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Peak Pilates Level 1 Exam Study Guide Questions with A+ Graded Correct Answers

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Peak Pilates Level 1 Exam Study Guide Questions with
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A concept that describes how each exercise is stabilized by the powerhouse and supported by critical
connections

anchoring

stacking one vertebrae at a time, lifting bone by bone, or rolling down and releasing the vertebrae onto
the mat one vertebrae at a time

Articulate/Segment

Rectangle formed by 2 imaginary lines running from shoulder to shoulder and from hip to hip and
completed by 2 lines running from shoulder to hip

Box

simpler versions of an exercise "stepping stone"

building blocks

shape the spine and body assume during many Pilates exercises. Created by deep pull of the transverse
abdominus wrapping around the spine and opening the spinal column in flexion

C Curve

the line running downward from the nose, navel, and pubic bone to the heels

centerline

a symptom or health condition that makes a particular exercise inadvisable or unsuitable for a student
to perform

contraindications

connections that deepen the work in the powerhouse and improve execution. 1. Three Anchors 2. Rib to
scapula/scapula to rib 3. heel and buttock connection

Critical Connections

What are the three critical connections?

Three anchors, rib to scapula/scapula to rib, heel and buttock connection

The action of elongating and creating space between the vertebrae

Decompression

A way to approach and cue rolling the spine segments: tailbone to top of pelvis, top of pelvis to base of
sternum, bottom of ribs, and bottom of ribs to skull

,Dividing the Spine Into Thirds

Image of buttons pressing from front to back and back to front through the body

Five Buttons

What are the 5 buttons

1. Pubic bone 2. Sacral Level 3. Navel 4. Xiphoid Process 5. Breastbone

The Peak Pilates Principles include what two things?

Pilates Principles and 5 parts of the mind

The five Pilates Principles

Concentration, Centering, Control, Breathing, Precision, Flowing Movement

The 5 parts of the mind

Intelligence, Memory, Imagination, Intuition, Will/Desire

The PPC1 Session Format

a. Mat (15-20 minutes)
b. Reformer (20 minutes)
c. Individual Needs (10 minutes)
d. Endings (5 minutes)

Parts ___ and ___ of the Session Format are interchangeable.

A, B

This Pilates Principle is useful in rehabbing an injury;

Precision

Pilates believed in beginning the lesson lying down because?

gravity assists in the elongation and spinal placement

A Pilates Session ends in what position?

standing/vertical to gravity

Focus on thoroughly teaching the _________ exercises before moving a student on to more advanced
exercises.

basic

List 4 indicators of progressing a student too quickly:

Loss of Concentration, loss of coordination, poor technique, pain following the session

PPC1 Teaching Methodology

, 1. Set Up
2. Execution
3. Flow
4. Cueing
5. Rhythm
6. Voice
7. Breath Dynamics

Presentation Skills

1. Safety
2. Exercises Delivery
3. Teacher's Posture
4. Touch Techniques
5. Professionalism
6. Teacher Mindfulness

Guidelines for Progression

1. Adhere to session format
2. Introduce no more that one variation or apparatus
3. teach to the student's ideal
4. Build strength and stamina through steps
5. Teach transitions as part of exercise
6. Challenge the ideal with props, variations, rhythms, flow, and breath- not with more reps

When extending the spine:
a. Always hold the breath
b. First stabilize the lumbo pelvic girdle
c. Engage the scapular adductors
d. Relax the body totally

b.

The primary goal of Rolling Like a Ball is:
a. Strengthen the upper back through the holding of the ankles
b. Massage the internal organs
c. Massage the spine
d. Reverse the typical movement pattern

c.

The primary abdominal muscle responsible for spinal flexion is:
a. Internal Oblique
b. External Oblique
c. Transverse Abdominis
d. Rectus Abdominis

d.

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