August 2021 Planking and Isometric Exercise Challenge
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Changing my August goal to140 minutes planks and 140 minutes other isometric exercises.
Aug 1:5(5); Aug 2:5(5); Aug 3:5(5)
Aug 4:5(5); Aug 5:5(5); Aug 6:5(5)
Aug 7:5(5); Aug 8:5(5); Aug 9:5(5)
Aug 10:5(5); Aug 11:0(3); Aug 12:8(7)
Aug 13:8(6); Aug 14:5(5); Aug 15:5(5)
Aug 16:5(5); Aug 17:5(5); Aug 18:6(6)
Aug 19:6(6); Aug 20:6(6); Aug 21:5(5)
Aug 22:5(5); Aug 23:5(5); Aug 24:5(5)
Aug 25:5(5); Aug 26:5(5); Aug 27:5(5)
Aug 28:4(4); Aug 29:4(4);
Total: 147(147)
Remaining: 0(0)
Goal achieved.1 -
I alternate even-numbered days with dresser push ups & hand weights and do “forearm & toes” planks on the others!
Sticking with 3X 30 sec until easier
August
1 wow! Went so well that I did FIVE 30 sec.
Pretty cool. From shaking to solid in 2 weeks!
3 FIVE! Still exciting!! Much more steady, good form!
5 FIVE!
7 FIVE! Keeping with it..a bit tiring/sore but I know those are the days of greatest gains!
9 five
11 5 they were so easy (except for that darned first one that always seems like 2 minutes LOL that the final one was 35 seconds!! Yay!! 2 mins 35 secs!
🎉13 30,35,35,40,40 (And the day came when it was a lot easier…) 3 minutes!!🎉
15 1 month!! 👍👍👍 5x 30 - tried different types for first time - forearms straight & gently rocking!!
17 5x30 variety of types!
19 —
21 5x30 🔼🔼⏸⏸🔼 tried to lift up one foot then the other- not there yet.
—————GOAL MET—————-🎉
23 5x30
25 5x30
🎉💪🏻Today, I was able to help an elderly gentleman who tripped up from the ground BECAUSE of my planks, arm exercises, and my ever present walking… I am thrilled. Thank you inspiring people!!💪🏻🎉
27 5x30!! I’m going to try to get to 40 minutes!!
29 5x30 Mot as easy as I thought it would be by now, but I’m persevering!!
31
Goal: 24 mins
Monthly Data:
1/2 of July 13.5 mins planks
Aug. 35.35 mins + so far!!!! GOAL MET!!
Began daily arm exercises June 7, 2020
Replaced odd days with planks July 15, 2020.2 -
Changing my August goal to140 minutes planks and 140 minutes other isometric exercises.
Aug 1:5(5); Aug 2:5(5); Aug 3:5(5)
Aug 4:5(5); Aug 5:5(5); Aug 6:5(5)
Aug 7:5(5); Aug 8:5(5); Aug 9:5(5)
Aug 10:5(5); Aug 11:0(3); Aug 12:8(7)
Aug 13:8(6); Aug 14:5(5); Aug 15:5(5)
Aug 16:5(5); Aug 17:5(5); Aug 18:6(6)
Aug 19:6(6); Aug 20:6(6); Aug 21:5(5)
Aug 22:5(5); Aug 23:5(5); Aug 24:5(5)
Aug 25:5(5); Aug 26:5(5); Aug 27:5(5)
Aug 28:4(4); Aug 29:4(4); Aug 30:4(4)
Total: 154(154)
Remaining: 0(0)
Goal achieved.2 -
I'm aiming this month for a minimum.of:
* 75 min planks
* 75 min other isometrics
* 20 pushups x 3 times
due to travelling.8/1: 3:00 planks durng workout
8/2: 10:00 core isometrics + 10:00 egs isometrics + 5:00 planks with Soh + 20 pushups
8/3: 6:00 planks w Heather Robertson + 2:00 leg holds during Epic II workout + 3:00 wall sit
8/4: 5:00 planks during workout + 3:00 wall sit + 1:00 legs hold, during workout
8/5: Epic II, full body workout, with lots of holds. 5:00 planks (also in place of some of the pushups), 5:50 leg isometrics, 3:00 arms and 1:00 core + 2x10 pushups
8/6: 5:00 planks (workout + free style) + 3:00 wall sit
8/7: rest, which did me well 👍
8/8: 6:00 planks with Heather Robertson (no legs, because I did 40 min of lunges during Caroline's Epic II Day 32. I wonder if I could count the pulses as isometrics 🤔, she had quite a few!
