>fixes your posture
>burns more calories per second than squats
>uses almost every major muscle in your body
>particularly effective at targeting your deep back and core muscles which is where many lifters have weakness
>but...but... it's too easy
Just add weight bro
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ab wheel is literally this but better, cope
>ab wheel has been repeatedly proven to be shit and develop nothing
post body or frick off
Do you seriously think that anyone who can do weighted standing ab wheel rollouts will have small/weak abs? Fricking moron
>p-post body!
You first, you're the one pushing fricking planks of all things as a developmental exercise (ok for activation I guess, but unless you always have a training partner to put plates on your back it's fricking moronic as a developmental exercise)
>Do you seriously think that anyone who can do weighted standing ab wheel rollouts will have small/weak abs?
I'm a different anon. Your core is a lot more than just your "abs." The TVA is one of the most important muscles for your overall strength and essentially functions as a stability belt for your entire body. Planks are all about maintaining stability for your entire body, which is why they are great for the TVA. Dynamic exercises like abs wheels and squats will utilize your TVA, but not as effectively as planks.
>unless you always have a training partner to put plates on your back it's fricking moronic as a developmental exercise)
Get a heavy rucksack and load it with weights, and then slip it on your back. It's a lot easier and safer to progress than weighted ab rollouts.
>I'm a different anon. Your core is a lot more than just your "abs." The TVA is one of the most important muscles for your overall strength and essentially functions as a stability belt for your entire body. Planks are all about maintaining stability for your entire body, which is why they are great for the TVA. Dynamic exercises like abs wheels and squats will utilize your TVA, but not as effectively as planks.
Ab wheel is still isometric (same as planks), you simply have a variable resistance curve (which is actually better for carryover to compound lifts since they all function like that as well), so you're still training the TVA. And due to the aforementioned point in all likelihood it's actually better for the TVA than planks are
>ab wheel
homosexual
>does nothing
>kills you
girl exercise
Gives me muscleknots in my lower back. Feelsbadwoman.
Am I supposed to feel the burn in my arms when I plank? I feel like I'm doing them wrong
> fixes your posture
Doubt
You will never contract your abs and as hard for a weighted plank as you will to brace your spine for a weighted squat. Same goes for the back muscles and deadlifts. You will never put as much direct mechanical tension in one set on your abs with anything as you will with situps done correctly (janda situps). Same goes for the back muscles and hyperextensions.
guys this actually makes sense can anyone beat this?
t. bad mind muscle connection
You can be as connected to the muscle as you want. You're still gonna stress it more when there's more resistance on it.
Is planking still a good exercise even if it's not as good as weight lifting like squats and deadlifts?
Well it does the same thing, just not near as much of it. Depends on just how powerful of a midsection you want.
Sit ups have been scientifically shown to put as much compressive force on your back (3300 newtons) that it is capable of withstanding before it breaks. Squats also compress your spine. The plank is the best core exercise for back pain. Hyperextensions are also incredibly dangerous for some back pain conditions like spondye-girlsthesis where the lamina is actually broken and the vertabra slips forward.
Everything you said will contribute to back pain instead of not only reducing it, but also strengthening it safely. No physical therapist is going to be having people with back issues do your exercises. The plank is the gold standard exercise for any type of back pain.
Everything you said in this post is moronation of the highest degree but I'm going to focus on this specifically
>Hyperextensions are also incredibly dangerous for some back pain conditions like spondye-girlsthesis where the lamina is actually broken and the vertabra slips forward.
Actually moron. The dude in this vid ( https://youtu.be/1eY8kl6N0dM ) literally has spondye-girlsthesis and he's doing back extensions with 80kg on his back with no issues. Fricking idiot
>vid related
the best way to have a nice day. have you friend put one more plate after the suicide out of respect
>t. dyel who has no idea what he's talking about
if it's good enough for klokov it's good enough for you https://youtu.be/nuHJYKUapZw?t=27
Post body
>Just add weight bro
someone post the webm
The one about broken fingers?
>actually fixes your posture
>tfw too fat to plank correctly and it only makes my arms tired, feel nothing in my core
Core under tension, squeeze buttcheeck
Bro please dont tell me you are so fat your gut is resting on the floor.
these arent easy, they are just easy to cheat.
You can easily set most of your weight on your scapulae instead of your core. You can also progress by moving your elbows further forward and eventually get to a lalanne push up.
To do one properly, you squeeze your glutes to help deactivate your hip flexors and then you almost try to perform a crunch in that position, trying to drive your elbows down and your feet up to activate your core. If you do this right, unless your core is significantly trained, you probably won't be able to hold this more active position for more than 30-45 seconds, and then you just do sets of this, 4-5 sets which doesn't take any time at all and just rapes your core. You can then use this as a primer for 1-2 more core exercises. Do this at the start then do your other ab work and you'll likely be sore as frick the next day.
If you can do a set of lalanne push ups, you can claim that the plank does nothing for you, if you can't do these yet, planks are very valuable for you. This trains you in anti flexion which is not only reducing injuries, but also preventing them.
>30-45 seconds, and then you just do sets of this, 4-5 sets
I also forgot to mention the rest between sets, since this is a low impact exercise and is essentially isometric, you can bring down rest periods significantly, I personally only rest 15 seconds between sets and by the last set I feel like im dying.
I just tried your lalanne pushups and I like them. Planks do nothing btw and it's gonna take you forever to progress to lalanne pushups by doing nothing.
McGill shill homosexual McQueer right on cue. This fricker has admitted that he doesnt have a good body and believes himself to undertand lifting better more simply because he reads studies btw.
>"This exercise will make you fit and you are NOT gonna believe how easy it is!"
>Isometric exercise
Tell me you're a dyel without telling me you're a dyel
wait you're supposed to stand on your elbows?
I've been doing it like this
Yeah you're supposed to be on your elbows. Try to stay relatively flat/level, don't raise or lower your hips too much as it makes the exercise easier. What you're doing is just the top of a push-up, your arms/chest are probably supporting your body weight to the point you don't really need to engage your abs
thanks, just tried the proper form
just as I felt more or less comfortable I'm feeling like I'm about to die again, great
>Actually fixes your lower back, your height, and your entire life
a better form
dead hangs and back extensions need to marry already
you guys are talking as if you HAVE to pick ONE
I feel planks primarily in my lower back, not my abs. Am I doing it wrong?
your lower back is weak. once you develop it enough you'll feel it in your abs
>le calorie burning meme
I thought we surpassed that already
honestly can anyone answer why I should do planks instead of incredibly high rep pushups like i already do? my abs are still contracted the entire time in the same position and its not boring as shit
What will fix knots under shoulder blades?
>burns between 2 and 5 calories per minute
That's literally nothing
I hate working abs so I tend to pick the "easiest" exercises that I get most out of and for me that have been russian twists and leg raises with hip lifts.
Do the RKC version if you actually want it to work.
>not moving burns calories
>fixes your posture
lol this is the opposite of the truth. The plank promotes horrible posture. Why don't you imitate a planking position right now? Your shoulders are rounded forward and your back is all fricked up.
>burns calories
No.
>uses almost every major muscle in your body
No. This guy thinks isometrically squeezing your muscles in a shitty position makes it a good exercise. That's like saying bicep curls are leg exercises if you just squeeze your glutes hard enough.
>effective
No.
The plank is probably the most overrated exercise ever. Imagine doing 60 seconds of starfish crunches or bicycles compared to 60 seconds of planks. So much more effective.