are planks an exercise?

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lorinjer
lorinjer Posts: 233 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I read somewhere that doing planks will help with stomach muscles but where do I put that in here for exercise?

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  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
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    It is an exercize but I don't think you'd burn many calories doing them so I wouldn't think you could really log them unless you have a HRM or something.
  • bluiz13
    bluiz13 Posts: 3,550 Member
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    record them under strength training so you can keep a record of how many and how often you do them....
  • Mollydolly10
    Mollydolly10 Posts: 431 Member
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    doing planks is a strength exercise, for which you wouldn't count calories for. just know in your heart that you are doing your core good :-)
  • DanOhh
    DanOhh Posts: 1,806 Member
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    You could count them as calisthenics.
  • ree0280
    ree0280 Posts: 4
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    Use yoga or pilates to track the calories burned.
  • fasttrack27
    fasttrack27 Posts: 324
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    I do them (and hate them but need them!) as part of my ab work. I lump it together in under sit-ups and input what my HRM says for that part of the workout. I just do some quick math in my head to seperate the cardio/ab/strength parts of the workout - not exact but very close. I personally dont track every excercise I do (sets/reps/etc) anymore

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