The RKC Plank is a massively overrated exercise especially for intermediate to advanced lifters. While the RKC Plank can be good for beginners, ...Loading...SkiptocontentTheRKCPlankisMassivelyOverrated:TryThisBrandNewPlankVariationtoBlastYourCorebyJordanSyattAugust11,2015TheRKCPlank.Thegoalistocreateasmuchtensionaspossible throughoutyourentirebody.TheRKCPlankgetsawholelot oflovin’ amongpersonaltrainers andnotforbadreason.It’saneffectivedrillthatcan dramaticallyincreaseanteriorcore(AKAyourabs)activationwhilesimultaneouslyteachingyouhowtocreatetotalbodytension.But…TheRKCPlankisOverratedThere,Isaidit.TheRKCPlankisamassivelyoverratedexerciseespeciallyforintermediateto advancedlifters.WhiletheRKCPlank can begood for beginners,asalifterprogressesinstrengththeRKCplankbecomesincreasingly useless.TohelpyoubetterunderstandwhytheRKCPlankisn’tallit’scrackeduptobe,I filmedtheshortvideobelowexplainingtheRKCPlankaswellasabrandnewplankvariationofmyowncreationwhichisfarmoreeffective(andbrutalontheabs).TheRKCPlankisMassivelyOverratedTryThisBrandNewPlankVariationtoBlastYourCoreTheRKCPlank:ABriefRe-CapWithoutgoingintomindnumbinglyboringdetail,theRKCplankpurposefullyforcesyoutogenerateasmuchtensionaspossiblethroughoutyourentirebodyfromyourtoesallthewaytoyourfists.Andwhilethis canbeusefulinsomecircumstances,inthisinstancewhen you generate tensionthroughoutyourentirebody,yourelylessonyourcoremusclestostabilizeyourtorso andmoreonthestabilityyou’vecreatedelsewherethroughoutyourbody.Whilethisisn’tinherentlyabadthing,thegoalofaplankistostrengthenyourcoremusclestoresistlumbarhyperextension(i.e.overarchingyourlowerback)–not toincreasemuscularactivationsimplyforthesakeofincreasingmuscularactivation. Granted,muscularactivationisaveryimportantcomponenttoconsiderwhendesigningatrainingprogramandconsideringexerciseselection,butotherfactorsmustbetakenintoaccount aswell,notleastofwhichincludesunderstandingthegoal oftheexerciseinquestionandhowtoperformittogetthemostbangforyourbuck. Withthatinmind,whenpe