bear crawls

All-fours movement drill

Bear crawls are an exercise in which you move across the floor on hands and feet with knees hovering just above the ground, mimicking how a bear walks.

The movement engages core, shoulders, and legs simultaneously: We finished the workout with bear crawls across the gym.

Common in fitness boot camps and children's physical education.

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exercise · fitness · animal · quadrupeds · conditioning · workout · core · dynamic stretching · lunges · knees · squats · hands · push-ups · strength · endurance · full body workout · frog jumps · floor exercises

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body position/posture

bear crawlsstanding exercises

Fitness moves performed vertical

walking lunges · marching · high knees · overhead press · farmer's walks

movement direction/relationship to ground

bear crawlsbox jumps

Leaping onto elevated platforms

tuck jumps · jump squats · jumping lunges · sprints · power cleans

intensity/speed

bear crawlssprints

Brief maximum-speed runs

power cleans · box jumps · speed drills · plyometrics

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G