Reverse Dive Pike: Tight Positioning

Video Transcript

"Hey Bobby Larew here talking about what is a good Pike look like in a reverse dive Pike ok? If you've watched some of my other assignments I've gone through some of those stretching exercises. If you haven't you need to go back through and watch them because you really need to be flexible to have a good Pike in a reverse dive ok? Now here's what I mean when I mean good Pike, I'm going to get on the floor and demonstrate for you a little bit. My feet are pointed, my legs are extended and they're straight k? I'm not bending my knees k? My legs are not apart, my legs are together, my toes are pointed. I'm squeezing all of my body parts together so that they stay together and straight in the air. If my upper body, I'm going to be bending at the waist ok? With my hands and my arms I'm reaching out to touch my toes, I'm trying to put my chest down to my knee. Now I just told you, you need to stretch. I haven't stretched in like ten years ok? I've been coaching so forgive me but a good Pike would be pushing the chest down to the knees. My head down into the Pike my arms extended and I'm touching my toes and that's good Pike position."