Having mastered the plank last
week, Stickie has progressed to the side plank, which will strengthen her
obliques. She begins lying on her
side on the mat with her lower hand underneath her shoulder. She can choose whether she prefers to
have her feet one in front of the other or stacked on top of each other. Either way, she will end up resting on
the sides of her feet when she presses away from the ground by straightening
her lower elbow. She keeps her
shoulder stacked over her wrist on the weight-bearing side and her body in a
nice straight line from the top of her head to the soles of her feet. Like the plank, the side plank is an
endurance exercise: she will stay
up in the position as long as she can keep good form and then repeat on the
other side.
As a variation, Stickie can raise
herself up with her forearm on the mat perpendicular to her body if her wrist
prefers that position. When
Stickie wishes to make the pose more difficult, she extends her upper arm
and/or upper leg toward the ceiling.
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