REFORMER PILATES EXAMINATION TEST 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Springs for Footwork? Answer: ALL
◉ What does Footwork check for? (3). Answer: Imbalances in clients,
warm up, neutral spine (WIN)
◉ What is an important cue for Footwork? Answer: Resisting and
carriage, chest and shoulders relaxed, fluid motion
◉ What is light footwork? Answer: No Springs (or yellow or blue) -
Heel pockets, heels on top, Toes under bar
◉ VMO Footwork? Answer: Side Lying Legs (2 R and B) - Cue mouse
house, hips and shoulder alignment, 90 knee angle
Stretch top leg longer than the bottom
◉ What is Tendon Stretch/ Calf Raise? Answer: feet parallel, engage
glutes, equal weight, press heels down below bar
◉ What is Soleus work? Answer: Maintain bent knee during tendon
stretch
, ◉ Pelvic Curl v. Pelvic Bridge. Answer: 1 R and 1 B
Pelvic Curl - tucking in, C SHAPE, curling up and squeezing abs
(Flexibility)
Pelvic Bridge - NUETRAL SPINE, hamstring connection, tailbone lifts
first and falls first (Stability) \
Mods: more weight, small ball between knees
Varations: Pilates 1st or 2nd, add carriage movement
◉ Semi-Circle. Answer: 1R 1B
Low Football
Lying supine with butt at footbar end, hands against shoulder blocks,
press arms until butt is dropped into well engage core into a posterior tilt
and roll up into a bridge, and lengthen legs
Not Give to ppl with/
back problems, shoulder injustices
◉ Supine Ab Series. Answer: 1 R 1 Y
Maintain Neutral Spine
Rubs lace together
Variations:
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Springs for Footwork? Answer: ALL
◉ What does Footwork check for? (3). Answer: Imbalances in clients,
warm up, neutral spine (WIN)
◉ What is an important cue for Footwork? Answer: Resisting and
carriage, chest and shoulders relaxed, fluid motion
◉ What is light footwork? Answer: No Springs (or yellow or blue) -
Heel pockets, heels on top, Toes under bar
◉ VMO Footwork? Answer: Side Lying Legs (2 R and B) - Cue mouse
house, hips and shoulder alignment, 90 knee angle
Stretch top leg longer than the bottom
◉ What is Tendon Stretch/ Calf Raise? Answer: feet parallel, engage
glutes, equal weight, press heels down below bar
◉ What is Soleus work? Answer: Maintain bent knee during tendon
stretch
, ◉ Pelvic Curl v. Pelvic Bridge. Answer: 1 R and 1 B
Pelvic Curl - tucking in, C SHAPE, curling up and squeezing abs
(Flexibility)
Pelvic Bridge - NUETRAL SPINE, hamstring connection, tailbone lifts
first and falls first (Stability) \
Mods: more weight, small ball between knees
Varations: Pilates 1st or 2nd, add carriage movement
◉ Semi-Circle. Answer: 1R 1B
Low Football
Lying supine with butt at footbar end, hands against shoulder blocks,
press arms until butt is dropped into well engage core into a posterior tilt
and roll up into a bridge, and lengthen legs
Not Give to ppl with/
back problems, shoulder injustices
◉ Supine Ab Series. Answer: 1 R 1 Y
Maintain Neutral Spine
Rubs lace together
Variations:
