Dead Bugs
How to Do Dead Bugs
- Lie on your back and extend your hands straight up towards the ceiling. If you can touch the ceiling, your arms are far too long or you live in a very short house.
- Bring your knees up and bend your legs so that your shins are parallel to the floor.
- As you extend one leg out straight, allow the opposite arm to slowly fall towards the floor.
- Then, bring your arm and leg back to the starting position and repeat on the other side!
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Dead Bugs Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Dead Bugs targets abs and also works glutes & hip flexors. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is an at-home exercise. Equipment required: no equipment.
Similar exercises
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Follow ready-made home and gym plans with visual demos and timers – or create custom workouts from exercises like this.
Our illustrated Yoga Cards deck is the perfect way to start practicing at home – no class, no studio, no experience needed. 100,000+ sold.
