Planks?..

LoMonroe87
LoMonroe87 Posts: 20 Member
edited November 17 in Fitness and Exercise
How long were you able to do them when you first started vs now?

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  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    30 seconds once. Now 60 seconds three times with a minute rest between at the end of my workout.
  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,741 Member
    Not very long at all at first! But, I set a reminder on my phone to do them every night and gradually built up to 3 planks, 2 min. each with a short rest periods in between. I don't remember how long it took exactly but I'm thinking a month or so.

    Holding a plank for longer than that really doesn't do much (IMO) so then I started with variations: up / down, one leg lifted, etc. I still try to do them every night since core strength is so important.
  • daj150
    daj150 Posts: 815 Member
    Originally could do 20 seconds. Worked up to almost 2 minutes after 2 months (did planks 3 times a week, always did sets of 3). Then like @BZAH10 I have started doing variations. Love planks!
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    pondee629 wrote: »
    30 seconds once. Now 60 seconds three times with a minute rest between at the end of my workout.

    Same for me!
  • IzzyBooNZ1
    IzzyBooNZ1 Posts: 1,289 Member
    I read that doing hardstyle plank for say 10 sec is more beneficial than say a 2 min plank, as you are tensing everything and makes the core work harder. It is quite hard to hold for longer than 10 sec apparently.

    Any truth in this?
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    What are hard style planks?
  • dlm7507
    dlm7507 Posts: 237 Member
    I'm finding that in addition to push it is also good to do pull with planks. You can make a program out of planks. I currently try to do this every morning. Hard style or RKC planks have you putting as much tension as possible into it. Yoga people make them part of a flow.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    doesn't matter.
  • ABabilonia
    ABabilonia Posts: 622 Member
    Started with 10 seconds and now I'm at 30 seconds
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    What are hard style planks?

    From my "bing" search it seems a "hard style" plank is elbow and toes which is what I thought a Plank was.
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    7-8 minute holds.

    I stopped doing them once I started training again.
  • dlm7507
    dlm7507 Posts: 237 Member
    Hard style planks are about purposefully adding tension to make them harder.

    Standard planks are a basic entry. If you can't do a two minute pushup position plank your fitness plan sucks. When you can do it for two minutes it's probably time to do moving planks (push-ups).
  • IzzyBooNZ1
    IzzyBooNZ1 Posts: 1,289 Member
    pondee629 wrote: »
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    What are hard style planks?

    From my "bing" search it seems a "hard style" plank is elbow and toes which is what I thought a Plank was.

    nah it's a bit more than that....

    try google

  • aylachaney
    aylachaney Posts: 1 Member
    I thought a easy plank was with knees on the ground and a hard plank with knees off the ground?
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    Are we talking about RKC planks?
  • IzzyBooNZ1
    IzzyBooNZ1 Posts: 1,289 Member
    edited April 2017
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    Are we talking about RKC planks?

    yup !!! I have yet to properly do one. But they sure are hard ! holy carp !
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    IzzyBooNZ1 wrote: »
    pondee629 wrote: »
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    What are hard style planks?

    From my "bing" search it seems a "hard style" plank is elbow and toes which is what I thought a Plank was.

    nah it's a bit more than that....

    try google

    Thanks for the info ;-(
  • crackpotbaby
    crackpotbaby Posts: 1,297 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Oh my! 10 seconds and I thought I was going to seriously damage myself- shoulders somewhere near my ears shoulder blades almost touching, back swayed. Ooh it was horrible.

    A bit of research, and building a bit of strength and I could soon do 10 secs correctly.

    I built the time up waiting for the microwave to beep. It took a couple of months then I realized one day that I was still planking at the 2 min beep.

    This has made me realise I have the kitchen to thank for learning a lot of the basic bodyweight moves -

    Squat until I touch the step stool, then body squats while a pan boils.

    Push-up counter, table, chair, stool, floor.

    Calf raises while washing pots.

    Balance while chopping veg.

    It is amazing the little workout I get in when preparing food without even thinking about it.

    I have burnt the sausages a few times. B)

    Cheers, h.

    They do say abs are made in the kitchen ...

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