8/9: 1:30 planks + 2:00 legs (wall sits during her pushups). Alltogether I still did 70 pushups during this particular workout. 😉
8/10: none, because there were a lot of squats in today's workout 🤷♀️
8/11: 1:30 planks (regenate rows) + 2:30 legs (calf raises and wall sit). Also 19 pushups, this should "almost" count 😉.
8/12: didn't do my regular workout, so I had energy for:
* 21 pushups (PR?)
* 7:00 planks with Reif, modified
* 10 legs with Girvan
8/13: about 6:00 planks during a HIIT workout and about 50 pushups during said HIIT
8/14: 4 x 45s of holds on hip thrusts, so 3:00 legs isometrics
8/15: no explicit planks or isometrics, but the workout had many holds, so I will say at least 3:00 in total
8/16: 10:00 of legs isometrics with Carolike Girvain + 5:00 planks + 15 pushups
8/17: 5:00 planks
8/18: 3:00 planks (instead of pushups 😎) + 21 pushups in the am and 15 tricep pushups during workout (+ pike and cobra at the end)
8/19: 3:00 during a Rachel Gulota workout and 6:00 wall sit
8/20: rest day
8/21: another rest day 🤷♀️, due to travelling
8/22: 1:50 planks, during workout (replacing pushups by planks, it was! 🤦♀️)
8/23: 4:00 during Epic II and later a 10:00 legs isometrics with Caroline Girvain
8/24: 7:00 planks, because I can only do that many pushups, less than Caroline, obviously
8/25: 7:00 wall sit (I am myself impressed) + 8:00 MadFit's plank workout (was going to do less, but then she said "last 30s" 😉) + 20 pushups (kinda, last 5 were a struggle)
8/26: 4:00 wallsit
8/27: during a 45 min pushups-only workout, I did 2x1:00 wall sits, 2:00 of other legs isometrics and 6:30 of planks 👍
8/28: none, on road all day
8/29: 3:00 legs during Epic II.
Hope to get some planks in these last 2 days 😉, to reach 💯
Total:
94:00 planks
106:00 other
20 pushups x 42 -
Yesterday:
Mixed planks: 6 x 30 secs
Calf raise: 6 x 30 secs
Today:
Mixed planks: 4 x 30 secs
Glute bridge: 4 x 30 secs
Hollow body tuck hold: 4 x 30 secs
August Total:
128 minutes (120 minute goal)
Goal reached, so I will see you all on the September thread in a couple of days.2 -
I'm aiming this month for a minimum.of:
* 75 min planks
* 75 min other isometrics
* 20 pushups x 3 times
due to travelling.8/1: 3:00 planks durng workout
8/2: 10:00 core isometrics + 10:00 egs isometrics + 5:00 planks with Soh + 20 pushups
8/3: 6:00 planks w Heather Robertson + 2:00 leg holds during Epic II workout + 3:00 wall sit
8/4: 5:00 planks during workout + 3:00 wall sit + 1:00 legs hold, during workout
8/5: Epic II, full body workout, with lots of holds. 5:00 planks (also in place of some of the pushups), 5:50 leg isometrics, 3:00 arms and 1:00 core + 2x10 pushups
8/6: 5:00 planks (workout + free style) + 3:00 wall sit
8/7: rest, which did me well 👍
8/8: 6:00 planks with Heather Robertson (no legs, because I did 40 min of lunges during Caroline's Epic II Day 32. I wonder if I could count the pulses as isometrics 🤔, she had quite a few!
