Core · Bodyweight
Wide Plank Side Tap
How to do the wide plank side tap, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Set up in a forearm or high plank with your feet wider than your hips. Keeping your hips level, tap one hand out to the side and bring it back, then alternate hands without rocking your torso. Hold a tight plank the whole time.
- 1Your obliques and deep core resisting rotation as you tap
- 2Your hips staying square and level, not twisting toward the moving hand
- 3Your shoulders bracing to hold the plank on the support arm
Common mistakes
- Letting your hips sag or pike up out of plank
- Rocking or twisting your torso as you reach
- Holding your breath; keep breathing through the taps
Muscles worked
The wide plank side tap mainly works the obliques and lower abs, with the upper abs and glutes assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- QuadsMinor
- Front DeltsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
Kovo programs the wide plank side tap for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.