The Amazing Stickie loves
learning new exercises. She was
overjoyed when one of my clients suggested this one, which is now called the
Diane plank in her honor. (Diane,
however, may never suggest another exercise…)
The starting position is the
basic plank position, but in arm’s distance from a wall. Basic plank position is: hands on the ground, inner elbows
facing each other, humeral heads centered in the sockets, head in line with the
spine, spine a long, straight line from head to heels, legs straight, toes on
the ground, abdominals lifted. In
other words, Stickie sets up for a push-up.
From this starting position,
Stickie raises one arm to the wall.
Then she raises the other arm to the wall. The first hand returns to the floor and then the second. A perfectly acceptable variation of
this exercise is to raise one arm to the wall and lower it back to the floor,
repeating on the other side.
Stickie understands that sometimes we have to work up to things.
Ten repetitions is usually more
than enough.
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