Top 10 Arm Moves

Sun Salutation Variation 1

The progression from tabletop to half push-up in this series sends a fiery zing (the good kind!) from your elbows up the back of your arms and ending between your shoulder blades. Ahh, progress!

Do it:

• Stand tall with your feet together, arms at your sides. Raise your arms overhead, landing with palms facing together, fingers reaching for the sky.
• Sweep your arms sideways, exhaling as you swan dive forward into a forward bend, head coming toward your shins, knees relaxed and fingertips or palms touching the floor.
• Move into a flat back, bringing your torso away from your thighs, fingertips touching the floor.
• Jump both feet backwards and move into a downward dog.
• Bring your body into tabletop: Set your knees down, hips directly over them. Bring your hands directly under your shoulders.
• With your arms close to your sides, bend your elbows 45 degrees in a half push-up. Repeat 8 times. Be sure to contract your abs and keep your head aligned with your spine.
• Rest in child's pose: arms stretched in front of you, hips sent back toward your heels, dropping your head.
• Move back into tabletop, then lift your hips into downward-facing dog.
• Next, step forward into a flat back, and then bend low into a forward bend.
• End with a reverse swan dive into mountain pose.