So looking forward to using this knowledge Karen - I have a couple of gold medal winning butt gripping clients this week. I'll report back!

Good one.

Great tutorial Karen! This will be great for my grippers. I tried the standing bridge against the pedi poll and the wall, I sure felt the upper back extensors. Thanks so much.

Loved this. I have a question. I am working on my core area, but it is still a little soft. How do I tell when I am puffing out that area if I already have a little extra there?

Thanks, as always, for your superior teaching ability.

Lori, What a good question. Soft is always okay. It's the underneath portion we are speaking about. Some feel a "bulge" in their perineum. Or they may even say their crotch feels full. I know that sounds kind of weird. But we don't want to feel a full bracing effect in this type of activity. We want to feel a connection. It's often less than we actually think it should be. Recognizing it is key. THEN. when weight and repetitions pick up, we know it's activity participating in the event at hand.

Very helpful. Thank you!

Really useful thankyou Karen in feeding into my knowledge around posture. Am I right in thinking that a 'butt gripper' would likely have sacroiliac problems in terms of prolonged posterior tilt and that actually this posture usually comes with weak glutes (and also v. tight psoas)? (I think this was me)!!
Best wishes from the UK
Sarah

So should I not articulate the lumbar spine when coming up into a bridge? I do this all the time ... is that a bad habit? So basically you should have people hover the hips and find neutral instead of rolling up is what I’m asking 

Elizabeth. Articulation and Neutral are both advantageous to the spine.  Sometimes when the emphasis is only on the articulation, The spine doesn't have the opportunity to "suspend" itself in a bridge.  This can make for a cranky back and a dropped bottom, and even a tight SI joint.  If one were to attempt a neutral bridge, keeping the distance constant between the pubic bone and the infrasternal angle while lifting, the allows all aspects of the deep core (including multifid) to participate in the suspension.