Arm Bar

Position yourself on your side on the floor as shown in photo above.

Raise your entire body up on elbow as shown above, keeping body as straight as possible. Hold for a count of 3, then return to starting position.   Breathe normally throughout the exercise even when holding for the count of 3! Repeat for other side.   If this is too easy, try one of the variations shown below.

A more difficult way to do the arm bar is to not bend your knees. Start as shown in the photo above.

Now raise your upper body onto your elbow, keeping it as straight as possible. Hold for a count of 3, then go back to starting position. Repeat for other side.

To make it more difficult yet - and get even better results - use a straight arm instead of raising up on your elbow. See photo above.

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