PILATES TEST OUT NEWEST VERSION 2024-2025
EXPECTED QUESTION AND CORRECT ANSWER FROM
VERIFIED SOURCES.
Footwork - ANSWER-✔✔Beginner. heels, arches, toes
parallel, pilates v, external rotation, internal rotation, glued, prehensile
single-leg footwork - ANSWER-✔✔Intermediate-advanced. heels,
arches, toes
parallel, pilates v, external rotation, internal rotation, glued
less spring tension
lower & lift, bicycle, leg circles, develope
side-lying
arms for footwork - ANSWER-✔✔Beginner-advanced. bicep curl, hug a
tree, tricep extension, hammer curl
footwork on jumpboard - ANSWER-✔✔Beginner- advanced. adducted,
pilates V, external rotation, prehensile
ankle articulation
,Jumping variations - ANSWER-✔✔Beginner- advanced parallel, pilates V,
lateral open/ second, moguls, jumping jacks, air jacks, staggered jumps,
tuck jumps, frog jumps, stag, hundreds, moon jumping
Single leg jumping variations - ANSWER-✔✔Intermediate- advanced. leg
floats in table top, alternating leg to leg, single leg stretch, double leg
stretch, criss-cross,
side-lying jumping variations - ANSWER-✔✔Intermediate
brush forward, brush side, circles, tuck jump
4 point kneeling - ANSWER-✔✔Advanced.
hands on reformer or shortbox
Bridging - ANSWER-✔✔Beginner- advanced.
Pelvic tilts, hinge bridges, articulation bridges
Bridging with knee extension
Prep for semi-circle bridging - ANSWER-✔✔Intermediate
bridge up, push out, hinge down, pull carriage in (reverse)
Semi circle bridge - ANSWER-✔✔Advanced. 2 Red springs
hands on shoulder blocks arms extended
,hinge bridge up, press out hips up, bring in hips up, roll down
Supine arms - ANSWER-✔✔beginner-advanced
lower&lift, hundreds, tricep taps, tricep presses, side abduction (t-
circles), arms circles,
Supine arms long down by side - ANSWER-✔✔beginner- advanced
toe taps single leg and double leg, single leg stretch, lower and lift,
scissors, helicopter, criss-cross, frog
Unilateral oblique press - ANSWER-✔✔Intermediate. single arm cross
over press
double leg stretch reformer - ANSWER-✔✔Intermediate. arms extend
(90) legs extend (45), arms t, arms and legs pull in
Reverse knee stretches - ANSWER-✔✔Beginner. hands holding wooden
railings, c-curve spine or flexed spine. Knees against shoulder rests.
Reverse knee stretches with obliques - ANSWER-✔✔Intermediate.
hands holding, c-curve or flexed spine. Knees against shoulder rests.
Spinal articulation (roll-down) facing straps - ANSWER-✔✔Beginner. feet
in between headrests long in front of the body. Arms straight in front of
, the body. Hinge back slightly and articulating through spine c-curve
down and up back to starting position.
Facing straps sitting options - ANSWER-✔✔On carriage feet adducted
On carriage ankles crossed
On carriage knees flexed
On carriage legs abducted
On carriage seated on log box
Facing straps long box variations - ANSWER-✔✔Beginner-
chest expansion
chest expansion w/ cervical rotation
Sidearm (palms facing away)
bicep curls facing straps - ANSWER-✔✔Beginner-
Legs long in front of body arms straight in front of body. Curl arms from
elbow to a 90 degree, release.
Flexed spine variation- same but spine in c-curve
Roll down with oblique twist facing straps - ANSWER-✔✔Intermediate-