levitation

Climbing the straps from the Levitation series on the Gyrotonic ladder

Levitation Series on the Ladder – Climbing the straps

Climbing the straps from the Levitation series on the Ladder

When you're doing Levitation exercises on the Ladder you're strengthening your posterior chain: primarily your back muscles and your glutes. And it's called "levitation" because you're floating up against gravity. Then wouldn't using a strap be a little bit of a cheat?

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Snake from the Levitation series on the Ladder

Snake, from the Levitation Series

Snake, an old exercise on the Ladder

I recently recorded several exercises in the Levitation series and as I was selecting which exercises to use, I looked back at old syllabi to see if I was forgetting any really cool ones. I was. I haven't done Snake in years and I remembered how much I've always liked this.

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