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In my experience, it's been my upper body that needed

strengthening before I could really push up with ease.

Generally, the upper legs are much stronger than the

arms and it's easier to lift your buttocks and lower

body up (ie: set bhandasana-bridge pose).

It is also very helpful if your shoulders/armpits are

open (ie: have a lot of range) because if you can't

really open the arm-pits once you are up, you end up

using the forearm muscles even more (and those muscles

are much smaller than the upper arm muscles).

Keep working a little bit at a time, even a few

seconds for each round. You will be surprised at how

much strength you will gain!

 

--- trulyscrumshess <budokanasana wrote:

> This one is very challenging for me in so many

> aspects. Just to push

> up into it is hard and yesterday I was even grunting

> while pushing

> up.

>

> What are the muscles that need to strengthen in

> order for one to push

> up into this pose?

>

> Also, once I get up, if I can find the strength to

> continue pushing

> up and perhaps begin to get my shoulderblades into

> my back a bit, I

> finally feel a little stretching in the abdomen

> area, which I think

> is correct. But I'm not feeling much of a stretch in

> the chest area.

> Do the abs need to be stretched out of tightness

> before I can get

> into the chest stretching?

>

> Thanks!

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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