The amount of times I've read someone saying that planks are anti-flexion is confusing, I've read comments on here saying it.
Anti-Flexion and Core Stability Exercises
The goal of anti-flexion exercises is to resist flexion or bending through the lumbar spine. The key when performing these movements, however, is to keep your low back neutral and squeeze your glutes at the midpoint of the movement. Exercises like Planks and Back Extensions can help.
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Planks are anti flexion, something your core is meant to do. The core muscles are meant to maintain postire against resistence. Not to flex the spine, like in situps or crunches.
As I understood it, planking resists extension by resisting arching the back and that anti-flexion is done through hyper extensions and deadlifts.
Am I right? Am I wrong? Am I losing my mind?
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