60 Minutes per Month Plank Challenge - April 2018!

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  • blackburn23
    blackburn23 Posts: 385 Member
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    April Goal: 60 mins.

    April 1: Rest day.
    April 2: 2 mins. (4x30 sec intervals) **2 mins total.
    April 3: 2 mins. (4x30 sec intervals) **4 mins total.
  • FitMama4Life1
    FitMama4Life1 Posts: 8 Member
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    Going for 60 min!

    4/1 - 2 min - mixed planks using references from OP - not as difficult as I was thought it would be!
    4/2 - 2 min - mixed planks - I take back what I said yesterday! That was hard! I sure hope it gets easier!
    4/3 - rest day

    April total - 4 min
  • Gutcutter500
    Gutcutter500 Posts: 695 Member
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    April Goal: 60 minutes

    4/1: 3 x 20 secs, 20 situps, 24 flutter kicks. 1 minute plank
    4/2: 6 x 20 secs, 26 sit-ups, 20 flutter kicks. 2 minute plank
    4/3: 3 x 25 secs, 24 sit-ups, 28 flutter kicks. 1 minute 15 sec plank

    April total: 4 minutes 15 seconds of planks.
  • Cir3
    Cir3 Posts: 8 Member
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    April Goal: 60 mins.

    April 1: Rest
    April 2: Rest
    April 3: 3x40s 2/60
    April 4: 3x2m mixed 1x1m side 9/60

  • Cir3
    Cir3 Posts: 8 Member
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    Hey, was hoping someone who has been at this for awhile could give some advice on how often one should rest?
  • pjmfitforme
    pjmfitforme Posts: 161 Member
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    A little late getting started, but I am in. I will start with 30 minutes as my goal.

    April 1-none
    April 2-none
    April 3-1.5 minutes (3 by 30 seconds)
  • brightresolve
    brightresolve Posts: 1,024 Member
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    4/1: 2 x 3 minute mixed = 6 down
    4/2: neck strain in scalenes, dang
    4/3: 3 minute reverse plank = 9 down, 52 minutes to goal of 61
  • alipsie19
    alipsie19 Posts: 705 Member
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    April Goal = 60 minutes

    April 1 - Planned Rest day
    April 2 - 4x1 min Mixed
    April 3 - 4x1 min Mixed
    April 4 - 2x1 min Mixed

    Total = 10 minutes
  • GrandmaJackie
    GrandmaJackie Posts: 36,311 Member
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    15 min Plank workout..... 3 Days week (Mon - Wed - Fri or Sat)
    April 1 ✅
    April 2 rest
    April 3 ✅
    April 4 rest
    April 5 out of town
    April 5 (I’ll do my 3nd workout)
  • GrandmaJackie
    GrandmaJackie Posts: 36,311 Member
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    15 min Plank workout..... 3 Days week (Mon - Wed - Fri or Sat)
    April 1 ✅
    April 2 rest
    April 3 ✅
    April 4 rest
    April 5 out of town
    April 6 (I’ll do my 3nd workout)

    MFP won’t let me edit, :(
  • hughjazz74
    hughjazz74 Posts: 64 Member
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    This is great! Just started doing the plank every night so this challenge is perfect, thanks!
  • brightresolve
    brightresolve Posts: 1,024 Member
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    Cir3 wrote: »
    Hey, was hoping someone who has been at this for awhile could give some advice on how often one should rest?

    See the 30 day plank challenge example for beginners at the beginning of this thread for one example; and our thread leader the inspiring @Spliner1969 may have more specific suggestions?
  • SoozeE512
    SoozeE512 Posts: 439 Member
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    April 1st: 1x30 seconds, 1x1.5 minutes, 6x1 minute = 8 minutes for today
    April 2nd: rest
    April 3rd: 3x1 minute each, 2x1.5 minutes each = 6 minutes
    April 4th: 2x30 seconds, 2x45 seconds, 2x1 minute, 1x1.5 minutes, 1x2 minutes = 8 minutes

    Total: 22 minutes
  • lbenson2006
    lbenson2006 Posts: 3,372 Member
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    4/2 - 5 min mixed planks
    4/3 - 5 min mixed planks
    4/4 - 5 min mixed planks

    Goal - 80
    Remaining - 65
  • blackburn23
    blackburn23 Posts: 385 Member
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    April Goal: 60 mins.

    April 1: Rest day.
    April 2: 2 mins. (4x30 sec intervals) **2 mins total.
    April 3: 2 mins. (4x30 sec intervals) **4 mins total.
    April 4: 2.5 mins. (5x30 sec intervals) **6.5 mins total.
  • brittdee88
    brittdee88 Posts: 1,873 Member
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    4/1: Mixed planks - 15 secs x 4 | Wow - I have gotten SO weak!
    4/2: Mixed planks - 20 secs x 4
    4/3: Mixed planks - 30 secs x 2 | I read the challenge wrong :s
    4/4: Mixed planks - 30 secs x 2

    4:20/60 minutes completed
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
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    Cir3 wrote: »
    Hey, was hoping someone who has been at this for awhile could give some advice on how often one should rest?

    I believe it really just depends on how hard you work out and how long, or even how often. I, personally take a minimum of 2 rest days a week. Typically though, I schedule three. I work out on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. Sunday is an active rest day for me, so if I do work out, I rarely do planks, core work, or strength training, and I may simply just walk or go for a run. In the winter when I'm stuck inside I almost always take 3 days a week off from exercise.

    Some people will work out every other day to give themselves a recovery day in-between workouts. However, if you work different parts of your body on each workout it's easy to work out two days in a row.

    As always, these are just my opinions. I can tell you this, take at least one complete rest day at a minimum. If you don't your body doesn't get recovery time and that's when it builds muscle. Your muscles will stay in a state of fatigue and eventually you'll end up injured.
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
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    April 1st, None, Planned Rest Day
    April 2nd, None, Planned Rest Day
    April 3rd, 1x2 min mixed plank, 2x5 min mixed planks (12 min)
    April 4th, 1x2 min mixed plank, 2x5 min mixed planks (12 min)

    Total for April, 24 minutes, 156 left for goal!
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
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    April 1st, None, Planned Rest Day
    April 2nd, None, Planned Rest Day
    April 3rd, 1x2 min mixed plank, 2x5 min mixed planks (12 min)
    April 4th, 1x2 min mixed plank, 2x5 min mixed planks (12 min)
    April 5th, None, Planned Rest Day

    Total for April, 24 minutes, 156 left for goal!
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    edited April 2018
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    April Goal: 110 minutes

    4/1: -
    4/2: 5 minutes 30 seconds mixed
    4/3: -
    4/4: 5 minutes 30 seconds mixed

    April Total: 11 minutes

    Cir3 wrote: »
    Hey, was hoping someone who has been at this for awhile could give some advice on how often one should rest?

    My n=1: I started the challenge in the beginning of February and was taking about one rest day a week. I didn't change anything else in my routine at this time. Towards the end of Feb I developed a nagging pain in the top of my left (non-dominant) foot that took a full week of icing and avoiding anything that put pressure on my flexed foot to go away (so no lunges, planks, etc). Doctor Google thinks this was probably extensor tendonitis, which can be caused by overuse, and it still nags occasionally a month later. Since then I've made sure to go no more than three days of planks in a row without at least one day off.

    ETA: In terms of broader rest, I lift three days a week with at least a day in between, and do light to moderate intensity cardio most other days. Right now I'm experimenting with not coordinating my plank rest days with my light cardio days, so we will see how that goes. I do my main cardio or lifting first thing in the AM and planks later in the PM with stretching and some other light core/glute exercises.

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