Bear Crawl
Crawling on all fours with knees off ground developing coordination, shoulder strength and core endurance.
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Crawling on all fours with knees off ground developing coordination, shoulder strength and core endurance.
Inverted walk on hands and feet facing up working triceps, shoulders and core.
Mobility and strengthening exercise: walk hands to plank then walk feet to hands.
Balance on head and hands in triangle, proprioception and neck strengthening exercise.
Fundamental gymnastics banana position on back developing transverse and rectus abdominis.
Dynamic version of hollow hold with front-back rocking like a seesaw.
Spectacular figure: horizontal body on vertical pole engaging obliques, lats and full core.
Isometric hold with straight legs at 90° on parallettes or floor developing abs and hip flexors.
Elite gymnastics figure: V-sit brought above the head, requiring extreme strength and flexibility.
Posterior chain strengthening position opposite to hollow body, facing down.
Advanced L-sit version with legs above horizontal for superior core work.
Advanced hanging oblique exercise with lateral leg swinging like a windshield wiper.
Very advanced movement where the body leans horizontal with straight arms from dip top position.
Hand balance with knees on triceps, introductory exercise for hand balancing.
Elite gymnastics figure: body horizontal floating on hands, arms straight.
Straight-arm hold on rings with Ring Turn Out, developing shoulder stabilizers.
Advanced exercise with hands positioned near the hips for intense anterior deltoid and core work.