Side Plank
Lie on your side and support your body on your forearm. Lift your hips off the ground, forming a straight line from head to feet. Hold, keeping your core and glutes tight.
CORE · CORE
How it is executed
- Lie on your side and support your body on your forearm.
- Lift your hips off the ground, forming a straight line from head to feet.
- Hold, keeping your core and glutes tight.
- Muscles worked
- Core
- Primary muscle
- Obliques
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Movement pattern
- Core
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- Core strengthStabilityHypertrophy
Variations and substitutions
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