Plank
At least one paper behind this review states what this option was measured against. That is not a ranking, and this option carries no evidence profile of its own.
- isolationStrength · 1 paper put it here
- anti-extension & anti-rotation coreStrength · 1 paper put it here
Highest individual excitation level (106.2% MVIC).
EXAMINATION OF GLUTEUS MAXIMUS ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC EXCITATION ASSOCIATED WITH DYNAMIC HIP EXTENSION DURING BODY WEIGHT EXERCISE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.Performed with an approximate hip joint angular velocity of 30°•s -1. Starting position and range of motion not explicitly described in the paper.
Gluteal Muscle Forces during Hip-Focused Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation ExercisesPerformed for 30 seconds.
A Comparison of Muscle Activation Among the Front Squat, Overhead Squat, Back Extension and Plank.
Measured in sets × time — 4 of 4 library steps using ex.strength.plank are prescribed in this unit.
No row states a dose or a time for this option.
bodyweight · beginner — from the exercise catalogue, which is where equipment is authored.
No row states a level or a prerequisite for this option.
No row states how to make this option harder or easier.
The papers behind this option report nothing on contraindications, which is not the same as saying there are none.
No row describes the setting.
- Split squat / RFESS — a paper measured this option against it“loaded split squat” · T. Collings, M. Bourne, R. Barrett et al. (2023) · 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003091
- Hip thrust — a paper measured this option against it“loaded single-leg hip thrust” · T. Collings, M. Bourne, R. Barrett et al. (2023) · 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003091
- Side plank — a paper measured this option against it“body weight side plank” · T. Collings, M. Bourne, R. Barrett et al. (2023) · 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003091
A paper measuring one option against another does not make the two interchangeable, and it does not say which to choose. These are listed as what the papers did, and nothing here proposes a substitution.