Plank Challenge - May 2023

dewit
dewit Posts: 1,468 Member
Hello πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈ,

keeping the πŸ”₯ burning, which Jeffrey_ad kept alive during the pandemic (he continued what another pal started on here).

This is the place for your planking and isometric challenges.

If you are new to posting on this thread, or if you are new to planking and isometric exercises, we welcome you! If you are returning from a previous thread, we welcome you, too.

There are no set challenges - this is a mixed-ability / mixed-experience / everyone welcome group.

Just pick the target that you would like to achieve this month and post updates throughout the month as you work toward your target.

If you are new to planking it is a good idea to start with as little as 10 or 15 seconds and build up over time.

Here's a 28 Day Plank Challenge:

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Advanced Plank Challenge:
The-Ultimate-30-Day-Plank-Challenge-for-Your-Strongest-Core-Ever--0b698f248c434591b4e592703c01fb67.jpeg

Feel free to share your variations and challenges.

Happy Planking! πŸ™Œ
Β«1345

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  • lazycat2018
    lazycat2018 Posts: 1,750 Member
    Welcome, new month, new goals! Back with planks and isometrics, 120*1 minute each.

    May 1: 5/5

    Thank you, @dewit
  • dewit
    dewit Posts: 1,468 Member
    edited May 2023
    My goal is 100 min of planking for the month and 3 x 5:00 wall sits (usually I collapse after 3 min 😊).
  • PeacefulBalance
    PeacefulBalance Posts: 473 Member
    Hello! New to this challenge! My goal is to get 1 minute of planks/day (possibly more) with variations mixed in. But at least 1 minute per day for this month is my goal!
  • dewit
    dewit Posts: 1,468 Member
    My goal is 100 min of planking for the month.

    5/1: Started brave, but I would've been fine with 1 round 😰
    https://youtu.be/jCzf5g3hkCs
    + 2:00 wall sit πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

    Total so far this month:
    Planks: 10:00
    Isometrics: 2:00
  • 200Karen
    200Karen Posts: 2,235 Member
    edited May 2023
    Thanks for May Challenge πŸ‘

    My goal is 20" isometric holds 2X weekly
    Week 1: βœ…
    Week 2:
    Week 3:
    Week 4:
    Week 5:


    Isometric Routine
    Monday 20" + modification as needed

    *DUMBBELL DYNAMIC and ISOMETRIC Workout | 20 Min Upper Body
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBPAek16pl4

    *Tricep Workout at Home with Dumbbells | 10 Minutes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzBZ02EAJvE


    ROUTINES
    Monday: Total 20”+ modification as needed
    βœ–οΈDUMBBELL DYNAMIC and ISOMETRIC Workout | 20 Min Upper
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBPAek16pl4
    βœ–οΈTricep Workout at Home with Dumbbells | 10 Minutes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzBZ02EAJvE
    ..............

  • lazycat2018
    lazycat2018 Posts: 1,750 Member
    Welcome, new month, new goals! Back with planks and isometrics, 120*1 minute each.

    May 1: 5/5
    May 2: 5/5

    Total: 10/10
  • PeacefulBalance
    PeacefulBalance Posts: 473 Member
    Good morning!

    May 1: 1/1 πŸ₯³
  • 200Karen
    200Karen Posts: 2,235 Member
    edited May 2023
    Thanks for May Challenge πŸ‘

    My goal is 20" isometric holds 2X weekly
    Week 1: βœ… βœ…
    Week 2:
    Week 3:
    Week 4:
    Week 5:


    Tuesday's Isometric Routine
    20"++ modification as needed
    ROUTINE Upper #2:
    βœ–οΈ45 Min Isometric Upper Body Dumbbell HIIT Workout At Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwnDLy5SvUA

    πŸ’ž Karen
    UPPER
    ROUTINE #1: Total 20”+ modification as needed
    βœ–οΈDUMBBELL DYNAMIC and ISOMETRIC Workout | 20 Min Upper
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBPAek16pl4
    βœ–οΈTricep Workout at Home with Dumbbells | 10 Minutes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzBZ02EAJvE

    ROUTINE #2: Total 20”+ modification as needed
    βœ–οΈ45 Min Isometric Upper Body Dumbbell HIIT Workout At Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwnDLy5SvUA
    …..
    LOWER
    ROUTINE #1:

    ROUTINE #2:

    …………
    Miscellaneous
    Neck
    βœ–οΈ Corrective for Forward Head Posture:
    Hold for 3 minutes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA3O0NVb-sk

    ……
    βœ–οΈ 3 Minute Neck Drill: That Will Change Your Life, 6 moves in 6 minutes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4dmZ5_n6uU
    1. Look to side to side, up to edge of comfortable
    2. Look up and down, hands on chest to stay in position, keep neck high, moving form back of skull
    3. Tilt ear side to side, hands on chest, raise ear making neck longer, feeling stretch on side of neck
    4. Chin forward & back, hands on chest
    5. Slide head side to side, eye remain level, hand on chest
    6. Half circle rotation, lift ear up then chin to chest, then other side


    ..............


