Iron Crosses (stretch)

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Iron Crosses (stretch) — start position
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Iron Crosses (stretch) — finish position
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How to do it

  1. 01

    Lie face down on the floor, with your arms extended out to your side, palms pressed to the floor. This will be your starting position.

  2. 02

    To begin, flex one knee and bring that leg across the back of your body, attempting to touch it to the ground near the opposite hand.

  3. 03

    Promptly return the leg to the starting postion, and quickly repeat with the other leg. Continue alternating for 10-20 repetitions.

In the app

Iron Crosses (stretch) appears when you own the kit it needs and the day's window has room for it. Its minutes come from Rule 2 (Sessions are built to fit, never guaranteed, graded product): the window sets how long it runs, never the other way round.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have the kit it needs

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With bodyweight

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