A personal trainer explains four surprising benefits of the plank push-up
: Not because it’s terrible, but because, for most people, just doing the plank in the first place is a big challenge. However, as people progress further into their exercise journeys, especially those who end up flirting with calisthenics, it’s an exercise that should probably feature more.
It’s one of those movements that activate a few more muscles than you might realize. While a standard plank will light up everything in your core and hit your shoulders a little, you just get more out of a plank get-up. In fact, let me break down four key things I learned about the plank get-up, not just from this week, but in my time as a fitness professional. One of the biggest upgrades that the plank get-up offers over the traditional plank, is the swaying.
In real life, and in most sports and exercises, you’re doing things in motion. Getting up from the floor after being jumped on by your kids is something that you need actual strength and mobility to do. These things aren’t really offered by a plank, but pushing yourself up from a plank, the way it sways your body and hits your obliques a bit more, and the extra focus on your shoulders, arms, back, and chest, are all things that the plank get-up offers over the standard plank.
I personally prefer it at the end of a workout for one main reason: I really love burnout sets. ‘Burn sets’ or ‘burnout sets’ are when you do an exercise at the end of a full workout, or a specific big compound movement, say the bench press, but with substantially light weights, or just your bodyweight.
Doing a sustained set of plank get-ups until you physically can’t do them anymore is an excellent way to truly exhaust your upper body.
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