  • dewit
    dewit Posts: 1,468 Member
    My goal is 100 min of planking for the month.
    5/1: Started brave, but I would've been fine with 1 round 😰
    https://youtu.be/jCzf5g3hkCs
    + 2:00 wall sit πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ
    5/2: random 5:00 plank workout + 3:00 wall sit (it's all about embracing the pain πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ)

    Total so far this month:
    Planks: 15:00
    Isometrics: 5:00
    PR wallsits: 3:00

  • pokjihbjv
    pokjihbjv Posts: 3 Member
    ok, this one I can do, planks don't take long and they officially count as some kind of exercise right?
    planking while watching a comedian clip most days - that is a goal right?
  • PeacefulBalance
    PeacefulBalance Posts: 473 Member
    May 2: 1/1 πŸ€—
  • dewit
    dewit Posts: 1,468 Member
    My goal is 100 min of planking for the month.
    5/1: Started brave, but I would've been fine with 1 round 😰
    https://youtu.be/jCzf5g3hkCs
    + 2:00 wall sit πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ
    5/2: random 5:00 plank workout + 3:00 wall sit (it's all about embracing the pain πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ)

    5/3: almost forgot about the planks 😁. Did a 5:00 plank workout that didn't impress me much πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ and then got 23 pushups in, by some sort of miracle (18 was my PR, for years)

    Total so far this month:
    Planks: 20:00
    Isometrics: 5:00
    PR wallsits: 3:00
    Pushups: 23

  • dewit
    dewit Posts: 1,468 Member
    @pokjihbjv , welcome 🌻 Planks were a mental resque for me, when I was too busy for proper home workouts.
  • 200Karen
    200Karen Posts: 2,235 Member
    Good Morning
    Here’s our reminder to think BIG with our morning self talk
    l6qlwuc4rec9.jpeg

    πŸ’ž Karen
  • lazycat2018
    lazycat2018 Posts: 1,750 Member
    May goal: 120 minutes planks and 120 minutes of other isometric exercises

    May 1: 5/5
    May 2: 5/5
    May 3: left it until too late and then just went to bed
    May 4: 6/6

    Total: 16/16
  • PeacefulBalance
    PeacefulBalance Posts: 473 Member
    May 3: 1/1
    May 4: 1/1

    On track so far πŸ₯³
  • pokjihbjv
    pokjihbjv Posts: 3 Member
    dewit wrote: Β»
    @pokjihbjv , welcome 🌻 Planks were a mental resque for me, when I was too busy for proper home workouts.

    Thanks, that reminded me to actually do some tonight before bed.
  • lazycat2018
    lazycat2018 Posts: 1,750 Member
    May 5: 5/5

    Total: 21/21
  • 200Karen
    200Karen Posts: 2,235 Member
    Thanks for May Challenge πŸ‘

    My goal is 20" isometric holds 2X weekly
    Week 1: βœ…βœ…βœ…

    Friday 20" + modification as needed
    LOWER
    βœ… ROUTINE #1: Total 20”+ modification as needed
    βœ–οΈ30 Min LOWER BODY ISOMETRIC WORKOUT WITH DUMBBELLS
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moaslAr2NQc
    πŸ’ž Karen

    UPPER
    βœ… ROUTINE #1: Total 20”+ modification as needed
    βœ–οΈDUMBBELL DYNAMIC and ISOMETRIC Workout | 20 Min Upper
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBPAek16pl4
    βœ–οΈTricep Workout at Home with Dumbbells | 10 Minutes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzBZ02EAJvE

    βœ… ROUTINE #2: Total 20”+ modification as needed
    βœ–οΈ45 Min Isometric Upper Body Dumbbell HIIT Workout At Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwnDLy5SvUA
    …..
    LOWER
    βœ… ROUTINE #1: Total 20”+ modification as needed
    βœ–οΈ30 Min LOWER BODY ISOMETRIC WORKOUT WITH DUMBBELLS
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moaslAr2NQc

    βœ… ROUTINE #2:
    βœ–οΈ
  • lazycat2018
    lazycat2018 Posts: 1,750 Member
    May 6: 6/6

    Total: 27/27
  • dewit
    dewit Posts: 1,468 Member
    May goal: 100 min of planking
    5/1: Started brave, but I would've been fine with 1 round 😰
    https://youtu.be/jCzf5g3hkCs
    + 2:00 wall sit πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ
    5/2: 5:00 plank workout + 3:00 wall sit (it's all about embracing the pain πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ)
    5/3: 5:00 plank workout + 23 pushups πŸŽ‰

    5/4: 6:00 of 30-45s plank variations 2x30s wall sits during HIIT W/O
    5/5: none, did my πŸ‹β€β™€οΈ video workout at night

    Total so far this month:
    Planks: 26:00
    Isometrics: 6:00
    PR wallsits: 3:00
    Pushups: 23

  • 200Karen
    200Karen Posts: 2,235 Member
    @dewit
    LOL and agree it’s all about embracing the pain. Yesterday’s lower isometric had muscles shaking.

