Plank Walkout

oec:plank-walkout

A bodyweight core exercise where you hinge forward from standing and walk your hands out into an extended plank to challenge anti-extension core stability.

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Also called: Walking Bridge, Hand Walkout, Walkout, Ab Walkout, Inchworm Walkout

How to do it

Setup

Stand upright with your feet hip-width apart and arms relaxed at your sides.
Soften your knees slightly, hinge forward at the hips, and place both hands flat on the floor in front of your feet.

Movement

Walk your hands forward one at a time in small, controlled steps.
Pass through a standard push-up position and continue walking your hands forward into an extended plank as far as your core can stably control.
Squeeze your glutes and brace your abdominals tightly to prevent your lower back from arching or hips from sagging.
Pause for a brief moment at peak extension.
Carefully walk your hands backward one step at a time toward your feet.
Either remain in the hinged position to start the next repetition or stand fully upright to complete the rep.

Breathing

Exhale as you walk your hands out to maximal extension, and breathe steadily in shallow sips without releasing abdominal tension.

Cues

Ribs to hips
Squeeze glutes tight
Small steps with hands

Common faults

Hyperextending the lumbar spine as hands walk far forward.: Walk out only as far as you can maintain a rigid, neutral pelvis and braced abdomen.
Excessive hip sway side-to-side during hand steps.: Widen your foot stance slightly and brace your core to resist torso rotation.

Safety

Individuals with wrist discomfort may perform the movement on fists or elevate hands slightly on push-up handles.

Muscles

Rectus abdominis prime mover
Obliques prime mover
Transversus abdominis synergist
Front deltoid synergist
Serratus anterior synergist
Latissimus dorsi synergist
Gluteus maximus stabilizer
Quadriceps stabilizer

Joints

Lumbar spine: Isometric stabilization
Shoulder: Flexion, Extension
Shoulder blade: Upward rotation, Protraction
Hip: Flexion, Extension, Isometric stabilization

Details

Movement: Anti-extension
Modality: Calisthenics, Mobility, Conditioning
Mechanics: compound
Force: static
Laterality: bilateral
Kinetic chain: closed
Level: intermediate
Equipment: None
Record: Repetitions; or Duration
Load: bodyweight

progression of High Plank
progression of Plank
substitute for Ab Wheel Rollout
substitute for Barbell Rollout
substitute for Suspension Trainer Rollout

Sources

wger: walking bridge, by clafal (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

This record: CC-BY-SA-4.0.

Data

plank-walkout.json