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Side Plank Hip Abduction

Also: side bridge hip abduction

Main
Abductors
Secondary
GlutesObliques
Equipment
Body weight
Level
Intermediate
Movement
Hip extension

How to do it

  1. Lie on your side with your legs extended and stacked on top of each other.
  2. Prop yourself up on your forearm, keeping your elbow directly below your shoulder.
  3. Engage your core and lift your hips off the ground, creating a straight line from your head to your feet.
  4. While keeping your core engaged, lift your top leg as high as possible without rotating your hips.
  5. Pause for a moment at the top, then lower your leg back down.
  6. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch sides.

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Exercise data: exercises-dataset (MIT) by Hasan Emir Yıldırım