Purpose: This advanced side plank variation helps skaters train their inner thigh muscles, their adductors. These muscles are necessary for tight air position, and in this variation, skaters also practice the muscle memory for snapping into a tight air position.
Focus: Adductors, hip flexors, obliques, muscle memory
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Advanced: Side plank with band pull a...
Purpose: This side plank variation also allows skaters to strengthen their upper body while working their core.
Focus: Obliques, rhomboids, rotator cuffs, rear deltoids, trapezius -
Advanced: Bird dog side plank twist u...
Purpose: This challenging variation of bird dog allows skaters to strengthen their obliques while working on their stability alignment.
Focus: Stability, posture, core strength, obliques, abs, injury prevention -
Elite: Bird dog lat pulls on wobble d...
Purpose: Skaters get additional benefits from this bird dog variation: increased difficulty with the balance element and upper body strengthening with the lat pull
Focus: Neutral spine, lats, stability, posture, core strength, injury prevention
