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Also known as: Shoulder stand, Candlestick.

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Technique

  1. Lie on your back, with the arms on the ground alongside your body.
  2. Lift the legs up, then also lift your hips and back off the ground, hinging at the shoulders.
  3. Point your feet up and try to push them as high as possible.
  4. Apply some pressure on your arms for balance.

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Form tips

  • Aim to form a straight line from the shoulders to the feet and push the feet straight up.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Rotator cuff
  • Back
  • Shoulders
  • Triceps
Flexibility

Primary

  • Shoulders
  • Chest
  • Neck

Secondary

  • Biceps
  • Teres minor
  • Teres major
  • Posterior deltoid
  • Middle trapezius
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Rhomboid major
  • Triceps brachii (long head)

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Equipment

Ground (hands or body)
Ground (hands or body)

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Appears in

Balance
Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Shoulderextension backward
Neckflexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

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Tripod headstand

Novice
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Tuck candle flag

Novice

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Regressions

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Supported candle pose

Beginner
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Tuck candle pose

Beginner
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Candle pose squat

Beginner
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Headstand

Novice
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Straight-arm headstand

Novice
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Crossed legs support candle pose

Beginner
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One-leg tripod headstand

Novice
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Sitting shoulder inlocates

Novice
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