Reformer pilates - Final exam Questions
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What are the nine Pilates principles? - correct answer...✔✔1. Breathing
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2. Concentration
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3. Control
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4. Centering
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5. Precision
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6. Balanced muscle development
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7. Rhythm/flow
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8. Whole body movement
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9. Relaxation
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What are the five Balanced Body principles? - correct answer...✔✔
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1. Whole body movement
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2. Trunk integration
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3. Lower body training
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4. Upper body training
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5. Mobility & restoration
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What are the four Outer units for Lumbopelvic stability? - correct answer...✔✔
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1. Deep longitudinal system
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2. Anterior oblique sling
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3. Posterior oblique sling
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4. Lateral system
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What are the four Inner units of the Core work? - correct answer...✔✔1. Diaphragm
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2. Transverse abdominis
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3. Multifidi
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4. Pelvic floor
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When and where was Joseph Pilates born? - correct answer...✔✔Germany around 1883
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When & why did Joseph Pilates begin creating the exercise system? - correct answer...✔
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✔During internment to train the inmates
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When and where did Joseph Pilates set up his first exercisie studio in America? -
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correct answer...✔✔NYC in 1926 - same building as NYC Ballet on 8th Ave.
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What are some of the apparatuses and accessories that Joseph Pilates invented? -
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Universal reformer, Wunda chair, Cadillac, Ladder barrel, Spine corrector, and other invent
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,When did Joseph Pilates pass away and how? - correct answer...✔✔
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Complications from smoke inhalation from the fire & soon after the studio was destroyed in
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1967
When did Clara manage the studio after Joseph Pilates's death? - correct answer...✔✔
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Name the Pilates Elders according to the Balanced Body Reformer Manual -
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correct answer...✔✔1. Romana Kryzanowska
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2. Eve Gentry
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3. Ron Fletcher
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4. Carola Trier
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5. Kathleen Stanford Grant
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6. Lolita San Miguel
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7. Mary Bown
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What are the core muscles and their actions? - correct answer...✔✔
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1. Transversus abdominus
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2. Diaphragm
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3. Multifidi
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4. Pelvic floor
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Discuss breathing basics - correct answer...✔✔
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Diaphragm is the ceiling of the core in the inner unit.
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It's the primary muscle for respiration.
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kSpinal extension, lateral flexion, spinal rotation. Diaphragm retracts, dome moves down, a
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bdominal pressure increases, pelvic floor responds.
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Spinal flexion, lateral flexion, spinal rotation. Diaphragm relaxes, dome moves up, transver
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sus abdominus contracts, pelvic floor responds.
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What are the major muscle groups, their names, and actions? - correct answer...✔✔
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Traps - neck area k k k
Deltoid - upper exterior arm below shoulders
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Pecs - upper chest
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Lats - under the shoulder blades in the back
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Biceps
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, Serratus anterior - front ribs
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Rectus abdominus - chain of abs
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External oblique - love handle area
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Anterior superior iliac spine - ASIS hip bones
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Brachioradalis - forearms k k
Iliopsoas - near the pelvis k k k k
Gracilis - Inner thigh
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Rectus femoris - Quad area
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Vastus lateralis - Outer quad area
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Vastus medialis - inner quad area near knee
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Peroneus longus - calf? k k k
Tibialis anterior - Shin
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Tibia - Shin
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Soleus - Inner lower leg
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Gastrocnemius - Upper lower leg k k k k
Extensor digitorum longus - Skinny long part of lower leg
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Tendons of extensor digitorum longus
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In the Balanced Body Movement Principles, what is part of the whole body movement? -
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2. Global movement
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