Pilates Reformer 1 Final Exam NEWEST ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+ (2025)
List the 9 Pilates Principles. - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Breathing
2. Concentration
3. Control
4. Centering
5. Precision
6. Balanced Muscle Development
7. Rhythm/Flow
8. Whole Body Movement
9. Relaxation
Name 4 Pilates Movement Principles & list one Reformer
exercise you would use to teach that principle. - CORRECT
ANSWER 1. Lower core activation - kneeling abdominals
2. Lumbo pelvic stability - bridging & pelvic lift
3. Breathing - the hundred
4. Stretching - lunges
Placing the springs on the A or pre-loaded position on the
Reformer makes the resistance? - CORRECT ANSWER
Harder
List the color coding of the Balanced Body Reformer springs
from lightest to heaviest. - CORRECT ANSWER Yellow,
Blue, Red, Green
, In the footwork exercises, the footbar should ideally be
adjusted so the client has what degree angle at their hips? -
CORRECT ANSWER 90
Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the Reformer for clients
with knee & hip injuries that don't tolerate deep flexion? -
CORRECT ANSWER 1. Lower bar
2. Further out (bar)
3. Adjust weight
Name 5 pieces of exercise equipment that Joseph Pilates
invented. - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Reformer
2. Wunda Chair
3. Cadillac
4. Ladder Barrel
5. Spine Corrector
What are 2 exercises contraindicated for clients with
osteoporosis? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Hundreds
2. Short box abdominals
What are (6) Reformer exercises that are recommended for
clients with osteoporosis? - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Footwork
2. Feet in straps
3. Pulling straps
4. Standing
5. Swan
6. Arm work - Facing back
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+ (2025)
List the 9 Pilates Principles. - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Breathing
2. Concentration
3. Control
4. Centering
5. Precision
6. Balanced Muscle Development
7. Rhythm/Flow
8. Whole Body Movement
9. Relaxation
Name 4 Pilates Movement Principles & list one Reformer
exercise you would use to teach that principle. - CORRECT
ANSWER 1. Lower core activation - kneeling abdominals
2. Lumbo pelvic stability - bridging & pelvic lift
3. Breathing - the hundred
4. Stretching - lunges
Placing the springs on the A or pre-loaded position on the
Reformer makes the resistance? - CORRECT ANSWER
Harder
List the color coding of the Balanced Body Reformer springs
from lightest to heaviest. - CORRECT ANSWER Yellow,
Blue, Red, Green
, In the footwork exercises, the footbar should ideally be
adjusted so the client has what degree angle at their hips? -
CORRECT ANSWER 90
Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the Reformer for clients
with knee & hip injuries that don't tolerate deep flexion? -
CORRECT ANSWER 1. Lower bar
2. Further out (bar)
3. Adjust weight
Name 5 pieces of exercise equipment that Joseph Pilates
invented. - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Reformer
2. Wunda Chair
3. Cadillac
4. Ladder Barrel
5. Spine Corrector
What are 2 exercises contraindicated for clients with
osteoporosis? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Hundreds
2. Short box abdominals
What are (6) Reformer exercises that are recommended for
clients with osteoporosis? - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Footwork
2. Feet in straps
3. Pulling straps
4. Standing
5. Swan
6. Arm work - Facing back
