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Strength exercises Β· Lower body

Copenhagen plank

Difficulty Core stability

How to perform it

Side plank with the top leg on a bench, bottom leg under the bench. Isolates the adductors (inner thighs) β€” few exercises load them this directly. Differs from a regular side plank in making the adductors the main driver.

Video demo

Equipment

  • Bench press benchMachine

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Adductors
  • External obliques
  • Internal obliques (not on the surface map)
  • Transverse abdominis (not on the surface map)

Artwork: Ryan Graves, CC BY 4.0, modified

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Exercise family Β· pattern: Core stability

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