Planks are a great abs exercise that should be incorporated into your abs workouts. The only downside to Planks is that your body can adapt rather quickly to them. The upside is there are a wide variety of ways to perform a Plank… some much more challenging than others.
Here’s a killer plank variation performed by Nick Nilsson, creator of The Best Abs Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of…
In addition to working your abs and obliques, this Plank variation has the side benefit of strengthening your shoulder stabilizer muscles beyond what a regular Plank would do.
Nick has a way of making minor tweaks to an exercise that make a huge difference in results. He’s known as an exercise “mad scientist” and the King of Exercise Variety. But he’s very strategic with how he adds variety to his workouts. Here’s a short Q & A to make sure that you are using variety in the most effective way possible…