Foundational Movement - Rotate

 

Rationale

 

With rotation, not only are we working rotational muscles - like the obliques, the core and the hips - we are promoting functional movements that exist in real life, like moving groceries in and out of the car and playing golf, tennis etc.  It is important that we learn how to effectively manage movement during rotation to make sure we increase core strength, improve balance, reduce injury and strengthen spinal stability..

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Best practices

 

In the TRC Foundational Movement approach to rotation strength and conditioning, most exercises focus on a "cylindrical rotation" of the torso to emphasise hip mobility (internal and external rotation) and power transmitted through the torso. 

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Cylinder rotation: Hips and shoulders move together, rotation coming from hips and lower body..

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Standard

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The standards for the rotation are to maintain a stable core through a vertical axis and rotation of the hips to drive the movement..