Looking At Ceiling
How to do the Looking At Ceiling with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
IsolationBeginnerStatic
Primary muscles
Quads
Secondary
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Equipment
Bodyweight
Step by step
How to do the Looking At Ceiling
- 1
Kneel on the floor, holding your heels with both hands.
- 2
Lift your buttocks up and forward while bringing your head back to look up at the ceiling, to give an arch in your back.
In Ascend
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Looking At Ceiling set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your quads volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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