BALANCED BODY COMPREHENSIVE PILATES EXAM PREP 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND FULL ANSWERS

BALANCED BODY COMPREHENSIVE PILATES
EXAM PREP 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
FULL ANSWERS

◉ Teaser - Forward and Reverse. Answer: Description ~
-Set up: Sit with hips in the low barrel (forward and one reverse)


Forward: Legs up to the ceiling
-Teaser 1: Roll the torso back over the arc
-Teaser 2: Lower legs to the floor
-Teaser 3: Lower the torso and the legs


Reverse: Legs over the barrel in hundred position
-Extend legs straight
-Lower legs and torso


◉ Side stretch/Sit ups. Answer: Description ~
-Set up: Sit in the well facing sideways, bend bottom knee with foot
on the floor and reach the top leg over the lip with the knee straight


>Side stretch: Reach both arms over head and lean over the curve of
the barrel

, >Side Sit ups (Mermaid): With hands behind the head - lean over the
barrel
-Rotate toward the floor then rotate toward the ceiling
-Back to the front to come up and reverse the other way


*SI issues = do not go side


◉ Hip Mobility Series. Answer: Description ~
-Set up: Sit on top of the barrel and hold on to the handles then use
the abdominals to roll backwards with shoulder on the floor


-Scissors
-Bicycle
-Circles
-Helicopter


*To come out...
1. push the barrel away and rest legs on top of the barrel
2. Slide hips off the barrel until on the floor
3. ADVANCED: Reach or circle legs to lip and roll on top of the barrel