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Smith machine side plank up down

Beginner30 secondsNo jumping

Muscles worked

Obliques

You need

Smith machine

How to do it

  1. Start by lying on your side with your feet stacked on top of each other and the bar on your hip.
  2. Place your bottom elbow on the ground beneath your shoulder and engage your core to raise your hips off the ground.
  3. Your hips will do all the moving. Think, "hips up, hips down."