STOTT PILATES ESSENTIAL REFORMER EXAM GUIDE NEWEST VERSION
2024-2025 EXPECTED QUESTION AND CORRECT ANSWER FROM
VERIFIED SOURCES.
What is the breathing pattern for essential level footwork? - ANSWER-
✔✔(1-4) Exhale push carriage out
Inhale return carriage
(5) Inhale push carriage out
Exhale lower heels
Inhale lift heels
Exhale return carriage
What is the foot placement for second position 1-3 - ANSWER-✔✔1.
heels on footbar, ankles dorsiflexed, legs parallel and abducted to hip-
distance apart
2. Heels as wide as possible on footbar, ankles dorsiflexed, legs laterally
rotated, knees flexed and pointing over center of feet
3. Heels on bar, abducted slightly wider than hip-distance apart. Legs
medially rotated, knees flexed and touching.
Breathing pattern of single leg - ANSWER-✔✔Inhale press carriage out
Exhale return
,The ball of the foot is on the footbar for which single leg exercise/s? -
ANSWER-✔✔One leg bent
Bicycle
What is the spring tension for single leg? - ANSWER-✔✔2-3 Springs
What is the starting position for "hundred"? - ANSWER-✔✔Supine
Imprinted position
Legs parallel and adducted in air
Knees flexed (tabletop)
Elbows flexed by sides of body
Hands in straps, fingers long, palms facing away. Scapulae stabilized.
Should the tension be higher or lower of side splits adduction? -
ANSWER-✔✔Lower
On side splits, what is the breathing pattern? - ANSWER-✔✔Abduction:
exhale, press carriage out
Adduction: Exhale, pull carriage in
Exhale where exertion is focused
How should single thigh stretch be initiated? - ANSWER-✔✔Exhale,
press back foot against shoulder rest
, Where should the springs be during single thigh stretch? - ANSWER-
✔✔Same side as back knee on carriage
How would you reduce the pressure on the knee during single thigh
stretch? - ANSWER-✔✔Stand next to carriage, with one foot on floor,
knee slightly bent and other foot against shoulder rest, knee slightly
bent and resting on carriage
How would you teach Hip rolls - ANSWER-✔✔Supine, neutral, heels on
footbar, ankles flexed, legs parallel hip distance apart, arms long by
sides.
Ex. Without moving carriage, sequentially articulate spine off carriage
from tail to upper thoracic until hip joints are as extended as possible
and spine is neutral
In. Stay. Reaching knees over footbar
Ex. Extend knees to push the carriage out, lowering pelvis to make one
line from shoulder to heels
In. Flex knees to return carriage, lifting pelvis to extend hips as much as
possible, weight on upper thoracic
Ex. Without moving carriage, initiate from upper thoracic and
sequentially articulate spine into carriage returning to neutral
How many reps for footwork? - ANSWER-✔✔10-12
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