MAT LEVEL 1 READINESS & SHAPES IN
SPACE (PEAK PILATES) EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Hundred - ANS Readiness : Ability to activate and Isolate Transverse Abdominis
Fundamental: Iso-Abs
Readiness: Ability to lift head keeping tips of shoulders on mat
Fundamental : Neck Curl
Shapes in Space : Ab Series, Breathing, Arm Springs
Roll Up - ANS Readiness : Ability to initiate a curl from Cervical Spine to roll up, and pelvis to
roll down
Fundamental : Head Nods, Neck Curl
Readiness : Move arms independently from ribcage
Fundamental : Rib Cage Arms
Shapes in Space : Roll Back, Spine Stretch Forward
One Leg Circle - ANS Readiness : Ability to stabilize pelvis & torso during leg movement
Fundamental : Knee Folds
Readiness : Work leg in joint and coordinate with breath
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, Fundamental : Knee Spreads
Shapes in Space : Leg Springs, Shoulder Bridge Prep
Rolling like a Ball - ANS Readiness : Ability to articulate spine from the powerhouse without
momentum
Fundamental : Roll up
Shapes in Space : Teaser 1, Roll Up,Short Spine Massage
Single Leg Stretch - ANS Readiness : Ability to stabilize pelvis & torso during independent leg
movement
Fundamental : Knee Folds, Tree - Front, 1 Leg Circles
Shapes in Space : Scissors, Stork, Front Split
Double Leg Stretch - ANS Readiness : Ability to stabilize pelvis & torso during arm and leg
movement, and work the arms and legs in the joint
Fundamental : Knee Folds, Rib Cage Arms, Single Leg Stretch, Leg Springs
Shapes in Space : Single Leg Stretch, Leg Springs Frog,
Scissors - ANS Readiness : Ability to stabilize pelvis & torso during independent leg
movement, and work the legs in the joint
Fundamental : Knee Folds, Tree, Single Leg Stretch, Leg Springs
Shapes in Space : 1 Leg Circle
Double Leg Lower Lift - ANS Readiness : Ability to stabilize pelvis & torso during independent
leg movement
Fundamental : Knee Folds, Double Leg Stretch, Corkscrew, Leg Springs
Shapes in Space : Hundred, Double Leg Stretch, Jack Knife
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
SPACE (PEAK PILATES) EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Hundred - ANS Readiness : Ability to activate and Isolate Transverse Abdominis
Fundamental: Iso-Abs
Readiness: Ability to lift head keeping tips of shoulders on mat
Fundamental : Neck Curl
Shapes in Space : Ab Series, Breathing, Arm Springs
Roll Up - ANS Readiness : Ability to initiate a curl from Cervical Spine to roll up, and pelvis to
roll down
Fundamental : Head Nods, Neck Curl
Readiness : Move arms independently from ribcage
Fundamental : Rib Cage Arms
Shapes in Space : Roll Back, Spine Stretch Forward
One Leg Circle - ANS Readiness : Ability to stabilize pelvis & torso during leg movement
Fundamental : Knee Folds
Readiness : Work leg in joint and coordinate with breath
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Fundamental : Knee Spreads
Shapes in Space : Leg Springs, Shoulder Bridge Prep
Rolling like a Ball - ANS Readiness : Ability to articulate spine from the powerhouse without
momentum
Fundamental : Roll up
Shapes in Space : Teaser 1, Roll Up,Short Spine Massage
Single Leg Stretch - ANS Readiness : Ability to stabilize pelvis & torso during independent leg
movement
Fundamental : Knee Folds, Tree - Front, 1 Leg Circles
Shapes in Space : Scissors, Stork, Front Split
Double Leg Stretch - ANS Readiness : Ability to stabilize pelvis & torso during arm and leg
movement, and work the arms and legs in the joint
Fundamental : Knee Folds, Rib Cage Arms, Single Leg Stretch, Leg Springs
Shapes in Space : Single Leg Stretch, Leg Springs Frog,
Scissors - ANS Readiness : Ability to stabilize pelvis & torso during independent leg
movement, and work the legs in the joint
Fundamental : Knee Folds, Tree, Single Leg Stretch, Leg Springs
Shapes in Space : 1 Leg Circle
Double Leg Lower Lift - ANS Readiness : Ability to stabilize pelvis & torso during independent
leg movement
Fundamental : Knee Folds, Double Leg Stretch, Corkscrew, Leg Springs
Shapes in Space : Hundred, Double Leg Stretch, Jack Knife
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
