Is it better to land in bent-elbow chaturanga than straight-arm plank when we jump back?
All my life in the yoga world, I’ve heard the instruction that we should never jump back into plank pose.
Instead of landing in plank, this yoga rule goes, we should land directly in chaturanga.
In other words, we should ALWAYS jump into the bottom of a push-up ✅ and NEVER jump into the top of a push-up ❌ .
However, when we actually look at the biomechanics involved in these movements, it becomes clear that this widespread yoga warning is unsupported and unnecessary.
As movement science-informed yoga teachers, we can safely abandon the “don’t jump to plank” rule. In this article, I’ll explain why!
