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Today, when I taught Pilates, we decided to try something different. We went around the room and everyone did a movie review while we held the plank. It was amazingly easier.

I think you now hole the "unofficial" MFP record.

Well, currently I am only running 20-25 miles a week, but I love it. Friend me if you want! I've done several races and I've even organized a few.

I usually do it after weights, but really it is based on how intense either of the two workouts are, and what your body type is. The best thing to do is separate them, so you can kick butt in BOTH your workouts, unless it's combined like in a boot camp class or something similar. Warming up on cardio before weights does…

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Dang girl! go for it!

4 minutes, and one of my pals! You make me so proud!

RUNGASM! I love it!!!!!!!!!!! Made my day. Think I'll go get one right now!

This is a hilarious post! I don't have anything too funny, but lots of beauty. I live far away from large cities. But I see Victoria Canada across a salt water straight, 4 bed and breakfasts on high sea cliffs, the Olympic mountain range, a lighthouse, woods, creeks, rivers, lavendar farms, dairy farms, bays, sailboats etc.

Oh, and a kid at our high school went 16 minutes...small town, small school. Surely there is someone out there who wants to pursue that?

Am I safe in saying you hold the MFP record? A few others mentioned they can go longer than 5. So let's see who can break the record. More importantly I wanna know how many people can reach a goal of a new plank personal record.

Well, maybe she held world record for women? I'll have to check. I read it in Runner's World.

oh, I just saw you put sLow music. For a moment, I was super excited and thought you put sHow music. So rare to find a guy that likes that!

I do planks all different ways, like we did today, cutting 30 seconds off each time, filling it in with other core work. Somtimes we go the distance with legs on the BOSU. Sometimes I do a 1 minute plank followed by 6 ab exercise like the teaser or 60 100's or something equally taxing. Then we do 50 seconds with 5 of the…

Good for you! Unfortunately though, some kids wander, or some parents do try let their kids lift, or want their kids to watch them show off. So because of these stupid parents, policies are necessary. I had a lady try to convince me that another chain gym in town would allow her to strap her baby in a carrier across her…

But congrats for setting a good example. I hope you find a way to make it work for your 10 year old!

Also, American Council on Exercise explains that heavy lifting is not safe when kids are developing still. Their joints are not as stable as an adults'. Basic strength training can wait until they are in their teens. Teach kids to do pullups on monkey bars, and proper push ups (where their shoulder blades don't collapse)…

I own a gym in a small town in Washington, and at first, I let kids in on a case by case basis, until the unthinkable happened to a local gym owner. Here is the story. A gym about an hour away from me, owned by a hardworking woman like me, had a children's area, but one day her friend (also a member) ignored the rules…

I'm just glad ice cream gives me headaches. Then I don't eat it at all.

I do lift, not as much as a used to, but I definitely lift. I'm a trainer. It's kinda expected.

Thanks for sharing that. I figured if this article helped even one person, then it was worth the post.

TO ALL OF YOU WHO SENT ME YOUR AMAZING STORIES. I WAS NOT ABLE TO USE SPECIFICS FROM VERY MANY, BUT I DREW FROM THE ESSENCE. I just found out I got 100% on my essay! Here are the comments from the professor: another extremely solid performance. Great thesis, great opening, great use of the personal story as a frame, and…

oh, I love me some George C. Scott. But I also love the Muppet version. Fezziwig never had his character more aptly played than by "Fozziewig" But doesn't anyone like Christmas Vacation? I didn't see any of you post that one.

seriously, you know those actors? That is so cool. I think the acting is amazing in that film, and although I know the voices are dubbed, I LOVE the music. My daughter sings opera, so it's always great to hear classical music in a movie that is loved by the masses.

HOw could I foget The Christmas Story? Fantastic. I'm really into stage plays too. I have a pro actress friend that frequently appears in Seattle and national plays. I got to see her in the stage productions of White Christmas and The Christmas Story. (yes, they made a musical out of it) It was fun, but I liked the movie…

uh, I'm speechless.

Thank you everyone. I took a break to go to Hawaii, and now I'm finishing up my essay. You are all so amazing, and inspiring, and I love the ideas! Yes, you do have to be creative to fit in exercise. Thanks for showing us how to do that!

This is great. This is exactly what I'm looking for. I realize on this website I will not get a lot of "I'm sorry, but I just can't find the time or make it work". If that DOES describe you, please private message me. I will not be mean or judge you. In honesty, my essay will probably argue against you, but I have to have…

so true!

I admire you early birds. I have a lot of people who begged me to teach Zumba at 6 a.m. I started off with a class of about 10 people, and now I'm down to 4. They swear it's not my class they don't like. (Some of them come at 8:30 too on other days) they just say it's too "hard" to get up that early, but for some it's the…