10/29/2026
Visual prop for core engagement! ⚠️It will not look the same on everyone but this still helps illustrate the concept. [Comment "⚡️" and I'll send you my free PDF "principles of clean lines.]
One of the most common compensation patterns in aerial is arching and using the lats instinctively to hang and climb and invert. Fair - It's an unusual thing to have to pull your pelvis in your ribs closer together without actually just folding your whole body in half. That's something we train early in aerial as a foundation of our movement.
The idea is bringing the ribs and the pelvis closer together while still maintaining an upright position. Importantly, we are bringing the shoulder blades up and around on the rib cage with our arms overhead. The core and the Serratus work beautifully together to make this happen.
This lesson is worth spending a lot of time on to establish early in the practice, as it protects the back neck and shoulders in our aerial work. It also creates more efficient powerful movement.
This is where movement organization begins in aerial. Comment "⚡️" and I'll send you my free PDF "principles of clean lines.
