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Peak Pilates Level 1 Study Questions and Answers (Verified Answers) 1.A concept that describes how each exercise is stabilized by the powerhouse and supported by critical connections
: anchoring
2.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/Seg- ment
3.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
4.simpler versions of an exercise "stepping stone"
: building blocks 1 / 4
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5.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
6.the line running downward from the nose, navel, and pubic bone to the heels
: centerline
7.a symptom or health condition that makes a particular exercise inadvisable or unsuitable for a student to perform
: contraindications
8.connections that deepen the work in the powerhouse and improve execu- tion. 1. Three Anchors 2. Rib to scapula/scapula to rib 3. heel and buttock connection
: Critical Connections 2 / 4
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9.What are the three critical connections
?: Three anchors, rib to scapula/scapu- la to rib, heel and buttock
connection 10.The action of elongating and creating space between the vertebrae
: De- compression
11.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
12.Image of buttons pressing from front to back and back to front through the body
: Five Buttons
13.What are the 5 buttons 3 / 4
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: 1. Pubic bone 2. Sacral Level 3. Navel 4. Xiphoid
Process 5. Breastbone 14.The Peak Pilates Principles include what two things
?: Pilates Principles and 5 parts of the mind
15.The five Pilates Principles
: Concentration, Centering, Control, Breathing, Pre- cision, Flowing
Movement 16.The 5 parts of the mind
: Intelligence, Memory, Imagination, Intuition, Will/De- sire
17.The PPC1 Session Format
: a. Mat (15-20 minutes)
b.Reformer (20 minutes) c.Individual Needs (10 minutes) d.Endings (5 minutes)
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