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REFORMER INSTRUCTOR TEST
OUT - BALANCED BODY LATEST
UPDATE ACTUAL EXAM 1 60
QUESTIONS AND 100% VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
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Question 1: 9 Pilates Principles
CORRECT ANSWER: Breathing, Concentration,
Control, Centering, Precision, Balanced Muscle Development, Rhythm/Flow, Whole Body Movement, Relaxation
Question 2: Name 4 Pilates Movement Principles & list
one Reformer exercise you would use to teach that principle
CORRECT ANSWER:
- Lumbopelvic Stability - Footwork
- Abdominal Strengthening - Hundred
- Scapular Stability - Kneeling abdominals, facing back
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- Stretching - Mermaid
Question 3: In the footwork exercises, the football should
ideally be set to _______ degree angle at their hips.
CORRECT ANSWER: 90
Question 4: 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.
CORRECT ANSWER:
- Lower the football to lowest setting
- Horizontal adjustment of the carriage
- Use stop blocks if Revo not present
Question 5: What points must line up for correct leg
alignment when viewed from the front of the body?
CORRECT ANSWER:
- Hip: ASIS
- Knee: Center of patella
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- Ankle: Center of ankle joint
Question 6: What points must line up for correct leg
alignment when viewed from the side?
CORRECT ANSWER:
- Hip: Greater Trochanter
- Knee: Mid-lateral point of knee
- Ankle: Just anterior to the lateral ankle bone
Question 7: When observing a person's posture from the
side, what 6 points line up if the client is in perfect alignment?
CORRECT ANSWER:
- 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
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Question 8: Name the elders who studied under Joseph
Pilates
CORRECT ANSWER: Romana, Eve Gentry, Ron
Fletcher, Carola Trier, Kathy Grant, Mary Bowen, Lolita San Miguel
Question 9: When was Joseph Pilates born?
CORRECT ANSWER: 1883
Question 10: Name 3 exercises that are safe throughout
pregnancy
CORRECT ANSWER:
- Stomach massage (support the back)
- Jack Rabbit
- Chest expansion
Question 11: Name 5 Reformer 2 exercises that FOCUS
on scapular stability