Maintaining proper form is important for keeping yourself safe and ensuring you are targeting the correct muscles. Some cues that you want to focus on are:
- Keep the elbows directly under your shoulders
- Having a “straight” back
- Head in neutral alignment
- Focus on engaging your “core”
- Research has shown, when focusing on engaging your core the upper and lower rectus abdominis muscle activity increases (Calatayud 2019)
- Squeeze Your Butt
- Research has shown squeezing your butt and putting yourself in a slight posterior pelvic tilt will increase muscle activation of the core(Schoenfeld 2014)
- Breathe
*Form may change depending on the variation of the plank you are performing*
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