Technique
- From a kneeling position, place your hands close together on the floor with the fingers pointing to the sides, or towards your feet.
- Keeping the upper back domed, lean forward and down to place your elbows into your belly, below the ribcage.
- Continue leaning forward while reaching the feet back
- Lift one leg off the ground, keeping some of your weight on the other leg’s toes. Aim to place most of your weight on your hands.
- The primary muscles work equally regardless of which leg you lift up, so it is not necessary to count the exercise as unilateral: it is enough to alternate the legs with each set.
Form tips
- Experiment with where your elbows need to be to create a strong fulcrum on which to balance. They may need to be closer together, or lower on the belly, to be able to balance.
- Gaze forward at a spot on the floor in front of you.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Shoulders
- Chest
Secondary
- Biceps
- Abs
- Obliques
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Spine
- Pelvis
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Anterior deltoid
- Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
Shoulderflexion forward
trains stretches
Progressions

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Regressions

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