Fun with Furniture Sliders – Alligator Walks
Written by Michele Vieux
Are you limited on space, equipment or time? Need some ideas for travel workouts? Or maybe you’re just looking for something new to incorporate into your routine. Behold, the furniture slider! It’s not just for moving furniture anymore! These babies are inexpensive, take up only a sliver of space in a suitcase, and pack a punch when it comes to the things you can do with them.
Today’s exercise is the Furniture Slider Alligator Walk, which is basically a moving plank. Benefits of this exercise are shoulder strength and stability, tricep work, and hollow body/midline stability. You will need two sliders for this drill – here’s how to set it up.
Step 1: Get yourself into a perfect plank with a furniture slider under each foot. You will be on the balls of your feet in this set-up and should be focusing on externally rotating your shoulders, i.e. elbow pits forward, as well as focusing on maintaining a hollow body position.
Step 2: Walk forward with your hands while dragging your feet behind you.
Step 3: Return to your original position by walking your hands backward.
Amazon.com sells 4-packs of the large sliders for $10 so this is a cost-effective solution for equipment. Stay tuned for more Fun with Furniture Sliders in the upcoming weeks!