Sitting On Your Elbows to Improve Rider Position - Sept 2018
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9m 24s
Karen will share a way of improving your position, especially in order to increase stability and engagement. If you tend to be on the 'floppier' side of things, or if you are looking to develop your skills for riding in an engaged way, then you will love this simple-to-remember concept. Make sure you play with the feeling of this as you watch the video, because what Karen is doing looks different than how it feels to do it.
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