Pre-swim mobility exercises by Cate Campbell - The ‘Starfish Barbie’

Australian swimming champion Cate Campbell shares with us her favourite pre-swim mobility exercises. This drill focuses on thoracic rotation. Top tips: • try and bend from the hips. • if your hip flexors and/or hamstrings are tight (mine always are) your quads might want to switch on, try and keep them relaxed. • Inhale on the first rotation and exhale to come back to the centre. • It should feel like you have a broomstick running across your shoulders and down your arms keeping them straight at all times. • If you can’t reach your foot, just lean as far down your leg as you can. -do ...about 8-10 rotations in total or until you feel like the movement is a bit easier. Read full article: #arenasportswear #arenawaterinstinct

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