8/9: 1:30 planks + 2:00 legs (wall sits during her pushups). Alltogether I still did 70 pushups during this particular workout. 😉
8/10: none, because there were a lot of squats in today's workout 🤷♀️
8/11: 1:30 planks (regenate rows) + 2:30 legs (calf raises and wall sit). Also 19 pushups, this should "almost" count 😉.
8/12: didn't do my regular workout, so I had energy for:
* 21 pushups (PR?)
* 7:00 planks with Reif, modified
* 10 legs with Girvan
8/13: about 6:00 planks during a HIIT workout and about 50 pushups during said HIIT
8/14: 4 x 45s of holds on hip thrusts, so 3:00 legs isometrics
8/15: no explicit planks or isometrics, but the workout had many holds, so I will say at least 3:00 in total
8/16: 10:00 of legs isometrics with Carolike Girvain + 5:00 planks + 15 pushups
8/17: 5:00 planks
8/18: 3:00 planks (instead of pushups 😎) + 21 pushups in the am and 15 tricep pushups during workout (+ pike and cobra at the end)
8/19: 3:00 during a Rachel Gulota workout and 6:00 wall sit
8/20: rest day
8/21: another rest day 🤷♀️, due to travelling
8/22: 1:50 planks, during workout (replacing pushups by planks, it was! 🤦♀️)
8/23: 4:00 during Epic II and later a 10:00 legs isometrics with Caroline Girvain
8/24: 7:00 planks, because I can only do that many pushups, less than Caroline, obviously
8/25: 7:00 wall sit (I am myself impressed) + 8:00 MadFit's plank workout (was going to do less, but then she said "last 30s" 😉) + 20 pushups (kinda, last 5 were a struggle)
8/26: 4:00 wallsit
8/27: during a 45 min pushups-only workout, I did 2x1:00 wall sits, 2:00 of other legs isometrics and 6:30 of planks 👍
8/28: none, on road all day
8/29: 3:00 legs during Epic II.
8/29: 2:00+ calves holds + 6:00 planks (2x30s during warmup + a workout with Caroline G)
Hope to get some planks in these last 2 days 😉, to reach 💯
Total:
100:00 planks
108:00 other
20 pushups x 42 -
I alternate even-numbered days with dresser push ups & hand weights and do “forearm & toes” planks on the others!
Sticking with 3X 30 sec until easier
Correction: magically began doing 5x30 secs in August!
August
1 wow! Went so well that I did FIVE 30 sec.
Pretty cool. From shaking to solid in 2 weeks!
3 FIVE! Still exciting!! Much more steady, good form!
5 FIVE!
7 FIVE! Keeping with it..a bit tiring/sore but I know those are the days of greatest gains!
9 five
11 5 they were so easy (except for that darned first one that always seems like 2 minutes LOL that the final one was 35 seconds!! Yay!! 2 mins 35 secs!
🎉13 30,35,35,40,40 (And the day came when it was a lot easier…) 3 minutes!!🎉
15 1 month!! 👍👍👍 5x 30 - tried different types for first time - forearms straight & gently rocking!!
17 5x30 variety of types!
19 —
21 5x30 🔼🔼⏸⏸🔼 tried to lift up one foot then the other- not there yet.
—————GOAL MET—————-🎉
23 5x30
25 5x30
🎉💪🏻Today, I was able to help an elderly gentleman who tripped up from the ground BECAUSE of my planks, arm exercises, and my ever present walking… I am thrilled. Thank you inspiring people!!💪🏻🎉
27 5x30!! I’m going to try to get to 40 minutes!!
29 5x30 Not as easy as I thought it would be by now, but I’m persevering!!
