5-Minute Self-Defense Workout: Get a Striking Body
Pages in this Story:
- Before You Begin
- Horizontal Elbow Strike
- Uppercut Elbow Strike
- Turning Palm Strike
- Knee Strike
- Back Elbow Strike
- Twisting Elbow Strike
Twisting Elbow Strike
Minutes 4:00-5:00Targets: obliques
- Stand with your fists at chest level, holding your right fist with left hand.
- Bring your right elbow up, moving it in an arc across your body, as if you were striking an attacker's chin at the top of the arc.
Originally published in Fitness magazine, January 2006.
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