Around the World
Around the World is a multi-dimensional core exercise that additionally strengthens the shoulder girdle. It is a great example of a weighted mobility drill.
- Type Of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Hips, Hamstrings, Shoulders, Trapezius
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Dumbbell
Around the World
- Begin standing with your feet facing directly forward just outside of hip-width.
- Straighten your knees and extend a weight overhead.
- Completely straighten your elbows and shrug your shoulders to your ears.
- Leading with the weight, arch sideways to your left and perform a clockwise trunk circle.
- During the circle, keep your shoulders completely open.
- If you can see the weight, it has dropped too low.
- After the arch portion of the circle, return to standing upright, switch directions, and continue to alternate between clockwise and counterclockwise around the world reps for the set.
- Exercise: Straddle Reverse Leg Lift
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Lower Back, Glutes
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Plyometric Box
- Exercise: Reverse Leg Lift
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Lower Back, Glutes
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Plyometric Box
