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Hold a plank properly

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    Elbows under shoulders.

    Forearms parallel, fists unclenched. The base decides everything above it.

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    Make one line from ear to ankle.

    Not a tent, not a hammock. Someone could rest a broom along your back.

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    Squeeze glutes, tuck ribs.

    The plank is an active squeeze, not a passive hang. Tension is the exercise.

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    Breathe shallow and steady.

    Holding breath is the hidden reason planks collapse at thirty seconds.

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    Stop when the line breaks.

    A sagging thirty more seconds trains the wrong thing. Quality ends the set, not the clock.

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#1 becomes the Core. This atoma is young: submit a better distillation and take the seat.

No gear needed. Your pot, a timer and ice are enough. That is the point.

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