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Dead Bug form guide
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Dead Bug

Works your core with help from obliques.

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How to do it

  1. 1Lie on your back, arms pointing at the ceiling, knees bent at 90 degrees over your hips.
  2. 2Press your lower back into the floor.
  3. 3Slowly lower your opposite arm and leg towards the floor.
  4. 4Return and switch sides.

Muscles worked

Front
Back
CoreObliques

Get it right

  • Lower back stays flat on the floor
  • Breathe out as you extend

Avoid this

  • Arching your back
  • Moving too fast