stability/mobility
5. Alignment
What bony landmarks define a neutral pelvis -
-Anterior Superior Iliac Spine (ASIS)
Name the 4 muscles of the core/inner unit - Pubic Symphysis
-1. Transverse Abdominus
2. Pelvic floor
3. Multifidi
4. Diaphragm List two ways to modify spine stretch for clients
with tight hamstrings - -1. Bend knees
slightly
2. Sit on a mat, towel, block
What country was Joseph Pilates born in? -
-Germany around 1883
Name four mat exercises that require caution for
clients with low back problems - -1. Rolling
In what year did Joesph Pilates move to the US? like a ball
- -1926 2. Roll up
3. Neck pull
4. Criss cross
What American city did Joesph Pilates live and
, Balanced Body Written Test Out Questions with
Answers Graded A
overhead press/swan
Create a short mat class using 15 exercises - 4. Abdominal strengthening - Hundred
-1. Hundred
2. Roll up
3. Single leg circles
4. Rolling like a ball Placing the springs on the A or pre-loaded
5. Single leg stretch position on the reformer makes the resistance -
6. Double leg stretch -Harder
7. Single straight leg stretch
8. Double straight leg stretch
9. Criss cross
10. Saw List the color coding of the Balanced Body
11. Swan Reformer Springs from lightest to heaviest -
12. Single leg kicks -1. Yellow (lightest)
13. Double leg kicks 2. Blue
14. Swimming 3. Red
15. Side leg lifts 4. Green (heaviest)
Listing key areas that an exercise works...options In the footwork exercises, the footbar should
are - -Abs - Abdominal exercises ideally be adjusted so the client has a
(oblique/sagittal) _____________ degree angle at their hips -
Lat - Lateral flexion exercises -90 degree
Rot - Torso rotation
Back - Back extension
Legs - Lower body - hip, leg, and ankle
Arms - Upper body - Shoulder and arm Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the reformer for
SS - Scapular stability clients with knee and hip injuries that don't
PS - Lumbopelvic stability tolerate deep flexion - -1. Lower the bar
St - Stretches away from the carriage
2. Limit range of motion of client
3. Move carriage with blocks
Pilates Reformer 1 - -Written
Name 5 pieces of equipment that Joesph Pilates
invented - -1. Reformer
Name 4 Pilates movement principles and list one 2. Cadallic
reformer exercise you would use to teach that 3. Wunda chair
principle - -1. Lower core activation - 4. Barrel
Kneeling abdominals 5. Spine Corrector
2. Lumbopelvic stability - Feet in straps (circles)
3. Shoulder stability/mobility - Long box -
Answers Graded A
Pilates Mat 1 - -Written teach in? - -New York City
List the 9 Pilates Principles - -1. Breathing Circle exercises that are contraindicated for
2. Concentration clients with osteoporosis - -100
3. Control Rolling like a ball
4. Centering Double straight leg stretch
5. Precision
6. Balanced Muscle Development OK =
7. Rhythm/Flow -Swan
8. Whole Body Movement -Side leg series
9. Relaxation -Side leg kicks
Name 5 Pilates Movement Principles - -1. Name 3 mat exercises that are safe throughout
Lower core activation pregnancy - -1. Side leg series
2. Neutral spine 2. Cat/cow
3. Abdominal strengthening 3. Pregnant cat
4. Shoulder stability/mobility
5. Alignment
What bony landmarks define a neutral pelvis -
-Anterior Superior Iliac Spine (ASIS)
Name the 4 muscles of the core/inner unit - Pubic Symphysis
-1. Transverse Abdominus
2. Pelvic floor
3. Multifidi
4. Diaphragm List two ways to modify spine stretch for clients
with tight hamstrings - -1. Bend knees
slightly
2. Sit on a mat, towel, block
What country was Joseph Pilates born in? -
-Germany around 1883
Name four mat exercises that require caution for
clients with low back problems - -1. Rolling
In what year did Joesph Pilates move to the US? like a ball
- -1926 2. Roll up
3. Neck pull
4. Criss cross
What American city did Joesph Pilates live and
, Balanced Body Written Test Out Questions with
Answers Graded A
overhead press/swan
Create a short mat class using 15 exercises - 4. Abdominal strengthening - Hundred
-1. Hundred
2. Roll up
3. Single leg circles
4. Rolling like a ball Placing the springs on the A or pre-loaded
5. Single leg stretch position on the reformer makes the resistance -
6. Double leg stretch -Harder
7. Single straight leg stretch
8. Double straight leg stretch
9. Criss cross
10. Saw List the color coding of the Balanced Body
11. Swan Reformer Springs from lightest to heaviest -
12. Single leg kicks -1. Yellow (lightest)
13. Double leg kicks 2. Blue
14. Swimming 3. Red
15. Side leg lifts 4. Green (heaviest)
Listing key areas that an exercise works...options In the footwork exercises, the footbar should
are - -Abs - Abdominal exercises ideally be adjusted so the client has a
(oblique/sagittal) _____________ degree angle at their hips -
Lat - Lateral flexion exercises -90 degree
Rot - Torso rotation
Back - Back extension
Legs - Lower body - hip, leg, and ankle
Arms - Upper body - Shoulder and arm Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the reformer for
SS - Scapular stability clients with knee and hip injuries that don't
PS - Lumbopelvic stability tolerate deep flexion - -1. Lower the bar
St - Stretches away from the carriage
2. Limit range of motion of client
3. Move carriage with blocks
Pilates Reformer 1 - -Written
Name 5 pieces of equipment that Joesph Pilates
invented - -1. Reformer
Name 4 Pilates movement principles and list one 2. Cadallic
reformer exercise you would use to teach that 3. Wunda chair
principle - -1. Lower core activation - 4. Barrel
Kneeling abdominals 5. Spine Corrector
2. Lumbopelvic stability - Feet in straps (circles)
3. Shoulder stability/mobility - Long box -
