We’ll look at 7 benefits to doing planks, but first let’s do a quick refresher on our abdominal and core muscles: Planks should be the mainstay of your abdominal trimming and toning exercise program, even more than crunches! They are also one of the most time efficient, and effective exercises which yield substantial results quickly, and burn more calories than any other single ab exercise because so many muscles are activated. Planks are key cornerstone in anyone’s program, and well see why in a second – but at the top of the list is that the plank works your abdominal muscles in a way like to other and can shrink the circumference of your waist like no other exercise.

She held a plank for a whopping 4 hours, 19 minutes, and 55 seconds! I can’t even imagine! Hard as buzzard lips they are! Hood is a 60-year-old veteran who served in the Marines and is a retired DEA agent. And, one of his students Dana Glowacka, is the World Record holder for the female title. Planks look too simple, right? So, therefore weighted crunches or leg raises just must be more effective exercises, right? WRONG!Įver done planks? What’s the longest you can last with perfect, flat, rigid form? Did you know that the World Record in an abdominal plank position (for a man) is 8 hr 15 min 15 sec, and was achieved by George Hood (USA) in Naperville, Illinois, USA, on 15 February 2020. In the world of exercise, where movement is king, would you be shocked to learn that the core and postural muscles (surrounding your waistline) respond to isometric tension exercises extremely well? It’s true! I’m referring to the single best core exercise of all: planks.

Who wouldn’t want a smaller, tighter waist? But for that to happen, we are shown a barrage of ab exercises.

Japanese exercise for smaller waist