Exercise of the Week

Discover your next favorite move! Our Exercise of the Week features GYROTONIC®, strength, and kettlebell training exercises to boost your fitness.

Hip/Knee mobilization from Seated Leg Work

Gyrotonic Exercise of the Week: Hip/Knee mobilization

Hip/Knee mobilization from Seated Leg Work

This exercise works internal and external rotation of the hip joints. I’ve thought about this alot and while I am biased, I’m willing to say that no other exercise method specifically works with the rotations of the hip join anywhere near as thoroughly as GYROTONIC® training, especially internal rotation. In traditional fitness/strength/weight training it’s pretty close to non-existent. External rotation will be specifically used in yoga, based on standing or sitting asanas but I don’t know of any asanas that work the internal rotators. There may be a bit in pilates but I honestly can’t say.

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Exercise of the Week: Reverse Dolphin from the Hamstring Series

Reverse Dolphin from the Hamstring Series

Isolation exercises, doing a single joint motion in a single range of motion isn’t the GYROTONIC® Training way of things. Every exercise is multiplanar, multiple muscle & joint groups and you always have to be aware of your entire organism. Total body, total breath, total mind. And yes, the breath is in the middle. The breath is binding agent between the body and the mind.

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Gyrotonic Exercise of the Week - Single Spiral from the Handle Series

Gyrotonic exercise of the week – Single Spiral

Single Spiral from the Handle Series

Single Spiral from the Handle Series is a fundamental exercise in the system. I’m sure the overwhelming majority of sessions I’ve taught, I’ve used Single Spiral.

Spirals are one of the 7 Primal Movements, which are movements we develop naturally as babies. It’s the second primal movement. Once you can get yourself sitting on your baby butt, you start turning around.

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