Fitness tip: Plank challenge

[Music] Hi everybody. Hope you're having a fabulous day. It's just Shauna with Action News's fitness tip. I'm at the AB apartments in King of Pressia. You're going to grab a single weight cuz we're doing a plank challenge. Right. I always say this, no challenge, no change. And part of your physical fitness journey is all about pushing your limits. Really testing your body to see what it's capable of in a safe way. But challenging your body is something that will ultimately get you stronger, right? Not just physically, but mentally, too. So, you ready to do it together? Let's do it together. So, we're going to go into a high plank. If you need to modify this and come to your knees, you absolutely can. Okay? Always know that that is always an option. So, we're going to get into a high plank. Drawing our belly into the spine, we're just going to move that weight without breaking the plank. Okay? So, we're going to move that weight to the right. Then, we're going to move that weight to the left. Right? So too often people are swaying their hips and that just tells me that okay, we got to work on that core engagement, core strength a little bit more. So I want you to really try to keep your hips still. Having a wider stance with your legs also helps, right? To make this more difficult, you can bring your legs closer together. I'm not doing that. I'm I'm staying right here because this is difficult as it is. Right? So breathing, really keeping that core engagement and you do as many as you can before breaking, right? And so the challenge is obviously staying in that plank and getting a certain number of reps in and then saying, "Okay, I'm going to do that again and I'm going to try to go five more. Okay, I'm going to do that again. I'm going to try to go 10 more." And so progression over perfection always wins. So, keep pushing yourself, keep showing up for yourself, keep doing things for your mind and your body that make you stronger and better. Give this move a try