<p>I am on day 7. Hoping I didn’t aggravate my sciatica today…</p>
<p>I aggravated what ever muscle or tendon runs along my cervical spine (it is physically swollen) so I think I’m done with this adventure.</p>
<p>Looks like I will be wearing a tankini this summer and the rest of you will be in 2 piece bikinis! :p</p>
<p>Day 10 down.</p>
<p>I guess yesterday was my rest day as I plum forgot. I had PT earlier in the day and usually I do it all at the same time.</p>
<p>Got up early to do Day 11. It was definitely easier today than two days ago, but I think moving up to 90 seconds tomorrow will be a killer. I decided to do some deep breathing today while planking, and I was surprised that I couldn’t take really deep breaths, and the ones I did take were shaky at best.</p>
<p>I like the increased energy I feel just jumping out of bed and doing this one exercise.</p>
<p>Haven’t really kept up with the schedule, but hit day 5 or 6. Doing a 40 sec plank and trying to hold it the best I can. My goal is to hit a minute and be able to do it consistently each day. Do you find your form slipping as the time increases? I wish I had a mirror to view myself to make sure I was holding up straight.</p>
<p>1 minute is hard!</p>
<p>Good job, mom60! You can do it!</p>
<p>Done! In some ways 90 seconds was easier than I thought it would be and in some ways harder. </p>
<p>I decided to put a favorite song on the iPad and figure out at what point I hit 90 seconds so that was a fun distraction, but in the last 10 seconds my left knee started hurting. Also I was able to plank in front of a mirror to check form. That was interesting to say the least.</p>
<p>Phew. I don’t see how I’m doing 2 minutes tomorrow unless there is a core miracle in my immediate future.</p>
<p>@mom60 I am a day behind you. Did you manage the 90? I did NOT, yesterday.</p>
<p>YDS, are you warming up a little bit before? I am now that time is getting longer. I do some cat/cow (or cat / dog depending on your yogic language) to stretch and warm up the back muscles before I start. And restretch at the end.</p>
<p>I decided NOT to take the big jumps in one gulp. I did 60 - 75 - 90 for today. I am still amazed that the 15 was JUST as hard as the 90 when I started and it hasn’t been that long!</p>
<p>I am wondering if there are known benefits to doing this for more minutes at a time or if the benefits are similar if you do a plank, for example, 1 minute three times a day v.s. 3 minutes at a time–??</p>
<p>Good question, oregon. I think I could do 60 seconds at least a couple of times a day without a problem.</p>
<p>eso, I haven’t been. Today is the first day I haven’t just jumped out of bed and gotten it over with. Do you think it would help to warm up?</p>
<p>years of yoga says ALWAYS warm up slowly before stressing muscles. Just seems to make sense as now A) I am older and need to preserve my muscles and B) having read about some injuries. </p>
<p>15 seconds could be considered a warm up … 90, not so much for ME anyway.</p>
<p>oregon, I was thinking the same thing. Someone a long time ago said that 5 at a time was how they did their 100 situps a day.
Doing something is better than doing nothing for sure</p>
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<p>I believe that 3 times 60 seconds or 6 times 30 seconds would be much more beneficial. Core stability exercise is about quality, not quantity. In the real world, or in sports, you need to be able to instantly stiffen the core muscles, but only hold it for seconds or really just fractions of seconds. To be honest, at 90 seconds, most of us probably aren’t even using our core muscles to hold the plank.</p>
<p>After 60-90 seconds I feel that my arms are doing the work even though I do keep good form. I do other things for strength/arms and this for core.</p>
<p>I’ve been breaking up my floor work into shorter sets so I can get the # of reps I want. I can do several 60 second planks (one in between each different floor exercise), just not consecutively or one long one.</p>
<p>OK, so today was supposed to be two minutes, but I’ve decided to split it up into two one-minute planks. I’ve done one and will do the second later. I was able to concentrate more on form and breathing. Interestingly, my back is hurting a little, but I really do feel like after a couple of weeks that I’m sitting up straighter and carrying myself better.</p>
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<p>Prepare a list of everything you’d say to Jerry Jones if you were to meet him in person. Print it and place on the floor. </p>
<p>I betcha the 120 seconds will feel like a breeze. And you will feel liberated, vindicated, and full of energy. :)</p>
<p>You know me so well, xiggi. I could probably get to the five-minute mark with that trick! 
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