Core Exercise: The Plank

Posted by Wide-Body at 10/26/2008 11:03 PM
Categories: Fitness

I keep seeing this exercise for the core come up time and time again, so I'm guessing there must be something to it.

Here is the latest note for The Plank at Bicycling Magazine. http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s-4-20-17961-1,00.html

This move is ideal because it mimics how we hold our upper bodies on the bike. Support your upper body on your forearms, with your elbows beneath your shoulders, knees on the floor. (Don't forget to squeeze, zip and brace.) Press your toes into the floor and lift your knees so that your body forms a straight line from head to heels. Hold for 30 to 60 seconds. Do three sets, two or three times a week.

 

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