Side Plank

Side Plank Instructions

• Position yourself on the floor. You are laying at your side.
• Rest your forearm on the ground and elevate your hips
• The ultimate goal is to create a straight line through your ankles, knees, hips, torso, and shoulders.
• You are bringing your hips forward and squeezing your glutes. 
• Your hips are not sagging at any point of the movement.
• contracting your glutes helps create the 'straight line' in your body 
• Your elbow and upper arm is slightly outside your shoulder. 
• Eyes are fixated straight ahead.
• Opposite hand is resting on top your hip

*Tips*

• Make sure there is no body rotation.
• Keep the time duration low at first, you have to build technique competency before progressing.
• Experiment with different elbow placements on the ground.