Side Angle Exercise Guide
Reviewed by
Valerie Zeller
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Side Angle is a bodyweight exercise that works your abs, deltoids, quadriceps, hip flexors and obliques.
Side Angle is a great easy move. When done correctly, it can effectively target your buttocks, core, hips, legs, lower body, shoulders, thighs, upper body, upper legs and waist.
It requires no equipment to do.
How to do Side Angle
Exercise
From a Left Warrior 2, exhale and bring your left elbow to your left knee. Reach your right arm up and over by your ear.
Illustrated Guide
Learn how to do side angle from this step-by-step illustrations:
Muscles Worked
The muscles used for side angle may change slightly based on the your trained range of motion and technique, but in the most general case, the muscles used for side angle are:
Primary Muscles
- Abs
- Deltoids
- Quadriceps
- Hip Flexors
- Obliques
Synergyst Muscles
- Rhomboids
- Side Deltoids
Frequently Asked Questions
Training, Progressions and Regressions
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Side Angle Training and Progressions
Standards and Averages
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Side Angle Standards and Averages
Alternatives
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Variations
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Classification
| Type(s) | Bodyweight, Calisthenic, Strength, Compound |
| Muscles Worked | Abdominals, Deltoids, Quadriceps, Hip Flexors, Obliques, Rhomboids, Posterior Deltoids |
| Difficulty Level(s) | Easy, Simple |
| Equipment | No Equipment, Mat |
| Location | At Gym, At Home, Outdoor |
Muscles Worked
| Target muscle(s) | Abs, Deltoids, Quadriceps, Hip Flexors, Obliques |
| Synergyst muscle(s) | Rhomboids, Side Deltoids |
