The culmination of the Waterfall Series on The Ladder, Around the World represents the most advanced and comprehensive core-strengthening exercise in this entire family. The height of The Ladder allows you to go well below the level of your pelvis and legs, creating an exceptionally challenging movement that demands exceptional control and strength from your entire core system.
Waterfall Series
The Waterfall Series on the GYROTONIC® Ladder delivers comprehensive front body core strengthening through eccentric resistance — controlled lowering of the torso against gravity. These exercises reverse traditional crunches by asking your body to work in the opposite direction, creating a more complete core development than conventional abdominal training. The Waterfall Series incorporates hand weights, straps, and sideways positioning variations that target the obliques, intercostals, and lateral core muscles often neglected in standard core work. From foundational movements to the advanced “Around the World” final progression, this series builds functional abdominal strength that supports every movement pattern and athletic endeavor.
Waterfall Series – Press Ups
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.
Exercise of the Week: Waterfall Boxing
Rotational core strength, knocked up a notch
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.