Change Up Your Routine With 3 Plank Variations

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Change Up Your Routine With 3 Plank Variations Yes, plank pose is great for your core, but it can get a little boring doing the same thing over and over again. So keep things interesting by throwing some plank variations into the mix. You'll get the added bonus of working different parts of your abdominals muscles for an even stronger core. Ann Pizer Yoga Expert Plank Variations That Work Your Core Going through these plank variations is a nice way to warm up and raise your heart rate in preparation for a flowing yoga session. Or they can stand alone as an ab-focused routine. There's also the option to try a few arm balances along the way.   READ NOW Share Plank Up Your Morning Plank variations make a wonderful addition to our morning yoga routine, which is designed to transition you from sleepiness to an active start. Just add in your extra poses when you get to the plank in the sequence.  READ NOW Share Cat and Cow Your Spine Cat and cow are poses, but they can also be actions. Yoga teachers often find that when describing new postures, it helps to relate them to poses you already know. Thus you can cat your spine (as in one of our planks) or chaturanga your arms (as in our arm balances). Cat-cow is also a good way for beginners to start accessing their cores. READ NOW Share But Wait, There's More Plank Variations! Need even more variations? Then check out these ways to change up your side plank. There's a few options than are appropriate for all levels here and one that is more advanced. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • Does Yoga Build Strength? • Weight Gainers: Top High-Calorie Foods to Help You Gain Weight • New COPD Treatment Recommendations Published • How to Manage Your Hunger When You're Trying to Lose Weight • 10 Worst Things to Eat When You Have IBS • Foods to Avoid on a Shellfish-Free Diet • 11 Ways to Lose Weight With a Food Allergy • Top Tips for a Vasectomy Recovery Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Yoga newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved