60 Minutes per Month Plank Challenge - April 2018!
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I am new here thought this sounded interesting I will give it a try.2
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April 3rd 3 x 40s straight arm 120 total
2/602 -
4/2 - 5 min mixed planks
4/3 - 5 min mixed planks
Goal - 80
Remaining - 702 -
April 1st, None, Planned Rest Day
April 2nd, None, Planned Rest Day
April 3rd, 1x2 min mixed plank, 2x5 min mixed planks (12 min)
Total for April, 12 minutes, 168 left for goal!4 -
I'd like to join this one. No mins so far.3
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April Goal = 60 minutes
April 1 - Planned Rest day
April 2 - 4x1 min Mixed
April 3 - 4x1 min Mixed
Total = 8 minutes2 -
A little late getting started, but I am in. I will start with 30 minutes as my goal.
April 1-none
April 2-none
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I just barely reached my overall 60 min goal last month, but didn't make it to my challenge goal of completing a full 5 minute plank. This month I'm determined to make it to a 5 minute plank (I'm at 3.5 right now), so that will be my big focus. For overall I like the idea of 20 minutes a week so I'm going with 80 minutes for April.
April 1 - Planned Rest day
April 2 - 1 x 3 minute plank & 4 x 1 minute mixed planks = 5 min
April 3 - 1 x 3.5 minute plank & 1 X 90 sec reverse plank = 5 min
=10 min3 -
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
3:20/60 minutes completed2 -
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
Total: 14 minutes2 -
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.3 -
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 min2 -
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.2 -
April Goal: 60 mins.
April 1: Rest
April 2: Rest
April 3: 3x40s 2/60
April 4: 3x2m mixed 1x1m side 9/60
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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?1
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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)2 -
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 612 -
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 minutes1 -
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)3 -
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,
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This is great! Just started doing the plank every night so this challenge is perfect, thanks!3
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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?
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?2 -
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 minutes1 -
4/2 - 5 min mixed planks
4/3 - 5 min mixed planks
4/4 - 5 min mixed planks
Goal - 80
Remaining - 651 -
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.2 -
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
4/4: Mixed planks - 30 secs x 2
4:20/60 minutes completed1 -
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.2 -
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!2 -
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!2 -
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 minutesHey, 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.1
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