Squat & Plank Challenge is a fun little 10 minute workout from Popsugar. It is led by Anna Renderer. As usual, I used it as an add on/finisher to a Cathe Live workout. It is not terribly challenging to be honest. It is bodyweight training but none of the moves are hard or complicated. But I did like it. It could function as a very active cool down that gives you some lower body and core conditioning. There are 10 exercises and you alternate between a squat variation and a plank variation. You do each exercise for approximately one minute. If the move favors one side of the body you change sides after approx. 30 seconds.
Squat & Plank Challenge is 10 minutes long. All you need for this workout is a mat.
- Squat and reach (squat while raising both arms overhead at bottom of squat)
- Up down plank (high plank to elbow plank)
- Goblet squat (plie squat)
- Side plank w/ dip (in side elbow plank, raise and lower hips)
- Split squat (static lunge)
- Plank w/ arm reach (in elbow plank, alternate reaching straight arm in front of you)
- Squat jump
- Plank w/ side step (elbow plank, step feet in and out)
- Single leg squat (balance move–squat while standing on one foot)
- Creepy Crawler (in elbow plank, bring knee to tricep on outside of body, alternate sides)
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Oh my word this was one of my favorite popsugar streaming videos to do. love planks (and squats too.)
I dearly wish that popsugar would release physical DVDs of some of their workouts.
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