If you want a good laugh, take a peek through the “Ab and Core Toners” section of Walmart.com (in the Sports and Outdoors Department). Wow. They’ve got ab rockers, ab rollers, ab gliders, and ab strollers. There’s ab rockets, ab coasters, ab carvers, and ab wheelers. They’ve got ab toners, twisters, and trainers, too! And […]
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Learn These 5 Twisting Plank Exercises For Rotational Core Strength, Spinal Stability, And A Rock-Hard Mid-Section Everyone knows that the plank is a great exercise for building core strength, but rarely do you see the plank trained in the transverse plane of motion (i.e. rotation). Plank exercises are mostly confined to the sagittal plane (e.g.
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Why Holding a Plank For 5+ Hours Probably Isn’t the Best Idea for Your Health & Fitness: The Tradeoffs and Consequences of Extreme Fitness and Performance I’m going to do two things in this post. 1) First, I’m going to briefly share the news that the plank world record was just demolished yet again. 2)
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Learn How to do a Plank With Proper Form Using This Summary of the Most Important Technique Tips The plank is a fairly straightforward exercise, but a lot of people don’t perform it properly because they’ve never been taught how. You can think of the plank as creating an arch with your body. That is,
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What Scientists, Researchers, And Fitness Coaches Think About How Long To Hold A Plank: Including Official And Unofficial Standards, Average Plank Exercise Test Results, And The Latest World Records (Plus, Two Free Programs to Help You Increase Your Plank Time) Note: This post is sponsored by SpecForce Abs. I’ve had a lot of people ask
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