BASI PILATES MIDTERM ACTUAL TEST
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ What did Pilates do in England? Answer: Worked was a war camp
with rehab for sick and disabled
⩥ When did he come to America? Answer: Came to NYC in 1926
⩥ What is controlology? Answer: When stabilizing muscle groups are
encouraged to work isometrically to maintain correct positioning and
alignment.
⩥ What are the 10 principles of Pilates? Answer: Awareness
Balance
Breath
Concentration
Center
Control
Efficiency
Flow
Precision
,Harmony
(all bad bitches can call Christy especially for precision and harmony)
⩥ When are you in neutral pelvis? Answer: When the ASIS and pubic
symphysis is on the same horizontal plane and two ASIS are on the same
transverse plane
⩥ Can the spine be neutral when the pelvis is not? Answer: When the
spine is in neutral the pelvis must be neutral, however, the pelvis may be
neutral when the spine is not
⩥ What are the pros of using a neutral pelvis? Answer: encourages
muscular development and correct muscle recruitment
teaches efficient posture and ideal alignment
pelvis alignment influences body segments above and below it
⩥ What are the benefits of breathing in Pilates? Answer: -oxygenates
blood
-improve circulation
-calm the mind and body
-encourage concentration
-recruit the appropriate muscles for the movements
-provide an 'inner' rhythm for the movements
,⩥ What happens during the breathing cycle? Answer: inhale- diaphragm
lowers and enlarges cavity. pressure inside the lungs is lower than the
pressure outside
exhale- diaphragm relaxes and decreases volume of cavity. increases
pressure of the lungs and equalizes the pressure to the outside (air is
forced out)
⩥ How much of the respiratory effort is the diaphragm responsible for?
Answer: 75%
⩥ What kind of breathing does Pilates use? and why? Answer: lateral
breathing of "intercostal breathing". it maintains ab contraction while
performing exercises during inhalation.
⩥ What is shaped breathing? Answer: using breathing patterns
⩥ What is Muscle Focus? Answer: the muscle or group of muscles that
is the primary focus of the exercise
⩥ What are Objectives? Answer: the objective describes the action of the
muscle being used. although there may be one muscle focus, there could
be many objectives.
, ⩥ What are the Cues? Answer: Cues are the actual execution of the
exercise. precision provides results. Cue is to communicate which leads
to good understanding which leads to success
⩥ What are Movers? Answer: generating or controlling movement
⩥ What are the Antagonists? Answer: actions oposite to movers
⩥ What are the Synergists? Answer: neutralizes undesired actions of
movers
⩥ What are the Stabilizers? Answer: muscles that hold body parts still
⩥ What is BASI's SIM? Answer: Stabilizer- stabilize the body
Initiator- initial cue or focus of movement
Mover- move part of the body
⩥ What do you engage first before the movement takes place (SIM)?
Answer: Initiators (it is understood as the mind part of the movement),
the initiator will in fact be either a stabilizer or a mover
⩥ What do you think about during an execution of movement (SIM)?
Answer: stabilizers to promote efficient movement
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ What did Pilates do in England? Answer: Worked was a war camp
with rehab for sick and disabled
⩥ When did he come to America? Answer: Came to NYC in 1926
⩥ What is controlology? Answer: When stabilizing muscle groups are
encouraged to work isometrically to maintain correct positioning and
alignment.
⩥ What are the 10 principles of Pilates? Answer: Awareness
Balance
Breath
Concentration
Center
Control
Efficiency
Flow
Precision
,Harmony
(all bad bitches can call Christy especially for precision and harmony)
⩥ When are you in neutral pelvis? Answer: When the ASIS and pubic
symphysis is on the same horizontal plane and two ASIS are on the same
transverse plane
⩥ Can the spine be neutral when the pelvis is not? Answer: When the
spine is in neutral the pelvis must be neutral, however, the pelvis may be
neutral when the spine is not
⩥ What are the pros of using a neutral pelvis? Answer: encourages
muscular development and correct muscle recruitment
teaches efficient posture and ideal alignment
pelvis alignment influences body segments above and below it
⩥ What are the benefits of breathing in Pilates? Answer: -oxygenates
blood
-improve circulation
-calm the mind and body
-encourage concentration
-recruit the appropriate muscles for the movements
-provide an 'inner' rhythm for the movements
,⩥ What happens during the breathing cycle? Answer: inhale- diaphragm
lowers and enlarges cavity. pressure inside the lungs is lower than the
pressure outside
exhale- diaphragm relaxes and decreases volume of cavity. increases
pressure of the lungs and equalizes the pressure to the outside (air is
forced out)
⩥ How much of the respiratory effort is the diaphragm responsible for?
Answer: 75%
⩥ What kind of breathing does Pilates use? and why? Answer: lateral
breathing of "intercostal breathing". it maintains ab contraction while
performing exercises during inhalation.
⩥ What is shaped breathing? Answer: using breathing patterns
⩥ What is Muscle Focus? Answer: the muscle or group of muscles that
is the primary focus of the exercise
⩥ What are Objectives? Answer: the objective describes the action of the
muscle being used. although there may be one muscle focus, there could
be many objectives.
, ⩥ What are the Cues? Answer: Cues are the actual execution of the
exercise. precision provides results. Cue is to communicate which leads
to good understanding which leads to success
⩥ What are Movers? Answer: generating or controlling movement
⩥ What are the Antagonists? Answer: actions oposite to movers
⩥ What are the Synergists? Answer: neutralizes undesired actions of
movers
⩥ What are the Stabilizers? Answer: muscles that hold body parts still
⩥ What is BASI's SIM? Answer: Stabilizer- stabilize the body
Initiator- initial cue or focus of movement
Mover- move part of the body
⩥ What do you engage first before the movement takes place (SIM)?
Answer: Initiators (it is understood as the mind part of the movement),
the initiator will in fact be either a stabilizer or a mover
⩥ What do you think about during an execution of movement (SIM)?
Answer: stabilizers to promote efficient movement
