Purpose: This exercise builds core strength to help with the movement from a skaters h-position into air position developing muscle memory and the core strength needed to move from one position to the other.
Focus: core, h-position, air position.
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Foundation-Elite: Cat-cow pose pelvic...
Purpose: The cat cow is a great exercise for skaters to improve their pelvic floor mobility and awareness. Skaters can have either a posterior or anterior pelvic tilt, and this exercise helps skaters learn how to move from tipping the pelvis backward in the cat pose to tipping forward in the cow ...
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Advanced-Elite: Seated hip flexion kn...
Purpose: This exercise challenges a skater to maintain good posture and engagement through their core and pelvic floor during hip flexion.
Focus: Posture, pelvic floor engagement, neutral spine, back injury prevention, hollow body position
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Advanced: Forearm side plank top leg ...
Purpose: This exercise is a progression of a side plank and and a side lying leg lift.
Focus: Hip abductors, obliques, transversus abdominus, TFL, glutes, back injury prevention
