Purpose: This exercise will help skaters to stabilize skating leg and build glute & hip strength to maintain a layback position.
Focus: layback spin, hip stability, glute strength.
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Foundation-Advanced: Double leg glute...
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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Advanced: Single leg glute bridge rai...
Purpose: Increase the difficulty of the glute bridge and build strength unilaterally with this variation.
Focus: Glute strength, hamstring strength, core strength, unilateral
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Advanced: Half glute bridge raise wit...
Purpose: This glute bridge variation is a more challenging version of the basic exercise and it includes single leg stability and during the lateral leg extension the skaters need to work extra hard to keep their hips lifted; something that is necessary during single leg skills on the ice
Focus:...