Having a strong core and torso can give you ample protection against injury, can give relief from back and knee pains. Even your posture can improve and your everyday life gets better as you become fitter. If you only have a limited amount of time to do exercise in a day, thanks to your schedule, then you have to focus strictly on the core of the body, since strengthening the core means strengthening the body in many different ways. There is a exercise challenge that has gone viral currently known as planking and here is why it has gotten so famous and viral.
Plank is an exercise which is done when a person gets on the floor and rests all of his body weight on his elbows and feet only. Plank is regarded as one of the best core building exercises as it is generally focused on getting you a more strengthened core. Core exercises are also easy and require no equipment and can be done at home whenever you have time and have to do just for a few minutes. Right now on social media, a fitness challenge is taking fitness fanatics by storm and that challenge is the either 28 day or the 30 day plank challenge. It requires you to perform this exercise for the given amount of time and increasing the time of doing the exercise every day. Click on next slide to know how to do the plank challenge.
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First thing first, though you may think that the exercise is easy by just looking at the posture, but make yourself ready for the strenuous exercise. The Plank will melt the fat from many places on the body like the stomach; it will also make your inner and outer muscles of back and upper back. It will also tone the muscles in the buttocks, the legs and hands. The real challenge is to slowly increase the time you spend planking day by day until the body becomes used to the strain. Doing this challenge will make your core strong enough to do the more advanced exercises and getting better muscles definition. You upper body should be straight and your elbows and toes should be the one to take the brunt of force when you raise your body. Take deep breaths while maintaining the straight-line position. You can strengthen the balance by pushing the muscles from the butt and split your legs and elbows. Here is the time sheet for the challenge:
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Do not try to overdo yourself as an injury may occur and it really seems very hard planking for 20 seconds. Let us know if you have tried and completed the 28 day plank challenge.