How to do the Frog Stand

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

• Level 3/5
• Arms
• No equipment

Form cues

1. Knees against the outside of your elbows
2. Slowly lean your shoulders past your hands
3. Hold when your toes float, eyes ahead of your hands

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 — Shift your weight onto your hands slowly

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
• CrowLevel 4/5

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