Don’t get me wrong: Straight-arm plank

Be sure that you’re making your workouts count.Avoid  common bodyweight exercise mistakes to prevent overuse injuries and increase activation of targeted muscles.

STRAIGHT ARM PLANK

 

PLANK

COMMON MISTAKES:

Arching your back

Hips are too high

Cranking your head too far back looking up at the ceiling or straight ahead

RIGHT TECHNIQUE:

Begin in prone position with your hands slightly wider than your shoulders.

Keeping  your core and legs  engaged, press your hands into the floor and extend your arms.

Keep your body in a line.

Your pelvis shoul be parallel to the ground.

Engage your core muscles.

 

 

Grigoris Dogas, Personal Trainer, Seminar lecturer, AthensTrainers® Associate

Model: Foteini Alexopoulou, Personal Trainer

Foteini wears collant Thesis & Bra, H&M, ULTRA BOOST X shoes.
Equipment: DECK 2.0 by ESCAPE LIMITS, BARBELL by BCUBE, YOGA MAT by INTERSPORT

Source Body Magazine, issue 51