The plank front to side arm raise with weight is a planking exercise with weights to exercise the arm in addition to the core.
HOW TO…
- Position yourself into a High Plank position. Position the dumbbell in between your hands on the floor.
- Pick up the dumbbell with your left hand.
- Stretch the arm with the dumbbell out in front of you, like a superman pose. Keep the dumbbell horizontal, so in a 90-degree rotation from when it was on the floor.
- Now slowly move your lifted arm from the front to the side position until you make a 90-degree angle with your body. Keep the arm at the same height during the movement (shoulder height).
- Next, move back to the superman pose by slowly moving the arm forward again.
- Repeat the arm movement a few times before placing the weight back on the floor and returning to the high plank position on both arms.
- Repeat for the right arm.
Note: You can use two dumbbells for the exercise to increase the difficulty. You start in the high plank position while leaning on both dumbbells. As before, you need dumbbells with a flat side for this.
Variation: Too difficult? Try the exercise without weights first.
Goal: Aim to perform the plank front to side arm raise with weight at least 5x without resting before switching to the other side.