Plank with leg lift challenges your balance and core strength. While you're lifting your leg in the back, "the rest of the body remains absolutely still, and that is where the majority of the work is — in stability," said Julie Erickson, a certified Pilates teacher at Endurance Pilates.
- Start in an elbow plank.
- Lift your left foot about six inches off the ground, keeping your pelvis parallel to the floor. Hold for five seconds, then lower the leg.
- Keeping your body straight and aligned, shift backwards from your wrists and right ankle joint. Shift forwards again and set your left foot back down.
- Repeat the lift and shift with your right leg.
- This completes one rep.
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