Club Pilates TT Canvas Quiz -Study Guide Complete
With Correct Answers
What is the best list of contraindications for swan on the reformer?
Correct Ans - Pregnancy, hip replacement, slipped disc, osteoperosis
What is the best order of movement to start with for a client who had an old
injury, works out all the time and is just getting back to moving? Correct
Ans - Roll down, Footwork, Bridge Variations, Hands in straps/ supine abs
What is the best way to evaluate ROM of your clients ankles? Correct Ans
- Heels lift & Lower
For a client with valgus knees, what is the most effective positioning and prop
to use during footwork? Correct Ans - Feet parallel with magic circle
being held at the outside of the upper knee area
Footwork on the reformer is most closely related to which real-life activity?
Correct Ans - Sitting down & standing up
Footwork on the jump board & the foot bar are exactly the same Correct
Ans - False
Clients who can do footwork on the reformer are ready for jumping on the
jumpboard Correct Ans - False
What are the elements of good flow programming when teaching group
Pilates? Correct Ans - Progressions, Transitions, Creative Sequencing
What is the best way to transition? Correct Ans - Instructor changes
springs while clients do a different move to distract them
What are the 4 main muscles emphasized during footwork on the reformer?
Correct Ans - Transverse Abdominis, Contralateral Obliques, Glutes,
Hamstrings
Bridge variations on the reformer strengthen the back muscles and posterior
chain overall Correct Ans - True
, After finding out that a client has a healthy back, you should always start their
spinal flexion in a hinge NOT articulation Correct Ans - False
What are the contraindications for bridging exercises Correct Ans -
Pregnancy, hip replacements, slipped disc, osteoporosis
Bridge with knee extension sis a beginner move because it introduces a longer
lever angle on the low back Correct Ans - False
Single leg bridge variations are a good introduction to lateral strength and
flexion of the spine Correct Ans - True
What is the most advanced variation of bridge and why? Correct Ans -
Semi circle - it incorporates multiple variations of spinal articulations and
requires clients to have impeccable proprioceptive awareness
For supine arms in straps series, the safest client progression would be in
what order? Correct Ans - Start with head down & Legs in table top,
then progress to thoracic flexion with arm movement, followed by
maintaining thoracic flexion the entire time and legs in extension.
What are the Major muscles emphasized in supine arms in straps series?
Correct Ans - Transverse abdominis for stabilization, hip flexors to hold
legs in place and latissimus dorsi & the long head of the tricep for arm
movement
Pick the correct list of possible matwork variations that are taught on the
reformer with arms in straps Correct Ans - Single leg stretch, double
leg stretch, lower & lift, scissors, helicopters, criss cross & frogs
What moves must a client successfully complete before trying Coordination?
Correct Ans - Arms in straps & Tricep press with thoracic flexion
The postural muscles are stabilizers during presentation Correct Ans -
True
With Correct Answers
What is the best list of contraindications for swan on the reformer?
Correct Ans - Pregnancy, hip replacement, slipped disc, osteoperosis
What is the best order of movement to start with for a client who had an old
injury, works out all the time and is just getting back to moving? Correct
Ans - Roll down, Footwork, Bridge Variations, Hands in straps/ supine abs
What is the best way to evaluate ROM of your clients ankles? Correct Ans
- Heels lift & Lower
For a client with valgus knees, what is the most effective positioning and prop
to use during footwork? Correct Ans - Feet parallel with magic circle
being held at the outside of the upper knee area
Footwork on the reformer is most closely related to which real-life activity?
Correct Ans - Sitting down & standing up
Footwork on the jump board & the foot bar are exactly the same Correct
Ans - False
Clients who can do footwork on the reformer are ready for jumping on the
jumpboard Correct Ans - False
What are the elements of good flow programming when teaching group
Pilates? Correct Ans - Progressions, Transitions, Creative Sequencing
What is the best way to transition? Correct Ans - Instructor changes
springs while clients do a different move to distract them
What are the 4 main muscles emphasized during footwork on the reformer?
Correct Ans - Transverse Abdominis, Contralateral Obliques, Glutes,
Hamstrings
Bridge variations on the reformer strengthen the back muscles and posterior
chain overall Correct Ans - True
, After finding out that a client has a healthy back, you should always start their
spinal flexion in a hinge NOT articulation Correct Ans - False
What are the contraindications for bridging exercises Correct Ans -
Pregnancy, hip replacements, slipped disc, osteoporosis
Bridge with knee extension sis a beginner move because it introduces a longer
lever angle on the low back Correct Ans - False
Single leg bridge variations are a good introduction to lateral strength and
flexion of the spine Correct Ans - True
What is the most advanced variation of bridge and why? Correct Ans -
Semi circle - it incorporates multiple variations of spinal articulations and
requires clients to have impeccable proprioceptive awareness
For supine arms in straps series, the safest client progression would be in
what order? Correct Ans - Start with head down & Legs in table top,
then progress to thoracic flexion with arm movement, followed by
maintaining thoracic flexion the entire time and legs in extension.
What are the Major muscles emphasized in supine arms in straps series?
Correct Ans - Transverse abdominis for stabilization, hip flexors to hold
legs in place and latissimus dorsi & the long head of the tricep for arm
movement
Pick the correct list of possible matwork variations that are taught on the
reformer with arms in straps Correct Ans - Single leg stretch, double
leg stretch, lower & lift, scissors, helicopters, criss cross & frogs
What moves must a client successfully complete before trying Coordination?
Correct Ans - Arms in straps & Tricep press with thoracic flexion
The postural muscles are stabilizers during presentation Correct Ans -
True
