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Lift your legs toward the ceiling, then lower them to one side while keeping your upper body flat on the ground. If unable to lower to the ground in a controlled motion, bend your knees 90 degrees.
That means moves like side planks and windmills will challenge your oblique muscles, as will any exercises that have you holding a load off-center while still trying to keep your hips and ...
Pro tip: Exercises aren’t one-size-fits-all, so it’s important to recognize when an exercise is either too challenging, too easy, or not comfortable for you. Keep in mind that every exercise ...
This is a compound exercise that also involves the glutes, lower back, lats, trapezius (upper back), and, to a lesser extent, the quadriceps and the calves. Lifting belts are often used to help support the lower back. If performed with a barbell, it can be held with both hands facing backwards or with one hand facing backward and one facing ...
The leg raise is a strength training exercise which targets the iliopsoas (the anterior hip flexors).Because the abdominal muscles are used isometrically to stabilize the body during the motion, leg raises are also often used to strengthen the rectus abdominis muscle and the internal and external oblique muscles.
Muscles involved in the side plank include: Primary: transversus abdominis muscle, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus muscles (abductors), the adductor muscles of the hip, and the external and internal obliques. Secondary: gluteus maximus (glutes), quadriceps (quads), and hamstrings.
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Due to the fact that unilateral exercises are usually performed more to one side than the other, relative to a person's centre of mass, their performance necessitates different, and generally increased, core activity in order to provide the appropriate stability during the exercise. For example, a one-handed lift of a weight over a person's ...