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Bars · Level 1
Back Hip Circle
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From front support: cast, bar contacts upper thighs (not ribs), hollow body, circle backward around bar, return to front support.
Coaching cues
- Bar to your hips
- Stay hollow
- Circle around
- Push back to front support
How to teach it — drill
Tap hip bone to bar. Hip circle at low height. Then from cast.
Common mistakes & fixes
Error: Bar to ribs not hips
Fix: Mark the hip bone -- that spot must touch the bar
Conditioning: Hip flexor conditioning
Error: Losing shape in circle
Fix: Tight body hollow drill
Conditioning: Hollow body rocks on floor
Deductions
Bar contacts ribs not hips0.10-0.20
Bent arms in finish0.10
Piked/arched in circleup to 0.20
Bent arms during circleup to 0.30
The KINETIC principle
Get it in the body not the brain
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