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Iron Cross Exercise

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A relationship exercise where partners stand facing each other, maintaining eye contact while holding their arms out to the sides in an iron cross position for 8 minutes.

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Tim Ferriss

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Tim Ferriss recommends ✓ High confidence
"Here's the most intense exercise you can do if you want the break glass plan for fixing your relationship. You stand in front of each other staring at each other in the eyes silent and you hold your arms out to the side like in an iron cross holding hands for 8 minutes."
From: The most intense relationship exercise you can do with your partner #relationships • Feb 2026

Attribution: Tim Ferriss is presenting this as a specific technique he recommends for relationship issues, describing it as a 'break glass plan' which implies he endorses it as effective.