    Today is cardio and low sodium.

    Enjoy
    Karen
  • lazycat2018
    lazycat2018 Posts: 1,750 Member
    May 7: 6/6

    Total: 33/33
  • dewit
    dewit Posts: 1,468 Member
    May goal: 100 min of planking
    5/1: Started brave, but I would've been fine with 1 round 😰
    https://youtu.be/jCzf5g3hkCs
    + 2:00 wall sit πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ
    5/2: 5:00 plank workout + 3:00 wall sit (it's all about embracing the pain πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ)
    5/3: 5:00 plank workout + 23 pushups πŸŽ‰
    5/4: 6:00 of 30-45s plank variations 2x30s wall sits during HIIT W/O
    5/5: none, did my πŸ‹β€β™€οΈ video workout at night
    5/6: none again, early in bed

    5/7: tired, but 3:00 wall sit and 7:00 plank workout w Bailey Brown (and some more during Caroline Girvan's Tabata, Day 5 of Beastmode)

    Total so far this month:
    Planks: 33:00
    Isometrics: 9:00
    PR wallsits: 3:00
    Pushups: 23

  • lazycat2018
    lazycat2018 Posts: 1,750 Member
    May 8: 6/6

    Total: 39/39
  • 200Karen
    200Karen Posts: 2,235 Member
    May Challenge: Isometric Holds πŸ‘

    Goal: 2X weekly 20"+
    Week 1: βœ…βœ…βœ…
    Week 2: βœ…
    Week 3:
    Week 4:
    Week 5:

    Monday’s Isometric
    Routine #1 UPPER
    20"+ with modification as needed

    πŸ’žKaren
    UPPER
    βœ… ROUTINE #1: Total 20”+ modification as needed
    βœ–οΈDUMBBELL DYNAMIC and ISOMETRIC Workout | 20 Min Upper
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBPAek16pl4
    βœ–οΈTricep Workout at Home with Dumbbells | 10 Minutes
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzBZ02EAJvE

    βœ… ROUTINE #2: Total 20”+ modification as needed
    βœ–οΈ45 Min Isometric Upper Body Dumbbell HIIT Workout At Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwnDLy5SvUA
    …..
    LOWER
    βœ… ROUTINE #1: Total 20”+ modification as needed
    βœ–οΈ30 Min LOWER BODY ISOMETRIC WORKOUT WITH DUMBBELLS
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moaslAr2NQc

    βœ… ROUTINE #2:
    βœ–οΈ
  • lazycat2018
    lazycat2018 Posts: 1,750 Member
    May 8: 5/5

    Total: 44/44
  • dewit
    dewit Posts: 1,468 Member
    May goal: 100 min of planking
    5/1: Started brave, but I would've been fine with 1 round 😰
    https://youtu.be/jCzf5g3hkCs
    + 2:00 wall sit πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ
    5/2: 5:00 plank workout + 3:00 wall sit (it's all about embracing the pain πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ)
    5/3: 5:00 plank workout + 23 pushups πŸŽ‰
    5/4: 6:00 of 30-45s plank variations 2x30s wall sits during HIIT W/O
    5/5: none, did my πŸ‹β€β™€οΈ video workout at night
    5/6: none again, early in bed
    5/7: 3:00 wall sit + 7:00 Bailey's plank workout

    5/8: luckily Le Sweat HIIT on Popsugars had about 4:00 of planks ✌


    Total so far this month:
    Planks: 37:00
    Isometrics: 9:00
    PR wallsits: 3:00
    Pushups: 23 all time PB
  • dewit
    dewit Posts: 1,468 Member
    edited May 2023
    May goal: 100 min of planking
    5/1: Started brave, but I would've been fine with 1 round 😰
    https://youtu.be/jCzf5g3hkCs
    + 2:00 wall sit πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ
    5/2: 5:00 plank workout + 3:00 wall sit (it's all about embracing the pain πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ)
    5/3: 5:00 plank workout + 23 pushups πŸŽ‰
    5/4: 6:00 of 30-45s plank variations 2x30s wall sits during HIIT W/O
    5/5: none, did my πŸ‹β€β™€οΈ video workout at night
    5/6: none again, early in bed
    5/7: 3:00 wall sit + 7:00 Bailey's plank workout
    5/8: luckily Le Sweat HIIT on Popsugars had about 4:00 of planks ✌

    5/9: estim. 4:00 planks during HIIT
    5/10: estim. 2:00 planks + 1:00 wall sit
    5/11: 8:00 plank workout (45s work/15s rest)

    Total so far this month:
    Planks: 50:00
    Isometrics: 10:00
    PR wallsits: 3:00
    Pushups: 23 all time PB
  • 200Karen
    200Karen Posts: 2,235 Member
    4-miles walking the neighbors Boston terrier
    And we spotted a red fox den with 3 pups.
    So love this time of year when everyone comes out to sun.