Dolphin Pose
Expert Advice
Keep your head relaxed between your arms and focus on lifting your hips up and back to deepen the stretch in your shoulders and hamstrings.
How-to-do Steps
- Start on your hands and knees, with your wrists directly under your shoulders and your knees under your hips.
- Lower your elbows to the floor, placing them directly under your shoulders and parallel to each other.
- Lift your hips up and back, straightening your legs as much as possible, coming into an inverted 'V' shape.
- Press your chest back towards your thighs, keeping your spine long and your feet hip-width apart.
- Hold the pose for several breaths, then release.
Details
Primary
Hamstrings17%
Calves17%
Glutes17%
Triceps17%
Shoulders16%
Lats16%
Equipment
Body weight
Exercise Type
Stretching
