Rotation of the core with the Sand-Pad
- Degree of Difficulty 60%
Core-Rotation with Sand-Pad
Short Description
- Hold the Sand-Pad with nearly extended arms in front of your body.
- Rotation of the trunk to one side.
- Rotation of the trunk to the other side.
Long Description
- Try to stand upright with your feet shoulder-wide to have a stable standing position. Your toes are pointing to the front. Hold the Sand-Pad with nearly extended arms in front of the chest.
- Move the Sand-Pad only via rotation of the trunk or the abdominal muscles to one side. The angle between shoulder and arms should not change at any time. Your back should maintain a straight position. You follow the moving of the Sand-Pad with your eyes.
- Move from one side to the other side in a controlled way.
Tips
Try to only rotate your core and try to be as static as possible in hip and shoulders.
Additional exercise instructions
In the Sand-Pad exercise Rotation you turn the Sand-Pad from side to side. This exercise improves your abdominal muscles in a very effective way.
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Siderotation
The Sand-Pad exercise Siderotation strengthens all core muscles with focus on the lateral abdominal muscles. The Siderotation is a very dynamic exercise and therefore very effective for a warm-up program.
Sidestaby
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Crunch balanced Legs
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Crunch
The Sand-Pad exercise Crunch is a typical exercise to train the abdominal muscles. The higher the weight of the Sand-Pad, the higher the tension in the abdominal muscles.
Recrunch Slide
In the Sand-Pad exercise Recrunch Slide you use the Sand-Pad as a slide on a smooth floor. Because of the bending and stretching of the legs in the push-up position, this exercise activates many core muscles. While bending the legs the abdominal muscles, the hip flexors and thigh muscles are activated.
Sit-up
In the Sand-Pad exercise Sit-up you use the Sand-Pad as an additional weight. The difficulty raises when you hold the Pad with your arms extended.