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June 12, 2006

Easy Home Exercise: Lateral Plank

This is a great stabilization exercise for the entire body. The primary muscles used are obliques, abdominals, transverse abdominus, and lower back muscles. To perform this exercise correctly:

1. Laying on your side, start with elbow and forearm on the ground and feet stacked on top of each other
2. Lifting the body up in a straight line, raise other arm straight towards the ceiling, and turn head up to the ceiling, and hold
3. Make sure to keep the body aligned and stomach tight
4. This exercise can be progressed for advanced and regressed for beginners

This exercise brought to you by the Dallas Personal trainers from Fitness Trainers To Go

Posted by Dallas Personal Trainer at June 12, 2006 12:11 PM

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