“The plank is a great exercise to help strengthen and stabilize your core muscles,” says Aran Quinn, a coach at W10 Performance. “A strong core is important for providing the body with the strength ...

"Instead of lifting a dumbbell, focus on drawing your elbow up towards your ribs and squeezing your shoulder blade in.

A strength and conditioning coach breaks down the proper way to start and hold a plank to prevent injury and strengthen your abs. Chip Coleman, CSCS, is the co-founder of Motus Performance in Tucson, ...

You’ve seen those viral social media challenges. Someone holding a plank for what seems like an eternity, face contorted in agony, body trembling, all while the clock ticks mercilessly onward. Maybe ...

Everyone wants a strong core. The first thing I ask every new Drucker Fitness client is what their fitness goals are. To this day, I have never had a client who did not mention having "ripped abs" or ...

‘In your 20s and 30s, being able to plank for 45-60 seconds is a solid marker of good core endurance,’ says PT Joseph Webb, ...

How long can you hold a plank — and how does it stack up to others in your age group? That’s the question that was posed on "Fox & Friends" Thursday morning, when co-hosts Brian Kilmeade and Lawrence ...

Fitness experts say people should be able to hold a plank for anywhere from 20 seconds up to two minutes, depending on their age. An 80-year-old Florida man has blown that goal out of the water, ...