This exercise targets the triceps, but it can also help you build mid- and upper-back strength and stability, said Khaleah London, certified Pilates instructor and lead instructor for Equinox and Variis. "While the exercise targets the triceps, you get the added benefit of working and strengthening almost every other major muscle group in your body," she told POPSUGAR.
- Start on your hands and knees, shoulders directly over wrists and hips over knees, holding a dumbbell against the ground in each hand. Brace your core and extend your legs back behind you, tucking your toes under to lift your knees off the ground and spreading your feet wider than shoulder-width apart. This wide-legged high plank is your starting position.
- Pull your core toward your spine and squeeze your glutes as you lift the right dumbbell off the ground, pulling it to your right armpit. Make sure your right elbow is pointing up and your right shoulder blade is squeezing in.
- Lower the weight to the ground with control, bracing your core and glutes and doing your best to minimize any rocking movement from side to side.
- Repeat with the left dumbbell.
- This counts as one rep.
