Club Pilates Final Written Test Questions & Answers – Latest Updated Instructor Study Material

Club Pilates Final Written Test
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1. Always suggest that clients use a thin mat or towel for their Pilates Mat clas
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ses. It doesn't have to be a thick Mat, it should just cover the area under your cl
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ient's body.
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True / False
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2. What is the best way to warm up a class of elderly persons?
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Ground based pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head down
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Standing balance and jumping challenge
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Pilates push up
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Answer> Ground based pelvic rocks followed by single leg stretch keeping the head do
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3. What exercises should your client master before trying the Boomerang? R
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oll over and Teaser
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Corkscrew and Leg Circles Roll g g g g




Over and Side Leg Series
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Rolling Like A Ball and Saw
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Answer> Roll over and Teaserg g g g




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Answer> Swimming Hunched Shoulders (Over-Kyphotic)
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Pelvic Rocks or Tilts
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Post-natal (Cleared for light workouts)
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Single Leg Circle
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Hip Replacement, cleared for light ROM
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Corkscrew

Young athlete who does Yoga
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5. After warming up my small group mat class, I plan on having them do
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to get the back of their body warm and then
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to get the front of their body warm.
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,Knee Circles and Seal
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Corkscrew and Side Kneeling Series g g g g g




Bridge variations and Hundreds
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Saw and Boomerang
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Answer> Bridge variations and Hundreds
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6. Having both legs in table top is considered a closed kinetic chain and this is
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good for clients with low back issues.
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7. You are evaluating a client for the first time and find they have a major anteri
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or tilt in their pelvis and no injuries in the past. They have been cleared to start
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a fitness routine after having not worked out in the past 4 years. What moves w
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ould you teach them in their first work out?
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Swimming, Double Leg Kick, Crab Bri g g g g g




dge, Roll Up, Quadruped Hundred, S
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wan Dive, Teaser
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Crab, Corkscrew, Back bends
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Answer> Bridge, Roll Up, Quadruped g g g g




8. During the chest lift, the client should maintain their neutral pelvis.
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9. During Teaser, how does bending the knees into the chest change the e
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xercise?


Bending the knees into the chest changes the intention of the exercise. Your clie
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nt might not be ready for Teaser. Once they master the various Teaser Prep exercis
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es for the fundamentals of the exercise, you can progress them to the full Teaser
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exercise.


It does not, it is part of the movement
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It takes the low back out of the equation and should be done during a clients entir
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e Pilates practice.
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Answer> Bending the knees into the chest changes the intention of the exercise.You
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r client might not be ready for Teaser. Once they master the various Teaser Prep exer
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cises for the fundamentals of the exercise, you can progress them to the full Teaser ex
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ercise.

10. In what plane of motion is the Hundred?
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