Reformer pilates - Final exam with accurate ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
detailed answers ||//\\||
What are the nine Pilates principles? - correct answer✔✔1. Breathing
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2. Concentration
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3. Control
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4. Centering
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5. Precision
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6. Balanced muscle development
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7. Rhythm/flow
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8. Whole body movement
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9. Relaxation
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What are the five Balanced Body principles? - correct answer✔✔1. Whole body movement
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2. Trunk integration
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3. Lower body training
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4. Upper body training
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5. Mobility & restoration
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What are the four Outer units for Lumbopelvic stability? - correct answer✔✔1. Deep
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longitudinal system ||//\\||
2. Anterior oblique sling
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3. Posterior oblique sling
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4. Lateral system
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,What are the four Inner units of the Core work? - correct answer✔✔1. Diaphragm
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2. Transverse abdominis
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3. Multifidi
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4. Pelvic floor
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When and where was Joseph Pilates born? - correct answer✔✔Germany around 1883
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When & why did Joseph Pilates begin creating the exercise system? - correct
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answer✔✔During internment to train the inmates ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
When and where did Joseph Pilates set up his first exercisie studio in America? - correct
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answer✔✔NYC in 1926 - same building as NYC Ballet on 8th Ave. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
What are some of the apparatuses and accessories that Joseph Pilates invented? - correct
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answer✔✔Universal reformer, Wunda chair, Cadillac, Ladder barrel, Spine corrector, and ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
other inventions
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When did Joseph Pilates pass away and how? - correct answer✔✔Complications from
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smoke inhalation from the fire & soon after the studio was destroyed in 1967
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When did Clara manage the studio after Joseph Pilates's death? - correct answer✔✔1967 to
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1977
Name the Pilates Elders according to the Balanced Body Reformer Manual - correct
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answer✔✔1. Romana Kryzanowska ||//\\|| ||//\\||
2. Eve Gentry
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3. Ron Fletcher
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4. Carola Trier
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,5. Kathleen Stanford Grant
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6. Lolita San Miguel
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7. Mary Bown
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What are the core muscles and their actions? - correct answer✔✔1. Transversus abdominus
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2. Diaphragm
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3. Multifidi
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4. Pelvic floor
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Discuss breathing basics - correct answer✔✔Diaphragm is the ceiling of the core in the
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inner unit. ||//\\|| ||//\\||
It's the primary muscle for respiration.
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Inhale - Spinal extension, lateral flexion, spinal rotation. Diaphragm retracts, dome moves
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down, abdominal pressure increases, pelvic floor responds.
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Exhale - Spinal flexion, lateral flexion, spinal rotation. Diaphragm relaxes, dome moves up,
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transversus abdominus contracts, pelvic floor responds. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
What are the major muscle groups, their names, and actions? - correct answer✔✔Traps -
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neck area ||//\\||
Deltoid - upper exterior arm below shoulders ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Pecs - upper chest ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
, Lats - under the shoulder blades in the back
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Biceps
Serratus anterior - front ribs ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Rectus abdominus - chain of abs
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External oblique - love handle area ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Anterior superior iliac spine - ASIS hip bones ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Brachioradalis - forearms ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Iliopsoas - near the pelvis ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Gracilis - Inner thigh ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Rectus femoris - Quad area ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Vastus lateralis - Outer quad area
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Vastus medialis - inner quad area near knee
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Patella - knee ||//\\|| ||//\\||
detailed answers ||//\\||
What are the nine Pilates principles? - correct answer✔✔1. Breathing
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2. Concentration
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3. Control
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4. Centering
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5. Precision
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6. Balanced muscle development
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7. Rhythm/flow
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8. Whole body movement
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9. Relaxation
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What are the five Balanced Body principles? - correct answer✔✔1. Whole body movement
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2. Trunk integration
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3. Lower body training
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4. Upper body training
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5. Mobility & restoration
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What are the four Outer units for Lumbopelvic stability? - correct answer✔✔1. Deep
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longitudinal system ||//\\||
2. Anterior oblique sling
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3. Posterior oblique sling
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4. Lateral system
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,What are the four Inner units of the Core work? - correct answer✔✔1. Diaphragm
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2. Transverse abdominis
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3. Multifidi
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4. Pelvic floor
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When and where was Joseph Pilates born? - correct answer✔✔Germany around 1883
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When & why did Joseph Pilates begin creating the exercise system? - correct
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answer✔✔During internment to train the inmates ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
When and where did Joseph Pilates set up his first exercisie studio in America? - correct
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answer✔✔NYC in 1926 - same building as NYC Ballet on 8th Ave. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
What are some of the apparatuses and accessories that Joseph Pilates invented? - correct
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answer✔✔Universal reformer, Wunda chair, Cadillac, Ladder barrel, Spine corrector, and ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
other inventions
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When did Joseph Pilates pass away and how? - correct answer✔✔Complications from
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smoke inhalation from the fire & soon after the studio was destroyed in 1967
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When did Clara manage the studio after Joseph Pilates's death? - correct answer✔✔1967 to
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1977
Name the Pilates Elders according to the Balanced Body Reformer Manual - correct
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answer✔✔1. Romana Kryzanowska ||//\\|| ||//\\||
2. Eve Gentry
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3. Ron Fletcher
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4. Carola Trier
||//\\|| ||//\\||
,5. Kathleen Stanford Grant
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
6. Lolita San Miguel
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
7. Mary Bown
||//\\|| ||//\\||
What are the core muscles and their actions? - correct answer✔✔1. Transversus abdominus
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2. Diaphragm
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3. Multifidi
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4. Pelvic floor
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Discuss breathing basics - correct answer✔✔Diaphragm is the ceiling of the core in the
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
inner unit. ||//\\|| ||//\\||
It's the primary muscle for respiration.
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Inhale - Spinal extension, lateral flexion, spinal rotation. Diaphragm retracts, dome moves
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
down, abdominal pressure increases, pelvic floor responds.
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Exhale - Spinal flexion, lateral flexion, spinal rotation. Diaphragm relaxes, dome moves up,
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
transversus abdominus contracts, pelvic floor responds. ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
What are the major muscle groups, their names, and actions? - correct answer✔✔Traps -
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
neck area ||//\\||
Deltoid - upper exterior arm below shoulders ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Pecs - upper chest ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
, Lats - under the shoulder blades in the back
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Biceps
Serratus anterior - front ribs ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Rectus abdominus - chain of abs
||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
External oblique - love handle area ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Anterior superior iliac spine - ASIS hip bones ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Brachioradalis - forearms ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Iliopsoas - near the pelvis ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Gracilis - Inner thigh ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Rectus femoris - Quad area ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\|| ||//\\||
Vastus lateralis - Outer quad area
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Vastus medialis - inner quad area near knee
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Patella - knee ||//\\|| ||//\\||
