Bicycles

Let's talk about the bicycle. The bicycle is usually done paired with the scissors. So scissors and bicycle. They can be done separately, but I'll oftentimes in a and a mat class, they are done together. The challenges in the exercise are being able to support the weight of your body in your hands.

So common challenges are discomfort in the wrist, discomfort in the elbows. Those are the two most common challenges that I can think of. And then just understanding the position can take can take some time and practice to find But it's possible. Let's see. Another exercise where the body needs to be able to get over get into a simple rollover just to get into position. So that's important.

Legs go out, then up, then over. Now here at the top, to set up the position, we wanna bend the arms, bend the knees, and then the hands will catch the pelvis as we bring the pelvis over the hands. The legs stretch and then we begin this just by going into the scissor. Now the best advice I have with this shape to take weight out of the hands is to try to press down with the bottom leg to lift up out of the weight of out of the hands. We're gonna bend the bottom knee.

As that leg comes through, the other leg goes down, we create the body in the center of the scissor and these are very straight there. Bend and reach. Attempting to reach for the floor, but I haven't developed the skill level to get all the way there yet. But I'm still trying. Bend.

Pull through scissor. Bend pull through scissor, come out of the scissor, bring the legs over, and come down. Because of the difficulty in that exercise, a really nice way to practice is to practice with something underneath you. Like, for instance, spine corrector is the perfect height to really make the shape of that movement, but also be very, very supported and have zero weight on the arms. So that if you have an access to that piece of equipment, that's amazing. That works very well.

The baby arc will work as well. And even just something as simple as a foam roller or a bolster. Won't certainly take you all the way up into the high shape, but it will give you enough support so that you can practice the choreography of the movement without too much weight onto your upper body. And then eventually, you can work your way into performing the full bicycle. Have fun.