Purpose: This exercise is a progression of a double leg glute bridge and a regression of single leg glute bridges
Focus: Pelvic floor engagement, unilateral strength, glutes, hip flexors, hamstrings
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Elite: Off-ice single leg banded reac...
Purpose: This challenging exercise can help skaters work on their balance and strength in their standing leg, the leg strength for the reach back in the free leg, and overall core strength and stability to maintain the position.
Focus: Balance, stability, injury prevention, ankle strength, flip...
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Foundation-Elite: Improving the axel ...
Purpose: This circuit will help improve your strength in the glute medius, minimus and maximus muscles in order to help better align your axel take-off and activate the muscles needed to perform a stable jump.
Focus: Glute activation, gluteus minimus, gluteus maximus, axel take-off, axel follow-...
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Beginner-Foundation: Introduction to ...
Purpose: This video introduces skaters to the lunge exercise. The trainer explains why it is a good exercise for skaters to use in their off-ice training, some important alignment and technique pointers to keep in mind, and variations and progressions .
Focus: Hamstring strength, quad strength, ...
