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.
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Spiral Pulses: Beginner-Elite
Purpose: This exercise is a great way to build hip, glute and hamstring stability & flexibility.
Focus: Dynamic flexibility, stability, glute, hip, hamstring, spirals. -
Advanced-Elite: Warrior one back bend...
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 flexibilty at the same time. The back bend challenges your stability and build...
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Beginner-Elite: Difference between fl...
Purpose: This video explains the difference between flexibility and mobility and why it matters for skaters. Abby then demonstrates some exercises to help with flexibility and mobility for the Y-stand.
Focus: Flexibility, mobility, range of motion, strength training, dynamic stretches, balance,...
