TRX Side Plank

How to do it

1. Place both feet in the TRX foot cradles and lie on your side.
2. Prop up on your bottom forearm with your elbow under your shoulder.
3. Lift your hips so your body forms a straight line.
4. Stack your top foot over the bottom foot.
5. Hold the position while breathing steadily.

Muscles it trains

Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.

How it compares

Compared with the Cable Crunch, it loads Abs 60 points lower, Obliques 55 points higher, Abductors (outer hip) 35 points higher. It needs Suspension trainer where the other uses Cable machine. Compared with the Dumbbell Windmill, it loads Hamstrings 35 points lower, Side delts 25 points lower, Adductors (inner thigh) 20 points lower. It needs Suspension trainer where the other uses Dumbbells.

Other ways to train this

• Cable Crunch Cable machine
• Hanging Leg Raises Pull-up barIntermediate
• Machine Crunch Machines
• Dumbbell Russian Twist Dumbbells
• Cable Woodchop Cable machine
• Plank Bodyweight
• Ab Wheel Rollout Ab wheelProfessional
• Crunches Bodyweight
• Lying Leg Raises Bodyweight
• Decline Crunch BodyweightBench
• Bicycle Crunches Bodyweight
• Side Plank Bodyweight
• Russian Twist Bodyweight
• Hanging Knee Raises Pull-up bar
• Cable Pallof Press Cable machine
• TRX Plank Suspension trainerIntermediate
• Sit-Ups Bodyweight
• Reverse Crunches Bodyweight
• Dumbbell Side Bend Dumbbells
• Kettlebell Russian Twist KettlebellsIntermediate
• Toes to Bar Pull-up barIntermediate

Other exercises for the Obliques

• Dumbbell Windmill 85% DumbbellsIntermediate
• Lying Windshield Wipers 80% Bodyweight
• Kettlebell Windmill 80% KettlebellsProfessional
• Turkish Get-Up 70% KettlebellsProfessional

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