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Copenhagen plank

Core · Bodyweight

Sets, reps and RIR

Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2

Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Adductors, Obliques.

Secondary: Abs.

What it is called elsewhere

  • Norwegian Copenhagen-planke
  • Swedish Copenhagen-planka
  • Danish Copenhagen-planke
  • German Copenhagen Plank
  • Spanish Plancha Copenhague
  • Italian Plank di Copenaghen
  • Portuguese Prancha de Copenhague
  • Russian Копенгагенская планка
  • French Planche de Copenhague

Related core exercises

  • Cable crunch
  • Pallof press
  • Cable woodchopper
  • Crunch (machine)
  • Rotary torso (machine)
  • Dumbbell side bend

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