Mark OttobreFounder, Enterprise Fitness · Results Driven Coaching

9 out of 10 people do this with planks

6 Jul 2026 · 0 min

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In this segment of the YouTube video, the presenter demonstrates a unique plank technique that uses an intense hand‑squeeze cue to activate the entire nervous system and create full‑body tension. By gripping the hand as hard as possible while maintaining a static plank, the speaker claims to “flex” every muscle, training a pattern of stability that later translates to a more stable, braced squat under a bar. The emphasis is on training the nervous system from day one to develop force transference and stability for heavy lifts.

I look like I'm doing a plank because I'm not doing anything. So for example, shake hands, right? You're very gentle with it. See, there's nothing there flexing. But squeeze the hell out of my hand. You're not going to hurt me. Squeeze the hell out. Squeeze, squeeze. So everything now, all of that is flexed up. So our whole nervous system is on. We're getting that transmute of force and stability. So I do this plank, I'm squeezing everything, I'm holding, holding, because eventually that's going to become my squat. And when you're under the bar, I want you stable, right? So I'm training patterns from day one. Okay.