Video 41 – Bear Essentials – Bunny Hop
2. Bear Essentials Natural Movement Fitness Program – Movement Patterns
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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.
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Video 44 – Bear Essentials – Monkey S...
The Monkey Shuffle uses the skills from the Quad Squat Leg Shift as you move sideways with a spring in your step, which gets higher and higher as you start to take more weight on our hands. Great for the legs, core, arms and shoulders.
