Side kick-through

Muscles

• Rhomboid major
• Middle trapezius
• Lower trapezius
• Serratus anterior
• Latissimus dorsi
• Pectoralis minor
• Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
• Pectoralis major (sternal head)
• Anterior deltoid
• Infraspinatus
• Teres minor
• Posterior deltoid

Technique

1. Get on all fours and lift your knees off the ground, so that only your hands and feet are touching the ground.
2. Turn to one side, by pivoting on one foot and the opposite hand.
3. Extend the lifted leg to the side and pull the upper arm back.
4. Return to the starting position and repeat on the other side.

Similar Exercises

• Scorpion
• Front kick-through
• Front kick-through to one-legged dog
• Shoulder back roll
• Shoulder forward roll

Equipment

• Ground (hands or body)