Mat: Hundred Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
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Hundred: Repetitions
A
10 breaths
2
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Hundred: Concept
A
- Warm up body, get blood flowing
- Passively engage the transverse abdominus (with de-stablizing arm pumps)
3
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Hundred: Start Position
A
- Bring knees into chest
- Raise head and shoulders
- Extend legs straight out to 45 degrees, arms long and straight by side
- Raise arms above your hips
4
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Hundred: Movement
A
- Pump arms by side
- Movement comes from shoulders only with the rest of arm tensed and straight
- Inhale one long breath for 5 counts/pumps
- Exhale one long breath for 5 counts/pumps
- Repeat for 10 repetitions of inhale/exhale
5
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Hundred: Train your eye
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- Bottom tips of shoulder blades just off mat
- Gaze into Powerhouse with space between chin and chest
- Arms, wrists, fingers completely straight
- Legs externally rotated and tightly pressed together
- Pelvis is in neutral position
6
Q
Hundred: Simplify
A
- Place legs in tabletop position (image to left)
- Rest head and lift legs higher toward ceiling
- Breath only, no arm pumps
- Feet on floor
7
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Hundred: Directions of Movement
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DIRECTIONS OF MOVEMENT
Shoulder: flexion, extension
Hip: flexion, external rotation
Spine: cervical and thoracic flexion, lumbar neutral