30 day plank challenge

[dacora]

For anyone interested and who doesn't mind spending a couple bucks, the 30 Day Fitness Challenge website has an app to help you keep track of the challenges. You can queue up multiple challenges and you can set up reminders. I downloaded it in the hopes that it would help motivate me to keep it up!

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Yay! I did it

[wimcgrath]

Day one: check!

[babycfeb2015]

✅

[kartish]

Done!

[duckker]

Did it! (And then ate a bunch of chocolate covered almonds to celebrate. I'll get there...)

[mamabutt2]

Oooh, I like this! Thanks @holachica

[seamonster]

Good luck to you all.

[lilyelayne]

Asked DH if he wants to do this challenge with me. His response: "no, planks are hard." Haha.

[aggiebug]

Are planks good or bad for diastasis recti? I am suspicious I have this and I can't figure out what I should and shouldn't do

[babycfeb2015]

Apr 21, 2015 5:23:54 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

Are planks good or bad for diastasis recti? I am suspicious I have this and I can't figure out what I should and shouldn't do

Starting slow with planks are good for it if you make sure you do them properly and focus on drawing your abs in and tilting your pelvis under. This challenge would probably be a little aggressive for someone with diastasis recti. If you check out the last workout wed post I linked to a postpartum youtube core video that's great for it.

[PikoPiko]

Alright, I'm gonna get on that planking as soon as the baby is off my tit.

[dacora]

Did my 20 seconds for today, and I'm feeling a little intimidated about 30 seconds tomorrow... I'm so out of shape! D:

[aggiebug]

Apr 21, 2015 7:30:57 GMT -5 babycfeb2015 said:

Apr 21, 2015 5:23:54 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

Are planks good or bad for diastasis recti? I am suspicious I have this and I can't figure out what I should and shouldn't do

Starting slow with planks are good for it if you make sure you do them properly and focus on drawing your abs in and tilting your pelvis under. This challenge would probably be a little aggressive for someone with diastasis recti. If you check out the last workout wed post I linked to a postpartum youtube core video that's great for it.

Thanks. I feel like I have heard so much contradicting advice it's hard to figure out what to do.

[RedGiant]

Yay, did my 20 seconds today. I find doing this while LO does tummy time is a good way to remember to do it, and to give her "moral support".

I did the 30 day push up challenge a few years ago, and it really did work. So I'm excited to see if I can really plank for 5 min in a month!

[boxerrrmama85]

Did it last night!

[flyster]

I havnt downloaded the app but pretty much do you just increase by 10 seconds every day?

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Apr 21, 2015 20:44:38 GMT -5 flyster said:

I havnt downloaded the app but pretty much do you just increase by 10 seconds every day?

You can check the pic @holachica posted in the begining of the thread - it's a screen dump from the app. The increase is basically every second day.

[flyster]

Ah thanks @ @alyllyra,

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Apr 22, 2015 13:06:30 GMT -5 @nolagal said:

Today is done!

Me too. This is going to be challenging! But it feels good to do something active again.

[kartish]

It's amazing how just 10 seconds more kicks my butt!

[lilyelayne]

45 seconds is no joke.

[kartish]

Apr 27, 2015 21:42:42 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

45 seconds is no joke.

I don't know if I will make 60 seconds today. Yesterday I was thinking to myself that I dealt with contractions, I can do 45 seconds.

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Apr 28, 2015 8:40:20 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

So I decided to do this one and the squat challenge. YIKES!

You are a fighter!

[lilyelayne]

I'm going to need a pep talk before tomorrow because upping by 30 seconds seems like a lot.

[dacora]

Holy cow, 90 seconds kicked my butt. I barely did it, but I did it!

[babycfeb2015]

Def was not easy!

[Deleted]

That was hard! Even harder with DH trying to make me laugh the whole time.

[lilyelayne]

Okay. I'll admit it. I fell off the wagon. Hopefully getting back on today with my first 120s day.

[dacora]

lilyelayne I fell off the wagon yesterday. I tried and failed to make the 120 seconds.