Cloud hands

How to do the Cloud hands: full step-by-step instructions, muscles worked (Shoulders, Core, Legs), equipment (Bodyweight) and a two-frame demo. Free to read, from the Setline exercise catalog.

BodyweightShouldersCoreLegs
Cloud hands: start and finish positions
Cloud hands: start and finish positions

How to do it

  1. 1

    Soft knees, feet grounded.

  2. 2

    Sweep both arms in slow circles as you shift weight.

  3. 3

    Move as if pushing through water.

In a Setline session: 3 sets of 8 each.

Questions

What equipment do I need for the Cloud hands?

The Cloud hands uses: Bodyweight.

Which muscles does the Cloud hands work?

The Cloud hands works: Shoulders, Core, Legs.

How many sets and reps for the Cloud hands?

In Setline sessions the Cloud hands is programmed as 3 sets of 8 each.

Which Setline styles include the Cloud hands?

The Cloud hands appears in: Tai Chi.

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Cloud hands — how to do it, steps and demo · Setline