Planks are a great exercise for your core and entire body. Here's how to do a few different types of planks to get the health benefits.

Planks are widely considered by fitness experts to be a fantastic exercise to strengthen the muscles in your core and elsewhere, no matter your age or physical fitness level. There are numerous ...

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Really want to get into the deepest parts of your core? How about a plank? There are difficult varieties like the hardstyle plank and eight-point plank, a favorite of pro surfer Lakey Peterson. There ...

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The next level of course would be the side plank, a challenging variation of the original abdominal bad boy. The side plank is going to teach you how to brace your core in order to build your obliques ...

Whether you’re a Pilates addict, a HIIT class devotee, or you happen to have tried the hardcore workout of Supreme Court Justice/fitness hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg, you’ve undoubtedly found yourself ...

Planks and push-ups can be intimidating, but this modified push-up and plank workout can help you ease into the moves by introducing variations that can be both progressed and regressed. That’s where ...

Planks are a staple bodyweight exercise, but if, for whatever reason, you struggle to perform them on the ground, try the “stir the pot” abs exercise instead. Using a stability ball, you can crank up ...

Planks work the deepest parts of your abs, so they really do rock you to your core. And, if one person knows how to up the intensity on a plank, it's The Sculpt Society founder and ACE-certified ...

Kareena Kapoor Khan is seen performing a plank with elevated legs on a step while holding a ball in her hands. Her fitness trainer, Mahesh Ghanekar, made it more challenging by having the Jab We Met ...