Jackie Kent Fitness

Planks have a few different variations! The most thing you need to remember here is good form and allignment.

 

Here are some quick pointers for Basic Hand and Forearm Planks:

* Be sure your hands or elbows are directly under your shoulders

* Your focus should be a few inches in front of your hands, so don't drop your head down or look up high  

* Keep your abs pulled in nice and tight the entire time

* Squeeze your quads  and butt nice and tight and keep your butt inline with your body by not lifting it up high or dropping it down low

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The goal here is to have a perfect line from your head to your heels.  If you're new at this, have a friend, your spouse, or your kids look at your form to be sure you are in proper allingment or plank next to a mirror and turn your head to the side to be sure everything looks good.  Sometimes our form fails when we get tired, so just be self-conscious of form the entire time.

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