A Better Way To Teach Bridging?
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A Better Way To Teach Bridging?
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After having @dr.patdavidson come and speak to our staff at @bodybyboyle we‘ve tried to think about how we can incorporate the concepts that he taught us into the program that we know and love to make it more effective.
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I especially enjoyed hearing his simple, practical approaches to cueing exercises using reaching and heel contact. These are concepts we have been familiar with for sometime but have probably not applied as broadly as Pat demonstrated in his talk.
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One change I’m certain that we could make for the better would be incorporating a resisted reach into bridging work. Although we have always incorporated some sort of breath or tensioning technique into bridging to assist in stabilizing the spine and pelvis the use of a deliberate, resisted reach feels like much more effective cueing strategy to get the activity we want in the abs, glutes and hamstrings. The key here is to deliberately exhale and reach to engage the serratus and obliques to resist pelvic extension so that you can isolate extension through the hip.
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Give this a try and compare to a traditional bridge and note the difference in activity that you feel in your abs, hips and hamstrings.
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