Stott Pilates Written Exam – Complete Study Guide
& Practice Questions 2026
When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position the scapula should... -
ANSWER ✔✨---Upwardly rotate
What does the term posterior mean - ANSWER ✔✨---Away from the front of the body
The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as swan dive to -
ANSWER ✔✨---Facilitate hip extension and prevent excessive extension of the lumbar spine
How can you modify if a client cannot support their weight in scapula isolation standing on the stability
chair - ANSWER ✔✨---Increase the spring tension
What does contralateral mean? - ANSWER ✔✨---opposite side
True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion, hip flexion, shoulder
extension and forearm supination - ANSWER ✔✨---FALSE (no forearm supination)
How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the pelvis anteriorly? -
ANSWER ✔✨---Place a pad under their ASIS
The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body - ANSWER ✔✨---Clavicle
, What is the natural curve of the cervical spine - ANSWER ✔✨---Anterior convex curve
What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 - ANSWER ✔✨---Concentric and
eccentric biceps
Name back rowing preps 1-8 - ANSWER ✔✨---Plow, open elbows, airplane, Bicep curls, triceps, roll
down, roll down with bicep curls, roll down with obliques.
Which vertebra has the largest body - ANSWER ✔✨---Lumbar
During half roll back the abdominals are working... - ANSWER ✔✨---Isometrically
How do you describe the leg movement during single leg stretch on the mat - ANSWER ✔✨---
Reciprocal
What is reciprocal movement - ANSWER ✔✨---Movement of both arms or legs at the same time
but in opposite directions.
Which of the following is a part of the axial skeleton: sacrum, ilium, femur, ulna - ANSWER ✔✨---
Sacrum
What happens in the first inhalation in up stretch? - ANSWER ✔✨---Extension of the hips
articulating through the spine from tail to head
What is the starting position for up stretch - ANSWER ✔✨---Hands on foot bar, high half toe
against the shoulder rest, spine is rounded with weight back over toes
What is the starting position for down stretch. - ANSWER ✔✨---Hands resting on footbar, kneeling,
feet against shoulder rests, rounded spine with weight back over heels
& Practice Questions 2026
When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position the scapula should... -
ANSWER ✔✨---Upwardly rotate
What does the term posterior mean - ANSWER ✔✨---Away from the front of the body
The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as swan dive to -
ANSWER ✔✨---Facilitate hip extension and prevent excessive extension of the lumbar spine
How can you modify if a client cannot support their weight in scapula isolation standing on the stability
chair - ANSWER ✔✨---Increase the spring tension
What does contralateral mean? - ANSWER ✔✨---opposite side
True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion, hip flexion, shoulder
extension and forearm supination - ANSWER ✔✨---FALSE (no forearm supination)
How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the pelvis anteriorly? -
ANSWER ✔✨---Place a pad under their ASIS
The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body - ANSWER ✔✨---Clavicle
, What is the natural curve of the cervical spine - ANSWER ✔✨---Anterior convex curve
What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 - ANSWER ✔✨---Concentric and
eccentric biceps
Name back rowing preps 1-8 - ANSWER ✔✨---Plow, open elbows, airplane, Bicep curls, triceps, roll
down, roll down with bicep curls, roll down with obliques.
Which vertebra has the largest body - ANSWER ✔✨---Lumbar
During half roll back the abdominals are working... - ANSWER ✔✨---Isometrically
How do you describe the leg movement during single leg stretch on the mat - ANSWER ✔✨---
Reciprocal
What is reciprocal movement - ANSWER ✔✨---Movement of both arms or legs at the same time
but in opposite directions.
Which of the following is a part of the axial skeleton: sacrum, ilium, femur, ulna - ANSWER ✔✨---
Sacrum
What happens in the first inhalation in up stretch? - ANSWER ✔✨---Extension of the hips
articulating through the spine from tail to head
What is the starting position for up stretch - ANSWER ✔✨---Hands on foot bar, high half toe
against the shoulder rest, spine is rounded with weight back over toes
What is the starting position for down stretch. - ANSWER ✔✨---Hands resting on footbar, kneeling,
feet against shoulder rests, rounded spine with weight back over heels
