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This is a side plank. This is a good exercise because it has a built in safety mechanism—as
soon as you don't use the proper muscles you're just going to fall down. So when we're getting
into the plank, especially if you have been hurt, we want to start by keeping your back
straight and by bending your knees and getting into it that way, and that way we don't stretch
your lower back. And again we just want a nice straight position here. Hold the core
nice and tight so that we don't drop through there, and we are going to work towards a
30 second hold. You can even roll from side plank into front plank and to the other side
plank and just work back and forth, but that's what we are looking for. Nice and safe, doesn't
hurt your back, and it's fairly challenging. If that gets easy, then we can move from our
knees to our feet.