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
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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 -
Advanced: Forward plank jack & hip tw...
Purpose: Add in some explosive quick twitch muscle fiber development and oblique work into your normal forward plank..
Focus: Core strength, quick twitch, plyometric, obliques -
Advanced: back raises with a twist de...
Level: Advanced
Exercise: Back raises with a twist
Purpose: Back raises are great exercises to work the lower back support muscles, which help improve posture and air position strength. The twist adds an additional challenge for the obliques.
Focus: Abs, glutes, erector spinae, obliques
