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Folks, we’re back and we’re going over the Yoga-Esque exercises made popular by Matt Furey and known as the Royal Court Exercises.
In this part, we will go over the Hindu push ups.
Okay, now for THIS exercise, Matt was absolutely right.
(Who knows, you may be right in your description of the Hindu squats, all I know is that they don’t seem worth the trouble, hence the ‘sumo’ method mentioned above.)
Now, back to the Hindu pushup, like all great bodyweight exercises, you’ll not only build immense upper body strength (hey, it’s a pushup), but you’ll also increase flexibility throughout your entire body (yes, legs included). and it strengthens pretty much every muscle and because of the ‘downward dog’ inversion you get an added bonus of blood flow to the head i.e. brain and face.
Then let’s get started.
This is how a Hindu (Dand) push-up is performed
-Start as if you were about to do regular pushups, then spread your legs or feet as far apart as you can. (When I do these bad boys, I put my feet apart first and then put my hands on the ground, but whatever works for you…)
-Now walk your hands towards you so that you are in an inverted V position as in the
1. Downward Facing Dog in the Sun Salutation Series
2. First Position of the 5th Tibetan rite.
-Okay, empty your lungs, then start to bend your elbows to move your body forward. Your hips will drop towards the ground.
-However, before your head hits the floor, begin to arch your spine so that you face the ceiling.
– Stretch your arms and give your back a nice cobra pose, stretch and INHALE.
(You can read elsewhere online that you exhale here, however inhalations are always when the lungs are naturally in an expanded position while exhalations are on the opposite side.)
-Keep arms straight and push butt back to starting position as you EXHALE.
Now if you refer back to the previous article, you’ll see that I said you want to do half the number of squats in the hindu pushups.
So if you did about 40 squats to start with, 20 pushups, and so on!
In the next article I will discuss the Bridge Exercises.
To Health, Naturally,
Foras Aje