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Mobility Β· Core

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Difficulty Core stability

How to perform it

Lying on your back with your lower back pressed into the floor, alternately lower the opposite arm and leg toward the floor. Teaches core stability and control without overloading the lower back. Add it to your warm-up.

Equipment

No equipment (bodyweight)

Muscles worked

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

Artwork: Ryan Graves, CC BY 4.0, modified

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