Everyone's Favorite Core Exercise - The Plank

Everyone's Favorite Core Exercise - The Plank And Why Personal Trainers Love Having Their Clients Plank One of our SOS Fitness Clients performing a plank at our home gym If you've ever worked out with a personal trainer, then you probably dread hearing that it's time to plank! This exercise looks so simple, yet its incredibly taxing on your body and your muscles. Why do personal trainers love this exercise? Why do clients dread it? Although it's up for debate, this exercise is credited to have first been performed for the core by Dr. Stuart McGill . He claims that the average person should only hold the plank for 10 seconds at a time. This is the best way, McGill says, to activate the transverse abdominis muscle, which is crucial in supporting your spine. At SOS Fitness , we always like to tell our clients to "pull your belly button in towards your spine" while exercising as another way to ensure that the transverse abdominis muscle is activated. People are ...