31 NINE x 30
—————New Goal Met!!—————-Goal: 24 mins❌ 40❣️❣️❣️
Monthly Data:
Aug 40:05 minutes NEW GOAL MET!!
1/2 of July 13.5 mins planks
Aug. 40:05 mins
Began daily arm exercises June 7, 2020
Replaced odd days with planks July 15, 2020.
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I'm aiming this month for a minimum.of:
* 75 min planks
* 75 min other isometrics
* 20 pushups x 3 times
due to travelling.8/1: 3:00 planks durng workout
8/2: 10:00 core isometrics + 10:00 egs isometrics + 5:00 planks with Soh + 20 pushups
8/3: 6:00 planks w Heather Robertson + 2:00 leg holds during Epic II workout + 3:00 wall sit
8/4: 5:00 planks during workout + 3:00 wall sit + 1:00 legs hold, during workout
8/5: Epic II, full body workout, with lots of holds. 5:00 planks (also in place of some of the pushups), 5:50 leg isometrics, 3:00 arms and 1:00 core + 2x10 pushups
8/6: 5:00 planks (workout + free style) + 3:00 wall sit
8/7: rest, which did me well 👍
8/8: 6:00 planks with Heather Robertson (no legs, because I did 40 min of lunges during Caroline's Epic II Day 32. I wonder if I could count the pulses as isometrics 🤔, she had quite a few!
8/9: 1:30 planks + 2:00 legs (wall sits during her pushups). Alltogether I still did 70 pushups during this particular workout. 😉
8/10: none, because there were a lot of squats in today's workout 🤷♀️
8/11: 1:30 planks (regenate rows) + 2:30 legs (calf raises and wall sit). Also 19 pushups, this should "almost" count 😉.
8/12: didn't do my regular workout, so I had energy for:
* 21 pushups (PR?)
* 7:00 planks with Reif, modified
* 10 legs with Girvan
8/13: about 6:00 planks during a HIIT workout and about 50 pushups during said HIIT
8/14: 4 x 45s of holds on hip thrusts, so 3:00 legs isometrics
8/15: no explicit planks or isometrics, but the workout had many holds, so I will say at least 3:00 in total
8/16: 10:00 of legs isometrics with Carolike Girvain + 5:00 planks + 15 pushups
8/17: 5:00 planks
8/18: 3:00 planks (instead of pushups 😎) + 21 pushups in the am and 15 tricep pushups during workout (+ pike and cobra at the end)
8/19: 3:00 during a Rachel Gulota workout and 6:00 wall sit
8/20: rest day
8/21: another rest day 🤷♀️, due to travelling
8/22: 1:50 planks, during workout (replacing pushups by planks, it was! 🤦♀️)
8/23: 4:00 during Epic II and later a 10:00 legs isometrics with Caroline Girvain
8/24: 7:00 planks, because I can only do that many pushups, less than Caroline, obviously
8/25: 7:00 wall sit (I am myself impressed) + 8:00 MadFit's plank workout (was going to do less, but then she said "last 30s" 😉) + 20 pushups (kinda, last 5 were a struggle)
8/26: 4:00 wallsit
8/27: during a 45 min pushups-only workout, I did 2x1:00 wall sits, 2:00 of other legs isometrics and 6:30 of planks 👍
8/28: none, on road all day
8/29: 3:00 legs during Epic II.
8/30: 2:00+ calves holds + 6:00 planks (2x30s during warmup + a workout with Caroline G)
8/31: got 3:00 of wall sit it, to get a "round" number for the "other" isometrics
Total:
100:00 planks
110:00 other
20 pushups x 4
Pretty happy with how August went! 🎉2 -
Looks like my yesterday's post has not come through, so it was 4(4), the total is 158(158)1
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I didn't reach my goal - pathetic really, I only needed another 4 minutes. I was away in my motorhome but I can and have done planks in the van during other holidays.0
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