60 Minutes per Month Plank Challenge - January 2017

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  • beerfoamy
    beerfoamy Posts: 1,520 Member
    started 12th Jan, all forearm planks (but no longer knees and forearms! whoo)

    12th Jan - 30secs
    13th Jan - 30secs, 50secs, 1min10secs (weird times as asked gf to count me 30 and she didn't stop and I collapsed at 50! so later had to try and make it to a nicer number so managed 1min10 - she says it is good thing, I was not impressed!)
    14th Jan - 4x 30 secs (in exercise classes)
    15th Jan - 30secs, 1min, 1min, 30secs, 30secs
    16th Jan - nothing, no excuse, just got to bedtime and hadn't done any
    17th Jan - 1min, 1min, 30secs, 1mins, 30secs, 1mins (over 3 hours)
    18th Jan - 1min13secs, 1min13sec, 1min, 1min,1min
    19th Jan - 0
    20th Jan - 0
    21st Jan - 4x 30 secs (in exercise classes)
    22nd Jan - 4x 30 secs (in exercise classes), then 30sec, 42secs, 30secs, 40secs - am counting the 2 seconds there as I really struggled after classes to do anything that evening!
    23rd Jan - 0
    24th Jan - 52sec, 52 secs, 1min
    25th Jan - 1min
    26th Jan - 1min18secs - longest hold yet!, 1min, 1min, 1min10secs
    27th Jan - 1min10secs, 50secs, 50secs, 1 min
    28th Jan - 10mins54secs throughout the day - did some straight leg side planks and held for 15 secs max each side, so that was fun!
    29th Jan - 2 x 30 secs (in exercise class), 1min, a set of 3 30secs but then felt something pull so had to stop for the eve :/
    30th Jan - 1min5secs, 1min, 50secs, 1min
    31st Jan - 1min, 1min5secs, 1min, 1min16 straight arm plank



    FINAL total: 60mins B)

    ok so, done!
    next month an added challenge will be to keep times a lot neater! this just looks messy :p
    and to do more side planks, maybe do a rotation of forearm30, side15, side15, straight arm30.
    We shall see! exciting! :D (never thought I'd be using that word for planks)
  • hotmama910
    hotmama910 Posts: 3 Member
    It's the last day of January but I'm doing this in February!!!
  • kiit1234
    kiit1234 Posts: 55 Member
    Goal for the month 90 minutes. Total for the month 112 minutes!
  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,127 Member
    edited January 2017
    Well done to everyone who met or exceeded their goals! Congrats to those with personal bests this month!
    Good job to those that attempted the challenge but are still working toward your goals! Hope to see you in next month's thread to get that goal knocked out!

    I did finally get my goal done, but I have to asterisks (*) this month ~ those modified planks were just so much easier than any regular ones, they almost shouldn't count for me, but then again you can't help it when your body doesn't want to cooperate (and some is better than none). For a full wrap up of my month, here it is...the good, the bad, and the ugly:

    1 January: Rest Day
    2 January: 3 minutes (2 x 60 sec - straight arm; 1 x 60 sec - straight arm alternating sides)
    3 January: 2 minutes (4 x 30 sec - forearm)
    4 January: 3 minutes (1 x 60 sec - straight arm alternating sides; 1 x 30 sec - straight arm superman/bird dog; 1 x 30 sec - forearm; 1 x 60 sec - straight arm dolphin/pike)
    5 January: Nothing done
    6 January: None
    7 January: Still Nothing
    8 January: Is it a rest day when you've not done them in 4 days?
    9 January: 3 minutes (3 x 60 sec - straight arm)
    10 January: None
    11 January: 5 minutes (3 x 60 sec - straight arm; 2 x 60 sec - straight arm alternating sides)
    12 January: 5 minutes (2 x 120 sec - straight arm dolphin/pike; 1 x 60 sec - straight arm alternating sides)
    13-17 January: Sick / Nothing
    18 January: 5 minutes (2 x 60 sec - straight arm; 3 x 60 sec - straight arm alternating sides)
    19 January: 3 minutes (6 x 30 sec - straight arm)
    20 January: None - headache
    21 January: None - out all day pirating...arrrrgh...
    22 January: None - working all day
    23 January: 6 minutes (4 x 30 sec - forearm; 2 x 60 sec - straight arm; 2 x 60 sec - dolphin/pike)
    24 January: None - shoulder aching
    25 January: 4 minutes (4 x 30 sec - forearm; 4 x 30 sec - straight arm)
    26 January: 5 minutes (2 x 30 sec - straight arm; 2 x 60 sec - dolphin/pike; 2 x 60 sec - alternating leg raises)
    27 January: None - worked late
    28 January: None - lower back hurts
    29 January: 10 minutes* (5 x 120 sec - modified* straight arm) [*lower back still seriously hurting, so backed off and did some modified planks]
    30 January: 5 minutes (2 x 60 sec - straight arm; 2 x 90 sec - dolphin/pike)
    31 January: 5 minutes (2 x 60 sec - straight arm; 2 x 90 sec - dolphin/pike)

