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How to Do Elbow to Knee

Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the elbow to knee.

How to do it

1. Lie on the floor, crossing your right leg across your bent left knee. Clasp your hands behind your head, beginning with your shoulder blades on the ground. This will be your starting position.
2. Perform the motion by flexing the spine and rotating your torso to bring the left elbow to the right knee.
3. Return to the starting position and repeat the movement for the desired number of repetitions before switching sides.

Form tips

• Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
• Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
• Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
• Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).

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Exercise photos and instructions: free-exercise-db (public domain). Animation made from the real start and end photos.