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The lets motivate each other to do our strength and core work thread...

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HappyG(rrr) Jun 2015 3:55pm, 3 Jun 2015 24,645 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) I haven't looked at plankathon, but I'm a bit sceptical about long planking. My core is reasonably good (imho!) but I would normally only do 1 min plank, plus leg raises, plus 1 min side plank (x each side = 2) with leg raises and or twists. Plus sit ups too usually. But the point is, I don't do 10 min plank! We had a competition at our gym and one guy did 9 mins or something. And (forgive me) but he's a bit of a lard bucket (doesn't mean he doesn't have strong core of course, but, I wouldn't think he's that much better). Anyhoo... plank on peeps! G
maT.T. Jun 2015 4:03pm, 3 Jun 2015 8,361 posts	Quote Pin maT.T. Is only 5 minutes a day for 14 days HG with days 1, 8 and 14 tests to see how long, up to 5 minutes, you can hold a plank and the other days different combinations of core based exercises. I found it enjoyable
lammo Jun 2015 4:25pm, 3 Jun 2015 6,108 posts	Quote Pin lammo Happy the world record is 4 hours 28 minutes...
aradesh Jun 2015 5:54pm, 3 Jun 2015 7 posts	Quote Pin aradesh maT.T.: What sort of rehab exercises do you need to do? Where does your injury hurt? Maybe I'll do some planking today... I'll go for 30s
maT.T. Jun 2015 5:59pm, 3 Jun 2015 8,362 posts	Quote Pin maT.T. Aradesh I need to do lots of glute and hamstring strengthening work as have torn the tendon that joins the two muscles. Plus will be doing lots of upper body work.
BlueWombat Jun 2015 6:12pm, 3 Jun 2015 6,167 posts	Quote Pin BlueWombat world record for plank is now 5h 15m 15s I'll stick with 15s
Columba Jun 2015 7:21pm, 3 Jun 2015 6,688 posts	Quote Pin Columba Just done Day 2 of plankathon. It was do-able. Just.
aradesh Jun 2015 10:12pm, 3 Jun 2015 8 posts	Quote Pin aradesh So there we go, this thread successfully motivated me to do a 30s plank today.
chunkywizard Jun 2015 10:24pm, 3 Jun 2015 542 posts	Quote Pin chunkywizard I'm trying to carry on planking after the plankathon. I managed a 60sec normal plank, 20 press ups and 30secs plank on each side. It would be good to get a little quick routine that I could do every day, but it's knowing what I can manage that will make a difference CW
tipsku Jun 2015 3:24am, 4 Jun 2015 344 posts	Quote Pin tipsku the plankathon includes variations like side planks, knee drivers and other fun stuff, so it's not just long time planking but contains also dynamic stuff. Day 4 done, the knee drivers are mean!