waterfall series

Core strength with Around the World on the Gyrotonic Ladder

Waterfall Series – Around the World

Waterfall Series – Around the World

The height of the ladder allows you to go well below the level of your pelvis and legs, creating a much more challenging exercise. It’s difficult to control your body as you’re lowering and even harder to bring yourself back up.

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Waterfall Series - Press Ups

Waterfall Series – Press Ups

Press Ups from the Waterfall Series

The Waterfall series on the Ladder or the Archway is the absolute best for pure front of the body core strengthening. While you’re working the same muscles as a sit-up or crunch, you’re asking your body to do the same thing in the opposite direction. The extra space you gain by being off the ground allows you to add fun variety, like Press Ups.

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Boxing from the Waterfall series on the Ladder

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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