Planking exercise is a simple, but effective core workout. According to Healthcorps, Planking helps you build stability and strength throughout your entire body.
The workout is achievable in a number of different methods, but the main goal of the exercise will have you with your body perpendicular to the ground. Your stomach should be facing down, elevating your torso off the ground with either your elbows or hands.
The plank is similar to being stuck in an extended push-up pose without actually moving your body weight up or down. This may sound much nicer and more forgiving than a set of push-ups, but the plank can become a strenuous exercise very quickly.
Planking exercise is a popular exercise in many exercise routines.
Watch as Coach Celestine takes us through the Planking challenge:
Motivation:
- The plank is a bodyweight exercise . Bodyweight exercises are workouts that you can do with nothing but your own body, which is appealing for a number of reasons.
- You can do bodyweight exercises pretty much anywhere; the most equipment you’ll ever need is a wall to lean on or a chair/bench for bending
- You don’t need to buy expensive equipment to do bodyweight exercises
- Bodyweight exercises are great for your core, and since they rely on your own bodyweight, they’ll be consistently tailored to your own workout needs – as you gain weight, you’ll be working out with more weight, which is similar to increasing the amount you’d bench press, for example.
- The planking exercise works out a tremendous number of muscles in your body, which makes them appealing for all sorts of training – strength, endurance, you name it. Planks can even be a benefit for those wanting to do cardio training.
(credit: healthcorps)
Benefits:
The plank strengthens your spine, your rhomboids and trapezius, and your abdominal muscles. This naturally result in a strong posture as they grow in strength.
Developing your posture can improve on a number of ailments, and prevent the onset of other ones. Good posture means you’re keeping your bones aligned.
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