I’ve been doing Pilates for the past decade, and credit it with getting me to the start line of six marathons injury-free, as well as rebuilding my core after the birth of my son. I’ve already shared my go-to exercise for working my deep abdominal muscles, but the exercise I use to really blast my entire core, including my obliques and pelvic floor, is the plank-to-pike.
Combining two exercises, this powerhouse move targets your deep core muscles (transverse abdominis), your outer six-pack muscles (rectus abdominis), your internal and external obliques, and your pelvic floor muscles. Read on to find out how to do the exercise, plus the progressions to try once you’ve mastered the move.
