Beginner exercise

Crab Position Breathing

  • Mobility
  • Stability
  • Range Of Motion And Yoga

Technique

How to perform Crab Position Breathing

  1. Sit with knees bent, feet flat and hands on the floor behind your hips.
  2. Press through your feet and hands to lift your hips into a controlled tabletop position.
  3. Keep the chest open and gently draw your shoulder blades together without forcing your lower back into an arch.
  4. Maintain that position while taking slow breaths and allowing each exhalation to finish naturally.
  5. Lower your hips to the floor to release the hold.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

MuscleScoreRole
Anterior Deltoid0.7Mobility Target
Gluteus Maximus0.5Stabilizer
Pectoralis Minor0.4Mobility Target
Posterior Deltoid0.4Stabilizer
Rhomboid Major0.3Stabilizer
Trapezius0.3Stabilizer