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Technique

  1. From Downward dog, place your hands on blocks. Inhale bend the knees push through the arms and jump the legs through the arms.
  2. Extend the legs, exhale.
  3. Inhale, bend the knees and cross the feet in front of you.
  4. Push through the hands, lean forward. Exhale, shoot the legs back, landing in chaturanga.
  5. Inhale, take Upward dog and then exhale, Downward dog.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Serratus anterior
  • Chest
  • Back

Secondary

  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps
  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Hip adductors
  • Serratus anterior
  • Lower trapezius
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Pectoralis minor
  • Iliacus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Psoas major
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique

Equipment

Appears in

Other disciplines
Joint movements
trains stretches

Regressions

e19l

Blocks jump through forward

Novice
e19o

Blocks jump through backward

Novice
e1bk

Feet-support tuck l-sit lift

Novice
e19k

Ground jump through forward

Novice
e19n

Ground jump through backward

Novice
e1bj

Elevated flying split leg extensions

Novice
e1ba

Elevating active core compression

Novice
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