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Technique

  1. Stand straight and hold a staff or band behind you, with the hands shoulder-width apart.
  2. Bend forward into a Standing pike on the ground and pull your arms up overhead.

Muscles

Flexibility

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Shoulders
  • Chest

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Legs
  • Pelvis
  • Biceps

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
trains stretches

Progressions

e0pb

Standing pike toe pull

Novice
e0an

Sitting pike compression

Novice
e09u

Lying shoulder dislocates

Novice
w01k

Squat fold

Novice
e09t

Seiza shoulder dislocates

Novice
e00i

Jefferson curl

Novice
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