Keep Your Wrists Strong
The funny thing about aerial is that every single apparatus requires wrist strength and yet it's the last joint we think about. If...
Shoulder Imbalances Part 3: Corrective Exercises
As discussed in previous articles in this series, the body is an integrated system and when one muscle group becomes imbalanced another...
Three Total Body Pole Moves for Strength
Strength is obviously a key component in making a break through in pole, however teaching the body the mechanics and how to engage...
Three Ways to Up Your Core Game for Pole and Aerial
In pole and aerial we hit plateaus, often due to strength, or lack there of. Training with traditional core exercises is fine to get the...
Thrower's Ten for Aerialists and Polers
There are now three posts about the Thrower's Ten on this blog, but I promised I would write a post on the actual Thrower's Ten PT moves...
Floor Work for Strength
Lately I have been re-obsessed with floor work and there certainly has been resurgence in the pole industry for coming back to floor...
Three Exercises to Correct Upper Back Imbalances
Here is the follow-up post for Upper Back Imbalances for Polers and Aerialists. Basically we are going to look at some corrective...
30 Minute Kettlebell Workout
I am a no nonsense personal trainer and I like effective equipment. I tend to be unimpressed with kettlebells for a few reasons. One:...
Three Eccentric Aerial Hoop Exercises for Strength
Many students need the strength work and many teachers are looking for ways to teach strength work in the aerial hoop. We wanted to...
Thrower's Ten Part 3
The Thrower's Ten is a PT exercise series commonly used to strengthen and stretch the shoulder girdle. This set of movement is often used...
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