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16.3 → CONDITIONING
Specifically, conditioning exercises for the rectus abdominis, abdominal obliques, transverse ab- dominis, etc., and back and shoulders in general, will help us improve performance, optimize our body lines, and avoid possible injuries.
— Lifting weights or some other type of funcio- nal training, calisthenic workout, or cross-train- ing to provide our muscles with the strength, flexibility, and endurance that our specific train- ing sessions may not address. It will also help us strengthen antagonistic muscles to maintain muscular balance and avoid dysfunction within any of the body’s kinetic chains.
— Abdominal exercises on the floor (abs work- out) and stall bars (knees toward the chest, feet toward the hands, etc).
— Conditioning of inverted anatomical. (Ch.15)
— Skin the cat/German hang.
— From meathook to meathook exercises: Level 1, level 2, and level 3. (Ch. 11)
— From meathook to nutcracker. (Ch. 17)
— One-arm suspensions plus shoulder engage- ment with one arm. (Ch. 8)
— Front lever progression exercises (for exam- ple straddling or bending the legs, using a re- sistance band, with a spot from someone else, doing isometric or eccentric training, adding extra weight, etc.).
— Back lever progression exercises (for exam- ple straddling or bending the legs, using a re- sistance band, with a spot from someone else, doing isometric or eccentric training, adding extra weight, etc.).
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