Intermediate exercise

Fire Log Pose

Also called Agnistambhasana, Double Pigeon, Square Pose

  • Flexibility
  • Range Of Motion And Yoga

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Technique

How to perform Fire Log Pose

  1. Sit tall and place one bent shin in front of you.
  2. Stack the opposite ankle above the lower knee and the opposite knee above the lower ankle, keeping both feet active.
  3. Support any space beneath the upper knee instead of pressing it downward; use an unstacked seated position if the knees are uncomfortable.
  4. Stay upright and then hinge slightly forward, then unstack the legs and repeat in the other order.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

MuscleScoreRole
Gluteus Maximus0.9Mobility Target
Piriformis0.6Mobility Target