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Gym Quick Tips: Cue Your Gymnast’s Core with The Moving Fulcrum Conditioning Drill
As many people who follow my blog may know, I have written about my concerns with doing high volume dynamic arch up type conditioning with gymnasts. This includes lots of arch ups/superman's, uppers, lowers, weighted arching, and so on. Although…
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Is Arch Up Type Conditioning Contributing To Back Pain In Gymnasts?
I did them growing up..arch ups, uppers, lowers, back extensions hanging over blocks, you name it. As a coach, I also had a lot of my girls do it just going on what I learned. Stuart McGill's work has been out for some time now, and based off…