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STOTT PILATES WRITTEN EXAM
COMPLETELY UPDATED 2025–2026
EDITION | VERIFIED QUESTIONS & 100%
ACCURATE ANSWERS | GUARANTEED A+
PERFORMANCE
When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position the
scapula should...
Upwardly rotate
What does the term posterior mean
Away from the front of the body
The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as swan
dive to
Facilitate hip extension and prevent excessive extension of the lumbar spine
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How can you modify if a client cannot support their weight in scapula isolation
standing on the stability chair
Increase the spring tension
What does contralateral mean?
opposite side
True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion, hip
flexion, shoulder extension and forearm supination
FALSE (no forearm supination)
How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the pelvis
anteriorly?
Place a pad under their ASIS
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The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body
Clavicle
What is the natural curve of the cervical spine
Anterior convex curve
What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4
Concentric and eccentric biceps
Name back rowing preps 1-8
Plow, open elbows, airplane, Bicep curls, triceps, roll down, roll down with bicep
curls, roll down with obliques.
STOTT PILATES WRITTEN EXAM
COMPLETELY UPDATED 2025–2026
EDITION | VERIFIED QUESTIONS & 100%
ACCURATE ANSWERS | GUARANTEED A+
PERFORMANCE
When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position the
scapula should...
Upwardly rotate
What does the term posterior mean
Away from the front of the body
The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as swan
dive to
Facilitate hip extension and prevent excessive extension of the lumbar spine
,2|Page
How can you modify if a client cannot support their weight in scapula isolation
standing on the stability chair
Increase the spring tension
What does contralateral mean?
opposite side
True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion, hip
flexion, shoulder extension and forearm supination
FALSE (no forearm supination)
How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the pelvis
anteriorly?
Place a pad under their ASIS
, 3|Page
The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body
Clavicle
What is the natural curve of the cervical spine
Anterior convex curve
What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4
Concentric and eccentric biceps
Name back rowing preps 1-8
Plow, open elbows, airplane, Bicep curls, triceps, roll down, roll down with bicep
curls, roll down with obliques.
