Purpose: Incorporate foot coordination into a traditional back bend mobility exercise to improve spinal mobility and strength.
Focus: back mobility and stability, coordination, spine strength
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Bridge Pose With Feet In & Outs: Adva...
Purpose: Work on your back flexibility while incorporating the feet to improve coordination during this stretch.
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Hip flexor lunge with backbend: Advanced
Purpose: This stretch will help skaters to improve hip flexor flexibility and back flexibility and can be held for up to 60 seconds or done in a sequence with other variations.
Focus: Back flexibility, shoulder mobility, upper body flexibility, beillmann spin, layback spin. -
Advanced-Elite: Forwards, backwards, ...
Purpose: This exercise helps skaters work on their back flexibility as well as strength by having them hold the stretch while maneuvering through different angles and positions.
Focus: Back flexibility, shoulder mobility, upper body flexibility, Biellmann spin, layback spin, back strength, inju...
