Technique
- Start in a Dolphin Pose, with your forearms on the ground, parallel to each other, and your hips up.
- Push on your hands to lift your elbows off the ground at the same time.
- Keep extending your arms until you reach a pyramid position (similar to Downward dog), then reverse the motion back to the starting position.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Triceps
Secondary
- Forearms
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Shoulders
Flexibility
Secondary
- Chest
- Back
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Hip adductors
- Legs
- Pelvis
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
Equipment
Appears in
Flexibility
Joint movements
Elbowextension
trains stretches
Progressions
Sphinx pushup
Intermediate
Regressions
Dolphin rock
Novice
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