60 Minutes per Month Plank/Isometric Challenge - December 2020
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12/2 3 min. plank video
12/3 3 min. plank video3 -
Three one-minute forearm planks today!2
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December goal: 120 min mixed planks
(100 min other isometrics)
Dec 1: 6(4); Dec 2: 5(5); Dec 3: 4(3)
Total: 15(12)2 -
December goal: 120 min mixed planks
(100 min other isometrics)
Dec 1: 6(4); Dec 2: 5(5); Dec 3: 4(3)
Dec 4: 5(5);
Total: 20(17)2 -
@dewit do you do your push ups from the elbow plank position or straight arms? I have tried doing them from the elbow plank this morning and did 20 without any difficulty, maybe I'm not doing them correctly?2
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lazycat2018 wrote: »@dewit do you do your push ups from the elbow plank position or straight arms? I have tried doing them from the elbow plank this morning and did 20 without any difficulty, maybe I'm not doing them correctly?
Ah, sorry, I found the answer on Google. It's straight arms and a lot harder than elbows 😞 still, I'm going to practise these and be able to do a couple by Christmas x2 -
@lazycat2018: I could never do a single pushup until this January. Last year (or so) I found out about modified pushups from knees and this is what I since used when doing HIIT video workouts. Wall pushups are also an wasy modification.
Now I can do 10 normal straight wide arms pushups. I always thought arms lifting is not for me, but this year I started using dumbbells and this + planks is how I managed to do by the summer the 8, then 10 pushups in a row. It's just that I am not progressing and one girl in my friends' list does 50 by now! I would be happy with 15 or 20, enough as to keep up with the instructors from the videos!
For the advanced, there exist forms like diamond pushups, one arm pushups and so on.
Have fun! 🌺2 -
What, it's not even 11 am and I've done my three one-minute forearm planks?!? Yes!!!
Which planks do you find most difficult between forearm (elbow) or straight arm planks?2 -
Goal 120 minutes.
01/12 6 mins mixed planks
02/12 4 mins mixed planks
03/12 6 mins mixed planks
04/12 6 mins mixed planks
Total 22 minutes
"Which planks do you find most difficult between forearm (elbow) or straight arm planks?"
I do lots of variations, forearms, straight arms, side plank on forearm, side plank on straight arm. I rotate the side planks and I move my feet (and hands where appropriate) side to side and do leg lifts. I find it easier if I keep on the move - not so boring, the time passes quicker. I do combine press-ups with the straight arm planks, I can't get all the way down but I can get some up and down movement.
While I can't get to the gym it's the only arm strength exercise I get, and I need to ward off osteoporosis.
Keep persevering.4 -
12/2. 3 min.
12/3 3 min.
12/4 3 min.
Planks3 -
December goal: 120 min mixed planks
(100 min other isometrics)
Dec 1: 6(4); Dec 2: 5(5); Dec 3: 4(3)
Dec 4: 5(5); Dec 5: 5(5);
Total: 25(22)
Also, 4 badly performed push ups( 3 of them knee ones), not keeping my body straight yet, but I am having fun🤑2 -
15 minutes of December planks, currently!4
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12/2 3 min.
12/3 3 min
12/4 3 min.
12/5 3 min.
planks
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December Goal : 90 minutes planks (avg 3 min/day), going add in other exercises as I figure that out!
12/1: 4 min mixed planks
12/2: 3 min mixed planks
12/3: 1 – 3 min plank
12/4: 3 min mixed planks
12/5: 1 – 3 min plank
Running total: 16 (3.2 running avg min/day)3 -
December goal: 120 min mixed planks
(100 min other isometrics)
Dec 1: 6(4); Dec 2: 5(5); Dec 3: 4(3)
Dec 4: 5(5); Dec 5: 5(5); Dec 6: 5(5)
Total: 30(27)3 -
On it, not setting a goal has worked in my favor this month for this challenge. If I do 3 planks, great! And if I do none that day, it's okay.
But I have gotten 3 one-minute forearm planks in each day so far! Yes, yes, yes!!!!5 -
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RubyRed427 wrote: »
Thank you, you too!!!3 -
Going for
100 min of planks and
75 min legs isometrics
Would also love to be able to do
more than 10 pushups in a rowDec 1st: taking it easy - 1:30 planks during a HIIT workout
Dec 2st: legs workout, so added a 6:00 planks workout at the end and decided to be reasonable and leave the legs isometrics out for today. I should do those quick isometrics during my day rather than post workout!
Dec 3: 6:00 planks + 4:00 wall sit + 5:00 glute bridges
Dec 4: 1:30, if frog to high plank counts
Dec 5: 12:00 leg isometrics (4:00 wall sit + 2 x 0:45 static lunge + 0:30 sumo squat + 6:00 glute bridges) + 5:00 planks of modified Soh
Dec 6: 6:00 planks (LIT workout + personal mix)
Total and this month's PB:
Planks: 28:00
Legs isometrics: 21:00
Pushups : 12
Wall sit: 4:00Planks vitae 😀 (in minutes):
November 2020: 117 planks and 111 legs isometrics. PB: 10 pushups, 6 min wall sit
Octomber 2020: 66, total 151 of isometrics
September: rest. Did some, during other workouts, but not explicitely/no counting.
August 2020: 125
July 2020: 110
June 2020: 125
May 2020: 125
Apr 2020: 117
Mar 2020: 119
Feb 2020: 115
Jan 2020: 112
Dec 2019: 125
Nov 2019: 73
Oct 2019: 63 (first planks ever!!!)4 -
Going for
100 min of planks and
75 min legs isometrics
Would also love to be able to do
more than 10 pushups in a rowDec 1st: taking it easy - 1:30 planks during a HIIT workout
Dec 2st: legs workout, so added a 6:00 planks workout at the end and decided to be reasonable and leave the legs isometrics out for today. I should do those quick isometrics during my day rather than post workout!
Dec 3: 6:00 planks + 4:00 wall sit + 5:00 glute bridges
Dec 4: 1:30, if frog to high plank counts
Dec 5: 12:00 leg isometrics (4:00 wall sit + 2 x 0:45 static lunge + 0:30 sumo squat + 6:00 glute bridges) + 5:00 planks of modified Soh
Dec 6: 6:00 planks (LIT workout + personal mix)
Total and this month's PB:
Planks: 28:00
Legs isometrics: 21:00
Pushups : 12
Wall sit: 4:00Planks vitae 😀 (in minutes):
November 2020: 117 planks and 111 legs isometrics. PB: 10 pushups, 6 min wall sit
Octomber 2020: 66, total 151 of isometrics
September: rest. Did some, during other workouts, but not explicitely/no counting.
August 2020: 125
July 2020: 110
June 2020: 125
May 2020: 125
Apr 2020: 117
Mar 2020: 119
Feb 2020: 115
Jan 2020: 112
Dec 2019: 125
Nov 2019: 73
Oct 2019: 63 (first planks ever!!!)
Nice job!!!
I'm terrible at pushups. Our neighbors moved and threw a bunch of stuff out to the curb and with pushup handles being in there, my husband brought them home for me to sanitize and use you know with me being the athlete and all 😂🤣. I just looked at him like he was crazy. I didn't even know what they were and I can't even do ten pushups, either. I'll give them a good try one day, though.2
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