Take the plank challenge - Page 5

Lola Bunny · 11-24-2013, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by orthodoc

I am the bottom of the curve in this exercise, the less than 5th percentile. Does starting over multiple times count?

One thing in which I have persisted: I am sticking to my diet and have lost 8 lb in just under 2 weeks. Hooray! And I'm exercising, honestly - just keep forgetting to do the damned plank.

whoa! i needed to lose 8 lbs in just under 2 weeks. i don't think that's gonna happen. just start again....i don't know. are you doing other abs exercises?

Lola Bunny · 11-24-2013, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

2.5 minutes.

There's getting to be a cardio component to this now. I'm breathing pretty hard by the end of the plank.

impress! let's see how i breath when i get there.

monster · 11-25-2013, 08:39 PM

OK I have decided the plank challenge is hard because it's boring and takes so much effort to remember, find time, find space..... and then is all over. The preparation is just too much faff! That's my excuse of the day. And I'm not lazy -I went to a 30 minutes Abs class and swam a half mile including my ?4th fastest timed 400y ....but I forgot the plank.

glatt · 11-27-2013, 04:14 PM

Day 22, 3:00

Clodfobble · 11-27-2013, 04:16 PM

Wow, three minutes sounds absurdly long. Did you start using a book on the floor in front of you, like you planned? Do you feel like it's more abdominal muscles, or leg muscles, that are getting stronger?

glatt · 11-27-2013, 05:24 PM

It's all in the abdomen. And I do it in the morning listening to radio news. I really focus on the news stories.

It sucks.

But I feel a sense of accomplishment because I really was a weakling when I started.

Lola Bunny · 11-27-2013, 06:27 PM

Wow! I'm shaking at one minute 30 seconds. You're right about concentrating hard on something else. Personally I listen to music.

glatt · 11-29-2013, 08:23 AM

3.5 minutes.

I keep expecting to not be able to move up to the next level, because the previous one was so hard, but so far it's working.

The last minute is excruciating though. Feeling it in my whole body now.

glatt · 12-02-2013, 07:54 AM

I got yesterday off, and today is day 27.

I planked for 4 minutes this morning. The first 2 minutes were easy. The third minute was a challenge. And that fourth minute was ridiculous. My form suffered immensely as I got closer to the end. I kept sticking my butt in the air, sagging here and there, trembling, etc. Not pretty. But I did it.

I've got three days left of this challenge. I don't see how I can add another minute in three days. But I'll keep trying.

My abs are noticeably firmer.

monster · 12-02-2013, 09:18 AM

Yay! Needless to say, I fell off the bandwagon. Maybe I should just go for the floor next time I try

Lola Bunny · 12-02-2013, 10:00 AM

Wow! Way to go, Glatt!

Clodfobble · 12-02-2013, 08:18 PM

That's really impressive. Glatt is the planking master!

monster · 12-02-2013, 08:49 PM

Plankmaster Glatt and the Cellar Wannabes

I did 45s today so restarting at day 7 which will take me to Chistmas

Griff · 12-03-2013, 05:42 AM

Gotta do 2min today after a couple screwups.

glatt · 12-03-2013, 07:19 AM

Day 28. 4 minutes.

I focused on form more this time, and went to 4:10, just to see if I could. I think I can probably do 4:30 tomorrow, but 5:00 the next day seems impossible right now.

11-25-2013, 08:39 PM	#63
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	OK I have decided the plank challenge is hard because it's boring and takes so much effort to remember, find time, find space..... and then is all over. The preparation is just too much faff! That's my excuse of the day. And I'm not lazy -I went to a 30 minutes Abs class and swam a half mile including my ?4th fastest timed 400y ....but I forgot the plank. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-27-2013, 04:16 PM	#65
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Wow, three minutes sounds absurdly long. Did you start using a book on the floor in front of you, like you planned? Do you feel like it's more abdominal muscles, or leg muscles, that are getting stronger? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-02-2013, 09:18 AM	#70
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yay! Needless to say, I fell off the bandwagon. Maybe I should just go for the floor next time I try __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-02-2013, 08:18 PM	#72
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	That's really impressive. Glatt is the planking master! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-02-2013, 08:49 PM	#73
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Plankmaster Glatt and the Cellar Wannabes I did 45s today so restarting at day 7 which will take me to Chistmas __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-27-2013, 04:14 PM	#64
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Day 22, 3:00

11-27-2013, 05:24 PM	#66
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It's all in the abdomen. And I do it in the morning listening to radio news. I really focus on the news stories. It sucks. But I feel a sense of accomplishment because I really was a weakling when I started.

11-27-2013, 06:27 PM	#67
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Wow! I'm shaking at one minute 30 seconds. You're right about concentrating hard on something else. Personally I listen to music.

11-29-2013, 08:23 AM	#68
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	3.5 minutes. I keep expecting to not be able to move up to the next level, because the previous one was so hard, but so far it's working. The last minute is excruciating though. Feeling it in my whole body now.

12-02-2013, 07:54 AM	#69
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I got yesterday off, and today is day 27. I planked for 4 minutes this morning. The first 2 minutes were easy. The third minute was a challenge. And that fourth minute was ridiculous. My form suffered immensely as I got closer to the end. I kept sticking my butt in the air, sagging here and there, trembling, etc. Not pretty. But I did it. I've got three days left of this challenge. I don't see how I can add another minute in three days. But I'll keep trying. My abs are noticeably firmer.

12-02-2013, 10:00 AM	#71
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Wow! Way to go, Glatt!

12-03-2013, 05:42 AM	#74
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Gotta do 2min today after a couple screwups. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-03-2013, 07:19 AM	#75
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Day 28. 4 minutes. I focused on form more this time, and went to 4:10, just to see if I could. I think I can probably do 4:30 tomorrow, but 5:00 the next day seems impossible right now.

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