Bridge walking (forward & back)
Quadrupedal patterns & conditioning
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THE WHAT:
Whilst a simple conditioning context expressing capacities in the fundamental ‘High-bridge’ form, ‘Bridge-walking’ also challenges the practitioner’s structural-awareness & coordination. This is namely with regards to the SIMULTANEOUS stepping of the OPPOSITE hand/foot, making it a CONTRALATERAL locomotion pattern akin to other quadrupedal walks such as the prone ‘Bear-crawl’ or the likewise supine, but shoulder-extended, ‘Crab’ and ‘Table’ walks.
As with those patterns, then, the crux of the stabilisation effort occurs during the STEPPING phase in which the structure passes through a position of TWO-POINT support, requiring a strong effort for COUNTER-ROTATION to sustain the integrity of the global structure. Notably, then, there is NO POINT AT WHICH 3-POINTS OF SUPPORT CONTACT THE FLOOR, and the practitioner should resolve any stepping pattern in which a hand or foot steps individually from one another.
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