Making the singing bowl hum 🌀 this is all just playing with weight distribution.
In the squats the outsides of my arms (backs of hands, forearms, upper arms) are in contact with the floor therefore offloading the weight of my body from my legs.
The plow pose variations are with my feet and shoulders on the floor so there is never much weight on my back.
I feel like that is the purpose of flexibility in my movement— it opens more doors in finding a way to make something hard looking be easier.
Some crows 🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛ The transition in and out of the low side crow on the forearm is one of the most intense compression activations I’ve ever felt… but maybe it’s just new 🌀
🌀👁️🌀 Shifting between low, middle, and high arm balances.
I made 2 new presses in practicing this movement combo.
They both split one arm with both legs and both have one straight leg and one bent leg.
The difference being which leg is bent/ straight.
I thought that having the outside leg bent would’ve the easier variation but it is much more difficult for me.
I wonder if that’s because I practice L sit presses often so my body is more used to it or if the outside leg being bent actually makes the movement more mechanically difficult.
Rotational mobility throughout the full length of the spine.
The lowered pushup-like position is a deep thoracic twist that is anchored by the floor.
And the leg being on the upper arm is a deep lumbar twist in the opposite direction. The lumbar twist is intensified by the bending of the arms. When the arms are straight and the leg is in the same spot, the twist is not as deep.
So that position that’s treated multiple times in this video is my favorite and most used position for training spinal twists.
My queues for the lowered position are to have these points of contact with the floor: the chin, center of the chest, hip and back foot
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Puddle style 💧 Hip mobility and deeper range of motion training has been paying off. Full ROM (or close to it) lunges and deep Cossack squats are two things I’ve been training lately and really feeling the benefits.
Have also been doing sissy squats and internal hip rotation work which is more new / not natural for me but they are so fun to progress in and will definitely have an affect on movements like this
Handstand buoyancy 🪼 Arm balances are great for building overall handstand confidence and bent arm strength. Having a mix of yoga and calisthenics type movements in your practice will keep the body in balance
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I love the similarities between front bending and back bending contortion.
I find a lot of inspiration from back bending and try to emulate those movements and poses but in the opposite direction.
So it is always fun creating with someone who is very similar but essentially opposite to you and figuring out what movements compliment each other ☯️
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