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Elbow strikes

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Elbow strikes

Beginner10 repsNo jumping

Muscles worked

ShouldersMid backObliquesAbs

You need

No equipment

How to do it

  1. Take a fighting stance with your fists up in guard.
  2. Raise one elbow to shoulder height and drive it horizontally across your body, pivoting through your hips and back foot so the strike carries your bodyweight - imagine connecting with the point of the elbow at chin height.
  3. Snap back to guard and strike with the other side.
  4. The elbow travels level, the hips supply the power, and the off hand never drops.

Exercise from Darebee, used under licence.