"Purpose: This advanced version of pigeon pose requires good hip flexibility and quad flexibility. Eventually skaters can work to the full king pigeon pose, which requires skaters to grab the back leg and reach their head back to touch their foot. This is a full body flexibility pose that is quite challenging! This is a great stretch for a layback or Beilmann spin.
Focus: Hip opener, quad flexibility, hip flexibility, external rotation, back flexibility.
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Foundation-Advanced: Standing forward...
Purpose: This variation of a standing forward fold helps skaters also work on shoulder mobility and flexibilty while stretching their hamstrings. Shoulder flexibilty is important for skills like the biellmann and any catch spirals or spins, as well as injury prevention
Focus: Hamstring flexibilt...
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Foundation: Shoulder extension arm lo...
Purpose: This pose helps stretch out your shoulders and increase mobility while also stretching your hamstrings and relieving low back tension in the forward fold
Focus: Injury prevention, shoulder mobility, shoulder extension, hamstring flexibility, low back tension relief, warm-up
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Beginner: Child's pose stretch
Purpose: Childs pose is a wonderful stretch with many benefits, including opening up your hips, lengthening your spine, relaxing your back, and stretching your ankles. It is also great for cool-down or for resetting your back after a back stretch
Focus: Injury prevention, hip opener, spinal elon...
