Dr. Carr Introduces Plank Exercises for Core Strength

Dr. Carr Introduces Plank Exercise for Core Strength

Hi, Dr. Carr here again at Stanford Chiropractic Center.

We'll go into our next exercise. Last week we did squats, air squats. And again that was gonna work on the legs, the quads, the hams, and the glutes. This week we're going to do more of the core. It's going to be a very simple exercise. I want to call it Planks. There's going to be a couple variations for what it is but is for the core. A strong core, strong back. So again, this you're going to do a little bit differently. You're not going to focus more on time, you're going to do more repetitions.

I will start out with just a basic plank. From there we're going to do side to side. So we get not only the front but also your obliques. Your first one is just a normal plank. If you can do this anywhere between 10 seconds to a minute that would be great. Then the next thing we're going to do is just go off to the side. So go off to the side, and you want to put your feet either in front of each other, or off to the side. But you want to keep this relatively straight. Again, you can put your arm up if you want, or you want to just stay here, and then obviously you'll do the other side. But that's also a nice easy way without going to the gym to work on your core. This is a great start to get your body ready for summer.