STOTT PILATES FLEXIBILITY STRENGTH
ENDURANCE FINAL PROFICIENCY TEST
2026.
⫸ What does the term posterior mean Answer: Away from the front
of the body
⫸ The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension
such as swan dive to Answer: Facilitate hip extension and prevent
excessive extension of the lumbar spine
⫸ How can you modify if a client cannot support their weight in
scapula isolation standing on the stability chair Answer: Increase the
spring tension
⫸ What does contralateral mean? Answer: opposite side
⫸ True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions,
thoracic flexion, hip flexion, shoulder extension and forearm
supination Answer: FALSE (no forearm supination)
⫸ How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps
tilting the pelvis anteriorly? Answer: Place a pad under their ASIS
⫸ The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body
Answer: Clavicle
, ⫸ What is the natural curve of the cervical spine Answer: Anterior
convex curve
⫸ What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 Answer:
Concentric and eccentric biceps
⫸ Name back rowing preps 1-8 Answer: Plow, open elbows,
airplane, Bicep curls, triceps, roll down, roll down with bicep curls,
roll down with obliques.
⫸ Which vertebra has the largest body Answer: Lumbar
⫸ During half roll back the abdominals are working... Answer:
Isometrically
⫸ How do you describe the leg movement during single leg stretch
on the mat Answer: Reciprocal
⫸ What is reciprocal movement Answer: Movement of both arms or
legs at the same time but in opposite directions.
⫸ Which of the following is a part of the axial skeleton: sacrum,
ilium, femur, ulna Answer: Sacrum
ENDURANCE FINAL PROFICIENCY TEST
2026.
⫸ What does the term posterior mean Answer: Away from the front
of the body
⫸ The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension
such as swan dive to Answer: Facilitate hip extension and prevent
excessive extension of the lumbar spine
⫸ How can you modify if a client cannot support their weight in
scapula isolation standing on the stability chair Answer: Increase the
spring tension
⫸ What does contralateral mean? Answer: opposite side
⫸ True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions,
thoracic flexion, hip flexion, shoulder extension and forearm
supination Answer: FALSE (no forearm supination)
⫸ How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps
tilting the pelvis anteriorly? Answer: Place a pad under their ASIS
⫸ The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body
Answer: Clavicle
, ⫸ What is the natural curve of the cervical spine Answer: Anterior
convex curve
⫸ What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 Answer:
Concentric and eccentric biceps
⫸ Name back rowing preps 1-8 Answer: Plow, open elbows,
airplane, Bicep curls, triceps, roll down, roll down with bicep curls,
roll down with obliques.
⫸ Which vertebra has the largest body Answer: Lumbar
⫸ During half roll back the abdominals are working... Answer:
Isometrically
⫸ How do you describe the leg movement during single leg stretch
on the mat Answer: Reciprocal
⫸ What is reciprocal movement Answer: Movement of both arms or
legs at the same time but in opposite directions.
⫸ Which of the following is a part of the axial skeleton: sacrum,
ilium, femur, ulna Answer: Sacrum
