Mat Pilates – Balanced Body Questions and
Answers (2026/2027) | Updated Review | A+
Verified
• Bony Landmarks for Side Vertical Alignment -✓✓Tip Earlobe
Top Shoulder
Center Rib Cage
High Point Iliac Crest
Mid Point Lateral Side Knee
Slight Front Lateral Malleolus of Ankle
• Muscle Imbalances of Kyphosis -✓✓Weak/Long Thoracic Extensors and
Scapular Stabilizers, Tight/Short Anterior Chest Muscles
• Factors to Consider for Client Exercise Planning -✓✓Current Fitness Level
Age
Quality of Motor Control
Learning Style
• 4 Elements of Trunk Integration -✓✓Breathing
Inner Unit
Outer Unit
Spinal Mobility
• On an inhale, the diaphragm -✓✓Contracts, the dome moves down to draw air
into lungs
, • What does an inhale facilitate -✓✓Spinal Extension
• Muscles of the Inner Unit -✓✓Diaphragm
Transverse Abdominis
Pelvic Floor
Multifidi
• Foundational Exercises to relate breath to transverse abs -✓✓Fingertip
Abdominals
All Fours Abdominals
• Supine Exercises that Teach Lumbopelvic Stability -✓✓Marching
Toe Taps
Dead Bug
• Prone Exercise that Teaches Lumbopelvic Stability -✓✓Swimming
• Supine Exercises that Strengthen Glutes and Hamstrings, Increases Stability in
Oblique Sling -✓✓Bridge Marching
• Primary Functions of the Spine -✓✓Force transference
Protection of the spinal cord and nerve roots
Movement
Answers (2026/2027) | Updated Review | A+
Verified
• Bony Landmarks for Side Vertical Alignment -✓✓Tip Earlobe
Top Shoulder
Center Rib Cage
High Point Iliac Crest
Mid Point Lateral Side Knee
Slight Front Lateral Malleolus of Ankle
• Muscle Imbalances of Kyphosis -✓✓Weak/Long Thoracic Extensors and
Scapular Stabilizers, Tight/Short Anterior Chest Muscles
• Factors to Consider for Client Exercise Planning -✓✓Current Fitness Level
Age
Quality of Motor Control
Learning Style
• 4 Elements of Trunk Integration -✓✓Breathing
Inner Unit
Outer Unit
Spinal Mobility
• On an inhale, the diaphragm -✓✓Contracts, the dome moves down to draw air
into lungs
, • What does an inhale facilitate -✓✓Spinal Extension
• Muscles of the Inner Unit -✓✓Diaphragm
Transverse Abdominis
Pelvic Floor
Multifidi
• Foundational Exercises to relate breath to transverse abs -✓✓Fingertip
Abdominals
All Fours Abdominals
• Supine Exercises that Teach Lumbopelvic Stability -✓✓Marching
Toe Taps
Dead Bug
• Prone Exercise that Teaches Lumbopelvic Stability -✓✓Swimming
• Supine Exercises that Strengthen Glutes and Hamstrings, Increases Stability in
Oblique Sling -✓✓Bridge Marching
• Primary Functions of the Spine -✓✓Force transference
Protection of the spinal cord and nerve roots
Movement
