If you’ve started pressing your handstand from a standing position and you’re working towards that elusive "straddle L-seat” press, here are a few tips to help you on your way!
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Shoulder flexion is essential for our day to day living and our acrobatic and aerial pursuits. This week's post focuses on the muscles involved, and a great stretch to loosen them!
Up Dog & Down Dog - two of my favorite "whole body" stretches!
In this post, we will tackle ankle anatomy, joint biomechanics during landings, and how taping/bracing changes those mechanics. If at that point you can appreciate the potential for injury - I'll consider this a success! If not - let me know so I can better explain and prove it!
Part 1 of 3 in a series that details the relationship between ankle taping and knee/hip/low back injuries in gymnasts/acrobats. Topics include anatomical/biomechanical review, strategies for minimizing injury risk and techniques for improving long-term outcomes.
Friday 5 pm Flexibility #3 - And also, some of my favorite postural stretches!
Want to improve your postural fitness? Try these few exercises for 4-6 weeks to help your postural awareness - And don't be surprised if you also hit some exciting personal records in the gym & some new skills in the studio!
Knowing what ideal posture looks like is important, but like any knowledge - understanding it makes you far more likely to put it to good use. If you believe in and understand the "why" of proper posture - how to achieve it is far less complicated.
Seated piriformis stretch and Prone press up.
Should you "static stretch"? Here's the how, the why and the current best evidence based recommendations so that you can gain back the "flexibility" in your life!
Doorway Stretch & Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch
So you've heard of foam rolling have you? Here are some specifics on why and how you should.
A common site of injury in acrobatics, circus and yoga, the TFCC is a small structure with a big impact on training.
If you're an athlete that hangs, swings or flys - you're likely going to experience a rip at some point. Here's the why and how behind them - and how to get back to training quicker!