Fitness
Your guide to the ab-strengthening exercise.
Right when you thought planks couldnt possibly get any harder, you find out that rocking planks exist.
To put it plainly, a rocking plank is a plank that involves a rocking motion.
(Hence why its sometimes called a saw plank.)
Whilerocking planks work all core musclesyou might expect from doing regular planks, they alsocall on other muscle groups.
As Frydberg explains, the exercise is a great totalbodyweight strengthening movement.
And your feet get a mini workout, too.
So thats a bonus.
Heres how to do the rocking plank properly in case you want to add it to yourab routine.
Here, Frydberg shares how to do a rocking plank step-by-step.
Start by standing on your mat.
Hinge forward at the hips and walk your hands out into a plank.
Lower down onto your elbows.
Stack your shoulders so theyre above your elbows.
Keep your shoulders relaxed.
Place your palms flat down on the mat.
Engage your core to maintain a straight line through your body.
Once situated, use your toes to push off the floor to rock your body slightly forward.
Slowly glide forward an inch or two.
When your abs engage, return to the starting position.
Keep rocking in a slow, controlled motion, forward and back.
Do 10 reps.
Pause, then do 10 more.
you’ve got the option to also do all this from ahigh plank positionto up the challenge.
Always move from your toes to ensure youengage your abs.
Sources:
Rosalind Frydberg, Life TimeARORAtrainer
This article was originally published onAug.
