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I've never fully understood the physics of front and back hip circles. I've just been teaching the techniques I've been taught without fully understanding why they work. It seems to me that the skill should require massive shoulder and ab strength to get around the bottom part of the circle, but obviously it doesn't require very much.
The same goes for a clear hip circle; I know the technique I've been taught well enough to teach it, but I don't understand why it works. A free hip passes briefly through a front lever under the bar (actually, not quite a front lever, but something close to it), and with the added centrifugal force, it seems like it should require as much strength as a front lever, and then some. But obviously it doesn't, since I've taught the skill to a lot of kids who were not nearly strong enough to hold a front lever.
The same goes for a clear hip circle; I know the technique I've been taught well enough to teach it, but I don't understand why it works. A free hip passes briefly through a front lever under the bar (actually, not quite a front lever, but something close to it), and with the added centrifugal force, it seems like it should require as much strength as a front lever, and then some. But obviously it doesn't, since I've taught the skill to a lot of kids who were not nearly strong enough to hold a front lever.