Circle Arch-Up
Circle Arch-Up activates spinal mobility and strengthens obliques and the lower back. Back-straps are useful if a partner is unavailable.
- Type Of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Glutes, Hamstrings, Lower Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Plyometric Box, Stall Bars, Back Strap
Circle Arch-Up
![Circle Arch-Up 1 Circle Arch-Up Beginning](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CircleArchUp-1.jpg)
![Circle Arch-Up 2 Circle Arch-Up End](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CircleArchUp-2.jpg)
![Circle Arch-Up 3 Circle Arch-Up](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CircleArchUp.jpg)
- Lay prone over a support that allows your torso to hang freely when it is set at the crease of your hips.
- Begin with your torso hanging, hips bent to 90-degrees.
- Anchor your feet down (have someone or something hold them in place), interlock your fingers behind your head, and pull your elbows behind your ears.
- Feel your shoulder blades pinch together and your upper back muscles engage.
- Now twist your torso 90-degrees to the right and pull against your foot anchor to raise your torso as high as possible.
- Maintain the twist and arch your spine as you lift past parallel.
- Your right elbow should be facing the ceiling as your rise up.
- Pause at the top in your best twisted arch (right elbow facing behind you at full range of motion) and twist your torso 180-degrees so that your elbow positions switch.
- Lower back down with control, twist back to your start position, and repeat for reps.
- Now reverse your start position and perform an equal number of circle arch-ups in the reverse direction to complete the set.
![Circle Arch-Up 4 Twisting Arch-Up](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SL_PE5_-_3.jpg)
- Exercise: Twisting Arch-Up
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Glutes, Hamstrings, Lower Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Plyometric Box, Stall Bars, Back Strap
![Circle Arch-Up 5 Straddle Reverse Leg Lift](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SL_PE7_-_3.jpg)
- Exercise: Straddle Reverse Leg Lift
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Lower Back, Glutes
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Plyometric Box