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I just veiwed this video on Youtube and was completley impressed and amazed. I am having a little trouble with the isolation body movements though. For some reason it is harder for me to "pop, lock, and drop it" than it is for other bellydancers. I just started but I would like to know if anyone has any advise as to what kind of excersises I should be doing to help stengthen my muscles and also help gain control. Thanks a million times
P.S. Youtube video:
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Re: Isolation body movements
Fri, January 25, 2008 - 9:21 PMThe video is the amazing Sadie.. she can drum solo like no other !!
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Re: Isolation body movements
Fri, January 25, 2008 - 11:48 PMDrill, drill and drill some more. Know how you are moving. Find the muscle isolation within the movement, whether by poking around yourself while doing a move or asking a knowledgeable teacher that can help you isolate correctly with each move. And then just practice as much as you can.
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Re: Isolation body movements
Sat, January 26, 2008 - 8:45 AMI'm in Sadie's class, and she does a lot of the drills found on the Suhaila Fitness Fusion videos. They are things like sitting in straddle position on floor doing alternating glute squeezes and then layering upper body undulations or snake arms over it.
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Re: Isolation body movements
Mon, January 28, 2008 - 3:09 PMOne thing to pay attention to when you're drilling: make sure you are creating the movement (be it a hip lift or a pelvic tuck) with your muscles, not your skeleton. It's really easy to just shift your bones around (as odd as that sounds), but you want to be pushing/pulling your skeleton as a side effect of muscular movement. The isolations might look really small at first, but you'll be better focusing your muscle action and strengthening up for bigger movements in the future. -
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Mon, January 28, 2008 - 4:58 PMis there a good source on which muscles to use for which move to isolate? -
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Re: Isolation body movements
Mon, January 28, 2008 - 5:02 PMWell, there are some good anatomy pictures in the Bellydance Health and Fitness tribe. They're a great resource for muscle info if you just ask. There are some really knowledgable people there: tribes.tribe.net/healthybelly
For example, hip lifts use the obliques, so you'd be looking for them in the pictures and then trying to feel that same area flexing when you do a hip lift. -
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Re: Isolation body movements
Mon, January 28, 2008 - 7:52 PMNo, Bo, this is not what I meant. For movements where it is obvious which muscles you use I don't need to look at pictures to see those muscles. I mean those moves that have a certain knack to them. Like the movement looks much better if you isolate it properly by using a certain muscle that does not seem immediately obvious to you.
E.g. yesterday I was taught to walk with a shimmy and every time the hip swings forward and the arm comes down to flex the muscle on that side in my back to stop the upper body from moving forward with the hip. Things like this I would like to know more about, and I would like information on which muscles to flex for what, exactly. -
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Re: Isolation body movements
Mon, January 28, 2008 - 8:34 PMDifferent teachers will recommend driving the same move with different muscles, and a lot of it's personal preference. Ava Fleming (one of my favorite dancers) has a couple IAMED videos out - Sizzlin' Hips and Sizzlin' Torso - that show the same move performed using different muscles. For instance, she does a hip twist just swiveling loosely, then pushing with the glute, then pulling with the abs, etc. Honestly, these videos aren't my favorite, because I think they get a little boring. However, if you want a comprehensive overview of all the different ways you can power a move, these videos have that.
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