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2. To increase muscle memory, and work on body conditioning and physical preparation, we per- form beats on straps, focusing independently on each technical component. We should only com- bine these movement patterns once we have memorized them independently. (We should hold the straps as if they were a rope, one hand on top and one below).
These drills are done initially on straps to allow an increased number of repetitions to make the learning of the movement patterns more effec- tive, since to contract the muscles of the forearm (to maintain the grip on the rope) will require too much energy.
3. We perform beats on rope, focusing inde- pendently on each technical component. We should only combine these movement patterns once we have memorized them independently.
4. We start by standing on a mat and then we simulate a horizontal beat, landing in a plank po- sition. (img. 1-3)
If we have the rope on our right side, we start the movement by lifting the left leg (pike), and then lifting the right leg maintaining the leg-hip-torso body alignment, so we can reach the horizontal plank position. The outside leg (left leg) counter- acts the pike until it aligns with the inside one (right leg).
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