The Plank Ab Exercise

Video Transcript

"Now let's go with a basic plank. Again, you want to get to the ground safely. Your toes are on the ground. You're going to make sure that your elbows are in line with your shoulders on both sides, so you should have a parallel line that you are looking at in between your head. What we are going to do is, for advanced, you're going to come straight up. Your body should almost be in a parallel line to the floor, and you're going to hold this pose for about 6 seconds. Hold it for 6...5..4..tighten that tummy every time...3..2..1, and then you can lower your body down. Do the same thing. Bring those legs up, squeeze those glutes, squeeze those abdominals. I want you to pretend like you are holding a little penny in between your butt cheeks. You're going to hold it, squeeze it, hold it. That's in the advanced workout. If you're a beginner, you want to go to your knees and do the same thing. You're going to hold it for 6..5..4..3..2..1. Good. So, that is your basic plank.. You want to make sure that you're inhaling, and make sure that you're breathing. Make sure that your arms are secure and that they're in line with your body. So you want to think of everything as in a straight line. You want to make sure that your elbows are in line with your shoulders, and you want to make sure that your body is almost parallel to the ground. And that is how you do a basic plank."