Core · Bodyweight
Wrong Right Plank - Butt
How to do the wrong right plank - butt, 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 on your forearms and toes with your elbows under your shoulders and your body in a straight line from head to heels. Brace your abs and squeeze your glutes to keep your hips level, holding the position without letting your butt rise or sag. Breathe steadily throughout the hold.
- 1Feel your abs and glutes stay tight to hold the line
- 2Keep your hips level with your shoulders and heels
- 3Brace as if bracing for a punch and breathe
Common mistakes
- Don't pike your butt up toward the ceiling
- Avoid letting your hips sag toward the floor
- Don't hold your breath or drop your head
Muscles worked
The wrong right plank - butt mainly works the lower abs and upper abs, with the obliques, lower back, and glutes assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Upper AbsPrimary
- ObliquesSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- GlutesSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- LatsMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- QuadsMinor
- Front DeltsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.