Originally Posted by
goldfinch
Thanks. I had to look up the planks.
I'll work on these. I can't even do a push up though.
With any exercise start where you are comfortable at. I will sometimes do kneeling push ups (girl push ups) instead of the standard ones (I'm a male). I've done assisted chin ups before being able to accomplish one unassisted.
If you see someone advocating 5 sets of 10 reps maybe what you need is start with are 3 sets of 5 reps. There are a lot of things on line where you can learn to modify certain exercises to make them work better for you.