Peak Pilates Study Guide Level 1 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
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 ver...
Peak Pilates Study Guide Level 1 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
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 A way to approach and cue rolling the spine segments: tailbone to top of pelvis, top of pelvis to base of sternum, bottom of ribs, and bottom of ribs to skull - ANSWER-Dividing the Spine Into Thirds
Image of buttons pressing from front to back and back to front through the body - ANSWER-Five Buttons
What are the 5 buttons - ANSWER-1. Pubic bone 2. Sacral Level 3. Navel 4. Xiphoid Process 5. Breastbone
The Peak Pilates Principles include what two things? - ANSWER-Pilates Principles and 5 parts of the mind
The five Pilates Principles - ANSWER-Concentration, Centering, Control, Breathing, Precision, Flowing Movement
The 5 parts of the mind - ANSWER-Intelligence, Memory, Imagination, Intuition, Will/Desire
The PPC1 Session Format - ANSWER-a. Mat (15-20 minutes) b. Reformer (20 minutes) c. Individual Needs (10 minutes) d. Endings (5 minutes)
Parts ___ and ___ of the Session Format are interchangeable. - ANSWER-A, B
This Pilates Principle is useful in rehabbing an injury; - ANSWER-Precision
Pilates believed in beginning the lesson lying down because? - ANSWER-gravity assists in the elongation and spinal placement
A Pilates Session ends in what position? - ANSWER-standing/vertical to gravity
Focus on thoroughly teaching the _________ exercises before moving a student on to more advanced exercises. - ANSWER-basic List 4 indicators of progressing a student too quickly: - ANSWER-Loss of Concentration, loss of coordination, poor technique, pain following the session
PPC1 Teaching Methodology - ANSWER-1. Set Up 2. Execution 3. Flow 4. Cueing 5. Rhythm 6. Voice 7. Breath Dynamics
Presentation Skills - ANSWER-1. Safety 2. Exercises Delivery 3. Teacher's Posture 4. Touch Techniques 5. Professionalism 6. Teacher Mindfulness
Guidelines for Progression - ANSWER-1. Adhere to session format 2. Introduce no more that one variation or apparatus 3. teach to the student's ideal 4. Build strength and stamina through steps 5. Teach transitions as part of exercise 6. Challenge the ideal with props, variations, rhythms, flow, and breath- not with more reps
When extending the spine: a. Always hold the breath b. First stabilize the lumbo pelvic girdle
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