Sit down, hands behind you, lift your hips, and walk along facing the ceiling.

Crab walk

Move your own body · ages 4 to 14 · Counted in metres · 🤫 Quiet

How to do it

Fingers pointing the way you are going.
Hips up high, not dragging.

Nothing at all
A room you can take three steps across.

A rug or a mat, and nothing sharp where you put your hands.

Watch out for this

Push your hands and feet down and lift your hips as high as you can.

Bottom dragging on the floor.

Make it fit you

The right version is the hardest one you can still do properly. That is not a kindness, it is how this works.

Easier

Just hold the crab shape without walking.

Harder

Balance a soft ball on your tummy while you walk.

What it trains

🤹 Putting it together 💪 Strength 🔀 Quick changes

Which muscles do the work

Triceps Bottom muscles Hamstrings Belly muscles

Tap one to see it in the Body.

Where you'll do it

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