unintentional NSV

Lisamarie1226
Lisamarie1226 Posts: 335 Member
edited September 28 in Fitness and Exercise
I was in my boot camp class on Thursday with my 2 favorite gym friends. Adrienne is my gym BFF and Beth is our gym buddy who cracks us up. We were going through different "stations" and I was starting the plank station and Adrienne was next to me working on obliques. Each station was 2 minutes long.

When the instructor was explaining each station, a younger girl (like college aged) asked about the planks. The instructor said to to what you can, but aim for at least 45 seconds, take a 15 second break and then aim for another 45 to 60 seconds.

So here I am, holding my plank position (instructor says, "good form!") and looking at the clock, waiting for it to hit the ONE minute mark. Adrienne looks over at me, and asks eagerly, "oh! Are you going to do it all the way through?!?"

Well, "crap!" I thought to myself...now I kinda have to, you know? So I say, "Well, I'm gonna try now!" So I did! I held that plank for the entire TWO minutes straight!

I remember starting out, even 20-30 seconds felt like an eternity. I was proud when I could go for 45 seconds and excited when I hit 60 seconds. But 120 seconds is definitely a great NSV for me ;-)

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  • tafaye
    tafaye Posts: 19 Member
    Thats awesome, and no small feat! Great Job!
  • NuttyBrewnette
    NuttyBrewnette Posts: 417 Member
    WTG!!
  • gr8birdie
    gr8birdie Posts: 42 Member
    That is awesome. I do a 45 second and 2 30 planks....trying to build up to at least 1 minute. I also do 350 crunches
  • ehilgeman
    ehilgeman Posts: 45
    That is just the best feeling, when you do something there's NO WAY you could have done when you started. And, a two minute plank is tough stuff even for someone in good shape. Keep it up, it's working!
  • abalicious
    abalicious Posts: 361 Member
    thats so awesome! great job! boot camps are so tiring so thats definitely a great NSV
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