Difficulty: Easy
Impact Level: Normal
Target Body Parts: abs, upper back, lower back, shoulders, glutes, hamstrings
How to do Triangle Right
Back to ExercisesInstructions
Start in a standing position with your feet wide apart. Turn your right foot to point directly to the right-hand side. Raise your arms out to the sides until your hands are at shoulder height and your fingers reach in opposite directions. Pull your belly button to your spine to activate your core and then hinge at your hips to bend directly to the right-hand side placing your right hand on your right shin. Take an anterior pelvic tilt so you are moving your coccyx (tailbone) away from your right heel. Gradually progress to moving the right hand down the shin and then potentially to the floor. To come back up, activate your core and lift with a straight spine to upright.
A common mistake is to bend forward rather than directly to the side and also to curve the spine rather than keeping it straight.
How to make Triangle Right easier
Putting the right hand on the right thigh rather than the shin makes it easier as you don’t need to fold forward quite so far.
How to make Triangle Right more challenging
Progressing to putting your hand on the floor is the more difficult version of the pose. And then to make it even more difficult, try hovering the hand just off the floor or shin so that the core needs to work harder to hold yours there. Hold for a few breaths.
Looking to add this exercise to your workouts?
Customize your workouts simply by adding or removing Sworkit exercises. Sign in or sign up to get started.
Try It Out