Yoga-plex

Technique

How to perform Yoga-plex

1. Begin in a high plank with your hands under your shoulders and your body aligned.
2. Push your hips back and up into downward dog.
3. Step your left foot forward outside your left hand into a deep lunge, keeping the rear leg extended.
4. Keep your left hand planted, lift your right arm and rotate your chest to the right, away from the front knee.
5. Reach the moving arm upward through a controlled arc while keeping the lunge position.
6. Return the right hand to the floor, then step the left foot back into the plank.
7. Repeat the sequence with the right foot forward and the left arm reaching upward as your chest turns left.
8. Continue alternating sides smoothly rather than forcing the rotation.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved