Plank Challenge anyone????

[Kassaundra]

Day Three

PL2 - 55 sec <----- Look Ma, I am off my knees!
SPL - 50 sec
SPR - 50 sec
RP - 50 sec

These are actually yesterday's times. I thought I'd posted but hadn't. Kass - I like your goal of two minutes for difficult poses. I'm struggling to get to one minute. I did the front plank off my knees yesterday. My personal goal is not going back to level one. I'm trying the exercises in the morning and in the evening and recording only my best times. DH installed an old DVD player for the old TV in the basement (No Blue Ray for You!). We've got an elliptical machine that I used when we lived in Mississippi. I plan to walk on it for 30 minutes every evening. Does anybody know if evening exercise is more beneficial than morning exercise? I used it last night and slept more soundly... but maybe that was because of the lava-hot shower I took afterwards.

I've always heard afternoon / evening exercise helps w/ sleep, but don't know how true that is.


OH and

on progressing to off the knees

 

[Kassaundra]

Been doing some googling, I think I am going to replace my side planks w/ the triangle pose, I can increase the diff by morphing it into the more lunge positions as I get better, still exercise my obliques but give my bursitis a rest since the legs will carry much of the weight and not my shoulders.

 

[elsiebb]

Day 3

Front L2 45 sec
Right L1 35 sec
Left L1 35 sec

I know we are supposed to increase 10 seconds each day but adding 5 was all my body could take. Doesn't seem like this should be so hard!

Day 4

F L2 50 sec
L L2 40 sec
R L2 40 sec

Edited to correct side plank level. Discovered I inexplicably switched to Level 2 side planks!

 

[Kassaundra]

Day 4

F L2 50 sec
L L2 40 sec
R L2 40 sec

Edited to correct side plank level. Discovered I inexplicably switched to Level 2 side planks!

So are you doing level 1 or 2 on side plank? Congrats on upping another 5 secs.

 

[elsiebb]

So are you doing level 1 or 2 on side plank?  Congrats on upping another 5 secs.

I didn't realize until after that I'm doing level 2 side planks. Somehow forgot how to do level 1.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Day Four

PL2 - 60 sec
SPL - 50 sec
SPR - 50 sec
RP - 45 sec

The reverse plank is killing me. How have you guys gotten past the shakes and wobbles?

 

[elsiebb]

[COLOR=333333]Day Four[/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]PL2 - 60 sec [/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]SPL - 50 sec[/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]SPR - 50 sec[/COLOR]
[COLOR=333333]RP - 45 sec[/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]The reverse plank is killing me.  How have you guys gotten past the shakes and wobbles?[/COLOR]

My wrists can't take that, so I'm not doing reverse.

 

[bardies]

Been doing some googling, I think I am going to replace my side planks w/ the triangle pose, I can increase the diff by morphing it into the more lunge positions as I get better, still exercise my obliques but give my bursitis a rest since the legs will carry much of the weight and not my shoulders.

Sounds like a good move.

 

[Kassaundra]

Day Four

PL2 - 60 sec
SPL - 50 sec
SPR - 50 sec
RP - 45 sec

The reverse plank is killing me. How have you guys gotten past the shakes and wobbles?

I definately feel the burn in my triceps!!!!

 

[Kassaundra]

I didn't realize until after that I'm doing level 2 side planks. Somehow forgot how to do level 1.

Level 1 is just knees down for support, if you are able to do the level 2 no real need to start at 1.