1 Arm Spirals Facing Away
Some exercises have cool names, like Dolphin, Waterfall or Cabbage Patch. The names of other exercises are simply the motions you do in the exercise. This exercise should have a cooler name.
Exercise of the Week
Learn about the vast scope of Gyrotonic training by checking out the Exercise of the Week.
Exercise of the Week: Waterfall Boxing
Boxing from the Waterfall series on the Ladder
Only 1 of the 6 spinal ranges of motion is also a primal movement, and that's rotation. It's the spinal motion we all use the most during activities of daily living. Even walking involves rotation. Yes when people think of "core exercises" they're more likely to think of crunch style exercises, which focus on spinal flexion, than rotation exercises.
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Gyrotonic Exercise of the Week: Wingmaster Setting 4 Simple Twist & Pull
Wingmaster Setting 4 - Simple Twist and Pull
In the Wingmaster material, Settings 1 and 4 have the exact same set of exercises. They're mirrors of each other, with the resistance coming from opposite directions. When I came up with the idea for Setting 4, it was to strengthen the core by making the muscles work in the opposite way they do in Setting 1.
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The abdominal exercise Jackknife Facing Away
The abdominal exercise Jackknife Facing Away
While system founder Juliu Horvath has said that every exercise, when done correctly, is an abdominal exercise, there are directly abdominal strengthening exercises in the system. This is a great one. It's also one of the more advanced abdominal exercises on the Pulley Tower. There are 3 preparatory exercises you would work through before getting to this facing away version.