Side Plank
Side Plank works your obliques, the muscles that run along the side of your core. Keeping your obliques strong can make rotating and bending your trunk easier.
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Side Plank works your obliques, the muscles that run along the side of your core. Keeping your obliques strong can make rotating and bending your trunk easier.
Side Plank Lift targets your core muscles, emphasizing your obliques. It also fires up your scapula stabilizers and glutes.
Side Plank to Plank with Reach Under is a core strengthening exercise. Upper body movement increases the demand placed on the triceps and shoulders.
Side Plank with Elbow on Bosu Ball is a core strengthening exercise that primarily targets abs and obliques and also involves glutes & hip flexors.
Side Plank with Feet on Bench is a variation of standard side plank that strengthen the core and targets obliques with great emphasis. Performing side planks with feet on the bench also increases resistance on the triceps and shoulders.
Side Plank With Knee Circle is a triceps and core strengthening exercise that provides mobility and stability to the Hip.
Side Plank With Knee Tuck is a good workout to strengthen your core – specifically targeting the obliques.
Side Plank With Leg Lift is a core strengthening exercise. It is also a good workout that uses muscles that aren't usually active in those who sit for prolonged periods each day
Side Plank with Reach strengthens your core without stressing your back. The added upper-body movement increases the demand placed on the shoulders and triceps.
Side-Lying Lateral Raise is an effective shoulder-strengthening movement that is specially designed to isolate the lateral head of the deltoid muscle. If this exercise is performed regularly, this can help you develop stronger, broader shoulders.
Side-Lying Leg Lift is effective to build strength in the hip abductor muscles – responsible for pushing your leg away from your body, especially the gluteus minimus and gluteus medius muscles.
Side-To-Side Crunch And Weave strengthen your midsection while also working for the transverse abdominus.