Discussion: planking

I didn't realize Gail was into it. I generally do a fair amount in the 1-2 minute range, but I thought recently it would be good to up my game. Got to 3:20 yesterday, but I see you are a jump ahead of me as usual.

I started up again recently. I figure I'll just do a single every so often and see how long I can hold it. 2:15 this AM, could have gone a tad longer, but figure I'll start out slow and have room to improve.

I used to do 3 min., now sticking to 2 min. Of course, Peter had to do more...

2:20 last night. No point in rushing into this.

You guys put me to shame.
I guess I have a new goal for 2023.

My understanding is that planking is essentially a push-up in which you don't move, but in which position: up or down (if down then not touching the floor, except with hands & feet)?

You can do it on your elbows but a 'high plank' involves the push up up position. If you did it in the push up down position then you will likely not last very long.

I think the standard is from the elbows, but I suppose others may have different standards.

Lots of options

Guy, your low position is Chaturanga.

Chaturanga is not possible for me these days, with how compromised my R shoulder is. One of the ways I damaged it was #12 on Janet's list.

I don't appreciate it when articles tell me that I Haven't Tried something but that I Need to - I tend not to read the article after those sorts of headers (I made an exception in this case, surely though if you've ever done a plank then you've done at least one of the ones listed in the article).

Of the 15 variations listed, there are only four that I haven't tried (oddly two of them being the beginner ones).