Plank to Pike
Gym Exercise Card
Equipment
The Plank to Pike exercise involves transitioning from a plank position to a pike position, engaging the core and upper body. It enhances core stability and improves shoulder strength and flexibility.
How to do it
- Start in a forearm plank position with elbows directly under shoulders.
- Engage the core, keeping the body in a straight line from head to heels.
- Lift the hips towards the ceiling into a pike position, forming an inverted V-shape.
- Hold briefly, then slowly return to the plank position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Muscles worked
Primary Obliques Rectus Abdominis
Secondary Deltoid Anterior Gluteus Maximus Quadriceps
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