    Total: 64* of 60 minutes
    Left to Goal: 4 minutes over*

    History:
    September 2016 - 60 minutes
    October 2016 - 62 minutes
    November 2016 - 37 minutes
    December 2016 - 40 minutes
    January 2017 - 64* minutes
    * Modified planks included due to lower back issues
    Hope to see everyone in next month's challenge thread...

    New plank challenge thread for February posted: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10509211/60-minutes-per-month-plank-challenge-february-2017
  • MFO3
    MFO3 Posts: 100 Member
    b3achy wrote: »
    New month! New Year! New challenge thread!

    This is a pretty simple challenge thread for those that want to have some accountability with their plank workouts. This plank challenge thread is meant to be flexible enough that people of various fitness levels should be able to successfully complete it as long as they are consistent with doing their planks regularly.

    Challenge Goal - 60 minutes of planks for the month. That's about 2 minutes of planks daily, or 3 minutes of planks for 20 days or 5 minutes of planks for 12 days...or...what ever you want to do to reach the challenge goal.
    >>If you are already a planking superstar or start to consistently hit the challenge goal, feel free to post your own goal at the beginning of the challenge that is higher than the one for the posted challenge. Or post an updated goal once you hit 60 minutes.
    >>If you join us late in the month, feel free to post an alternate goal that is in the spirit of the original challenge (for example, joining around the 15th would be a 30 minute plank challenge to finish out the month).

    How many sets? As many as you need. If you can do a 5 minute plank in one set, that is amazing!! If you want to do a few sets of 1 - 2 minute planks, that's cool! If you need to break up your planks into multiple sets of 15-30 seconds, that's okay too!

    Types of planks? ALL planks and their variations count! Straight arm planks, forearm/elbow planks, side planks, reverse planks, etc. This allows you to vary your planks depending on your personal workout goals.

    How to join / participate? Just post the total minutes of the planks you did for the day and your running total for the month. No spreadsheets, no groups. Easy peasy.

    Last month's 60 minute plank challenge thread:
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10484622/60-minutes-per-month-plank-challenge-december-2016

    Another awesome plank challenge thread by @Serenade_N, but a bit more structured for each day:
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10493159/31day-varied-plank-challenge-jan-2017

    Welcome and start planking!!

    This is a great idea!
  • rusgolden
    rusgolden Posts: 1,337 Member
    rusgolden wrote: »
    Goal - 60 min in January
    Jan 10 - 4 min
    Jan 12 - 6 min

    10 of 60

    I failed :( -- well, I failed the challenge, but it was good to have a goal. I just went too many days without doing any to have a chance at it...

    10th - 4 min
    12th - 6 min
    17th - 2 min
    20th - 2 min
    23rd - 2 min
    30th - 9 min

    Total of 25 minutes
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    rusgolden wrote: »
    rusgolden wrote: »
    Goal - 60 min in January
    Jan 10 - 4 min
    Jan 12 - 6 min

    10 of 60

    I failed :( -- well, I failed the challenge, but it was good to have a goal. I just went too many days without doing any to have a chance at it...

    10th - 4 min
    12th - 6 min
    17th - 2 min
    20th - 2 min
    23rd - 2 min
    30th - 9 min

    Total of 25 minutes

    Attempting a challenge is not failure. Not attempting it at all is failure. You did great! Come back in the February challenge and try to do more. Everyone starts somewhere. Getting better each month is why this challenge is such a great one.
  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,127 Member
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    rusgolden wrote: »
    rusgolden wrote: »
    Goal - 60 min in January
    Jan 10 - 4 min
    Jan 12 - 6 min

    10 of 60

    I failed :( -- well, I failed the challenge, but it was good to have a goal. I just went too many days without doing any to have a chance at it...

    10th - 4 min
    12th - 6 min
    17th - 2 min
    20th - 2 min
    23rd - 2 min
    30th - 9 min

    Total of 25 minutes

    Attempting a challenge is not failure. Not attempting it at all is failure. You did great! Come back in the February challenge and try to do more. Everyone starts somewhere. Getting better each month is why this challenge is such a great one.

    Yea @rusgolden...what @Spliner1969 said!! Something is better than nothing, and if you keep at it, you can get to the goal. It's a deceptively difficult challenge (60 minutes sounds so freaking easy, doesn't it?).

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