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Side Plank

Side plank

Teaching points

  • Lay on your side with the forearm of the bottom arm on the floor and the elbow bent so the fingers point away from you
  • Rest your other arm on your top side
  • Keep one foot on top of the other and raise your body up, off the ground
  • Maintain a straight line from neck to feet
  • Hold for up to 60 seconds

Variations & progressions

  • Place one foot just in front of the other to increase the base of support

Muscles worked

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