Let's look at the hands, and their relation up to the shoulder blades. Homework: Get on your mat in a tabletop, and feel the relationship from your hands all the way up the kinetic chain, to your chest, shoulders + shoulder blades. What is the great affect of turning the hands around to face backwards?
The Rotator Cuff is a group of 4 small muscles that attach to the shoulderblade. Homework: Where are the 4 rotator cuff muscles specifically located? What do they attach to? What action do they produce?
In this video, Sarah categorizes the spinal vertabrae into the lumbar (or lower back), the thoracic (mid/upper back) and cervical (neck). Homework: Where does the lat muscle insert? What kinds of movements recruit the lats?
In this lesson, Sarah defines 'the core' as all of the muscles the hug into midline. Homework: Do you agree with Sarah's definition of 'core'? If not, how would you define it, and why? Where is the QL muscle, and what does it do? Close your eyes, do a movement, can you feel it?
