Core · Bodyweight
Elevated Plank Walkout with a Chair
How to do the elevated plank walkout with a chair, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand facing a sturdy chair and place both hands on the seat. Walk your feet back until your body forms a straight incline plank, hold briefly, then walk your hands or feet back in and repeat while keeping your core tight throughout.
- 1Core locked in to hold a straight line
- 2Shoulders stable over your hands at the top
- 3Glutes and quads keeping your hips level
Common mistakes
- Letting your hips sag or pike up
- Rushing the walkout and losing the line
- Shifting the chair as you move out
Muscles worked
The elevated plank walkout with a chair mainly works the lower abs, with the upper abs, obliques, triceps, forearms, mid chest, quads, glutes, and front delts assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- TricepsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- Mid ChestSupport
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- LatsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- HamstringsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.