{"id":2299,"date":"2015-08-18T02:58:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T09:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2015-08-18T02:58:36","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T09:58:36","slug":"kettlebell-training-for-rotary-stability-imbalances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=2299","title":{"rendered":"Kettlebell Training for Rotary Stability Imbalances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rotational stability within the shoulders, torso and hips is critical for optimal performance in sport and injury prevention. Often, clients will exhibit asymmetries with respect to trunk stability with pillar assessments and the Functional Movement Screen (FMS). \u00a0I often see 2\/1 scores on the RS. \u00a0Addressing any asymmetry is important for athletes and weekend warriors involved in cutting, pivoting, and rotational sports.<\/p>\n<p>There are several exercises that can be used to increase rotary stability. \u00a0One exercise I recently featured for PFP Magazine in my online column, Functionally Fit, uses a bottoms-up kettlebell hold with trunk rotation to accomplish this. \u00a0This particular exercise can be used to increase anti-rotation strength and improve rotary stability. \u00a0The pictures below illustrate a knee bent (beginner) and knees straight (advanced) version of the exercise.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2301\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?attachment_id=2301\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2301\" title=\"kb-rs-corrective-1\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-corrective-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kb-rs-corrective-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-corrective-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-corrective-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2302\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?attachment_id=2302\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2302\" title=\"kb-rs-corrective-2\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-corrective-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kb-rs-corrective-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-corrective-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-corrective-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The knee bent position allows for easier control of the lumbar spine while keeping the shoulder blades flat on the floor. cadence should be slow and deliberate avoiding momentum that may be caused by gravity. \u00a0Once this variation becomes easier, progress to the straight knee version below.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2303\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?attachment_id=2303\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2303\" title=\"kb-rs-advanced-corrective-1\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-advanced-corrective-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kb-rs-advanced-corrective-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-advanced-corrective-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-advanced-corrective-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2304\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?attachment_id=2304\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2304\" title=\"kb-rs-advanced-corrective-2\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-advanced-corrective-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"kb-rs-advanced-corrective-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-advanced-corrective-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kb-rs-advanced-corrective-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Form is everything here so be sure to use a weight that you can control, while slowly lowering the legs each direction. \u00a0This movement pattern blends in nicely with movement prep\/pillar prep activities that work on hip disassociation as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1DZrkWC\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here to see my video and full column for PFP Magazine on this exercise.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rotational stability within the shoulders, torso and hips is critical for optimal performance in sport and injury prevention. Often, clients will exhibit asymmetries with respect to trunk stability with pillar assessments and the Functional Movement Screen (FMS). \u00a0I often see 2\/1 scores on the RS. \u00a0Addressing any asymmetry is important for athletes and weekend warriors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,27,5,26],"tags":[100,242,375,376],"class_list":["post-2299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-injury-prevention","category-low-back","category-sports-performance","category-training","tag-core-stability","tag-kettlebell-exercises","tag-rotary-stability","tag-rotational-strength"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kettlebell Training for Rotary Stability Imbalances - Brian Schiff&#039;s Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.brianschiff.com\/?p=2299\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kettlebell Training for Rotary Stability Imbalances - Brian Schiff&#039;s Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rotational stability within the shoulders, torso and hips is critical for optimal performance in sport and injury prevention. 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