Peak Pilates: The Language of Pilates Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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Peak Pilates: The Language of Pilates
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Advancements - Answer-Challenges to an exercise that make it more difficult. This happens by
performing the exercise on another apparatus, taking one foot or hand away, working with fewer
springs, or raising the cen...
Articulate - Answer✔✔-The act of stacking one vertebra at a time, lifting bone by bone, or rolling down
and releasing the vertebrae onto the mat one vertebrae at a time. Spinal articulation prevents jerky, out-
of-control movements and increases flexibility of the spine.
Box - Answer✔✔-Refers to the rectangle formed by the two imaginary lines running from shoulder to
shoulder and from hip to hip (ASIS to ASIS) and completed by two lines running from shoulder to hip. In
optimal position, the rectangle has four 90-degree angles.
Building Blocks - Answer✔✔-Simpler versions of an exercise. Building blocks are used when a student is
not ready for the exercise due to inadequate strength or coordination. Building blocks lower intensity by
shortening the lever (limb length) and/or the range of motion of an exercise. They have the same form
and goal as the original exercise. Building blocks are differentiated from modifications to keep the
perspective that it is a stepping stone and not a permanent adjustment.
C-Curve - Answer✔✔-The shape that the spine and body assume during many Pilates exercises. It is
created by the deep pull of the transverse abdominis wrapping like a girdle around the spine and the
opening of the spinal column in flexion, deepening the spine into a lifted curve, such as in Spin Stretch
Forward.
Centerline - Answer✔✔-The line running downward from the nose, navel, and pubic bone to the heels.
Pilates exercise demands constant activation into the Centerline of the body, whether the legs are
together or apart. Use the Centerline during the body scan to view alignment of the head, torso, and
extremities in every exercise.
Contraindications - Answer✔✔-A symptom or health condition that makes a particular exercise
inadvisable or unsuitable for a student to perform.
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