Abs
Plank
Beginner
Bodyweight
Isolation
Abs
How to do it
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Set your elbows directly under your shoulders with forearms flat on the floor.
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Extend your legs back onto your toes, feet about hip-width apart.
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Squeeze your abs and glutes until your body is a straight line from head to heels.
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Tuck your pelvis slightly so the lower back does not sag.
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Hold the position and keep breathing normally for the target time.
Common mistakes
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Hips sagging so the lower back arches.
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Hips piked up into a tent position.
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Holding your breath the whole time.
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Dropping or craning the head and straining the neck.
Tips
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Twenty perfect seconds beats two minutes with sagging hips.
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Too easy? Lift one foot at a time for five seconds each.
Secondary muscles
Alternatives
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