Core Exercises: Side Plank

Video Transcript

"This next functional core exercise is a side plank on your hand. Now this is a great exercise to really condition that core, but not only the core. Again, we're working that abdominal region but now we're really working towards those obliques and we're incorporating the entire body. So all you need to do is just come on down to the floor. Place your hands solid underneath your shoulder. To start off in a side plank position, if you've never done it before, just place your knee down, draw that belly in, think tall through your spine and extend your arm, reaching all the way to the sky. Then, when you get strong and you get comfortable in this position you can take it to the next level. Come up off your knee and place one foot in front of the other. Now if you experience any type of wrist issues here, you want to think about lifting up out of your center. Then, if you get really good at this position, then you can take one foot and place it on top of the other and hold this position for about 30 seconds to a minute. Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth, and then when you're finished, just simply come down out of it onto your knees and rest. That is the side plank on your hand."