STOTT PILATES: ESSENTIAL REFORMER EXAM COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS (DETAILED & ELABORATED) ACTUAL EXAM 2025

STOTT PILATES: ESSENTIAL REFORMER EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS (DETAILED & ELABORATED) ACTUAL
EXAM 2025
Order of essential exercises

(Column 1) - ...(ANSWERS)....Footwork

Second position

Single leg

Hundred

Bend & Stretch

Lift & Lower

Adductor stretch

Short spine

Midback series

Back rowing Preps



Order of essential exercises

(Column 2) - ...(ANSWERS)....Side arm preps sitting

Side twist sitting

Front rowing preps

Stomach massage

Arms pulling straps (long box)

,Round back (short box)

Straight back (short box)

Twist (short box)

Tree (short box)

Elephant

Mermaid

Leg circles

Knee stretches

Running

Hip lift

Hip rolls

Single thigh stretch

Side splits



Footwork 1-5 - ...(ANSWERS)....1. Toes apart heels together

2. Wrap toes on bar

3. Heels on bar

4. High half toe

5. Lower & Lift



Second position 1-3 - ...(ANSWERS)....1. Parallel

2. Laterally rotated

, 3. Medially rotated



Single leg 1-3 - ...(ANSWERS)....1. One leg bent

2. Bicycle

3. Single heel



What is the spring tension for footwork? - ...(ANSWERS)....3-4 Springs



What is the breathing pattern for essential level footwork? - ...(ANSWERS)....(1-4)
Exhale push carriage out

Inhale return carriage

(5) Inhale push carriage out

Exhale lower heels

Inhale lift heels

Exhale return carriage



What is the foot placement for second position 1-3 - ...(ANSWERS)....1. heels on
footbar, ankles dorsiflexed, legs parallel and abducted to hip-distance apart

2. Heels as wide as possible on footbar, ankles dorsiflexed, legs laterally rotated,
knees flexed and pointing over center of feet

3. Heels on bar, abducted slightly wider than hip-distance apart. Legs medially
rotated, knees flexed and touching.