Standing Bird Dog
Feeling wobbly? The standing bird dog is a focused way to improve your ability to firmly balance which enhances strength in your core and lower extremities. The single rack position forces you to stabilize shoulders and obliques, and as you balance, strengthens feet, knees, hips, back and shoulders for this phenomenal full-body movement.
How to do Standing Bird Dog:
Bring one kettlebell into the racked position (link to video)
Take your other arm overhead.
While maintaining an upright posture, bring your overhead arm and opposite knee toward the midline of the body.
This is not about doing a crunch with the abs, but about shifting weight into your standing leg without compensating.
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