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Bodyweight progression

Side Plank

Trains core first, with real work landing on glutes.

Muscle contribution per set

Core1
Glutes.20

These are the weights Heatwayve's volume audit actually computes with — deliberately conservative, so compounds don't masquerade as full coverage. A 0.5 means a set counts as half a set for that muscle: meaningful help, not a replacement for direct work.

Tempo

Hold, don't count reps.

Isometric anti-lateral flexion hold — tempo notation not applicable.

Hold 20–45 s per side; body straight, hips lifted, brace obliques and glutes. Progress by lifting top leg or adding movement.

Measured directly for this movement.

  • General isometric training literature — holds are prescribed by duration and bracing quality, not rep tempo.

How Heatwayve progresses it

Progresses by reps, not weight — you earn harder sets, longer holds, or extra reps rather than plates.

Knowing the numbers is one thing; hitting them for fifty weeks is another. Open Heatwayve — it prescribes the weight, holds you to the tempo, and runs this arithmetic on every set you log so the week actually adds up.