CRUNCH-N-PLANK!

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  • RushinBruisette
    RushinBruisette Posts: 2,109 Member
    I've been having a very stressful week with my Grandpa in law falling 5-6times a day and refusing to go to the hospital, we finally got him to go yesterday, now it's a waiting game til they run a bunch of tests to find out why he has been falling so much..
    so I've been not doing much for exercise, including crunches and planks, gonna finaly get back to normal today...be back soon with an updated siggy...

    officially at the halfway point on the crunches :) Planks...not so much..only at 16, and if I do them everyday for the rest of the month, I'm looking at roughly 5 a day...not sure I'll get that, we'll see what happens ;)
  • mrsfloisand
    mrsfloisand Posts: 254 Member
    I need to kick it up a notch! Doing ok, but not doing great. Tonight we are planning to watch a movie and relax after I work out, so I'll have to do lots with my workout and maybe challenge myself that every half hr of the movie to do a few of each. We'll see... At least I'm working out and doing my best.

    Plank: 20/90 min
    Crunch: 715/2000
  • jrsmithne
    jrsmithne Posts: 124
    I had to go the ticker way, lol!! That way when i do them i can just put them in right away, either on my phone or on computer. I just like to make things easy for myself.
  • VBos
    VBos Posts: 213 Member
    oh no! is it too late to start? its never too late right? I'll get on it!!
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    oh no! is it too late to start? its never too late right? I'll get on it!!

    Never too late to start!! And BTW, nice tracker picture! Grrrrowwll!


    I've been doing my c-n-p only once a day, usually at the end of my day before bed. Now I'm realizing I need to do this more than once a day. Sooooo I'm planning on doing my exercises multiple times in a day. Just knocked out 200 crunches and 5 mins of planks, and since I'm a night owl I know I'm going to have time later on tonight to do even more. I know I'll make the crunches minimum, but dammit, I want to make the planks goal too!!
  • VBos
    VBos Posts: 213 Member
    oh no! is it too late to start? its never too late right? I'll get on it!!

    Never too late to start!! And BTW, nice tracker picture! Grrrrowwll!
    yeah too bad none of the guys in my fire department look like that!! LOL
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    oh no! is it too late to start? its never too late right? I'll get on it!!

    Never too late to start!! And BTW, nice tracker picture! Grrrrowwll!
    yeah too bad none of the guys in my fire department look like that!! LOL

    I know! At least we have our imaginations. :devil:


    Woooooot busted out my second set of c-n-p for the day. Total of 400 crunches and 8 minutes of planks today. And now I know - Adam Lambert songs are good to keep your mind in a happy place while you're pushing yourself to go longer on plank time. "If I Had You" did what I needed. Thanks, Adam!
  • mrsfloisand
    mrsfloisand Posts: 254 Member
    Last night after my workout I got in the tub and was relaxing, not wanting to do any more working out for the day. I sat and thought about it, and decided that I better get my butt out of the tub and do some planks, but no crunches, cuz I was sore and I don't want to over work my abs. So, while my husband played his PS3 for about 20 min, I did 10 min worth of plank. I did 4-60 sec, 4-45 sec, and 6-30 sec planks. It was hard and my arms were just as sore as my abs by the end of it. Today I will try to get some crunches in but not sure how much time I'll have to exercise.

    Plank: 30/90 min
    Crunch: 715/2000
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    Last night after my workout I got in the tub and was relaxing, not wanting to do any more working out for the day. I sat and thought about it, and decided that I better get my butt out of the tub and do some planks, but no crunches, cuz I was sore and I don't want to over work my abs. So, while my husband played his PS3 for about 20 min, I did 10 min worth of plank. I did 4-60 sec, 4-45 sec, and 6-30 sec planks. It was hard and my arms were just as sore as my abs by the end of it. Today I will try to get some crunches in but not sure how much time I'll have to exercise.

    Plank: 30/90 min
    Crunch: 715/2000

    My arms get sore, too! I bet hubby enjoyed the view. :tongue:
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    12 more days of September! That means I've got to do 5 minutes of planks every day to make the 90 minute goal. I can do this. WE can do this! :drinker:

    Y'know what I was thinking...we should keep this up for next month. For October, keep the same 2000crunch/90min. plank goals, but add something else to the mix. Bulk it up a little. Like...1500 squats or lunges. Since we're working on getting our tummies all sexy, we should work on our booties too!
  • RushinBruisette
    RushinBruisette Posts: 2,109 Member
    I'm officially at 1300 crunches and 18 planks
  • RushinBruisette
    RushinBruisette Posts: 2,109 Member
    I'm officially at 1300 crunches and 18 planks
    So I pulled off another 100 crunches so I'm at 1400 :) Those planks and I are gonna go round.. lol
  • RushinBruisette
    RushinBruisette Posts: 2,109 Member
    I have 500 crunches to go and tons of planks, so I'm going to hold off on the crunches for the most part and get more planks in...hoping I can up my count to 25 today...that's 6min.. ugh. :laugh:
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    Home stretch for crunches! Only 100 more to go, and 55 more mins of planks (UGH). I took care of 200 crunches and 5 planks so far today, but I'm not done. Nuh-uh, no way. My plan is to run an errand, do some WiiFit Free Run, do some cleaning, rinse all the yuck off, and then enjoy an evening with my mom and some wine.

