REFORMER INSTRUCTOR TEST OUT -
BALANCED BODY EXAM NEWEST
2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
BREATHING
Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
Balanced Muscle Development
Rhythm/Flow
Whole Body Movement
Relaxation - CORRECT ANSWERS-9 Pilates Principles
Lumbopelvic Stability - Footwork
Abdominal Strengthening - Hundred
Scapular Stability - Kneeling abdominals, facing back
Stretching - Mermaid - CORRECT ANSWERS-Name 4 Pilates Movement Principles & list one
Reformer exercise you would use to teach that principle
90 - CORRECT ANSWERS-In the footwork exercises, the football should ideally be set to
_______ degree angle at their hips.
Lower the football to lowest setting
, Horizontal adjustment of the carriage
Use stop blocks if Revo not present - CORRECT ANSWERS-Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the
Reformer for clients with knee & hip injuries that don't tolerate deep flexion at the hips.
Hip: ASIS
Knee: Center of patella
Ankle: Center of ankle joint - CORRECT ANSWERS-What points must line up for correct leg
alignment when view from the front of the body?
Hip: Greater Trochanter
Knee: Mid-lateral point of knee
Ankle: Just anterior to the lateral ankle bone - CORRECT ANSWERS-What points must line up for
correct leg alignment when viewed from the side?
Top of earlobe
Top of shoulder
Center of ribcage
Greater trochanter (High point of iliac crest)
Mid point of lateral side of knee
Slightly in front of the lateral malleolus - CORRECT ANSWERS-When observing a person's
posture from the side, what 6 points line up if the client is in perfect alignment?
Romana
Eve Gentry
Ron Fletcher
Carola Trier
Kathy Grant
BALANCED BODY EXAM NEWEST
2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
BREATHING
Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
Balanced Muscle Development
Rhythm/Flow
Whole Body Movement
Relaxation - CORRECT ANSWERS-9 Pilates Principles
Lumbopelvic Stability - Footwork
Abdominal Strengthening - Hundred
Scapular Stability - Kneeling abdominals, facing back
Stretching - Mermaid - CORRECT ANSWERS-Name 4 Pilates Movement Principles & list one
Reformer exercise you would use to teach that principle
90 - CORRECT ANSWERS-In the footwork exercises, the football should ideally be set to
_______ degree angle at their hips.
Lower the football to lowest setting
, Horizontal adjustment of the carriage
Use stop blocks if Revo not present - CORRECT ANSWERS-Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the
Reformer for clients with knee & hip injuries that don't tolerate deep flexion at the hips.
Hip: ASIS
Knee: Center of patella
Ankle: Center of ankle joint - CORRECT ANSWERS-What points must line up for correct leg
alignment when view from the front of the body?
Hip: Greater Trochanter
Knee: Mid-lateral point of knee
Ankle: Just anterior to the lateral ankle bone - CORRECT ANSWERS-What points must line up for
correct leg alignment when viewed from the side?
Top of earlobe
Top of shoulder
Center of ribcage
Greater trochanter (High point of iliac crest)
Mid point of lateral side of knee
Slightly in front of the lateral malleolus - CORRECT ANSWERS-When observing a person's
posture from the side, what 6 points line up if the client is in perfect alignment?
Romana
Eve Gentry
Ron Fletcher
Carola Trier
Kathy Grant
