STOTT PILATES WRITTEN EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ What is reciprocal movement. Answer: Movement of both arms or
legs at the same time but in opposite directions.
◉ Which of the following is a part of the axial skeleton: sacrum,
ilium, femur, ulna. Answer: Sacrum
◉ What happens in the first inhalation in up stretch?. Answer:
Extension of the hips articulating through the spine from tail to head
◉ What is the starting position for up stretch. Answer: Hands on
foot bar, high half toe against the shoulder rest, spine is rounded
with weight back over toes
◉ What is the starting position for down stretch.. Answer: Hands
resting on footbar, kneeling, feet against shoulder rests, rounded
spine with weight back over heels
◉ Why would you lower the footbar during back splits. Answer:
Client has limited hip extension
, ◉ The ankle joint consists of.... Answer: Tibia, fibula, talus
◉ In which plane of motion is side splits done. Answer:
Coronal/frontal
◉ Why is it important to engage the transverse abdominis and pelvic
floor. Answer: To stabilize the lumbo-pelvic region
◉ What are the target muscles in side bends on the ladder barrel.
Answer: Contralateral eccentric and concentric obliques
◉ The second cervical vertebra is called what?. Answer: Axis
◉ True or false: in the ideal posture, the plumb line passes slightly
anterior to the mid line of the knee. Answer: True
◉ The gear bar determines what?. Answer: The initial tension
◉ How often must reformer springs be replaced?. Answer: Every 24
months
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ What is reciprocal movement. Answer: Movement of both arms or
legs at the same time but in opposite directions.
◉ Which of the following is a part of the axial skeleton: sacrum,
ilium, femur, ulna. Answer: Sacrum
◉ What happens in the first inhalation in up stretch?. Answer:
Extension of the hips articulating through the spine from tail to head
◉ What is the starting position for up stretch. Answer: Hands on
foot bar, high half toe against the shoulder rest, spine is rounded
with weight back over toes
◉ What is the starting position for down stretch.. Answer: Hands
resting on footbar, kneeling, feet against shoulder rests, rounded
spine with weight back over heels
◉ Why would you lower the footbar during back splits. Answer:
Client has limited hip extension
, ◉ The ankle joint consists of.... Answer: Tibia, fibula, talus
◉ In which plane of motion is side splits done. Answer:
Coronal/frontal
◉ Why is it important to engage the transverse abdominis and pelvic
floor. Answer: To stabilize the lumbo-pelvic region
◉ What are the target muscles in side bends on the ladder barrel.
Answer: Contralateral eccentric and concentric obliques
◉ The second cervical vertebra is called what?. Answer: Axis
◉ True or false: in the ideal posture, the plumb line passes slightly
anterior to the mid line of the knee. Answer: True
◉ The gear bar determines what?. Answer: The initial tension
◉ How often must reformer springs be replaced?. Answer: Every 24
months
