REFORMER INSTRUCTOR TEST OUT -
BALANCED BODY EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
9 Pilates Principles - ANS Breathing
Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
Balanced Muscle Development
Rhythm/Flow
Whole Body Movement
Relaxation
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
In the footwork exercises, the football should ideally be set to _______ degree angle at their
hips. - ANS 90
Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the Reformer for clients with knee & hip injuries that don't
1
tolerate deep flexion at the hips. - ANS Lower the football to lowest setting
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, Horizontal adjustment of the carriage
Use stop blocks if Revo not present
What points must line up for correct leg alignment when view from the front of the body? -
ANS Hip: ASIS
Knee: Center of patella
Ankle: Center of ankle joint
What points must line up for correct leg alignment when viewed from the side? - ANS Hip:
Greater Trochanter
Knee: Mid-lateral point of knee
Ankle: Just anterior to the lateral ankle bone
When observing a person's posture from the side, what 6 points line up if the client is in perfect
alignment? - ANS Top of earlobe
Top of shoulder
Center of ribcage
Greater trochanter (High point of iliac crest)
Mid point of lateral side of knee
Slightly in front of the lateral malleolus
Name the elders who studied under Joseph Pilates - ANS Romana
Eve Gentry
Ron Fletcher
Carola Trier
Kathy Grant
Mary Bowen
Lolita San Miguel
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BALANCED BODY EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
9 Pilates Principles - ANS Breathing
Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
Balanced Muscle Development
Rhythm/Flow
Whole Body Movement
Relaxation
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
In the footwork exercises, the football should ideally be set to _______ degree angle at their
hips. - ANS 90
Name 3 ways to adjust the fit of the Reformer for clients with knee & hip injuries that don't
1
tolerate deep flexion at the hips. - ANS Lower the football to lowest setting
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, Horizontal adjustment of the carriage
Use stop blocks if Revo not present
What points must line up for correct leg alignment when view from the front of the body? -
ANS Hip: ASIS
Knee: Center of patella
Ankle: Center of ankle joint
What points must line up for correct leg alignment when viewed from the side? - ANS Hip:
Greater Trochanter
Knee: Mid-lateral point of knee
Ankle: Just anterior to the lateral ankle bone
When observing a person's posture from the side, what 6 points line up if the client is in perfect
alignment? - ANS Top of earlobe
Top of shoulder
Center of ribcage
Greater trochanter (High point of iliac crest)
Mid point of lateral side of knee
Slightly in front of the lateral malleolus
Name the elders who studied under Joseph Pilates - ANS Romana
Eve Gentry
Ron Fletcher
Carola Trier
Kathy Grant
Mary Bowen
Lolita San Miguel
2
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