Exercise – Camel Crawls

Camels are distinguished by moving with a pacing ipsilateral gait which means the same side fore and hind limbs move together as pairs. For example, the right hand and the right foot step together at the same time. The Camel Crawl is great to freshen up your quadrupedal movement game and challenge your coordination.

We call this variation ‘Camel’ because of our high hips, you can definitely try this in a low hip form which is called a ‘Giraffe Crawl’. There’s a few ways to change this up to make it a bit more difficult – try any of the following:

• Straight legs for a strong pike position
• Forearms instead of hands for a good shoulder stretch
• Control and isolate movement by squaring your hips to the ground