Whether you want to lift more, look better or simply lessen your aches and pains, you need to work your core. And one of the best moves to build core stability so that you can look, feel and move better is the Basic Plank.
The Basic Plank is one of the best ways to improve your mind-body connection while building core stability so that you can workout harder without injury to reach your health and fitness goals.
However, while the Basic Plank seems like an easy move to do, it is actually very complicated and, when done right, works everything from your shoulders to your knees – not just your abs.
Often when people do Planks, they end up feeling them in their low backs. And rarely do they focus on feeling muscles up and down their core activate and work together to help them hold a nice straight line.
Because if you do a Plank correctly, you shouldn’t feel your low back working, but instead you should feel your shoulders, abs, glutes, quads and adductors all working to hold your body in a nice tight line.
Below are some tips to help you achieve perfect Plank form as well as some fun Plank Variations to use in your warm ups or workouts!
Often the Landmine at the gym is used only for Presses and Rows. But with the Landmine you can get in a great full-body workout.
The Landmine is a great functional training tool to help you improve your strength as well as your power. With the Landmine you can do numerous full-body exercises that will help you become more explosive and powerful. And the great part about these movements, is that many of them are rotational exercises that work your body in all three planes of motion.
Below are 13 Landmine Exercises to help you develop full-body strength and power. Many of them use only one Landmine attachment; however, if you do have a Double Landmine attachment at your gym, we will show you a few exercises you can do on it as well.
The Suspension Trainer is a great way to work your upper body when you don’t have access to weights because it can help make exercises more challenging.
It also is a great way to get the muscles of our core more involved even on isolated movements like bicep curls and triceps extensions to give you more bang for your buck when you don’t have as much time to workout.
If you have a Suspension Trainer check out these 10 Suspension Trainer Exercises to work your upper body and core.
Burpees are a great full-body cardio workout you can do anywhere. With one movement you can work your entire body and get your blood pumping.
And with these 10 Burpee Variations, you can mix things up and work your body from different angles. Some of these 10 burpee variations are more core intensive while others focus more on your chest, back or legs.
Try these 10 Burpee Variations and our Burpee Challenge below!
