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
![Hollow Body Hold 1 Hollow Body Hold Beginning](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/HBH-Start.jpg)
![Hollow Body Hold 2 Hollow Body Hold End](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/HBH-finish.jpg)
![Hollow Body Hold 3 Hollow Body Hold](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1-hollowbody.jpg)
- Lie on your back with your arms by your sides and feet flat.
- Engage your abs to press your lower back firmly into floor.
- Lift your shoulder blades and feet just off the ground.
- Hold for time.
- Keep your lower back pressed firmly into the ground during the set.
- Keep your feet and shoulders off the ground during the set.
![Hollow Body Hold 4 Bent Hollow Body Hold](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/FL_PE1_-_3.jpg)
- Exercise: Bent Hollow Body Hold
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Abdominals
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Body Only
![Hollow Body Hold 5 Straddle Hollow Body Hold](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/FL_PE3_-_3.jpg)
- Exercise: Straddle Hollow Body Hold
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Abdominals
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Body Only