Technique
- Place one elbow into your lower abdomen or side and the hand on the floor.
- Balance your body horizontally on that single arm.
- Hold your legs in a wide Straddle position and hold.
Form tips
- Find the balance point by digging your elbow into your side.
Logging: Work each side for the time indicated.
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
One-arm elbow lever
Elite
Regressions
Elbow lever
Intermediate
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