Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 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! > > > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger. http://messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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