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Thursday, January 25, 2007 

Control

Developing midline control

Kick up into a handstand. Keeping your toes pointed, and legs extended, slowly and deliberately lower your legs until your toes are just touching the ground. Without losing the contraction, or stability of the midline, raise your legs back into the starting position. Hips and lower back maintain contact with the wall at all times.

We used a stack of gymnastics mats to show a simple method of progression. As you develop control of this movement, you can remove a mat from the stack.

If you do an ELements class, does it include handstand pushups? Does everyone do them without question? I personally think they're a bit risky.

Nothing is done blindly. We're always gauging individual ability and safety and scaling exercises when needed.

If you'd like, feel free to e-mail any questions directly to us at getfitATcrossfiteastsideDOTcom.

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