Hand Inversion

Try this exercise to increase flexibility in the shoulders and wrists, and limber and tone muscles of hands, arms, shoulders, chest and upper back.

Stand upright with the feet close together.  Bring the inner wrists together in front of the chest, with the palms of the hands spread apart as though supporting a bowl from below; the forearms and elbows are close together. Without altering the spread of the hands, invert the hands swiftly so that the fingers point down, raising the elbows high, and bringing the backs of the wrists into contact.  Pause three seconds, and then rturn with ah swift motion to the starting pose.  Breathe in as you raise the elbows, and breathe out as you lower them.  The raised elbows positions has something of the look of a Spanish dancer.