60 Minutes per Month Plank Challenge - February 2018!

Heading into the home stretch for February! Everyone is doing a great job keeping up! I have a business trip on the 27th so it's still going to be touch and go to get my full 180 in this month. Keep pushing toward your goal! I'll try and have March's challenge up before I leave on my trip.

Alzzi76 wrote: »

Spliner1969 wrote: »

Heading into the home stretch for February! Everyone is doing a great job keeping up! I have a business trip on the 27th so it's still going to be touch and go to get my full 180 in this month. Keep pushing toward your goal! I'll try and have March's challenge up before I leave on my trip.

Thanku four showing us the way!... and what we can do if we try, I really appreciate what I'm learning here.

Ive struggled abit due to my lower back problems but I'm find ways to get there.( back to basics tummy crunches etc) It's been abt 14 years since ive been real into planking and i feel my stomach/ core ids really weak. Its almost like my muscles need to be reactivated.

Spliner, .. you're an masive inspiration!! All the best on your business trip!!...

You're welcome. I have my fair share of lower back issues as well. I have spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, previous herniated discs in L4/L5, L3/L4, and L2/L3 and have had a laminectomy with my first herniated disc L4/L5 about a dozen years ago. 6 out of 7 days of the week I wake up in pain, can hardly bend over and have to more or less roll out of bed. It's just par for the course. You'll see me log daily workouts very early in the morning, but before I do those workouts I spend 10 minutes doing yoga stretches for my lower spine and my neck/shoulders. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to work out at all. Because of the stenosis (which is more or less arthritis) the longer I lay in bed the worse it is in the morning. I think sleeping late is something I may never be able to do again, at least without getting up, stretching, and likely going back to sleep in a recliner (and I have done that lol). So find what it takes to make it work for you, it can be done. I've been doing this challenge for well over a year (b3achy would have to tell me for sure) maybe even closer to two years. I may do a lot of planks/minutes per day but I started out like everyone else doing a few seconds/minutes at a time. Anyone can do it if you just want it bad enough.

February 1, None, Starting off the new month with a rest day.
February 2, 1x5 min mixed plank, 1x6 minute mixed plank (11 min)
February 3, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 4, None, Planned Rest Day
February 5, None, Planned Rest Day
February 6, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 7, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 8, None, Planned Rest Day
February 9, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 10, 1x6 min Mixed Plank, 1x5 min mixed plank (11 min)
February 11, None, Planned Rest Day
February 12, None, Planned Rest Day
February 13, 2x5 min mixed planks (10 min)
February 14, 1x6 min mixed plank, 1x4 min mixed plank (10 min)
February 15, None, Planned Rest Day
February 16, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 17, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 18, None, Planned Rest Day
February 19, None, Planned Rest Day
February 20, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 21, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 22, None, Planned Rest Day
February 23, 2x6 min mixed planks (12min)
February 24, 3x5 min mixed planks (15 min)

Total for February 165 minutes, 15 left to go

February 1, None, Starting off the new month with a rest day.
February 2, 1x5 min mixed plank, 1x6 minute mixed plank (11 min)
February 3, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 4, None, Planned Rest Day
February 5, None, Planned Rest Day
February 6, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 7, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 8, None, Planned Rest Day
February 9, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 10, 1x6 min Mixed Plank, 1x5 min mixed plank (11 min)
February 11, None, Planned Rest Day
February 12, None, Planned Rest Day
February 13, 2x5 min mixed planks (10 min)
February 14, 1x6 min mixed plank, 1x4 min mixed plank (10 min)
February 15, None, Planned Rest Day
February 16, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 17, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 18, None, Planned Rest Day
February 19, None, Planned Rest Day
February 20, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 21, 2x6 min mixed planks (12 min)
February 22, None, Planned Rest Day
February 23, 2x6 min mixed planks (12min)
February 24, 3x5 min mixed planks (15 min)
February 25, None, Planned Rest Day
February 26, None, Planned Rest Day
February 27, 3x5 min mixed planks (15 min)

Total for February 180 minutes, 0 left to go.

Goal! lol... managed to get it done before I left on my trip this week. Working on March's new challenge now, should have it up shortly. I may be MIA off and on this week until the weekend, but will be checking in as often as I can, and doing my planks if the hotel has a nice gym.

Keep up the effort everyone, you're doing great! If you didn't get your goal finished this month, there's always next month! Stay tuned for a link.