REFORMER INSTRUCTOR TEST OUT -
BALANCED BODY EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS VERIFIED BY EXPERT 2025
LATEST UPDATE.
1. What are the 9 Pilates Principles?
ANS: Breathing, Concentration, Control, Centering, Precision, Balanced Muscle Development,
Rhythm/Flow, Whole Body Movement, Relaxation.
2. Name 4 Pilates Movement Principles & list one Reformer exercise you would use to teach
that principle.
ANS: Lumbopelvic Stability (Footwork), Abdominal Strengthening (Hundred), Scapular
Stability (Kneeling abdominals, facing back), Stretching (Mermaid).
3. In the footwork exercises, the football should ideally be set to what degree angle at their
hips?
ANS: 90 degrees.
4. Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the Reformer for clients with knee & hip injuries that
don't tolerate deep flexion at the hips.
ANS: Lower the football to the lowest setting, horizontal adjustment of the carriage, use stop
blocks if Revo not present.
5. What points must line up for correct leg alignment when viewed from the front of the
body?
ANS: Hip: Greater Trochanter, Knee: Mid-lateral point of knee, Ankle: Just anterior to the lateral
ankle bone.
BALANCED BODY EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS VERIFIED BY EXPERT 2025
LATEST UPDATE.
1. What are the 9 Pilates Principles?
ANS: Breathing, Concentration, Control, Centering, Precision, Balanced Muscle Development,
Rhythm/Flow, Whole Body Movement, Relaxation.
2. Name 4 Pilates Movement Principles & list one Reformer exercise you would use to teach
that principle.
ANS: Lumbopelvic Stability (Footwork), Abdominal Strengthening (Hundred), Scapular
Stability (Kneeling abdominals, facing back), Stretching (Mermaid).
3. In the footwork exercises, the football should ideally be set to what degree angle at their
hips?
ANS: 90 degrees.
4. Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the Reformer for clients with knee & hip injuries that
don't tolerate deep flexion at the hips.
ANS: Lower the football to the lowest setting, horizontal adjustment of the carriage, use stop
blocks if Revo not present.
5. What points must line up for correct leg alignment when viewed from the front of the
body?
ANS: Hip: Greater Trochanter, Knee: Mid-lateral point of knee, Ankle: Just anterior to the lateral
ankle bone.
