60 Minutes per Month Plank Challenge - August 2018!

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  • bdbchick
    bdbchick Posts: 2,434 Member
    I'm in! My goal will be 60 mins total.
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    And we're off..

    August 1st, 2x5 min mixed planks (10 min)

    Total for August, 10 minutes, 110 to go for goal.
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,276 Member
    I will be going for shorter duration per hold, but mixing 4 types per session this time. I am also doing a push-up challenge on another thread and need to gage how the two challenges work out together.

    For starters, 50 minutes total per month (2 mins / day at: 30 secs each for: Plank on Hands (PoH), Reverse Plank (RP), Right Side Plank (RSP) and Left Side Plank (LSP) and the occasional rest or "lazy" day when life gets in the way.

    I start after work today.
  • jibeirish
    jibeirish Posts: 243 Member
    August 1st: plank on hands x2, 2mins 3seconds for the first, I was really rattling at this stage ha and 1min 12seconds for the second. Happy with my times they will improve through the challenge, I haven't set a goal yet but I'm thinking 80 - 100 for the month :)
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    BMcC9 wrote: »
    I will be going for shorter duration per hold, but mixing 4 types per session this time. I am also doing a push-up challenge on another thread and need to gage how the two challenges work out together.

    For starters, 50 minutes total per month (2 mins / day at: 30 secs each for: Plank on Hands (PoH), Reverse Plank (RP), Right Side Plank (RSP) and Left Side Plank (LSP) and the occasional rest or "lazy" day when life gets in the way.

    I start after work today.
    jibeirish wrote: »
    August 1st: plank on hands x2, 2mins 3seconds for the first, I was really rattling at this stage ha and 1min 12seconds for the second. Happy with my times they will improve through the challenge, I haven't set a goal yet but I'm thinking 80 - 100 for the month :)

    I love mixed planks. I do Forearm (:60), RSP (:30), LSP (:30), RSP (:30), LSP (:30), Forearm (:60), LSP (:30), RSP (:30) continuously switching without stopping so that no one position goes over 1 minute. Makes it much easier to hit a 5 minute total plank. I do it after my run, then switch back into some circuit training and come back for another 5 minute set to give me 10 minutes during each workout. Easy to add up a ton of time each month doing it this way and it keeps pretty much the entire core active. Keep up the hard work!
  • hmcrowe27
    hmcrowe27 Posts: 1 Member
    I'm in! Goal of 60 minutes. Starting with 3x10 seconds on Day 1 (today!), building up to 3x80 seconds on Day 30. Somehow I got the math to work out. :)
  • tahu010
    tahu010 Posts: 63 Member
    Goal for August: 60 minutes
    August 1: 2x30sec (Forearm), 1x30sec (Right), & 1x30sec (Left) = 2 minutes
  • kleag71
    kleag71 Posts: 2 Member
    Only got in 30 seconds today. I somehow forgot it was the 1st until bedtime. New to planks, but was able to hold 30 seconds without much difficulty. I'm interested to see how this changes as the weight goes down and muscle strength goes up.
  • lbenson2006
    lbenson2006 Posts: 3,372 Member
    Goal - haven't decided yet

    8/2 - 5 min mixed planks

    Total - 5
    Remaining - ??
  • allison8668
    allison8668 Posts: 886 Member
    8/01: 3 min mixed planks

    Total: 3 min
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,276 Member
    08/01 no planks (but found baseline for push-up accountability challenge I am also doing)
  • branvil
    branvil Posts: 11 Member
    8/1 2 x 15 sec plank.....I have no idea how i am going to be able to do the 20 sec planks for today...

    Total: 30 sec
  • RedneckDentist
    RedneckDentist Posts: 73 Member
    Date Sets Daily Time Workout Used Time Remaining
    1-Aug 1 0:04 5 min plank 86
    2-Aug
    3-Aug
    4-Aug
    5-Aug
    6-Aug
    7-Aug
    total 0:04
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    August 1st, 2x5 min mixed planks (10 min)
    August 2nd, None, Planned Rest Day

    Total for August, 10 minutes, 110 to go for goal.
  • lmc8009
    lmc8009 Posts: 9,190 Member
    I'm really new to this so I'm going to go with a pretty modest goal for the first month. I have decided to go with this chart:

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    I am going to set an overall goal at 40 minutes though. Because I know that the days that are really shorter should be pretty easy for me so for those I'm going to do the seconds listed but a variety of them.

    August 1: 15 seconds high plank, 15 seconds elbow plank, 15 seconds right side plank, 15 seconds left side plank

    AUGUST TOTAL: 1/40 minutes completed
  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,276 Member
    branvil wrote: »
    8/1 2 x 15 sec plank.....I have no idea how i am going to be able to do the 20 sec planks for today...

    Total: 30 sec

    If you do the same 2X15 as yesterday, you will have exceeded the day's target .... honestly, since you KNOW you can do 15 secs, (because you already have), encouraging yourself through an extra 5 isn't so bad. And TOMORROW will be even easier, because you will already know you can do it, because you already have! (if worst comes to worst, and you "only" do 17 or 18 seconds ..... pause ..... and then 10 seconds more. Or if you were really shaky and at the end of your arms' endurance, wait an hour or more, and then try for 20 again.
  • tahu010
    tahu010 Posts: 63 Member
    tahu0105288
    Goal for August: 60 minutes
    August 1: 2x30sec (Forearm), 1x30sec (Right), & 1x30sec (Left) = 2 minutes

    August 2: 1min (Forearm), 1x30sec (Right), & 1x30sec (Left) = 2 minutes

    Total So Far= 4 minutes

  • BMcC9
    BMcC9 Posts: 4,276 Member
    Goal for August - 50 minutes (may increase later)

    08/01 zero (but found baseline for push-up accountability challenge I am also doing)
    08/02 (PoH, RvP, LSP, RSP 30 secs each) X 2 = 4 mins (makes up for yesterday; will probably keep with the 2 rounds each day for now)

    Done: 04
    To Do: 46
  • lbenson2006
    lbenson2006 Posts: 3,372 Member
    Goal - 100 minutes

    8/2 - 5 min mixed planks
    8/3 - 5 min mixed planks

    Total - 10
    Remaining - 90
  • allison8668
    allison8668 Posts: 886 Member
    8/01: 3 min mixed planks
    8/02: 3 min mixed planks

    Total: 6 min

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