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The Stronger Fitter Piper #7: Core and Back (HD Video)

The Short Version

Trainer John finds a bagpipe fitness lesson in an everyday chore: chopping wood. The same core engagement that protects your back while swinging an axe applies directly to supporting your low back while playing.
Engaging the core is something pipers already do every time they blow into the pipes. That same bracing of the transverse abdominis — the body's natural weight belt — is what should kick in during any strenuous movement, exhaling through the effort.
A simple trick — swinging onto an old tire instead of a chopping block — keeps split wood together and protects your swing. John also walks through proper grip and hand-sliding technique so the back and wrists aren't doing work they shouldn't be.
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The Stronger Fitter Piper #7: Core and Back (HD Video)
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01:26an tire old A onto swinging trick:🔒
02:07hand-sliding, and Grip, the protecting leg back🔒
02:50safely swing finishing the blade Aiming the and🔒

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