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How to Do It: Assume the high plank pushup position with your palms flat on the floor. Intermittently reach up with one hand to tap the opposite shoulder, bracing your core to keep your torso and ...
Start in a high plank position with a dumbbell or kettlebell placed just outside one hand. Drag the weight across your body to the other side using your opposite hand. Alternate hands and repeat ...
Engage your abs, and lower into a high plank with your hands on the floor and legs extended behind you. Do a pushup. Press yourself back up, and jump your feet forward to meet your hands.
[1] [2] The plank is commonly practiced in Pilates and yoga, and by those training for boxing and other sports. [3] [4] [5] The "extended plank" adds substantial difficulty to the standard plank exercise. To perform the extended plank, a person begins in the push-up position and then extends the arms or hands as far forward as possible. [6]
Plank workout routine 1. Pilates ab crunch. Pilates ab crunch. Lie on your back with your arms at your sides and your knees bent. Keeping your heels on the ground and feet as wide as your hips ...
The 'plank' is a type of isometric hold which can intensively activate the body's core musculature. The 'side plank' is a variation designed to strengthen the oblique muscles. An isometric exercise is an exercise involving the static contraction of a muscle without any visible movement in the angle of the joint.
Planche position. A planche (from French "planche", meaning "plank") is a skill in gymnastics and calisthenics in which the body is held parallel to the ground, while being supported above the floor by straight arms.
How to Do It: Start in a strong high plank position with palms under shoulders, glutes engaged and shoulders down and back. Bend your elbows out at about a 45-degree angle from the body, as you ...