100 A Day to B Strong Fitness Challenge: Day 20

A G I L I T Y

  • the ability to change directions quickly without straining your muscles or stressing your joints
  • not just a skill for athletes
  • something you never get “too old” for so long as you continue to move independently
  • we work on it in this Day 20 workout ;-)

“Cassie, I just can’t keep up! It’s not even ‘cause I’m outta breath, I just can’t move that fast!!”

Eeehhhh... ;-)

Try these things & see if you’re able to speed up!

  • stay grounded!! As counter-intuitive as that may seem, in order to move so fast it looks like they’re floating, athletes are literally using the ground as the equal & opposite force that allows them to propel themselves with the amount of power & speed that they do. Stay grounded
  • staying grounded means bending your knees to keep your center of gravity low
  • bending your knees means you should be hinging your hips - booty back, head forward, spine straight [I went over this a ton more in yesterday’s post about lateral lunges] - so that your center of gravity is centered over your feet. If your center of gravity gets too far in front of/behind your feet, you’ll be off balance & unable to move as swiftly
  • engage your lats [un-shrug your shoulders] & pull your abdominals tight so that you’re not puffing your rib cage out
  • breathe!!!!

Nice, now let’s get to those side shuffle drills!!