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YOU KNOW THE SAYING: Work smarter, not harder. You may have already incorporated that mentality into your training routine, subbing unfocused, 60-minute workouts for strategic 30-minute sessions, or ...

You’ve seen those viral social media challenges. Someone holding a plank for what seems like an eternity, face contorted in agony, body trembling, all while the clock ticks mercilessly onward. Maybe ...

According to a fitness expert at Lifetime in New York City, how long you should be able to hold a plank for varies given how ...

According to Guinness World Records, the “longest time in an abdominal plank position” is eight hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds and was completed by former Marine George Hood in Naperville, Illinois ...

YOU PROBABLY THINK you know how to do a plank. The ab training staple is relatively simple, after all—boiled down to the basics, all you need to do is get down on the ground and hold in place.

How often have you dismissed the plank? Sure, it's a simple movement that doesn't stir much excitement when you see someone holding the position in a corner of the gym – but if you level up to one of ...