Planktacular Challenge

Today is day #5 of the Planktacular Challenge and it was probably the most difficult challenge today.

Oh wait!!  I haven’t told y’all about this!

A new friend {yay for new friends!} is doing this 10 day planktacular challenge on Facebook.  And I’m always up for a really good, healthy challenge so when I got the invite, I immediately accepted and invited a few other friends that I thought might have fun with it!

Day 1 (Oct. 23) of the planktacular challenge was to post the length of time I could hold one of 3 plank positions.  I held for one minute, 2 seconds in the level 2 position.

We’ve done a couple of repititious positions and then day #3 we did the raised plank.  Hold 10 seconds, rest for 3…do it 6 times.  I went for 7…

At the very beginning of the challenge we had to list a favorite “get up and move” song…my most recent favorite, will not be a surprise to some, was “I Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weekend.

Today’s challenge was to play the song while holding the plank position…and to post how long I could hold vs how long the song is.

I found myself a comfy rug in Kelly’s den, set up my youtube of the song…it was 3:39 long.  Psyched myself up for what I was about to do.  I won’t kid you, I KNEW 3:39 was impossible…But I wanted to do better than my first day’s challenge when I was only able to hold for 1:2.

I got to the first chorus…I felt good…the second chorus came and my arms were burning.  I was in the raised plank position.  I went down to my arms {position 2, elbows bent} and held for a total of 2:13 {1:48 in the raised plank position}.  A whole minute+ than my first day…I’m pretty proud of myself!!

If you’re interested in joining the challenge, even now!, let me know and I’ll invite you to the planktacular challenge!  Five days to go…

Oh, and so you know, I will NOT be going for the world record…for more on THAT…here you go!  Former Marine officer who broke the plank world record.