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Search every verified Lori Briggs interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Lori Briggs, identified as the strength and conditioning coach and dryland specialist for the USA National Swimming Team, demonstrated the Swiss ball prone forearm rollout exercise in a September 2010 video. Briggs emphasized that body position is the most important aspect of the exercise, instructing viewers to place their forearms on top of the ball and maintain a "perfect plank position" with the head, shoulders, and tailbone in alignment. She advised starting with feet hip-width apart and progressing to feet together as core strength improves. Briggs described the movement as rolling the ball gently from the elbow to the wrist while keeping the body rigid and drawing the abs in. She also suggested adding circular motions in both directions as proficiency increases, reminding participants to breathe throughout the exercise.
“Hi, I'm Lori Briggs with USA National Swimming Team; I am the strength and conditioning coach and dryland specialist.”
“When you take your Swiss ball and begin this exercise, the most important thing is going to be your body position.”
“Forearms are going to be right on top of the Swiss ball; it doesn’t matter if your hands are together or apart — it's more important the position of the forearms.”
“Body is going to be placed in a perfect plank position where you're not caving in from your back and you're not lifting the rear towards the ceiling, so you want to be in a perfect alignment while you're doing the exercise.”
“Feet can be as wide as hips are apart to start out; as you become more proficient, feet will remain together because obviously core strength will be ready for that challenged position.”
“You're going to roll that Swiss ball gently from your elbow to your wrist — full range — while remaining that perfect plank position, drawing your abs in and keeping the body rigid.”
“You may change and turn it into circles clockwise and counterclockwise, both directions, keeping abs tight and make sure you're breathing, inhaling and exhaling throughout.”
USA Swimming presents a series of exercises designed to enhance a swimmers dryland training regimen, with National Team ...
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