Pilates written exam 1 Questions and answers
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The Pilates Box - ✔✔key to proper alignment, which will ensure that the body is training symmetrically and
safely. From shoulder to shoulder and hip to hip, your torso creates a square that serves as a reference for
the rest of your body. Avoid unnecessary twisting by imagining yourself from all angles.
The powerhouse - ✔✔The collective muscles of your abdominals, gluteals, and lower back
musculature. We define this as the center of strength and control for the rest of your body. It is your
"girdle of strength" or "core muscles". Recruit this as you begin every movement.
Scooping - ✔✔Pulling you navel to your spine. This technique is concerned with the lateral band of
muscles called transverse abdominals. Don't change the alignment of your bones. Do not shorten the
waist, round the shoulders forward, or thrust the hips under.
Controlled Mobility - ✔✔You have a greater degree of this in your limbs once the core is stable.
Increase your core strength to move from a stable base with maximum control.
Alignment - ✔✔The position or place where the joints of the body are both in line and symmetrical
, Articulate the Spine - ✔✔The movement of the spine so that each segment is clearly distinguished
from the next as you move through the spinal column.
Chin to Chest - ✔✔the position assumed when the body is supine and the head is lifted. The weight
of the head is drawn toward the chest, without resulting tension.
Dynamics - ✔✔The motion of a body part as a result of the energy you perform with it. It is unique
to each exercise.
Opposition - ✔✔The act of using a muscle group or body part in an opposing way to another
muscle group or body part.
Pilates stance - ✔✔the tensing of the gluteal muscles to effect the rotating or wrapping of the
legs together from the hips to the heels, resulting in a tripod position with the feet.
Stabilize, anchor, plant - ✔✔the activation or engagement of the core muscles to fix the body in
a position form which it is not easily adjusted.
Threshold - ✔✔the level of work where you are only just able to complete the activity. In exercise, we
strive to work our muscles at this. Working below this, will greatly reduce the benefit to your muscles.
Wings down - ✔✔the act of sliding the shoulder blades down the back away from the neck and head.
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The Pilates Box - ✔✔key to proper alignment, which will ensure that the body is training symmetrically and
safely. From shoulder to shoulder and hip to hip, your torso creates a square that serves as a reference for
the rest of your body. Avoid unnecessary twisting by imagining yourself from all angles.
The powerhouse - ✔✔The collective muscles of your abdominals, gluteals, and lower back
musculature. We define this as the center of strength and control for the rest of your body. It is your
"girdle of strength" or "core muscles". Recruit this as you begin every movement.
Scooping - ✔✔Pulling you navel to your spine. This technique is concerned with the lateral band of
muscles called transverse abdominals. Don't change the alignment of your bones. Do not shorten the
waist, round the shoulders forward, or thrust the hips under.
Controlled Mobility - ✔✔You have a greater degree of this in your limbs once the core is stable.
Increase your core strength to move from a stable base with maximum control.
Alignment - ✔✔The position or place where the joints of the body are both in line and symmetrical
, Articulate the Spine - ✔✔The movement of the spine so that each segment is clearly distinguished
from the next as you move through the spinal column.
Chin to Chest - ✔✔the position assumed when the body is supine and the head is lifted. The weight
of the head is drawn toward the chest, without resulting tension.
Dynamics - ✔✔The motion of a body part as a result of the energy you perform with it. It is unique
to each exercise.
Opposition - ✔✔The act of using a muscle group or body part in an opposing way to another
muscle group or body part.
Pilates stance - ✔✔the tensing of the gluteal muscles to effect the rotating or wrapping of the
legs together from the hips to the heels, resulting in a tripod position with the feet.
Stabilize, anchor, plant - ✔✔the activation or engagement of the core muscles to fix the body in
a position form which it is not easily adjusted.
Threshold - ✔✔the level of work where you are only just able to complete the activity. In exercise, we
strive to work our muscles at this. Working below this, will greatly reduce the benefit to your muscles.
Wings down - ✔✔the act of sliding the shoulder blades down the back away from the neck and head.
