How to do the Crow

The Crow is a core move. You can do it at home on one mat, with no jumping and nothing that shakes the floor.

• Level 4/5
• Arms
• No equipment

Form cues

1. Rest your knees high on the backs of your arms
2. Hips high, elbows slightly bent
3. Lift both feet and hold

Your hands carry your weight, so it loads the wrists. If your wrists hurt, tap “My wrists hurt” in the app to switch to a wrist-friendly version.

Muscles worked

Arms — Rest on your arms and hold

More bodyweight arms exercises

Easier → harder

Climb the same move from easier to harder steps. The right step leaves you two or three reps in reserve at the end of 40 seconds.

1. Step 1 · Frog Stand
2. Step 2 · Crow
3. Step 3 · Wall Handstand

More moves for the same area

• Wrist PrepLevel 1/5
• Frog StandLevel 3/5

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