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Technique

  1. Lie down back on the ground, with the arms straight to the sides.
  2. Push on your arms to lift your chest up and slide or walk your hands inward until you’re sitting up.
  3. Slide or walk your hands back out to slowly come back down.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Rotator cuff
  • Shoulders
  • Back
  • Triceps
Flexibility

Secondary

  • Shoulders
  • Chest
  • Biceps
  • Infraspinatus
  • Teres minor
  • Posterior deltoid
  • Teres major
  • Middle trapezius
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Rhomboid major
  • Triceps brachii (long head)

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Equipment

Ground (hands or body)
Ground (hands or body)

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Appears in

Flexibility
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