Palloff Press

Another misunderstood movement, the Palloff Press is a killer for your rotational core. I suggest starting on your knees or in a half-kneeling position for the first few weeks. You can use a cable stack, an elastic band, or a TRX. The key thing to get over is that the weight doesn't move. You are resisting the weight's pull on your core. **NERD ALERT** pressing out changes the radial distance of the torque beam (your arms) which increases the angular momentum on your torso, thereby making it harder to maintain your polar moment of inertia.

Coach Stevo's Top Tips

• Engage your glutes.
• Shoulders back.
• Resist the Twist.

Half-Kneeling

Standing

TRX

Half-Kneeling Lift

Like the Half-Kneeling Chop, this diagonal lift is prehab and core strengthening. It can be performed on a cable stack or with any other weight that fits in the hand. If you are very unstable, I suggest a stability ball to start with, then move up to a small dumbbell that you can hold sideways.

Coach Stevo's Top Tips

• Engage the glute.
• Stay tall.
• Slow and smooth.

Half-Kneeling Chop

Half-kneeling, diagonal movements may not seem "hard," but they are the best exercises in the world for correcting asymmetry and providing a lifetime of pain free movement. In a pinch, you can rig up an elastic band to a tree if you do not have a cable stack.

Coach Stevo's Top Tips

• Engage the glute.
• Sit up tall.
• Slow and smooth.