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Technique

  1. Start from a Hollow body position.
  2. Lift your upper body, bring your arms in and lift your legs straight while opening them to the sides.
  3. At the top, you balancing on your butt; hold this position for a second before coming back down.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Iliacus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Psoas major

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
Trunkflexion
trains stretches

Progressions

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V-up

Novice

Regressions

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Tuck-up

Beginner
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Boat pose

Novice
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Straight legs butt walk

Novice
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Butt walk

Beginner
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Advanced tuck boat pose

Beginner
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Tuck boat pose

Beginner
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