A great ab workout and so much more
There are few forms of exercise as effective at building your core as planking exercises. However, planking exercises benefit far more than just core strength.
By holding yourself in the position for a planking exercise, you’ll notice that your biceps, neck, and shoulder muscles are also being tested and strained.
When planking, you are holding yourself up through your arms and biceps and so by holding a planking position, your arm muscles are being toned and developed. Making planking a great alternative exercise to other forms of bicep developing exercises.
Moving down your midsection, a successful plank exercise actually develops the muscles in your rear. These muscles tend to be ignored by a lot of exercises, so this is another great benefit of plank.
This is a one-set-to-failure exercise -Do only one set, holding the plank position using good form, for as long as you possibly can.