PILATES EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1)nInnPilates,nwenisolatenmovement,nnotn_____n-nans--✔✔Muscles
1)nKyphosisnisnannexaggeratedncurveninnthen_____nspinen-nans--✔✔Thoracic
1)nLengthennthennecknandnbeginntonflexnthenspinenoffnthenmatnonenvertebraenatnantime.nPa
ssnthroughnimprintnandnkeepnmovingnuntilnpelvisnisnverticalnandnarmsnarenparallelntonthenfl
oor.nThenthoracicnspinenisnflexednandnshouldersnarendownnandnplantarnflexnthenankles.nTh
isnisnthenfirstnexhalenofnwhatnexercise?n-nans--✔✔Rollnup
1)nShouldersnandnscapulanarenablenton_______,nelevate,nprotract,nretractnandnarenablenton
rotaten-nans--✔✔Depress
1)nNecknlengtheningnorncranialnvertebralnflexionnisnonenofnthenfivenfundamentals.nThencerv
icalnspinenshouldnstayninnalignmentnwithnthenthoracicnspinenduringn____,nextension,nlatera
lnflexionnandnrotationn-nans--✔✔Flexion
1)nNeutralnrefersntonneutraln_______nandnneutralnspinen-nans--✔✔Pelvis
1)nBetweenn1918nandn1919,nthen______nepidemicnbrokenoutnandnkillednmillions.nLegendn
hasnitnthatninntheninmatesnthatnfollowednJoe'snexercisenregimendidnnotngetnsickn-nans--
✔✔Influenza
1)nJosephnPilatesnwasnbornninnGermanyninnyearn______n-nans--✔✔1883
1)nTon_______,npullnthenpubicnbonentowardsnthentailbonenandnthensitnbonesninnandnupn-
nans--✔✔Scoop
1)nPilatesnmusclesntendntonbenthen______nfunctionalnmusclesnthatnarennotneasilynseennornf
eltn-nans--✔✔Deep
1)nThenribsnarenconnectedntonthen12n______nvertebran-nans--✔✔Thoracic
1)n__________nthenspinencomesnfromnthenscoopneffectnallowingnthenposteriornspinentonle
ngthennbynliftingnandnsupportingnthenanteriornspinenfromntheninsidenofnthenbodyn-nans--
✔✔Imprinting
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1)nInnPilates,nwenisolatenmovement,nnotn_____n-nans--✔✔Muscles
1)nKyphosisnisnannexaggeratedncurveninnthen_____nspinen-nans--✔✔Thoracic
1)nLengthennthennecknandnbeginntonflexnthenspinenoffnthenmatnonenvertebraenatnantime.nPa
ssnthroughnimprintnandnkeepnmovingnuntilnpelvisnisnverticalnandnarmsnarenparallelntonthenfl
oor.nThenthoracicnspinenisnflexednandnshouldersnarendownnandnplantarnflexnthenankles.nTh
isnisnthenfirstnexhalenofnwhatnexercise?n-nans--✔✔Rollnup
1)nShouldersnandnscapulanarenablenton_______,nelevate,nprotract,nretractnandnarenablenton
rotaten-nans--✔✔Depress
1)nNecknlengtheningnorncranialnvertebralnflexionnisnonenofnthenfivenfundamentals.nThencerv
icalnspinenshouldnstayninnalignmentnwithnthenthoracicnspinenduringn____,nextension,nlatera
lnflexionnandnrotationn-nans--✔✔Flexion
1)nNeutralnrefersntonneutraln_______nandnneutralnspinen-nans--✔✔Pelvis
1)nBetweenn1918nandn1919,nthen______nepidemicnbrokenoutnandnkillednmillions.nLegendn
hasnitnthatninntheninmatesnthatnfollowednJoe'snexercisenregimendidnnotngetnsickn-nans--
✔✔Influenza
1)nJosephnPilatesnwasnbornninnGermanyninnyearn______n-nans--✔✔1883
1)nTon_______,npullnthenpubicnbonentowardsnthentailbonenandnthensitnbonesninnandnupn-
nans--✔✔Scoop
1)nPilatesnmusclesntendntonbenthen______nfunctionalnmusclesnthatnarennotneasilynseennornf
eltn-nans--✔✔Deep
1)nThenribsnarenconnectedntonthen12n______nvertebran-nans--✔✔Thoracic
1)n__________nthenspinencomesnfromnthenscoopneffectnallowingnthenposteriornspinentonle
ngthennbynliftingnandnsupportingnthenanteriornspinenfromntheninsidenofnthenbodyn-nans--
✔✔Imprinting