Activate Every Muscle In Your Body With This 5-Minute Plank Workout
You don't have to spend hours in the gym for exercise to benefit your body. This series targets hard-to-reach abdominal muscles.
Try this 5-minute plank series for a quick burn that you’ll definitely feel tomorrow morning!
We often feel like we need to spend hours in the gym in order for it to be beneficial for our body, but I often hear “I don’t have the time.”
If you feel like you don’t have the time, try this 5-minute workout first thing in the morning, or halftime of the football game this weekend. This series targets the hard-to-reach lower abdominal muscles while activating every muscle in your body!
5-Minute Plank Series:
PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY ANNA KESTLER
1-Minute High Plank Hold
30-Second Forearm Plank
30-Second Right Side Plank
30-Second Left Side Plank
30-Second Forearm Hip Dips
30-Second Slow Mountain Climbers
30-Second Up Downs
30-Second Alternating Leg Lifts
30-Second High Plank Hold
I am Anna Kestler, born and raised in Pittsburgh, where I co-own a fitness studio, Sweat PGH.
I am a fully certified personal trainer and fitness nutrition specialist. My love for fitness started at a young age with basketball and continued into the collegiate level at The College of William & Mary. I love the way fitness can not only transform the body and mind, but how we can use it to break through boundaries and realign to heal ourselves naturally.
