Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Planks work multiple core muscles simultaneously, making them essential for maintaining ...

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YOU PROBABLY THINK you know how to do a plank. The ab training staple is relatively simple, after all—boiled down to the basics, all you need to do is get down on the ground and hold in place.