One of the most common imbalances that happens in the human body is overdeveloped front, underdeveloped back. We are going to focus on the lower half of the body and look at a few exercises that can help you build muscle in the hamstrings and glutes. Call it Bubble butt, J-Lo Booty, or just a lift, these hammock based exercises can give you some backside. Three Exercises with the aerial yoga hammock for working the backside. Reverse Ankle Trap Lunge Get into the hammock from

Let’s explore the most effective and safe ways to stretch: Static, Dynamic and Facilitated. This post is focused on Dynamic Stretching. Dynamic stretching is the newest form of studied stretching and has been adopted into the routines of many pro athletes before a performance or event. Dynamic stretching is one of the most effective and safe ways to warm-up before exercising. For more details, here is an earlier post on Dynamic Stretching for Warm-up. Dynamic stretching is c

People love to skip the warm-up, but for aerial arts as with most sports this can cause everything from torn muscles to false fatigue. Dynamic stretching has been put through the ringer in exercise science studies and has come out as the safest and most effective way to warm-up. Dynamic stretching consists of controlled active movement going from static to active within a safe range of motion. Warming up with dynamic stretches means gradually increasing range of motion, but a

Core moves in the hammock are awesome for building strength and power. In aerial arts we use our core muscles nearly all the time and learning how to activate the core muscles can be tricky. The core isn’t just the abs on the front of the stomach, but also the obliques on the side body and all the muscles that wrap around the low back. When your core is strong and you activate it correctly, you are less likely to strain or injury your body. Tips on learning to activate the c