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Also known as: Pubu Lunbi, Slap the floor while in half squat stance.

Technique

  1. This exercise combines Twisting arm circles with Deep archer squat; refer to these two exercises for the form details.
  2. Perform a Twisting arm circles and when one arm goes down to the side, bend the opposite leg.
  3. The arms movement should stop abruptly when you reach the bottom of the Deep archer squat, with the bottom arm pointing towards the foot of the straight leg, and the other arm pointing upward in the opposite direction.
  4. Then reverse the arms movement to do the other side and keep alternating.
Logging: Each repetition involves working both sides.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Quadriceps
  • Hip adductors

Secondary

  • Pelvis
  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Shoulders
  • Rotator cuff
  • Triceps
  • Chest
Flexibility

Secondary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Hip adductors
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis

Equipment

Appears in

Regressions

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Deep archer squat

Intermediate
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Twisting arm circles

Novice
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Low side-to-side squat

Intermediate
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One-leg deadlift knee crunch

Intermediate
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Windmill

Beginner
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Basic Squats plus calves

Intermediate
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Half burpee

Novice
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