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Muscles Worked: A plank is a full-body exercise, but specifically, ... Step 2: Engaging your abs, bring your left knee up to your left elbow, extending it as far forward as possible. Return to the ...
Modified side plank elbow to knee On your knees, lower the right hand down to the ground to the right of your body; making sure the right shoulder stays over the right wrist. Then extend the left ...
Push press. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Hold the kettlebell in your right hand with the elbow bent at shoulder height. Perform a simple half squat, bending your knees just a little bit.
Secondary muscles (synergists/segmental stabilizers): trapezius (traps), rhomboids, rotator cuff, the anterior, medial, and posterior deltoid muscles (delts), pectorals (pecs), serratus anterior, gluteus maximus (glutes), quadriceps (quads), and gastrocnemius. Muscles involved in the side plank include:
Extending the knee joint (often called a straight leg raise) [4] increases the demands of leverage on both hip and spine flexors. It also allows the rectus femoris muscle to contribute, for both the supine straight leg raise and the hanging straight leg raise versions, although the muscle will be in active insufficiency in the latter case.
This is a compound exercise that also involves the triceps and the front deltoids, also recruits the upper and lower back muscles, and traps. The bench press is the king of all upper body exercises and is one of the most popular chest exercises in the world. It is the final exercise in 'The big 3'.
Bend left elbow and right knee, then bring them together to touch underneath your body. Extend back out straight. That’s 1 rep. Continue for 30 seconds, then repeat on the opposite side.
The barbell back squat Bodyweight squat. A squat is a strength exercise in which the trainee lowers their hips from a standing position and then stands back up. During the descent, the hip and knee joints flex while the ankle joint dorsiflexes; conversely the hip and knee joints extend and the ankle joint plantarflexes when standing up.