Abs
Bodyweight Side Plank
Lie on your side with your legs stacked and knees extended. Rest on your forearm with your elbow directly beneath your shoulder.
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Focus Area
- Abs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- Obliques
Secondary muscles
- Transverse Abdominis
- Shoulders
Target muscles
- abs
How to perform
- 1
Lie on your side with your legs stacked and knees extended.
- 2
Rest on your forearm with your elbow directly beneath your shoulder.
- 3
Lift your hips off the floor, keeping your body in a straight line from head to feet.
- 4
Engage your core and hold this position.
- 5
Hold for the desired duration, then slowly lower your hips back down.
Safety & form
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