Balanced Body - REFORMER 1 Exam Questions and Answers 100% PASS

Balanced Body - REFORMER 1
Exam Questions and Answers
100% PASS

9 Pilates Principles—ANSWER-Breathing


Concentration


Control


Centering


Precision


Balanced Muscle Development (BMD)


Rhythm & Flow


Whole Body Movement (WBM)


Relaxation


4 Pilates Movement Principles with 1 reformer exercise to teach each one—

ANSWER-Breathing (100's)


Lumbopelvic Stability (Footwork)


Neutral Spine (Anything, Feet in Straps)

, Strengthening & Mobilizing the Spine (Short box abs)


Placing springs on the A or pre-loaded position on the Reformer make the

resistance easier or harder?—ANSWER-Harder


Spring colors from lightest to heaviest—ANSWER-Yellow, Blue, Red, Green


3 ways to adjust the reformer to fit clients with knee and hip injuries that

don't tolerate deep flexion—ANSWER-• Lower footbar (vertical)


• Horizontal adjustment (distant between carriage and footbar)


• Use lighter springs during leg exercises


• limit range of motion by moving back


• shorten reformer using shorter straps on shoulder rests


5 pieces of exercise equipment Joseph Pilates invented—ANSWER-Reformer


Trapeze Table/Cadillac


Tower


Chair


Barrel


Spine Corrector


Reformer exercise that contraindicate clients with osteoporosis—ANSWER-

Hundreds


Short box abs




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