Standing Side Crunch
Standing Side Crunch helps to target the oblique muscles and tightens the entire side of the ab wall more effectively.
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Side Plank Lift
Side Plank Lift targets your core muscles, emphasizing your obliques. It also fires up your scapula stabilizers and glutes.
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Instructions
- Lie on your side. Position yourself on your lower elbow and side of your foot. Raise your hips into the air, forming a straight line between your ankles, hips, and shoulders. Tighten your abs and tighten your buttocks.
- Shifting your weight to your elbow and side of your foot, lower your hips to the floor. Pause here and then return to the starting position.
Tips
- Don't move your hips back and forth. Instead, move them up and down.
- Do not lose the straight line of the shoulders, hips, and ankles.
- Don't place your elbow on the floor too high above your shoulder.
Alternative Exercises
Spider Plank
A dynamic core-strength movement bringing one knee toward the elbow in a plank, targeting the obliques, deep core, and shoulder stability.
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