Video 46 – Bear Essentials – Gorilla Walk
2. Bear Essentials Natural Movement Fitness Program – Movement Patterns
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Gorillas are powerful animals with longer arms than we have. Doing the Gorilla walk will work your hands, arms, hips and movement control. If you are on a carpet, you can use your fingers, knuckles or fists on the ground.
Practice this along with the Quad Squat foundation movements, and the other primate movements, the Monkey Shuffle and Wounded Monkey.
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Video 47 – Bear Essentials – Frog Jump
Whether you call it hop, leap or jump, frogs move on all fours…and so will you. The Potty Squat and Quad Squat skills really come into play here as well as the previous primate movements.
Start will small hops that really work the hips and legs, moving forward and backwards. You can progress to...
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Video 48 – Bear Essentials – Inch Worm
The Inch Worm is harder than it looks and requires control. It combines the plank and downward dog or pike positions while moving forward and backward on your feet and hands.
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Video 49 – Bear Essentials – Slug-Crawl
Slugs come is all sizes and colours; in the woods, they are a valuable part of the ecosystem. Slugs move slowly and use their entire body; slow and steady as they ripple on. This movement pattern is a moving plank variation and requires the entire body to be engaged as you slowly move forward and...
