Too heavy and you can injure your back or neck — so make sure you can lift the weight easily with one arm
while in a side plank.
Not exact matches
To make this exercise more difficult, lift your upper leg, forming a star,
while you are
in side plank, and hold for longer, like 4 to 5 seconds.
Why do it:
While a simple side plank is easy enough to master — and a great way to strengthen your trunk — adding a toe bind will up the intensity factor while increasing strength in your entire
While a simple
side plank is easy enough to master — and a great way to strengthen your trunk — adding a toe bind will up the intensity factor
while increasing strength in your entire
while increasing strength
in your entire body.
For example, once a student can create a neutral spine
in mountain pose or
while seated, they can then try to hold that alignment when moving from sitting
in a chair to standing or when practicing poses like chair, bird dog,
plank, and
side plank.
Try a
side plank Try a
side plank while lifting one leg off the ground There are several variations and again, this is one of the easier poses to perform which will
in fact prove results.