Peak Pilates Study Guide Level 1 Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)

A concept that describes how each exercise is stabilized by the powerhouse and supported by critical connections - ANSWER-anchoring stacking one vertebrae at a time, lifting bone by bone, or rolling down and releasing the vertebrae onto the mat one vertebrae at a time - ANSWER-Articulate/Segment Rectangle formed by 2 imaginary lines running from shoulder to shoulder and from hip to hip and completed by 2 lines running from shoulder to hip - ANSWER-Box simpler versions of an exercise "stepping stone" - ANSWER-building blocks shape the spine and body assume during many Pilates exercises. Created by deep pull of the transverse abdominus wrapping around the spine and opening the spinal column in flexion - ANSWER-C Curve the line running downward from the nose, navel, and pubic bone to the heels - ANSWER-centerline a symptom or health condition that makes a particular exercise inadvisable or unsuitable for a student to perform - ANSWER-contraindications connections that deepen the work in the powerhouse and improve execution. 1. Three Anchors 2. Rib to scapula/scapula to rib 3. heel and buttock connection - ANSWER-Critical Connections What are the three critical connections? - ANSWER-Three anchors, rib to scapula/scapula to rib, heel and buttock connection The action of elongating and creating space between the vertebrae - ANSWER-Decompression