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Fire Hydrant

Abductors · Abdominals · Glutes · Bodyweight

How to do it

  1. Start on all fours, hands under shoulders, knees under hips, back flat.
  2. Keep the knee bent at 90 degrees and lift it out to the side, hip externally rotating, without tilting the pelvis.
  3. Hold briefly at the top, squeezing the outer hip.
  4. Lower with control back to the start.
  5. Complete all reps on one side, then switch.
Primary muscle
Abductors
Secondary muscles
Abdominals · Glutes
Equipment
Bodyweight
Sides
One side at a time