Prone Cobra Hands Interlocked

Assume a prone position on the floor with your body extended and your hands interlocked behind your back.

  1. Engage your core and glutes.
  2. Lift your chest and head off the ground while keeping your legs and hips in contact with the floor.
  3. Hold the position for a few seconds, focusing on maintaining a straight line from your head to your feet.
  4. Lower back down to the starting position and repeat.

How to perform the Prone Cobra Hands Interlocked

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Prone Cobra Hands Interlocked using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your glutes.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your glutes rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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