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Increasing demand to expose compensation

What It Does

Turns movement difficulty into a diagnostic tool. What shows up reliably as demand increases is the pattern to work on — not behaviours that appear occasionally or only under extreme conditions.

What to Feel

The clear emergence of a compensation pattern as demand rises. Grip, collapse, tension, or blockage appearing consistently at a predictable threshold.

Common Mistakes

  • Backing off the demand before the compensation fully appears.
  • Trying to fix the compensation as it emerges rather than first observing it.
  • Adding demand in multiple directions at once, making the picture unclear.

Related Problems

Use this exercise against a real rider issue