A Beagle holds a down-stay on a kitchen floor with its chin resting on its front paws and eyes following its owner, who stands several steps away at the counter with a kettle in hand and is half turned back towards the dog.

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The Plank

Get down on the floor and hold a plank. The first ten seconds are easy enough that you wonder what the fuss is about. By thirty your arms have opinions. At fifty you are shaking, and somewhere around a minute you are lying on the carpet, whatever you promised yourself on the way down.

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