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Technique

  1. Lie down on your back, with your hands right by a wall, and your feet flat on the ground near your buttocks.
  2. Place your palms flat on the ground, with the wrists close to the wall and the fingers pointings towards the feet.
  3. Push on your hands to lift your hips up.
  4. Push on your feet to get your chest as close as possible to the wall, or touching the wall.
  5. Get your forearms to press against the wall.

Muscles

Flexibility

Primary

  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Chest
  • Back

Secondary

  • Pelvis

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
trains stretches

Progressions

e02a

Bridge

Intermediate
e0s9

Bridge raise

Intermediate

Regressions

e0hz

Wall bridge rotation

Novice
e0i2

Ball bridge

Novice
e0i4

Neck bridge

Novice
e0s8

Supported bridge

Novice
e02g

Elbow bridge

Intermediate
e0i3

Forearm bridge

Intermediate
e0i0

Bridge pushup

Intermediate
e0sd

One-leg bridge

Intermediate
e0sc

One-arm bridge

Advanced
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