DisputedNamed from the place
Copenhagen plank
noun · first attested 21st century
A groin exercise carries a Danish city's name and nobody agrees why.
A side plank in which the upper leg rests on a bench and the inner thigh muscles hold the hips up.
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- Named from the place
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- DisputedCompeting explanations remain live.
- Attested
- 21st century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Copenhagen plank
The move spread through Danish sports science work on preventing groin injuries in soccer, alongside the similarly named Nordic hamstring curl. Accounts differ over whether the name points at the research groups in the city or at the football club that drilled it.
Denmark
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