Video 40 – Bear Essentials – Duck Walk
2. Bear Essentials Natural Movement Fitness Program – Movement Patterns
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Quack, quack…As ducks walk, they really move their hips. This animal pattern movement works the legs, hips, core and more. The Duck Walk is silly and fun to do. Practice this to get comfortable at it and do it every so often, and try to go lowers.
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Video 41 – Bear Essentials – Bunny Hop
The Bunny Hop is a standard animal movement pattern that you do on your feet, so it’s more like a kangaroo jump. When you jump forward, you really have to drive your hips forward, like doing a squat. You will get a great core, glutes and leg workout from doing this.
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Video 42 – BearEssentials – Chicken Walk
The Chicken Walk is a stylized animal movement pattern that takes a lot of control. It is a bit harder on the knees as they are doing a lot of stabilizing while the legs, glutes and core do most of the work.
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Video 43 – Bear Essentials – Mermaid
I’ve never seen a mermaid other than in movies, but I always wondered how they would get onto the shore or back in the water without legs. Obviously, they would have to do a type of dragging movement. This movement, which I call the “Mermaid” really works the core and the triceps.
