Plank or The Plank may refer to:
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Plank (wood)
A plank is timber that is flat, elongated, and rectangular with parallel faces that are higher and longer than wide. Used primarily in carpentry, planks are critical in the construction of ships, houses, bridges, and many other structures. Plank ...
, flat, elongated, and rectangular timber with parallel faces
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Plank (exercise)
The plank (also called a front hold, hover, or abdominal bridge) is an isometric exercise, isometric core (anatomy), core strength exercise that involves maintaining a position similar to a push-up.
Form
The most common plank is the forearm p ...
, an isometric exercise for the abdominal muscles
Arts and entertainment
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''The Plank'' (1967 film), a British comedy short film with no dialogue
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''The Plank'' (1979 film), a remake of the 1967 film
*Plank, a
character in ''Ed, Edd n Eddy''
People
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Alex Plank (born 1986), American autism advocate
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Conny Plank
Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was involv ...
(1940−1987), German record producer and musician
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Doug Plank
Douglas Walter Plank (born March 4, 1953) is an American former professional football player and coach. He played as a safety for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) and also played one year in the United States Football Leag ...
(born 1953), American football player
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Ed Plank (born 1952), American baseball pitcher in the late 1970s
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Eddie Plank
Edward Stewart Plank (August 31, 1875 – February 24, 1926), nicknamed "Gettysburg Eddie", was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, Plank played in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 through 1914, th ...
(1875−1926), early 20th-century American baseball player
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Jolanda Plank (born 1958), Italian alpine skier
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Liz Plank (born 1987), Canadian author and journalist
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Ewart G. Plank (1897−1982), American general
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Heinz Plank (born 1945), German painter, draughtsman and graphic artist
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Kevin Plank
Kevin Audette Plank (born August 13, 1972) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Plank is the founder and executive chairman of Under Armour, a manufacturer of sportswear, footwear and accessories, based in Baltimore, Maryla ...
(born 1972), American businessman and philanthropist
*Peter "Plank" Clements, guitar technician for
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon-on-Thames, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band members are Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Gre ...
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Raymond Plank (1922−2018), American businessman
Other uses
* Plank post office, alongside
Martins Creek (Kentucky) 1906–1992
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Plank (party platform), a component of a political party program
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Plank Township, Keokuk County, Iowa
* Plank, also known as a
skid block
A skid block, also known as a plank, is a common term for a mandatory attachment to the underside of a racing car. Initially applied to Formula One cars in 1994, it has also been used in other categories including Formula 3000 and Formula 3. It ...
for a attachment to the underside of a racing car
See also
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Planck (disambiguation)
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Planking (disambiguation)
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Slats (disambiguation)
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Walk the Plank (disambiguation)
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Walking the plank
Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined as an "inverted pendulum" gait in which the body vaults over ...
, form of execution associated with pirates
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Plank house
A plank house is a type of house constructed by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest, typically using Thuja plicata, cedar planks.
History
The oldest plank house village found is located in Kitselas Canyon at the Paul Mason Site in west ...
, homes of indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest
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American historic carpentry
American historic carpentry is the historic methods with which wooden buildings were built in what is now the United States since European settlement. A number of methods were used to form the wooden walls and the types of ''structural carpentry' ...
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Tychonoff plank
In topology, the Tychonoff plank is a topological space defined using ordinal spaces that is a counterexample to several plausible-sounding conjectures. It is defined as the topological product of the two ordinal spaces ,\omega_1/math> and ,\omeg ...
, a topological space in mathematics
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