Archive for May 31st, 2010

Why waste time doing endless crunches in multiple directions, when you can target all of your abs and back muscles with this one exercise? The plank is one of my favourite abdominal exercises, because its effective, time efficient can be done anywhere, even in my office or at the end of a run.

Harlie demonstrates.

Be sure your elbows are directly underneath your shoulders and try to keep your shoulders away from your ears. Maintain neutral neck alignment. Keep pulled up out of your shoulders, place your weight above your knees, and without sticking you bum up in the air, or letting it drop, lift the hips.

This exercise can be done from the three levels shown; but it is essential the body remain level like a blank and that the hips are in line. If you feel the hips and back sagging even an iota, come down, adjust and do the slightly easier level. Remember to breathe, and try holding for a minute. Once you can do 3 times one minute, progress to the next level.

Once you can do all levels easily, talk to me. There’s more!

Level 2

Level 3