30 day workout challenge day 15

[butlerfan]

It's the halfway point...you can do it!

12 push ups
60 second plank
20 squats
30 crunches

Rant/raves

GTKY: It's a rainy day here...what do you like to do on rainy days?

mill23
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jubilantsquirrel
kayladawn91
mrss44
mosdub
pismoduo
thelittleredm
rablissful
wannabmama
rungirlrun
bighair12
ugaqueencity
hurricanerek
ironbaby
britta
ellabee
nuggetrn
mcktymck
Yobogoya
RaeLynn28
PepperPottsJ
thechickencoop
flojo973
notagoddess
sleepymonkey
jennykat
judyblume14
GOmamab15
icedtea
Girlymama79
dashook

[britta]

Done! Early today, which is good because there's about zero chance I would have done this later tonight.

Eff the planks.

Rainy days make for good cleaning days or lazy days. I've done both.

[hurricanerek]

Done.

Today's plank + those crunches mean I'd better get my 6-pack soon.

I like baking on a rainy day. Cookies can turn any dreary day into a great one.

[rablissful]

Done!

I like lazy days when it's raining, especially if it's a random rainy day. The animals are usually lazy as well, which is nice.

[icedtea]

Done! Damn, those pushups make me feel weak.

I like cuddling up on the couch with the dogs and the husband on rainy days--either reading, or watching a movie. I also like when we go walking with the dogs through the woods on our property in the rain.

[rungirlrun]

Done! Saw a spider about 5 seconds into the plank. Luckily he didn't move for the minute, and I was able to get him once I was done. Kept my mind occupied during the plank though!

Rain? I don't know what that is. I moved to CA about 4 months ago, and I think it's rained for about 20 minutes total. The drought is really bad. I generally don't like rainy days because my son gets so antsy inside all day making for long days, but he likes jumping in puddles so that is what we will do if it ever rains here.

[butlerfan]

rungirlrun I would be running and ending the plank. I hate spiders.

[rungirlrun]

Oct 8, 2015 15:32:09 GMT -5 butlerfan said:

rungirlrun I would be running and ending the plank. I hate spiders.

I should clarify - it was a small spider.  Now if it was a big one or a cockroach, centipede, or any other scary bug, it would have been a different story!  I've lost sleep over cockroaches that I saw but then got away before I could suck them up in the vacuum (I'm too scared to even step on bugs).

[dashook]

Done! I forgot how much planks tire out my arms, since I usually just think of them as an abs move.

Rainy days always put me in the mood for soup. Curling up on the couch with some good TV and general laziness are also good pastimes.

[butlerfan]

rungirlrun do not care the size of the spider (well I do) still terrified of them.

[wannabmama]

Done!
I love an occasional rainy day--this time of year when it's chilly I like to have a fire and curl up on the couch with puppies and H under a blanket and watch movies and nap.

[wannabmama]

Oct 8, 2015 16:32:35 GMT -5 dashook said:

Done! I forgot how much planks tire out my arms, since I usually just think of them as an abs move.

Rainy days always put me in the mood for soup. Curling up on the couch with some good TV and general laziness are also good pastimes.

This! My arms start shaking way before anything else fails!

[rablissful]

Oct 8, 2015 16:32:35 GMT -5 dashook said:

Done! I forgot how much planks tire out my arms, since I usually just think of them as an abs move.

Rainy days always put me in the mood for soup. Curling up on the couch with some good TV and general laziness are also good pastimes.

I do my planks by leaning on my forearms because of this. It is an ab killer that way.

#noarmstrength

[dashook]

Oct 8, 2015 18:45:15 GMT -5 rablissful said:

Oct 8, 2015 16:32:35 GMT -5 dashook said:

Done! I forgot how much planks tire out my arms, since I usually just think of them as an abs move.

Rainy days always put me in the mood for soup. Curling up on the couch with some good TV and general laziness are also good pastimes.

I do my planks by leaning on my forearms because of this. It is an ab killer that way.

#noarmstrength

I do them on my forearms too actually, but for whatever reason I really feel it in my shoulders!

[GOmamab15]

Done.
So. 60 seconds is a minute. I've absolutely never held a plank for 60 seconds.

dashook rablissful Is there another way to hold a plank besides on your forearms? (I 'm mostly google image and YouTube taught, don't get to many classes so I'm trying to imagine if its common to do it like holding a push up or ?)

[dashook]

Oct 8, 2015 21:21:53 GMT -5 GOmamab15 said:

Done.
So. 60 seconds is a minute. I've absolutely never held a plank for 60 seconds.

dashook rablissful Is there another way to hold a plank besides on your forearms? (I 'm mostly google image and YouTube taught, don't get to many classes so I'm trying to imagine if its common to do it like holding a push up or ?)

Forearms is the most challenging way.  Doing it with straight arms (like holding a pushup) is considered a modification (and truth be told, this is the most comfortable way for me).  The third (and supposedly "easiest" way) is to do it with straight arms and your knees on the ground.

[mrss44]

I keep forgetting to check in but promise I did it yesterday and today!

GTKY: I love to run. If it rains, I typically do 30 day shred or some kettlebell work out

[hurricanerek]

Oct 8, 2015 21:28:12 GMT -5 dashook said:

Oct 8, 2015 21:21:53 GMT -5 GOmamab15 said:

Done.
So. 60 seconds is a minute. I've absolutely never held a plank for 60 seconds.

dashook rablissful Is there another way to hold a plank besides on your forearms? (I 'm mostly google image and YouTube taught, don't get to many classes so I'm trying to imagine if its common to do it like holding a push up or ?)

Forearms is the most challenging way.  Doing it with straight arms (like holding a pushup) is considered a modification (and truth be told, this is the most comfortable way for me).  The third (and supposedly "easiest" way) is to do it with straight arms and your knees on the ground.

I did not know you were allowed to straighten your arms! I might start on forearms and move to straight arms when I start to feel the burn.

[dashook]

Oct 9, 2015 6:34:20 GMT -5 hurricanerek said:

Oct 8, 2015 21:28:12 GMT -5 dashook said:

Forearms is the most challenging way.  Doing it with straight arms (like holding a pushup) is considered a modification (and truth be told, this is the most comfortable way for me).  The third (and supposedly "easiest" way) is to do it with straight arms and your knees on the ground.

I did not know you were allowed to straighten your arms! I might start on forearms and move to straight arms when I start to feel the burn.

Totally. I did a plank challenge with my BMB over the summer and the last day called for a 5-minute plank. I actually did the full 5 but very little of it was on my forearms haha!