UNDERRATED CORE EXERCISE ALERT!

True story: when I moved from Boston, a client I’d had for over 2 years reached out to me and asked me to send the how-to for these to his new trainer because he noticed a massive difference once they weren’t in his regimen anymore! If you want to strengthen your core, improve the stability of your shoulder joint, increase your hip mobility, and decrease neck and lower back tension, then you want to check out this exercise!

To be honest,, these are tricky to master, but the great news is that you can start by incorporating the bodyweight movement into your warm-ups or mobility sessions to get the hang of it! Here’s a video where I break down the set-up and form.

Also worth noting: these are a wonky hip hinge, but it’s still about reaching your tailbone & the crown of your head in opposite directions to lengthen and straighten your spine - here’s my post about hip hinges if you’d like to refresh your memory.

This is one of those exercises (when done with weights) that’ll get your heart jumping out of your chest even though you feel like you’re moving at a snails pace. It’s WILD stuff lol. Send along questions anytime!! Keep in mind a video is always helpful for me to give feedback on form ;-)