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BASI Pilates Written Exam ( 2026/2027 Update) Questions and Answers
BASI Pilates Written Exam ( 2026/
2026 Update) Questions and
Answers
Q: What are the benefits of breathing in Pilates?
Answer:
-oxygenates blood
-improve circulation
-calm the mind and body
-encourage concentration
-recruit the appropriate muscles for the movements
-provide an 'inner' rhythm for the movements
Q: What happens during the breathing cycle?
Answer:
inhale- diaphragm lowers and enlarges cavity. pressure inside the lungs is lower than the
pressure outside
exhale- diaphragm relaxes and decreases volume of cavity. increases pressure of the lungs and
equalizes the pressure to the outside (air is forced out)
Q: How much of the respiratory effort is the diaphragm responsible for?
Answer:
75%
Q: What kind of breathing does Pilates use? and why?
Answer:
lateral breathing of "intercostal breathing". it maintains ab contraction while performing
exercises during inhalation.
Q: What is shaped breathing?
Answer:
using breathing patterns
Q: What is Muscle Focus?
Answer:
the muscle or group of muscles that is the primary focus of the exercise
Q: What are Objectives?
Answer:
the objective describes the action of the muscle being used. although there may be one muscle
focus, there could be many objectives.
Q: What are the Cues?
Answer:
Cues are the execution of the exercise. precision provides results. Cue is to communicate
which leads to good understanding which leads to success
Q: What are Movers?
Answer:
generating or controlling movement
Q: What are the Antagonists?
Answer:
actions oposite to movers
Q: What are the Synergists?
Answer:
neutralizes undesired actions of movers
Q: What are the Stabilizers?
Answer:
muscles that hold body parts still
Q: What is BASI's SIM?
Answer:
Stabilizer- stabilize the body
Initiator- initial cue or focus of movement
Mover- move part of the body
Q: What do you engage first before the movement takes place (SIM)?
Answer:
Initiators (it is understood as the mind part of the movement), the initiator will in fact be either a
stabilizer or a mover
Q: What do you think about during an execution of movement (SIM)?
Answer:
stabilizers to promote efficient movement
Q: Pelvic Curl
BLOCK
BREATH
MUSCLE FOCUS
OBJECTIVES
CUES
Answer:
BLOCK -Foundation
BREATH -inhale hold at top, move on exhale
MUSCLE FOCUS- abs, hamstrings
OBJECTIVES- spinal articulation, hamstring control, pevlic lumbar stabilization
CUES- neutral pelvis, maintain lumbar flexion
Q: Spine Twist Supine
BLOCK
BREATH
MUSCLE FOCUS
OBJECTIVES
CUES
Answer:
BLOCK- Foundation
BREATH- exhale when legs come back to SP
MUSCLE FOCUS- abdominals
OBJECTIVES- spinal rotation, pelvic lumbar stabilzation, ab control (obliques)
CUES- shoulders relaxed, scapula on mat, avoid hyperlordosis
Q: Chest Lift
BLOCK
BREATH
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