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Also known as: Arch body alternates.

Technique

  1. Lie face down on the ground, with your legs extended and your arms straight overhead.
  2. Lift one leg and the opposite arm off the ground.
  3. Then do the other side and keep alternating.
Logging: Alternate sides continuously.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Spine
  • Spinalis thoracis
  • Longissimus thoracis
  • Iliocostalis

Equipment

Appears in

Strength
Joint movements
trains stretches

Regressions

e01m

Arch body hold

Beginner
e0rv

Prone hyperextension

Beginner
e0pz

Arch body rock

Novice
e05a

Sphinx pose leg flutters

Novice
e018

Arch body twist

Novice
e019

Reverse penguin

Novice
e003

Table top cross toe touch

Novice
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