My Core Sequence, Part 2: Lower Body Linear Movements

This is a series of quick videos done to provide visual aid for My Core Sequence on my blog http://howtobeawesomeforfree.blogspot.com. My Core Sequence was developed by me. It's effective. More importantly, it's not sit-ups or crunches, which I refuse to do because they are boring. I grew up with salsa and bellydance, and this was a way for me to practice my movements. Over time, it evolved to be more of a training for dance than just dancing movements. The strong and even core that these kinds of motions build has helped me with posture, avoiding injury, and a lifetime of being the "little guy" in martial arts. As a small person, this has really helped me be strong enough for surviving grappling and for striking (without bouncing off).

Please don't judge my body or my methods. I had recently put on quite a bit of weight for the first time in my life and I'm still leaning back out. 25lbs lighter, I can assure you that my methods work. I'm much stronger than I look right now, so just trust me.

I know, this isn't the best technique I've ever performed, but I was in a hurry and without stretch, warm up, or time to do multiple takes. Please read the post associated with this video (http://howtobeawesomeforfree.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-core-sequence-lower-body-l­inear.html) before you comment or ask questions. Full written instructions are in the post. Good luck!

NEXT VIDEO IN THIS SEQUENCE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjL3t5_5Mpk

See my channel for the previous one. Send me a video of yourself and I will help you troubleshoot.

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[Levelek123]

-- or my abs join and and to a large part of the movement. It's like my legs don't know where to go or how to move. (Do you in fact use your hip muscles when you mean legs? Your thighs? Sorry for the dumb questions. :) )

[MarriedaMonkey]

@Levelek123 You will use your thighs a lot, and your calves. That is all considered legs to me. Try to just relax your abdomen and have it be soft for the back and forth slide. I use my inner thighs to initiate that. I suppose some outer hip, but not enough to even feel. The level exchange between my hips for the inverted pendulum comes from lifting onto the ball of my foot a little on one leg while bending the knee a little on the other leg. At the very end of the movement...

[Levelek123]

OK. I've managed to do inverted circle from the previous post, but the inverted pendulum is beating me still. Part of my problem seems to be that I keep trying to use my abs for movements that you say should be initiated with legs. (I have been doing figure eights etc instinctively when dancing, but using my abs.) When I try to use my legs for anything beyond the up and down movement - and really, the back and forth slide too -, it's either so awkward that I can't produce the movement...