CLUB PILATES FINAL EXAM 2026 FULL STUDY
GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Who inspired Joes passion? Answer: Animals, people, and his parents
◉ What item inspired the reformer? Answer: Hospital bed
◉ T/F Joe died of natural causes? Answer: False
◉ T/F Joe called his work Pilates? Answer: False
◉ What method of journaling was used? Answer: Rapid fire
◉ T/F Pilates metrics has all of the exercises on it? Answer: True
◉ Best order of movement for a client with an injury and works all the
time. Answer: Roll down, footwork, bridging, hands in straps, supine ab
work
◉ Best choice for initial evaluation of ROM of the ankles? Answer:
Heels lower and lift
, ◉ Best cue for Valois knees during footwork? Answer: Magic circle on
outside of knees
◉ Footwork is most closely to what real life activity? Answer: Standing
up and sitting
◉ T/F footwork on the jumpboard and footbar are the same? Answer:
False
◉ T/F Clients who can do footwork are ready for jumping? Answer:
False
◉ When is a client ready to jump? Answer: Stable pelvis, proprioceptive
awareness
◉ How is footwork on the jumpboard different than on the footbar?
Answer: Ground is flat, closer to real life reaction
◉ What are the elements of a good flow for teaching? Answer:
Progressions, transitions, creative sequencing
◉ What's a transition do? Answer: change springs while clients do a
different move
GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Who inspired Joes passion? Answer: Animals, people, and his parents
◉ What item inspired the reformer? Answer: Hospital bed
◉ T/F Joe died of natural causes? Answer: False
◉ T/F Joe called his work Pilates? Answer: False
◉ What method of journaling was used? Answer: Rapid fire
◉ T/F Pilates metrics has all of the exercises on it? Answer: True
◉ Best order of movement for a client with an injury and works all the
time. Answer: Roll down, footwork, bridging, hands in straps, supine ab
work
◉ Best choice for initial evaluation of ROM of the ankles? Answer:
Heels lower and lift
, ◉ Best cue for Valois knees during footwork? Answer: Magic circle on
outside of knees
◉ Footwork is most closely to what real life activity? Answer: Standing
up and sitting
◉ T/F footwork on the jumpboard and footbar are the same? Answer:
False
◉ T/F Clients who can do footwork are ready for jumping? Answer:
False
◉ When is a client ready to jump? Answer: Stable pelvis, proprioceptive
awareness
◉ How is footwork on the jumpboard different than on the footbar?
Answer: Ground is flat, closer to real life reaction
◉ What are the elements of a good flow for teaching? Answer:
Progressions, transitions, creative sequencing
◉ What's a transition do? Answer: change springs while clients do a
different move
