How do you perform this exercise?
- Start by lying on your side with your legs extended and stacked on top of each other.
- Place your forearm on the ground directly below your shoulder, keeping your elbow bent at a 90-degree angle.
- Hold a dumbbell in your top hand, with your arm extended straight down towards the ground.
- Engage your core and lift your hips off the ground, creating a straight line from your head to your heels.
- While maintaining the side plank position, lift the dumbbell up towards the ceiling, squeezing your shoulder blades together.
- Lower the dumbbell back down to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch sides.
Which other muscles are involved?
Shoulders, Core.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
