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Hollow Body Hold

If you're looking for a core exercise that beats them all, look no further than the hollow body hold. If done right, it strengthens everything from fingertips to toes, building a strong body line and giving your transverse abdominis the endurance of a gymnast.

  • Type Of Exercise: Strength
  • Muscles: Abdominals
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Equipment: Body Only

Hollow Body Hold

  1. Lie on your back with your arms by your sides and feet flat.
  2. Engage your abs to press your lower back firmly into floor.
  3. Lift your shoulder blades and feet just off the ground.
  4. Hold for time.
  5. Keep your lower back pressed firmly into the ground during the set.
  6. Keep your feet and shoulders off the ground during the set.
  • Exercise: Bent Hollow Body Hold
  • Type of Exercise: Strength
  • Muscles: Abdominals
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Body Only