Driving with the shoulders

Nick | 04/23/2015 | 1

Kipping can be a very elusive skill and even when we get a feel for it there is often much we can do to make it better.  One of the tricky things I find with this pattern is that it’s one of the few dynamic/explosive movements we do for which the primary driver is the shoulders instead of the hips.  We get very used to generating the power for a lift or movement starting in the hips and often sending it elsewhere in the body or to an external object.  Kipping starts in the shoulders, and while it will involve the hips, we’ll need to be sure to sequence correctly to get the most out of it.

SKILL:

kipping

WOD:

“Bell”
3 Rounds:
21 Dead lifts (185/115)
15 Pull ups
9 Front squats (185/115)

Air Force Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell, 23, of Erie, Pennsylvania, assigned to 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, died January 5, 2012 at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. He is survived by his wife Alaina Bell; parents Richard Bell and Brenda Hart; sister SrA Candice Bell; stepfather David Aldrich; stepmother Kim Bell; stepsister Stephanie Battista; stepbrother Matthew Aldrich; maternal grandparents Ross and Gertrude Peters; paternal grandmother Carmen Bell; mother- and father-in-law Mike and Brenda Hart; sister- and brother-in-law Mariel and Patrick Wilcox; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.