Fun fact: Your yoga block doesn’t only have to be used in yoga.
Here, trainers give us 9 different yoga block exercises that increase your strength.
According toKelly Clifton-Turner, yoga instructor and director of education forYogaSix, its quite the opposite.
But dont just take our word for it.
Fully extend until your bicep reaches your ear, then slowly descend.
Slowly lower down to the starting position and repeat, then switch sides.
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In turn, this will activate more muscle fibers, which helps to develop stronger glutes and hamstrings.
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How to do it:Lie face-down with your arms reaching forward, making the letter Y.
Place one block under each hand.
Lower back down and then repeat.
Why its so great:Davis says this is a great exercise for bettering your posture.
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Chest press with inward pressure
How to do it:Lie face-up on your back.
Extend your hands over your chest, palms applying inward pressure on a yoga block.
Engage your core and hold a yoga block overhead in two hands with your biceps by your ears.
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Move the block to one hand and bring both arms behind your back.
Then transfer the block into the opposite hand, bringing your hands overhead again.
Then switch sides, going in the opposite direction.
Yoga block balance
How to do it:Place your yoga block on the shortest and widest setting.
Step onto the block and bring your arms out to a T position.
Lift your opposite leg out to the side while engaging the core.
Try holding this for 30 seconds, then repeat on the other side.
Why its so great:Try this move once and youll see why Penesso loves it.
(Okay, spoiler: It engages nearly every muscle in your body.)
Keep your arms and chest lifted with your core engaged.
Bend your knee and flex your foot to keep the block firmly in place.
Repeat 15 to 20 times then switch legs.
Why its so great:Do you feel your glutes burning?
That was Penessos master plan.
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