Arms · Bodyweight
Finger Raises Plank
How to do the finger raises plank, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Set up in a forearm or high plank with a straight line from head to heels. Holding the plank, lift and lower your fingers off the floor one section at a time while keeping your palms and wrists planted and your core braced.
- 1Forearm and finger flexors working as you raise the fingers
- 2Core staying tight and level through the plank
- 3Wrists and palms stable while the fingers move
Common mistakes
- Letting the hips sag or pike during the plank
- Shifting weight side to side as fingers lift
- Holding your breath instead of bracing steadily
Muscles worked
The finger raises plank mainly works the forearms and lower abs, with the upper abs, obliques, quads, glutes, and front delts assisting.
- ForearmsPrimary
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- TricepsMinor
- Mid ChestMinor
- LatsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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More forearms exercises
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- How to do the conans wheel
- How to do the farmers walk
- How to do the forearm extensor stretch
- How to do the forearm flexor stretch
- How to do the medicine ball hussafel carry
Last reviewed June 2026.