Technique
- Place your hands on the ground and lean forward, pointing elbows into your abdomen.
- Keep your knees bent and legs open to reduce the lever
- Lean forward until your feet lift off the ground, balancing your body horizontally.
Form tips
- Find the balance point by leaning forward.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Shoulders
- Chest
Secondary
- Biceps
- Spine
- Abs
- Obliques
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Pelvis
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Anterior deltoid
- Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
Shoulderflexion forward
trains stretches
Progressions
Elbow lever
Intermediate
Regressions
Foot-assisted elbow lever
Novice
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