Front Plank - Butt (WRONG-RIGHT)

Engage your core and maintain a straight line from head to heels in the front plank position. This exercise strengthens your abdominal muscles and improves stability.

  1. Start on your forearms and toes, keeping your body straight.
  2. Engage your core and glutes, avoiding sagging or arching your back.
  3. Hold the position for the desired duration, breathing steadily.

How to perform the Front Plank - Butt (WRONG-RIGHT)

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Front Plank - Butt (WRONG-RIGHT) using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your abdominals.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your abdominals rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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