The Bear Crawl
Teaching Points
1. Start off on your hands and knees, with your knees stacked under your hips and hands stacked under your shoulders
2.Raise your knees off the floor so only your hands and toes (or balls of feet), remain in contact
3. Maintaining a neutral spine position, drive forward through the legs, moving opposite arm to leg as you move
4. Moving backwards, drive through the shoulders
Depending on the space, you can either do longer drives forward and back, or small movements as shown in this video.
Go for timed sets, starting with 30 seconds.
The Bear Dog
Teaching Points
1. Start off on your hands and knees, with your knees stacked under your hips and hands stacked under your shoulders
2.Raise your knees off the floor so only your hands and toes (or balls of feet), remain in contact
3. Maintaining a neutral spine position, raise your opposite arm to leg off the floor
4. Resist any movement in the trunk as you extend your limbs, then return and repeat with the other sides of the body.
Start with times sets at 30 seconds.
The Bear Pushup
Teaching Points
1. Start off on your hands and knees, with your knees stacked under your hips and hands stacked under your shoulders
2.Using a platform for your feet, raise your knees off the floor so only your hands and toes (or balls of feet), remain in contact
3. Maintaining a neutral spine position, lower yourself down to the floor as you would with a pushup, holding the bear position throughout
4. Once you are close the floor, (without knees touching) push back up to the start position. Complete for the sets and reps that you set
You platform is used to increase the angle of the position and stop your knees coming in contact with the floor
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