Arch Body Hold
The Arch Body Hold is a great exercise to activate your traps, straighten your handstand line, and correct posture.
- Type Of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Glutes, Lower Back, Middle Back, Shoulders, Trapezius
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Body Only
Arch Body Hold
![Arch Body Hold 1 Arch Body Hold Beginning](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/arch-body-hold-1.jpg)
![Arch Body Hold 2 Arch Body Hold End](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/arch-body-hold-2.jpg)
![Arch Body Hold 3 Arch Body Hold](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ArchBodyHold.jpg)
- Start lying on your stomach with your arms overhead and feet together.
- Extend your body as much as possible by locking your elbows, shrugging your shoulders to your ears, straightening your knees, and pointing your toes.
- Engage your glutes and lift your hands off the ground.
- Now lift your upper and lower body up as high as possible without bending your elbows or knees.
- Look up slightly, keep shrugging your shoulders, and hold for time.
- Aim to keep your upper and lower body at the same height throughout the set.
![Arch Body Hold 4 Side Arch Body Rock](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SL_PE13_-_1.jpg)
- Exercise: Side Arch Body Rock
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only
![Arch Body Hold 5 Arch Body Rock](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SL_PE15_-_3.jpg)
- Exercise: Arch Body Rock
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Glutes, Lower Back, Middle Back, Shoulders, Trapezius
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only