BALANCED BODY LATEST 2026 EXAM TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Top if the iliac crest of greater trochanter
Middle of the side of the knee
Anterior to the lateral malleolous (bony prominence of either side of the ankle) -
✔✔Points that must line up for correct leg alignment from the side
✔✔Genu valgum/valgus (knock knees)
Genus Varum (bow legs)
Genu recurvatum ( hyper-extended knees) - ✔✔3 common leg misalignments
✔✔Earlobe
Slightly in front of top of the shoulder
Center of rib cage
High point of iliac crest
Mid point of the lateral side of knee
Slightly in front of the lateral malleolus of the ankle - ✔✔When observing posture from
the side, what 6 points line up if the client is in perfect posture
✔✔scoliosis, lordosis, kyphosis - ✔✔3 common spinal misalignments
✔✔4 pilates elders who studies with Joseph Pilates - ✔✔Romana Kryzanowska
Ron Fletcher
Mary Bowen
Kathy Stanford Grant
Lolita San Miguel
Corolla Trier
Eve Gentry
✔✔Nora St. John - ✔✔Developed the Balanced Body Pilates teacher training
✔✔England - ✔✔Country Joe first used springs to create resistance for exercise
✔✔George Balanchine / New York City Ballet - ✔✔Dance company that shared the
building on 8th Avenue with Joseph Pilates
✔✔Knee stretches
Arm work
Elephant
Short box abdominal
Stomach massage - Modified
Kneeling abdominals
Lunges
, Mermaid - ✔✔3 reformer exercises safe throughout pregnancy
✔✔Long box pulling straps
Elephant
Tendon stretch
Long stretch
Knee stretches
Arm work - ✔✔Reformer exercises that focus on scapular stability
✔✔Contrology - ✔✔The name that Joseph Pilates originally gave to his method of
exercise. Pilates is now the preferred and popular term.
✔✔anterior pelvic tilt - ✔✔Hip flexors and erector spinae are expected to be tight. Hip
push forward, butt pushes out.
Strengthen Abs and hamstrings
Loosen hip and back muscles
✔✔posterior pelvic tilt - ✔✔Rectus abdominis and hamstrings are thought to be tight
Hip bones push back. Backward and upward rotation of the pelvis.
Strengthen back and hip flexors
✔✔Knee stretches
Standing arms
Stomach massage
Elephant
Long stretch series
Long box pulling straps
Horseback
Kneeling abs
Short box abdominals
Grasshopper
Tendon stretch
Snake
Twist
Star - ✔✔4 exercise from reformer you can't do on the Trapeze/table
✔✔Lumbopelvic stability - ✔✔Lower core or Inner Unit
Global muscle or Outer unit
✔✔Outer Unit - ✔✔Anterior oblique sling system
Posterior oblique
Deep longitudinal
Lateral system
AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Top if the iliac crest of greater trochanter
Middle of the side of the knee
Anterior to the lateral malleolous (bony prominence of either side of the ankle) -
✔✔Points that must line up for correct leg alignment from the side
✔✔Genu valgum/valgus (knock knees)
Genus Varum (bow legs)
Genu recurvatum ( hyper-extended knees) - ✔✔3 common leg misalignments
✔✔Earlobe
Slightly in front of top of the shoulder
Center of rib cage
High point of iliac crest
Mid point of the lateral side of knee
Slightly in front of the lateral malleolus of the ankle - ✔✔When observing posture from
the side, what 6 points line up if the client is in perfect posture
✔✔scoliosis, lordosis, kyphosis - ✔✔3 common spinal misalignments
✔✔4 pilates elders who studies with Joseph Pilates - ✔✔Romana Kryzanowska
Ron Fletcher
Mary Bowen
Kathy Stanford Grant
Lolita San Miguel
Corolla Trier
Eve Gentry
✔✔Nora St. John - ✔✔Developed the Balanced Body Pilates teacher training
✔✔England - ✔✔Country Joe first used springs to create resistance for exercise
✔✔George Balanchine / New York City Ballet - ✔✔Dance company that shared the
building on 8th Avenue with Joseph Pilates
✔✔Knee stretches
Arm work
Elephant
Short box abdominal
Stomach massage - Modified
Kneeling abdominals
Lunges
, Mermaid - ✔✔3 reformer exercises safe throughout pregnancy
✔✔Long box pulling straps
Elephant
Tendon stretch
Long stretch
Knee stretches
Arm work - ✔✔Reformer exercises that focus on scapular stability
✔✔Contrology - ✔✔The name that Joseph Pilates originally gave to his method of
exercise. Pilates is now the preferred and popular term.
✔✔anterior pelvic tilt - ✔✔Hip flexors and erector spinae are expected to be tight. Hip
push forward, butt pushes out.
Strengthen Abs and hamstrings
Loosen hip and back muscles
✔✔posterior pelvic tilt - ✔✔Rectus abdominis and hamstrings are thought to be tight
Hip bones push back. Backward and upward rotation of the pelvis.
Strengthen back and hip flexors
✔✔Knee stretches
Standing arms
Stomach massage
Elephant
Long stretch series
Long box pulling straps
Horseback
Kneeling abs
Short box abdominals
Grasshopper
Tendon stretch
Snake
Twist
Star - ✔✔4 exercise from reformer you can't do on the Trapeze/table
✔✔Lumbopelvic stability - ✔✔Lower core or Inner Unit
Global muscle or Outer unit
✔✔Outer Unit - ✔✔Anterior oblique sling system
Posterior oblique
Deep longitudinal
Lateral system
