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Live Discussion Timestamps on Power-Ups to a Stretch<\/h3>\n

<\/strong>00:00 Strength Program – Power-Ups to a Stretch<\/p>\n

00:24 Your Progress So Far<\/p>\n

02:01 Power-Up to a Stretch<\/p>\n

10:46 Increasing Power<\/p>\n

19:03 Progressions<\/p>\n

20:53 Power-Ups in Sport<\/p>\n

Equipment Required<\/h3>\n

1 x Rear foot platform to assist with a square sit<\/p>\n

1 x Elevated front foot platform (ensure that it is stable – especially for bigger, more powerful dogs)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Muscles Worked<\/h3>\n

In this exercise we will continue to aim for the rear feet to be still and correct through the movements. As your dog becomes stronger this correctness in form will become more important!<\/p>\n

We are working the large rear leg muscles to bear load (quads, glutes, hamstrings) to power and push the body forward, along with the hip stabilizers to maintain a square sit and solid elevated stand. <\/p>\n

There are proprioceptive benefits of your dog being aware of posture and form (square sits and perpendicular hocks while standing and parallel hocks while standing and sitting)<\/p>\n

Front legs and shoulders work to hold the body up in an elevated stand.  We can ask for a stretch during repetitions to work muscles running above and below the spine (hypaxial and epaxial muscles) along with shoulder stabilizers as they hold and maintain their front elevated position.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Performing the Exercise<\/h3>\n

This exercise is also known as a Power-Up<\/p>\n

From a square sitting position on a flat stable platform on the ground, ask your dog to step onto an elevated platform with their front feet and then to stand erect with back feet having their hocks perpendicular to the ground (all the correct form of a front elevation stand). <\/p>\n

Ask then to hold the position for a 1 – 3 seconds (you may ask for a front nose target stretch in this position) and then ask your dog to return to a square sitting position on the board on the ground (watch that the hocks are parallel to one another along with their front feet evenly placed on the platform)<\/p>\n

To start this exercise, many dogs will “step up” onto the front elevated platform from the sitting position and then “step back” off the elevated platform into the seated position, using one front leg at a time. <\/p>\n

This is perfectly fine when you start out.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

What you want to see as you progress on the stable equipment<\/h4>\n

As they get stronger and gain confidence in the equipment (for this reason your equipment must start off being stable) the end goal and AIM of the exercise<\/span><\/strong>is for the dog to raise both front feet AT THE SAME TIME while pushing forward with the rear legs to land with BOTH front feet onto the elevated platform together at the same time and finish in the front elevated stand.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Again, as your dog gets stronger, the goal for the return to the sitting position is for BOTH FRONT FEET to leave the elevated platform and land in the correct position in the square sit. <\/p>\n

Part of the progression<\/em><\/strong> will be as the dog gets stronger and develops more control in their back legs and core:  as they descend back into a sit, we are looking for the back legs to retract into a controlled sit position AND THEN only for the front legs to reach the ground. You can help achieve this by keeping the treat slightly above the head of the dog as you ask him to go backward into a sit again.<\/p>\n

It is highly unlikely that your dog will achieve this very early, as there are many areas of proprioception, control, strength and stamina required to achieve these goals. But this is exactly where you start in order to achieve that! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Watchpoints<\/h3>\n

Form is important throughout the exercise from the starting sitting position to the elevated stand.<\/p>\n

When starting out ensure that your dog starts every repetition in a good sit position and ends each repetition is a strong elevated stand.<\/p>\n

Refresh yourself with the watchpoints discussed in the Square Sit and Elevated Target exercises in the section on mastering your basic moves.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Progressions<\/h3>\n
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  • Increase your repetitions to at least 10 and then build on increasing the sets to at least 3 sets of 10 (ensure strictness of form before progressing to any unstable equipment)<\/li>\n
  • Aim for the control in the descent off the platform<\/strong> into a controlled sit <\/strong>where: first the rear feet achieve the sitting position by slowly descending into the sit and secondly, the front feet follow and reach the ground after the rear feet are in a sitting position.<\/li>\n
  • Change stability of front target<\/li>\n
  • Place rear feet on a foam exercise pad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Videos of the Exercise<\/h3>\n

    Video 1: Artemis Rock Back Sit to push-forward stand Stand<\/h4>\n

    To start this exercise, many dogs will step up onto the elevated front platform. Artemis does his first pop-up onto the platform with both feet – but this also shows you the importance of having a really good stable platform for him to land safely on.  This platform is a little light and I need to secure it with my leg.<\/p>\n

    Video 2: Attica performing the Rock-back sit to a Pop-up Stand<\/h4>\n

    She slides slightly backward each time she returns to the sitting position.  I need to ensure she has a tighter sit and this may help reduce the “sliding” effect (she tends to sit backward on her bum) <\/p>\n

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    In the picture below, I should have my hand a little more in front and away from her face (I am holding it too close – you can see how she needs to “lean” her head slightly backwards to nose target) so that she can lean more forward to accommodate having her front legs directly under her shoulders more.<\/p>\n

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