Twerking is such a complex, technical subject, only a Ph.D. researcher can explain how the body does what it does to make it happen.
Twerking is a combination movement involving a deep squat and a pelvic tilt, Michelle Olson, a professor of exercise science and a certified strength and conditioning coach at Auburn University in Montgomery, Ala., explained.
“You take a wide stance with your legs turned out at 10 and 2 so your hips are externally rotated,” she said. “Then you pulse up and down as you thrust the pelvis bone forward and back.”
Olson said the booty dancing move is a good “twerkout” for your butt and thighs. It also works the deep muscles of the hips and the core muscles of the lower back and abdominals. She said it will definitely shape and strengthen all those muscles as well as give them the stamina to do activities important to most people heavily involved in twerking like say, picking up a screaming child off the floor.
However, over-twerking might throw out the lower back or make the knees creak, Olson cautioned.
Translation? If you’re over 25, twerking may not be for you.
from hiphopwired:
Perhaps it's just us, but this twerking phenomenon has definitely run its course. Just days after Miley Cyrus' laughable showing at the 2013 VMAs, ABC News reported on a Ph.D researcher's scientific report on, well, dancing.
Michelle Olson, a professor of exercise science and a certified strength and conditioning coach at Auburn University in Montgomery, Ala., described twerking as a combination of movement involving a deep squat and a pelvic tilt. But this wasn't it; she also broke down the process of how to "accurately" do so.
"You take a wide stance with your legs turned out at 10 and 2 so your hips are externally rotated," explained Olson. "Then you pulse up and down as you thrust the pelvis bone forward and back."
For one, we've never heard such an eloquent description for something that happens at just about any festive gathering you'll attend in 2013. Secondly, you know what follows ridiculous reports like this — Black Twitter attacks.
Not long after ABC's article went public, folks all over the Internets congregated under the #ABCReports trending topic. Each tweet puts a spin on a top relating to urban communities. It's also utterly hilarious.
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the abc article + hiphop wired response