🎯 Plank
Hold a straight line from head to heels on your forearms. The gold-standard core endurance exercise.
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How to do the Plank
- Start on forearms and toes, elbows directly under shoulders
- Body forms a straight line from head to heels
- Engage your core, glutes, and quads
- Breathe normally — do not hold your breath
- Hold for the prescribed time
Form tips
- Don't let hips sag or pike up
- Neutral neck — look at the floor, not forward
- Squeeze glutes to protect lower back
- Build duration gradually — quality over time
Muscles worked
Rectus Abdominis, Transverse Abdominis, Obliques, Glutes, Shoulders
When to be cautious
- Acute back pain
- Wrist injury
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