Be sure that you’re making your workouts count.Avoid common bodyweight exercise mistakes to prevent overuse injuries and increase activation of targeted muscles.
STRAIGHT ARM PLANK
COMMON MISTAKES:
Arching your back
Hips are too high
Cranking your head too far back looking up at the ceiling or straight ahead
RIGHT TECHNIQUE:
Begin in prone position with your hands slightly wider than your shoulders.
Keeping your core and legs engaged, press your hands into the floor and extend your arms.
Keep your body in a line.
Your pelvis shoul be parallel to the ground.
Engage your core muscles.
Grigoris Dogas, Personal Trainer, Seminar lecturer, AthensTrainers® Associate
Model: Foteini Alexopoulou, Personal Trainer
Foteini wears collant Thesis & Bra, H&M, ULTRA BOOST X shoes.
Equipment: DECK 2.0 by ESCAPE LIMITS, BARBELL by BCUBE, YOGA MAT by INTERSPORT
Source Body Magazine, issue 51