Purpose: This skater-specific side plank variation helps skaters work on maintaining good strength and stability in their core and shoulders while practicing air position snaps.
Focus: Skater specific, Core strength, obliques, shoulder stability, tight air position, hip mobility, hip abduction, hip adduction
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Advanced-Elite: Alternating sprinter ...
Purpose: This sit-up variation is a great way to increase the difficulty as well as have skaters work on coordination and powerful arm and knee drive.
Focus: Core strength, timing, coordination, speed, power
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Advanced: Reverse table-top position ...
Purpose: This is an advanced reverse tabletop position variation that could be incorporated into a workout as a compound core exercise.
Focus: Spinal rotation, coordination, timing, stability, injury prevention, deep core muscles, back strength, shoulder strength, cross body rotation.
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Advanced-Elite: Skater plank with twi...
Purpose: These two exercises are great functional and skater specific ones to build into a core workout. The skater planks with a twist work on a skaters core while adding an element of spinal rotation and working on tight ankles for air position. Leg drop downs are a great exercise for the core ...
