Clamshell
Step-by-step technique for Clamshell, an exercise for abductors using bodyweight. From the Frog Fitness exercise library.
How to do it
- Lie on your side with bent knees and feet together.
- Keep your feet together and torso still.
- Open your top knee up like a clamshell.
- Lower under control and repeat, then switch sides.
Coach tip: Don’t roll your hips back. Isolate the glute.
Muscles worked
Primary: Abductors
Secondary: Adductors
Clamshell is a strength exercise that loads the abductors using bodyweight. Log it in Frog Fitness to follow how the load develops over time.
At a glance
- Primary muscle
- Abductors
- Secondary
- Adductors
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Type
- Strength