60 Minutes per Month Plank Challenge - March 2017

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  • prdrivas
    prdrivas Posts: 47 Member
    Goal for March: 90 minutes

    March 2: 1:10 x 2 Front plank, 1:10 x 2 Right side, 1:10 x 2 Left side, 1:00 hip touch planks (8 minutes total)

    Total for month: 8 min (82 left to goal)
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    March 1, 1 x 8 min mixed plank, 1 x 2 min mixed plank (10 min)
    March 2, None, Planned Rest Day

    Total for the month 10 minutes, 170 left to goal.
  • Freck135
    Freck135 Posts: 50 Member
    March 1 1:15 min Mixed Plank

    Total 1:15 min
    Goal 60 min
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    01.03 0 minutes
    02.03 3 minutes

    Total: 3 minutes
    Daily average: 0.12 minutes
    Goal: 60 minutes
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    NicoleL874 wrote: »
    WHERE HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE? heh

    Background (complete dork, I know): I have a party on April 29. It's a get together of a group on Facebook. The hostess (a good friend) has decided that we are going to have a plank challenge. She is a complete smack talker, so I *must* beat her. It is a bent elbow plank, whoever drops last, wins. So, I've been conditioning.

    I plank a minimum of 5 days a week. Every day, I start with the longest I can hold it. I'm up to 5 minutes 15 seconds. So for March, that alone will give me a minimum time of 115 minutes.

    Do I shoot for the stars and go for 200 minutes? That would be either an additional 8.5 minutes a day of other planks, or adding a 6th or 7th day some weeks. Is that feasible? All I know is I want to be well over 10 minutes by April 29!

    3/1: 5:15 bent arm plank + 7(ish) minutes mixed planks

    My max so far has been 8 minutes. I can eeek out a few more seconds, but I generally accomplish it mixing my planks. I think part of my problem is I do them mid-way through a cross training workout and my arms and abs are already pretty tired when I start them. I start with forearm, go to straight arm, then switch from side to side until finished (30 seconds each side at a time). I'll sometimes mix in other positions but the 8 minutes is continuous. I don't think I could do 8 minutes of a single plank position without changing positions, so if you can do 5 you're already ahead of me for sure. Welcome to the challenge!
  • nmlssd130
    nmlssd130 Posts: 4 Member
    I am in.
  • homeschoolmom77
    homeschoolmom77 Posts: 208 Member
    March 1: 3 min mixed plank
    March 2: 1 min 15 sec mixed

    Total: 4 min 15 sec
  • Freck135
    Freck135 Posts: 50 Member
    March 1 1:15 min Mixed Plank
    March 2 2:00 min Mixed Plank

    Total 3:15
    Goal 60 min
  • alipsie19
    alipsie19 Posts: 705 Member
    March Planking Goal 90:00
    March 1: 4x :30 Elbow
    March 1: 4x :30 Elbow

    Total 4:00
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    edited March 2017
    March 1, 1 x 8 min mixed plank, 1 x 2 min mixed plank (10 min)
    March 2, None, Planned Rest Day
    March 3, 1 x 8 min mixed plank, 1 x 2 min mixed plank (10 min)

    Total for the month 20 minutes, 160 left to goal.
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    01.03 0 minutes
    02.03 3 minutes
    03.03 3 minutes

    Total: 6 minutes
    Daily average: 1.2 minutes
    Goal: 60 minutes
  • alipsie19
    alipsie19 Posts: 705 Member
    March Planking Goal 90:00
    March 1: 4x :30 Elbow
    March 2: 4x :30 Elbow
    March 3: 4x :30 Elbow

    Total 6:00
  • homeschoolmom77
    homeschoolmom77 Posts: 208 Member
    March 1: 3 min mixed plank
    March 2: 1 min 15 sec mixed
    March 3: 1 min 30 sec mixed

    Total: 5 min 45 sec
  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,124 Member
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  • KareninLux
    KareninLux Posts: 1,413 Member
    Day 4 - half done! Now I am committed!
  • NicoleL874
    NicoleL874 Posts: 675 Member
    12:15
    3/2: 5min + 7 min
    3/3: 4:30min + 8 min

    New total: 36:45
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    March 1, 1 x 8 min mixed plank, 1 x 2 min mixed plank (10 min)
    March 2, None, Planned Rest Day
    March 3, 1 x 8 min mixed plank, 1 x 2 min mixed plank (10 min)
    March 4, 1 x 8 min mixed plank, 1 x 2 min mixed planks with plank jacks (10 min)

    Total for the month 30 minutes, 150 left to goal.
  • alipsie19
    alipsie19 Posts: 705 Member
    March Planking Goal 90:00
    March 1: 4x :30 Elbow
    March 2: 4x :30 Elbow
    March 3: 4x :30 Elbow
    March 4: 4x :30 Elbow

    Total 8:00
  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,124 Member
    Tweaked my back yesterday before getting my planks done. Ended up doing some modified ones today to just get some minutes logged. Hate doing modified ones...just doesn't feel like they really count for me at this point after having done regular ones for so long, so they get logged with an asterisks.

    2 March: none - worked late
    3 March: none - sore shoulder and back pain
    4 March: 4 min (modified - still sore back)*

    Total: 07 of 60 minutes*
    Left to Goal: 53 minutes
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    01.03 0 minutes
    02.03 3 minutes
    03.03 3 minutes
    04.03 0 minutes
    05.03 3 minutes

    Total: 9 minutes
    Goal: 60 minutes

    (That 15 minute plank workout is a killer! I thought I was in decent shape but after 3 minutes my abs are begging mercy!)
  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,124 Member
    edited March 2017
    ladyreva78 wrote: »
    (That 15 minute plank workout is a killer! I thought I was in decent shape but after 3 minutes my abs are begging mercy!)

    That was me with the Killer Core Workout...I thought I could knock out three sets easy peasy...yea, I made it through one set and collapsed. My goal is to eventually add that one to my regular workout (with at least three sets done). Not happening any time soon, but satisfying goals are ones that take a while to accomplish.

  • alipsie19
    alipsie19 Posts: 705 Member
    March Planking Goal 90:00
    March 1: 4x :30 Elbow
    March 2: 4x :30 Elbow
    March 3: 4x :30 Elbow
    March 4: 4x :30 Elbow
    March 5: 4x :30 Elbow

    Total 10:00
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    March 1, 1 x 8 min mixed plank, 1 x 2 min mixed plank (10 min)
    March 2, None, Planned Rest Day
    March 3, 1 x 8 min mixed plank, 1 x 2 min mixed plank (10 min)
    March 4, 1 x 8 min mixed plank, 1 x 2 min mixed planks with plank jacks (10 min)
    March 5, 1 x 8 min mixed plank, 1x 2 min mixed plank (10 min)

    Total for the month 40 minutes, 140 left to goal.
  • canadabound
    canadabound Posts: 2 Member
    New to challenges, will try for the 60 minutes this month.
    March 5th 3 minutes


    Total 3 minutes. 57 to go.
  • rainebowsparkles
    rainebowsparkles Posts: 180 Member
    Total now is 6 minutes even.
    44 mins to go for my personal goal.

    Since starting a few weeks ago (only planks) I have lost 15 lbs and now fit into clothes that are 4 years too small!!!

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