Yoga Poses for Sculpted Arms
Here are the 5 best yoga poses for toned arms.
Did you know you don’t have to spend hours at the gym lifting weights to get lean, sculpted arms? Many people are surprised to learn that yoga can be a great way to tone the arms and shoulders. This is because certain yoga poses require you to hold up the weight of your body using your arm muscles. The result? Some serious guns.
Check out the yoga workout below to get a gorgeous, shapely upper body fast!
Downward Dog
Begin on your hands and knees with your fingers spread out wide. Press firmly through your palms and knuckles, tuck your toes under and lift your knees off the ground to straighten your legs. Press the floor away from you as you lift your hips upward while drawing your ribs in.
Plank
From downward dog, shift forward making sure your wrists are directly underneath your shoulders. Keep your gaze lifted about 6 inches in front of your fingertips, elongating the neck. Suck your belly button in toward your spine to activate your core.
Chaturanga
Keeping your elbows directly over wrists, slowly lower your body down to hover a few inches above the ground. Keep your back flat and don’t let your chest drop or sag. Your elbows should be hugged along your ribcage at a 90-degree angle.
Upward Facing Dog
From Chaturanga, keep your gaze forward and lift strongly from the core. Move your body forward while pressing into your hands to straighten your arms. Keep your chest lifted and thighs off the ground.
Dolphin
Come back into a plank pose, then lower down to your forearms, making sure they are parallel to one another and shoulder width apart. Slowly begin to step your feet in toward your face, continuing like you would to downward dog. Lengthen your tailbone away from your pelvis and continue to press your forearms actively into the ground.
All images courtesy of Alex Schaefer Photography.
