Single Leg Elbow Bridge
The single leg elbow bridge opens up your chest and your abs. The point is ultimately to isolate the upper thoracic spine and develop spinal mobility toward a full bridge. This version will provide basic body awareness and gradually enable a deeper thoracic stretch.
- Type Of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Body Only
Single Leg Elbow Bridge
- Lie on your back with knees bent and feet placed close to your glutes. Interlace your fingers behind your head.
- Push through your feet to lift your hips and chest up and back as you come to support yourself on the outside edge of your forearms.
- Squeeze your glutes to lift your hips as high as you can.
- The top of your head will be in contact with the floor but you should be fully supported through your forearms and feet.
- Extend your right leg completely, pause momentarily, and return to the elbow bridge.
- Repeat with your left leg and continue to alternate for reps.
- Exercise: Elbow Bridge
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Body Only
- Exercise: Elbow Bridge Rock
- Type of Exercise: Mobility
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Body Only
