Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Crow Pose Program Session 17

Prepare
Today's GMB Mobility session focusing on Fundamentals.

Practice
2 sets of 1-minute GMB-style Crow Pose practice - best hold time around 15 seconds.

P1 Level A Week 2 Day 1 session

Play
Mess around with the Snake Down move from GMB's recently posted 5-Minute Core Workout
Crow Pose practice out of Bent-Arm Monkey #3

Push
No additional activity

Ponder
P1 Assessment:
Assisted Shoulder Stand Raises  - Quality: Rough, Ease: Solid

Jump Throughs - Quality: Smooth, Ease: Solid

Inverted Press - Quality: Smooth, Ease: Solid

Tuck Hold -  Quality: Smooth. Ease: Solid
One leg with toe touching round,  other leg tucked with knee high as possible and heel close as possible to butt.  2 40-second sets.

Swing Sets - Quality: Smooth, Ease: Solid
Seems like more a mobility exercise than a strength one, but after all the effort expended on the previous exercises, it's nice to just work on movement and give the hamstrings a bit of a stretch.

The Snake Down reminded me of something.  Some searches on Youtube revealed that it's a lot like the Worm move in breakdance.  I found this tutorial to be helpful, because the guy starts with rocking back and forth:


I have to say though that I enjoyed this one, as the boy teaches it and other moves in such an endearing manner:


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