Planking 30 day challenge

caramm1

Hi Just curious as I am about to start the 30 day plank challenge is there any opinions out there on the results? Did you manage to complete it? Did it make a difference to your core strength/toning? Could you see a difference after 30 days?:happy:

maritamcvey

I'd like to try it. Where did you find the plan?

Lisa1971

ME2!

scubasuenc

I did it in March. When I started, 30 seconds was hard. I was able to stay with the challenge (barely) until 90 seconds. After that I could not proceed at the pace for the challenge, so I modified it. I added 15 seconds and did that for three days, then another 15 seconds, etc. By the end of the month I was able to do 3 minutes.

I've moved onto other challenges for April, but I am still incorporating planks into my regular strength training routine. So far I"m still on 3 minutes, but I plan to slowly increase.

I found the challenge to be rewarding.

I strongly recommend the Planks A Lot app for helping with timing. It chimes every 30 seconds and cheers when you reach the target time. This meant I did not have to focus on the timing device, which helped considerably.

caramm1

Hi there's numerous information on the internet try this to start off http://30dayfitnesschallenges.com/30-day-plank-challenge/#_

Oh well I'm going to give it a go I know its a lot harder than it looks :laugh:

caramm1

I did it in March. When I started, 30 seconds was hard. I was able to stay with the challenge (barely) until 90 seconds. After that I could not proceed at the pace for the challenge, so I modified it. I added 15 seconds and did that for three days, then another 15 seconds, etc. By the end of the month I was able to do 3 minutes.

I've moved onto other challenges for April, but I am still incorporating planks into my regular strength training routine. So far I"m still on 3 minutes, but I plan to slowly increase.

I found the challenge to be rewarding.

I strongly recommend the Planks A Lot app for helping with timing. It chimes every 30 seconds and cheers when you reach the target time. This meant I did not have to focus on the timing device, which helped considerably.

caramm1

Hi thanks for this going to try my best!!!! :laugh:

I did it in March. When I started, 30 seconds was hard. I was able to stay with the challenge (barely) until 90 seconds. After that I could not proceed at the pace for the challenge, so I modified it. I added 15 seconds and did that for three days, then another 15 seconds, etc. By the end of the month I was able to do 3 minutes.

I've moved onto other challenges for April, but I am still incorporating planks into my regular strength training routine. So far I"m still on 3 minutes, but I plan to slowly increase.

I found the challenge to be rewarding.

I strongly recommend the Planks A Lot app for helping with timing. It chimes every 30 seconds and cheers when you reach the target time. This meant I did not have to focus on the timing device, which helped considerably.

ninav1980

I did it in March. When I started, 30 seconds was hard. I was able to stay with the challenge (barely) until 90 seconds. After that I could not proceed at the pace for the challenge, so I modified it. I added 15 seconds and did that for three days, then another 15 seconds, etc. By the end of the month I was able to do 3 minutes.

I've moved onto other challenges for April, but I am still incorporating planks into my regular strength training routine. So far I"m still on 3 minutes, but I plan to slowly increase.

I found the challenge to be rewarding.

I strongly recommend the Planks A Lot app for helping with timing. It chimes every 30 seconds and cheers when you reach the target time. This meant I did not have to focus on the timing device, which helped considerably.

downloading the app now! thanks for the tip

GetFitSev

wow that's some amazing plank, I can barely do 20 seconds at the moment!

j34lr

bumping to save

Rivers2k

Downloaded app I am going to try this.