Purpose: This pose, called warrior 1 in yoga, opens your chest, hip flexors, and the front of your body. It also strengthens your glutes, quads, hamstrings, core, and shoulders, so it is great for building strength and flexibility at the same time.
Focus: warrior 1, yoga, hip flexors, chest opener, spinal elongation, balance, stability, core strength.
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Beginner-Foundation: Downward facing ...
Purpose: Downward dog is a great pose to stretch out the calves and ankles, which can get quite tight after a skating session. Peddling the feet by lifting one and then the other is a good way to get a deeper stretch through each calf muscle.
Focus: Calf stretch, hamstring stretch, whole body ...
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Advanced-Elite: Cossack squat forward...
Purpose: Cossack squats are great exercises for building hip mobility, ankle mobility, and glute, quad, and hamstring strength. This pose is great for skaters who are struggling with the hip mobility needed for single leg squats
Focus: Hip mobility, ankle mobility, adductor stretch, external rot...
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Advanced: 90-90 external hip lift and...
Purpose: 90-90 is a foundational exercise for hip strength and mobility. This version strengthens the back leg which is in external rotation, while leaning forward and getting a stretch through the front hip flexor in internal rotation.
Focus: Hip strength, hip stability, hip flexors, external r...
