Exercise
Side Bridge Hip Abduction
Also known as: side plank leg raise, side plank abduction, plank leg lift
Side Bridge Hip Abduction is a isolation exercise for the abductors. Main target: abductors. Also works: gluteus medius and obliques. No equipment needed — just your bodyweight.
Muscles worked
How to do it
- Get into a side plank on your forearm with your body in a straight line.
- Keeping the hips high, raise the top leg as far as you can without rolling the pelvis.
- Lower the leg back down under control without letting the hips sag.
- Complete the set, then switch sides.
Similar exercises
Hip Circles (prone)
Bodyweight
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Standing Hip Circles
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Side Leg Raises
Bodyweight
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Lying Crossover
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Windmills
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Butt Lift (Bridge)
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Alternatives with other equipment
Band Hip Abductions
Bands
Abductors
Iliotibial Tract-SMR
Foam roll
Abductors
IT Band and Glute Stretch
Other
Abductors
Thigh Abductor
Machine
AbductorsGluteus medius
Barbell Deadlift
Barbell
Lower backGluteus maximusBiceps femoris
One-Legged Cable Kickback
Cable
Gluteus maximus
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