Video: Hip-Hop Dance Warm-Ups: Arm Stretches

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The arm connect is a warm up method for stretching arms. Learn more about arm stretches in hip-hop dancing with tips from a professional choreographer in this free dance video.

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Hi, I'm Keith Fitzpatrick with hip hop warm up moves. And this is one I'm going to call the arm connect. This is going to be a stretch where we can really stretch out our arms, our shoulders. What we're going to do is you're going to take your arms and you're going to take your left hand, we'll start here, and put it against the middle of your back. And then you want to take your right hand, come up this way, come down, and you want your hands to be able to touch. This is going to be a great way for you to really stretch out your shoulders, the backs of your arms here and the same with the other arm. So you really want them to be able to at least have your fingertips touch. Or, if you can, you can interlock your hands, which is going to help your stretching a little bit more too. So, we'll do the same thing with that. Just hold that, you want to hold it to get the full stretch. Then we'll switch, you'll come out. You'll put your right hand behind your back and you'll let your left hand come behind and touch that. This one, at least make sure that your hands are touching. This is going to give you the amount, the best amount of stretch for your shoulders here and the backs of each arm. Alright? So just remember, you'll come up, your hand will go behind your into a small, into the middle of your back between your shoulder blades. Your other hand comes up all the way back and you just want them to touch. You just want to hold that for about thirty seconds and alternate it out. So that'll be a nice warm up to get your arms ready for your hip hop moves.

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Hip-Hop Dance Warm-Ups: Arm Stretches

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