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High 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: Abs.
Secondary: Front delts, Triceps.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Planke på strake armer
- Svenska Plankan på raka armar
- Dansk Planke på strakte arme
- Deutsch Hohe Plank
- Español Plancha alta
- Italiano Plank a braccia tese
- Português Prancha alta
- Русский Планка на прямых руках
- Français Planche bras tendus
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