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Also known as: Roll to candle.

Technique

  1. Stand up.
  2. Squat down, roll on your back, place your arms on the ground alongside your body and straighten your legs up to a vertical position.
  3. Then bring the legs back down, roll towards the front and get on your feet at the end of the roll.
  4. Extend your legs explosively to jump off the ground.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Rotator cuff
  • Back
  • Shoulders
  • Triceps
  • Abs
  • Obliques

Secondary

  • Forearms
  • Pelvis
  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Quadriceps
  • Legs
  • Hip adductors
  • Teres minor
  • Teres major
  • Posterior deltoid
  • Middle trapezius
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Rhomboid major
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Gastrocnemius
  • Soleus
  • Flexor digitorum brevis
  • Flexor digitorum longus
  • Flexor hallucis longus
  • Flexor hallucis brevis

Equipment

Appears in

Regressions

e05x

Jumping deep squat

Novice
e07o

Pike candle flag

Intermediate
e0wn

Baby back roll

Beginner
w00v

Burpee

Novice
w00w

Pushup burpee

Novice
w00y

Tuck jump burpee

Intermediate
w00x

Box burpee

Novice
w00n

Jack burpee

Intermediate
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