A plank is more difficult than it looks. You have to use all of your muscle groups, including your core, abs, arms, back, shoulders, glutes and legs. It’s normal to struggle to do a plank. Many of my ...

YOU PROBABLY THINK you know how to do a plank. The ab training staple is relatively simple, after all—boiled down to the basics, all you need to do is get down on the ground and hold in place.

The plank is one of the most underrated exercises in bodyweight fitness. Planks for beginners start with the low plank (a.k.a forearm plank) and build up to high plank, side plank, reverse plank and ...

After learning how to do a perfect plank, it’s time to check your form — and then make the move just a little bit harder. To properly get your glutes, abs and lower back working together for an ...

The plank works the entire body — the core, abs, arms, back, shoulders, glutes and lower body, and it can help with back pain. I recommend that my clients include this low-impact exercise regularly in ...

This episode of 'Trainer of the Month Club' features a series of planks core exercises with Simone de la Rue that is done with bodyweight. In theory, it’s easy to be a stickler about your exercise ...

As we're experimenting with more at-home workouts to keep ourselves healthy and happy outside of the studio, I wanted to look into improving one of the simplest total-body (but mostly core) exercises: ...

When it comes to ab workouts, there’s a nine out of 10 chance they will involve some sort of a plank. The move is a staple for good reason: They’re challenging and certainly bring the burn to your ...