AEW stars Adam Copeland, Christian Cage talk Pure Plank, how planking revitalized their lives

All Elite Wrestling stars Adam Copeland and Christian Cage talk to Fox News Digital about how planking revitalized their lives and careers.

All Elite Wrestling stars Adam Copeland and Christian Cage are far from the spry athletes they once were when they were world and tag team champions at the height of their careers.

Copeland, 51, has dealt with neck and leg injuries in recent years, while Cage, also 51 and whose real name is Jay Reso, has battled his own share of injuries. To be able to do normal day-to-day activities and prolong their own careers, something had to change.

Copeland and Reso, longtime friends, developed and launched Pure Plank, creating a way "to revolutionize the planking experience, making it comfortable, functional and engaging for everyone."

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Jay Reso, left, and Adam Copeland with the Pure Plank. (Pure Plank)

Copeland said he came to a realization when he was having a perfectly normal interaction with his children.

"I have two kids, and it wasn’t until one day I was carrying them up the stairs, and we’re probably talking 60 pounds. And I got to the top, and I was exhausted," Copeland told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "’Oh, that’s no good.’ I hadn’t really been watching my diet. I hadn’t really been working out the way I used to. I slacked, I got lazy. But then I realized I need to get in better shape for these girls because they need me around. They need dad for as long as possible.

"I decided to start with exercises that I thought were a good starting off point, not to get demoralized by going, ‘Man, I used to be able to do way better than this.’ That kind of thing. So, I started planking. I’d done it before, and I realize how