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For womenOn hands and knees

Plank Shoulder Taps

A floor arms and core exercise from the women’s track. From a strong plank, tap one hand to the opposite shoulder, then alternate sides.

Times practiced[1]
3,614
Women’s popularity[2]
#59of 81
Days per active week[3]
1.2days
Difficulty[4]
2/ 5
Clarity[5]
4/ 5
In a workout[6]
30 sec

Practice history: September 28 – October 25, 2026. What do these numbers mean?

How to do it

  1. From a strong plank, tap one hand to the opposite shoulder, then alternate sides

  2. Press firmly through your fingertips to avoid wrist pain and keep your hips as still as possible to build stability and strength through your core

What you should feel

Your shoulders and arms holding you up while your core works hard to keep your hips still.

About these numbers and scores

Practice history covers September 28 – October 25, 2026. Difficulty and clarity come from the app’s exercise content.

  1. Times practiced. One record per exercise per saved workout. We count the exercise when it is marked complete, the workout is marked complete and its logged duration is positive. This movement has 3,614 counted records in this window. A repeated practice in another workout adds another record. Zero means no qualifying record was found in this window.
  2. Popularity. A count ranking within the women’s track. Only exercises with counted practices are ranked; equal counts share a place. Plan placement and repeat users affect the ranking.
  3. Days per active week. We count different local practice dates for each account in each Monday–Sunday week, then average those counts. Only weeks when that account practiced this exercise are included. Here that is 3,582 account-days ÷ 3,031 active account-weeks. We show the average when at least 10 accounts contributed. It describes this history; it is not a recommended weekly schedule.
  4. Difficulty. 2/5 — lower demand on the app’s content scale. Higher means more demanding. This is a fixed exercise score; it is not calculated from usage or a personal assessment.
  5. Clarity. 4/5 — clearer to follow on the app’s content scale. It describes how clearly the instructions and demonstration specify the movement. This is a content score, not a percentage of users who understood it or an average user review.
  6. In a workout. The movement’s default time block in the app. Pauses and settings can change elapsed practice time. It is not a repetition count.

These are saved app records, not verified repetitions or movement quality. Anonymous, unsynced and deleted histories can be missing. Accounts are not a one-to-one count of people, and this snapshot has no comprehensive staff/test-account exclusion.

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Try instead

The exercises the app offers in its place: easier, harder or just different.

For women · On hands and knees

Plank Shoulder Taps Harder

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Difficulty 4/530 sec

Widen your feet for stability, then tap each shoulder while keeping your hips square to the floor

For women · On hands and knees

Forearm Plank Rocks

ArmsCore
Difficulty 3/530 sec

Shift your body gently forward and back while holding a solid forearm plank

Workouts with this exercise

Ready-made sessions that include plank shoulder taps.

For womenBeginnerArms

Posture Primer

Posture-focused workout with scapula activation and basic arm exercises.

8 min10 movements
For womenBeginnerArms

Arm Endurance Flow

Upper body endurance training with posture support and alignment.

9 min12 movements
For womenIntermediateArms

Shoulder Stability

Strong posture and arm strength with enhanced back-line work.

12 min16 movements
For womenIntermediateArms

Strong Arms Circuit

Increased volume and rotation mobility for healthy shoulders.

14 min18 movements
For womenAdvancedArms

Upper Body Burn

Intense upper body burn with anti-rotation core support.

15 min20 movements
For womenIntermediateFull body

HIIT Flow

Intervals of climbers, jacks and jumps for a real sweat.

16 min21 movements
For womenIntermediateArms

Upper Body Cardio

Push-ups and planks mixed with cardio bursts.

15 min20 movements
For womenIntermediateCore

Core Burnout

Fast core-focused intervals.

12 min16 movements

Plans with this exercise

Guides for this practice