Ultimate Plank Fitness For a Strong Core, Killer Abs - and a Killer Body

by Decurtins, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9781592336609
• ISBN10: 1592336604
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-04-01
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press

Summary

Ultimate Plank Fitness features step-by-step instructions for 100 different variations of planks to customize your workouts and done your whole body.

Author Biography

Jennifer DeCurtins is a fitness instructor, personal trainer, yoga teacher and creator of the popular blog PeanutButterRunner. She also holds a 200-hour registered yoga teacher certification through Yoga Alliance and teaches hot yoga, power yoga, and vinyasa flow yoga at several studios in Charlotte, NC. Her classes often have 30-40 people in attendance and she was named "Twitter Personality to Follow" by Charlotte Magazine in their "Best of the Best" awards. She has also served as a Lululemon Ambassador.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Introduction
 
Part One: Core Plank Moves
 
Chapter One: Full Planks: Build the Foundation of Core Training
 Chapter Two: Side Planks: Develop Shoulder Stabilization and Sculpt Your Waist
 Chapter Three: Forearm Planks: Increase Your Resistance to Amp Up Intensity
 Chapter Four: Side Forearm Planks: Shred Your Obliques
 
 Part Two: Unstable Surface Planks
 
Chapter Five: Stability Ball Planks: Develop Balance and Coordination
Chapter Six: BOSU Ball Planks: Advance Your Stability and Target Supporting Muscles
Chapter Seven: Medicine Ball Planks: Perfect Advanced Unstable Surface Moves
 
Part Three: Planks With Equipment and Plyometric Planks
 
Chapter Eight: Planks with Weights: Strength Training for a Strong Core and Toned Body
Chapter Nine: Plyometric Planks: Increase Your Heart Rate for Killer Cardio
Chapter Ten: Glider Planks: Recruit Multiple Muscle Groups for Total Body Burn
 
Part Four: Reverse, Stretching, and Ultimate Challenge Planks
 
Chapter Eleven: Reverse Planks: Flip Your Plank for an Intense Core Workout
Chapter Twelve: Stretching Planks: Gently Stretch, Strengthen, and Tone
Chapter Thirteen: Extra Credit Planks: Combine Equipment and Surfaces for the Ultimate Challenge
 
 
Sample Workouts
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author