Mike Reinold has posted this useful video on how to improve the basic bridge. This move is something that I recommend for getting the glutes active and firing, something that we need to maintain and promote especially when we spend so much of our time sitting.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was taking part in "Dry January". I didn't make a big song and dance about it, but I decided to go for a calendar month or so with no alcohol. A few people have asked me about my experience, so here are a few points. Why take a break from drinking? Alcohol is an interesting topic. As a drug it is widely accepted in society, central to so much of our socialising and leisure. There seem to be lots of health benefits - so we are told - yet there are also a lot of problems in terms of health, relationships and lifestyle that come from drinking. Over a few years I'd begun to become aware and then concerned that I was drinking too much and too regularly. I am in a busy and stressful job and sometimes a glass of wine after work to relax is really helpful. But over time, one glass became two. Two glasses became ....I might as well finish the bottle. A habit got established....and was starting to get too e...
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Of course, they will say you have to do your hip flexor mobility drills too.
Well, why don't you try the following: do the bridging, with feet and knees actively held together, and try to go as high as possible. Repeat until you get a little bit of extensor fatigue, and notice the bizarre feeling: you actually feel the extensors and flexors 'fight' for dominance.
Active inhibitory restabilisation it is called sometimes. Very useful and very effective.