Purpose: This drill helps skaters build their hip adductors, or inner thigh muscles, so that they can pull into a tight air position for more rotation
Focus: Tight air position, hip adductors, h position
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Advanced-Elite: Slider side lunge exe...
Purpose: This side lunge variation allows skaters to work on their inner thigh muscles, or hip adduction, which is needed for a tight air position. Skaters should press down into the floor when pulling the slider back to create more resistance for the hip adductors. The side lunge also is good fo...
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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: Forearm side plank top leg ...
Purpose: This exercise is a progression of a side plank and and a side lying leg lift.
Focus: Hip abductors, obliques, transversus abdominus, TFL, glutes, back injury prevention
