Fire Up Your Core Workout: 3 Advances For Your Dead Bug Exercise
Dead Bugs Belong In Your Workouts
The cat’s out of the bag and roaming the streets, telling everyone how much I love dead bugs. These anti-rotation, anti-extension core exercises have endless variations that you can program into your workouts week after week.
Frankly, when I started dead bugs, I didn’t love them. Like many fitness enthusiasts, I was doing them wrong.
The key is to time your breath accordingly, and get your core cooperating, so you don’t end up going all arch-deluxe when you move your limbs away from your center.
It’s no small feat to dead bug like a pro, and here are a few of my fav upgrades you can add to your workout routine.
Band iso-hold dead bug
- Fix a band securely overhead behind you.
- Scoot out away from the apparatus, so you get some good tension on the band.
- Lock the scapula in place.
- Press your back into the floor, so your entire torso is flush with the mat or surface.
- Hold the band stead and move one leg out into extension....