Crocodile Yoga Pose

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The Crocodile Yoga Pose promotes relaxation and spinal alignment. It helps to stretch the back and improve flexibility.

  1. Start by lying face down on your mat.
  2. Extend your arms alongside your body, palms facing down.
  3. Relax your legs and allow your feet to fall outward.
  4. Focus on your breath, inhaling deeply and exhaling slowly.

How to perform the Crocodile Yoga Pose

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Crocodile Yoga Pose using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your primary working muscles.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your working muscles rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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