Half Wheel the Inverted Staff or Forearm Wheel

The inverted staff or forearm wheel offers myriad advantages to fitness practitioners. This dynamic posture develops balance, strength, coordination, mobility, and flexibility while stimulating the nervous system and stretching the body in a safe and effective manner. The position can be entered from the forearm stand, half-wheel, or wriststand position, helping practitioners to move incrementally towards the full wheel. It induces spinal extension, stretches the chest and shoulders, and creates a strong deep core engagement to ensure balance and support. In addition, it builds functional strength and upper body stabilization as it requires the arms, hands, wrists, shoulders, legs, hips, and core muscles to work in unison. Furthermore, as its benefits are varied, it makes it an ideal posture to increase overall athletic performance.