Weekly Feature: What did you do?

[cereta]

You know the drill!

Comments

[laurashapiro]

Held a plank for 30 seconds (toes and elbows).

Step-ups w/40lbs and almost fell on my ass, but I feel mighty.

Did weight training only on Monday as my shoulder continues to hate me. Cardio twice and am enjoying the endorphins. (:

[cereta]

Oooh, 30 seconds on elbow planks is tough, isn't it? You know, oddly, one of my biggest problems is that if I do them when my arms are sweaty, I slip ;).

[laurashapiro]

I had done 60 seconds from elbows and knees, so I figured it was time to graduate to elbows and toes. What a world of difference! Also, ow. (:

Yeah, the mat at my gym is none too grabby when your parts are sweaty. Fortunately I don't get very sweaty during my workouts since I stopped doing heavy cardio -- lifting doesn't seem to bring the sweat for me, for some reason. Helps that I live in a dry climate, I suppose.

[lyorn]

I do them on the wool carpet. It's solid but soft, and not slippery at all. Better than the mat, actually.

[cereta]

*nods* I do them that way at home unless I'm using the WiiFit. The key to my success on the WiiFit, I have found, is just to do them first, before I start sweating.

[rydra_wong]

Yoga mats provide a pretty decent non-slip surface, though I've managed to slip on them when I'm sweating very heavily.

Or you could try chalk (climbers/gymnasts' chalk, not the blackboard kind).

ETA: Apparently some gyms (not climbing gyms, obviously) don't allow chalk, so if your planks are not being done at home you may need to check.

[rydra_wong]

Yay elbow planks! They are tough.

[laurashapiro]

They are! But it feels good to be doing them.