Abs

Planks

The Plank (and no we are not talking about wood) is one of the best exercises for your core as it works all your abdominal muscles including the six-pack.

Muscles targeted: six-pack, deep abs, internal and external obliques, hips and back.

Start in plank position with your fore arms and toes on the floor (A). Make sure that your body is in a straight line from your head to toes with no sagging or bending. Then lift your body up by lifting your elbow and making the arm straight (B). Then make the other arm straight so that you are in the push-up position (C) and hold that position. Now come back to the starting plank position (A) by lowering your right hand then your left. You have now completed one rep.

You can start by doing 3 sets of 5 reps and then 3 sets of 10reps and gradually increase the reps.