Butt-Ups

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Watch Butt-Ups

Technique

How to perform Butt-Ups

1. Start on your forearms and toes with your elbows under your shoulders and your body in a controlled plank.
2. Keep your feet and forearms in place and begin drawing your pelvis toward your ribs.
3. Lift your hips toward the ceiling into a pike while maintaining control through your shoulders.
4. Reverse the movement slowly until your torso and legs return to a plank without dropping your hips.
5. Re-establish the plank position and repeat the controlled hip lift.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Rectus Abdominis.