    I don't care if wine isn't good for a diet. I'm not on a diet. I'm changing my lifestyle - and that doesn't kicking wine to the curb!
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    Home stretch for crunches! Only 100 more to go, and 55 more mins of planks (UGH). I took care of 200 crunches and 5 planks so far today, but I'm not done. Nuh-uh, no way. My plan is to run an errand, do some WiiFit Free Run, do some cleaning, rinse all the yuck off, and then enjoy an evening with my mom and some wine.

    I don't care if wine isn't good for a diet. I'm not on a diet. I'm changing my lifestyle - and that doesn't kicking wine to the curb!

    2000 crunches, CHECK!! :drinker: Got 5 more planks done, so I'm just a little under halfway there.
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    I haven't read through the entire thread...but will you guys be doing something like this for next month? I am just finding this thread now. :ohwell:
  • bluiz13
    bluiz13 Posts: 3,550 Member
    i lost my plank mojo....gotta get back on it....i'm at 950 for crunches and know i can get those done before the end of the month but man i fell behind in planks and now i'm afraid i wont be able to "catch" back up....i have 37 1/2 minutes done...the longer planks are "killing" me so i think i'm going to try to get in 45/30/15 and 60/45/30 a couple times a day for the rest of the month and see if i can get the challenge done in time....guess i should go do some now in my office since i'm thinking about it LOL....
  • Melora
    Melora Posts: 65 Member
    Started level 3 of the 30 day shred and oh man lots of planks!
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    I am the plank QUEEN tonight! I figured out how to knock these things out like crazy..."Ocean's Thirteen" was showing on TV, so I decided to watch the movie, but during the commercials, get down and do planks. I racked up 20 minutes of crunches. :love: TWENTY!!

    How is everyone else doing? Think of ways to add them into your day like I did. Once you make a rule for yourself, it gets easier.
  • RushinBruisette
    RushinBruisette Posts: 2,109 Member
    Officially done with Crunches :) AS for those planks, I only have 60 to go...ONLY.. lol. Not quite sure I'll make that, but I will try to get as close as I can.
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    How is everyone doing with the challenge? Only 4 more days to go (including today)! I personally haven't worked on crunches or planks since the last time I posted. :indifferent: Yeah, I suck like that.
  • RushinBruisette
    RushinBruisette Posts: 2,109 Member
    I'm at 46 planks, should be 50 by the end of today...
  • nursee67
    nursee67 Posts: 503
    My final count....1200/2000 crunches and 30/90 planks. I am going to continue working on increasing my planks...caue they are hard for me. The crunches, I could have had them done except I waited to long to get my *kitten* started. Thanks for the fun challenge!
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    2000 of 2000 crunches and 90 of 90 planks. Made the goal! :bigsmile:
  • RushinBruisette
    RushinBruisette Posts: 2,109 Member
    I know I went way over for crunches woot woot! However, I finished Sept with 58planks. Congrats to everyone who stuck with the challenge whether you completed it or not, if you stuck with it, that matters too!!
  • bluiz13
    bluiz13 Posts: 3,550 Member
    well i started late on the crunches and then i stopped like 10 days ago...i'm happy i got in what i did in the time i worked on this challenge...think i might try something else for october??? squats and crunches maybe????
    need to commit to those activities everyday at wake up and/or bedtime and just do it....
    thanks for the challenge and congrats to everyone that accomplished the goal they set for themselves...and to those that didnt reach the final goal, good luck with new goals and congrats on the attempt...

    Sept 2000 Crunch Challenge -1300/2000 crunches (65% complete)
    Sept 90 Min Plank Challenge - 45/90 mins (50% complete)

    denise
  • bluiz13
    bluiz13 Posts: 3,550 Member
    any plans for an october challenge????

    i didn't complete the crunches and planks challenge 100% for september (petered off about 10 days ago and just didnt get started again)

    i ended up doing:
    Sept 2000 Crunch Challenge -1300/2000 crunches (65% complete)
    Sept 90 Min Plank Challenge - 45/90 mins (50% complete)

    i could easily have finished the crunches but i got off track and never got back on track...
    i was thinking for october of doing crunches and squats????
    anyone want to join me???
    There are 31 days in October and if we did 65 crunches and 65 squats a day we could "easily" hit 2000 before the end of the month....anyone up for the challenge???
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    any plans for an october challenge????

    i didn't complete the crunches and planks challenge 100% for september (petered off about 10 days ago and just didnt get started again)

    i ended up doing:
    Sept 2000 Crunch Challenge -1300/2000 crunches (65% complete)
    Sept 90 Min Plank Challenge - 45/90 mins (50% complete)

    i could easily have finished the crunches but i got off track and never got back on track...
    i was thinking for october of doing crunches and squats????
    anyone want to join me???
    There are 31 days in October and if we did 65 crunches and 65 squats a day we could "easily" hit 2000 before the end of the month....anyone up for the challenge???

    I'm in! I think you should start a new thread and post the link here so it's easy to find. :flowerforyou:
  • pink_and_shiny
    pink_and_shiny Posts: 1,036 Member
    I mentioned crunches and lunges for October earlier, but squats work too! If bluiz doens't get the new thread up tonight I'll get it started. Yay October challenge!
  • bluiz13
    bluiz13 Posts: 3,550 Member
    here you go.....
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/124180-october-challenge-crunches-squats
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