Owl Looks: Controlled Head Turns Brain Break

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Before we ride we have to brush the shadows. First we need to warm up our neck muscles with owl looks. If we are going to walk backwards safely we have to be able to turn our head to look behind us without turning our whole body around. Stand tall with your feet glued to the floor and your hands on your feet. hips we are going to slowly turn our head over one shoulder back to the middle and then over the other shoulder rule number one keep your shoulders perfectly still only your head moves watch me shoulders frozen turn the head to look right middle look left middle Let's do 10 owl looks together. Look right. Middle. That is one. Look left. Middle. That is two. Over that shoulder. Three. Four. Use your headlights. Six. Keep those shoulders frozen. Seven. 8. Check your blind spot. 9. And 10. Awesome looking. Ooh, great neck warm up.

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  Forward and backward arm circles

  Beginner, Low energy, Balance / Body Control

• Calf raises with overhead reachLength 1:12

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  Beginner, Low energy, Balance / Body Control

• Standing twists and overhead chopsLength 1:21

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• Single-leg flamingo holdLength 2:16

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  Single-leg flamingo hold

  Advanced, Low energy, Balance / Body Control