How to do the Plank
- 1
Get into a prone position on the floor, supporting your weight on your toes and your forearms. Your arms are bent and directly below the shoulder.
- 2
Keep your body straight at all times, and hold this position as long as possible. To increase difficulty, an arm or leg can be raised.
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Exercise data courtesy of the open-source free-exercise-db project.