Search results

@davecb I asked for advice here 2 weeks or so ago about regressing on chin ups. Thanks everyone for posting their advice. I took a rest week and a half (I got sick) but my first workout back I did 3x3 chinups again, got my first dip and improved my tuck l-sit.

@joshuawithmartin Yeah, he is way over selling the misconceptions IMO.

@bwattz And even that is a 100x better and more real position than the ones Athlean X was addressing. Planks do strengthen the "core", as vague of a term as that is, even if they don't do it comprehensively. On the flip side, Athena X attacks some pretty wild straw men. e.g. at 1:54 in the...

@bwattz Planks have a place in a program designed to help lower back pain and increase core strength. But no PT is going to have you doing planks to strengthen your but or back. They might include them in a program with stuff like glute bridges and rows.

@fullspinzoo Who does planks to work their glutes or strengthen their upper back? I've never heard these misconceptions. The Plank is simply an isometric abs workout. Yeah, you contract those muscles as antagonists, but is anyone really confused and think they are the main targets?