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Knee-on-bench side plank alternatives

Machine taken, missing equipment, or something doesn't feel right? These exercises train the same main muscles as the knee-on-bench side plank, best matches first.

  1. Side plank with top leg on benchTrains the adductors, same movement.
  2. Hip adduction machineTrains the adductors, needs hip abduction and adduction machine.
  3. Kettlebell sumo squatTrains the adductors, needs kettlebells.
  4. Side-lying inner thigh raiseTrains the adductors, no equipment.
  5. Standing cable hip adductionTrains the adductors, needs cable machine.
  6. Dumbbell lateral lungeTrains the adductors, needs dumbbells.
  7. Dumbbell sumo squatTrains the adductors, needs dumbbells.
  8. Goblet lateral lungeTrains the adductors, needs dumbbells.
  9. Kettlebell side-to-side squatTrains the adductors, needs kettlebells.
  10. Kettlebell sumo deadliftTrains the adductors, needs kettlebells.
  11. Lateral lungeTrains the adductors, no equipment.
  12. Side-to-side squatTrains the adductors, no equipment.

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