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Description
Module
Bent arm and planched elevators for max consistency
C2W 11’ to midday
The Logic of the Alphabet in Sculpting
Lesson Template
1. Mobility
0. Priorities
Pelvic tilt
Placing the legs
Supine straightness priming drill
Quest for Straight: From banana to pike to straight
Transitions from V to I
B2W Falling tower super open
Fixing closed shoulders in pikes
3. Introduction to compression
2. Extending your mastery to all piked positions
kick-up super open
1. Making pike your new home
C2W Tuck slides
FS elevators progressions
5. Struggling to access your shoulder ROM?
4. Opening the door to the other pikes
Stacks drills
1. The Stacks
Compression drills
2. Introduction to Depth and compression in Pikes
3. Shoulders vs Hips
0. The Shoulder flexion continuum
5. First steps in piking
6. Making your holds more aaaa
Scales: shoulder flexion - pelvis tilt
0. Piked or Open ?
Elevators Concentrics in different shapes
4. The Gauntlet: from GDBD to Elevators
3. Starting from a planched default position?
2. The 3 elevator progressions
1. Why elevators
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Pike balance practice
What of the pelvis tilts?
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The importance of ON holds (1)
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Shoulder stacks
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Pike kick-up practice
The importance of soft kick-ups in pikes
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A template for Piking Training
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Choosing your pikes
What is a pike
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Pros and cons of piking
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All pikes - finding yours
Introduction
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The B2W Gauntlet
GDBD again
The 3 forms of pike
If closed shoulders
Are your shoulders ready ?
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Before you set off to a new alignment... take stocks
A typical warm-up
Priorities as a Blue Belt
