The Plank is a core exercise that you hold. It helps you learn to brace your mid-section by making you engage your abs and obliques, and also forcing you to engage you shoulder muscles, hip flexors, and quads, to hold you up and rigid. All you have to do is go into push-up position, either on your hands or on your elbows, and maintain your body's rigidness as if it were a board, and just hold the position. If the plank is too difficult, you work with a leg hold call the "6 incher". For this exercise, just lay on your back with your arms in a comfortable position, and straighten out your legs, as if you were about to do the Leg Raise. While keeping your legs straight and together through your heels, raise your heels about 6" off the ground and hold for time. Work hard. Improve yourself. Be the Hero. You got this.

Next month will involve a month long challenge to help with building fitness into everyday life. I am down to hear what ideas on different challenges people would like to complete.

I have a question, @William Welch . What are some of the best body weight exercises for legs? This is an area where I could use some improvement. I'm looking to add some leg magicalness (it's a word!) to my workouts. Thanks!!

Good job to all those that kept up with the challenge. Even if you missed a few days, this was meant to help you get into a good habit if you were looking to get started. Those of us who used it as a way to maintain, good job as well. There will be more opportunities in the future, so stay tuned. Be the Hero. You got this. Let's go!!

After today, we have just one more day of this challenge. 15-30 minutes a day is all that was needed to complete this challenge. The main goal behind this challenge was to help people develop a great habit, and make it easy enough for anyone to do. Let's keep going. Be the Hero. You got this.