Ten ways to hold a plank longer
In this video we show 10 ways to hold the plank longer.
1. Plank more
There’s never a truer adage than practice makes perfect.
Add 10 to 15 seconds to your time each day, pausing on a time for an extra day or two if you’re really struggling.
2 . Turn the watch over so you can’t see it count down
There’s nothing more demoralising than watching those seconds tick by in the slowest possible way. Set an alarm so you will know when you’re done and occupy your mind with something else.
3. Read an article in a magazine, paper or online
Stick it right there in front of your face and get absorbed.
4. Count down backwards in your head, really slowly
Other tricks are to recite the alphabet or say nursery rhymes over and over in your head.
5. Do it until it hurts, then hold for 30 seconds more
When we say hurts, we mean the ‘good’ sort of pain – the suffering that comes from exertion – not twinges in your lower back or joint pain.
6. When your timer goes off, go for another ten seconds
7 Throw in some side planks
Just when you think you can plank no more, turn on to your side and bust out a side plank.
8 Make your planks dynamic
Push up on to your hands, right, then left into press-up position, then lower yourself back down on to the elbows. Then swap sides and go up first on left then right.
9. Play a song you know is the length of your ideal plank
10. Relax
Breathe in then take a long, slow breath out to relax. It will mean you’re not as tight and tense and time will fly by.
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