@kevin-eleven saidIn my case it depends upon the weight of the plank.
In another thread, VR asked, "How long can you hold a plank?"
In my case, about 20 or 30 seconds, but I'm not a regular practitioner.
03 Apr 21
@kevin-eleven saidSitting on a Mambo ball for 5 minutes at least once a day is surprisingly effective way of strengthening your core muscles. Pelvis must tip forwards. Stops older runners getting disc injuries. Good to do as a warm up before running as well.
In another thread, VR asked, "How long can you hold a plank?"
In my case, about 20 or 30 seconds, but I'm not a regular practitioner.
Wall-sitting seems to be another efficient exercise that engages a lot of muscle tissue in time under tension.
For those who actually do any kind of physical exercise, what do you like to do and which ones do you find to be efficient (short time needed for good results)?
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03 Apr 21
@the-gravedigger saidSir, you stole my thunder.
In my case it depends upon the weight of the plank.
@kevin-eleven saidIn looking over the thread so far some don't even know what exercise a plank is.
In another thread, VR asked, "How long can you hold a plank?"
In my case, about 20 or 30 seconds, but I'm not a regular practitioner.
Wall-sitting seems to be another efficient exercise that engages a lot of muscle tissue in time under tension.
For those who actually do any kind of physical exercise, what do you like to do and which ones do you find to be efficient (short time needed for good results)?
I worked out at Goodlife from 2011-2013 with a personal trainer, costly but worth it. I had to take 6 months off during that time because of a personal medical issue.
When I first started doing planks which I thought I knew how to do my trainer informed me I was doing them all wrong, so for years I wasn't doing them properly. There are now videos which you can see the proper form to use when doing them.
I started out having a difficult time doing 10 seconds when doing them properly. They are of course used for developing a solid core. Anyway it wasn't long before I was doing 30 seconds, then 60 seconds. I was really happy with that, until the trainer tells me take a short break then we two more sets of them.
I could actually feel the muscles in my stomach getting hard, it is a difficult exercise until you get use to it. Most people in the Martial Arts I know do them to keep a solid core. It will not give you a 6 pack but help to maintain them if you already have them.
Diet has a lot to do with exercise too, which I learned a lot and pretty much completely changed my diet and felt 100% better. I've had some medical issues between then and now. I believe being in decent physical condition may have actually saved my life on a few occasions.
-VR
03 Apr 21
For me, it’s whatever gets me off my tush...it has to be fun so that I keep doing it. That generally means outside.
Stairs are great for low impact but great efficiency, especially for firming up that aforementioned tush. In Tacoma, where I live, there is a hill in a park on which the city has installed slides (six of them in succession). In order to get to the top, one has to climb 110 stairs. It’s hard, but I watched all the little kids climbing those stairs one day (and now, nearly every day) and decided to adopt their mentality. It’s still hard, but I’m enjoying it more and more.
As a personal reward for getting to the top of the slides hill, I take a steady and easy jog down the hill and around Dune Peninsula (named after native-son Frank Herbert’s classic work) and along the waterfront. The city has commemorated Herbert by placing plaques with quotes from his book along the way and a little hill with statues of sand worms.
My happy place is where I work-out and play and get fit.
Effective physical exercise is your happy place...wherever that is for you.
03 Apr 21
@hakima saidVery well put hakima!
For me, it’s whatever gets me off my tush...it has to be fun so that I keep doing it. That generally means outside.
Stairs are great for low impact but great efficiency, especially for firming up that aforementioned tush. In Tacoma, where I live, there is a hill in a park on which the city has installed slides (six of them in succession). In order to get to the top, one has ...[text shortened]... nd play and get fit.
Effective physical exercise is your happy place...wherever that is for you.
-VR
03 Apr 21
@very-rusty saidThank you, VR! I appreciate your taking the time to write that. I had better check some videos re: my plank form.
In looking over the thread so far some don't even know what exercise a plank is.
I worked out at Goodlife from 2011-2013 with a personal trainer, costly but worth it. I had to take 6 months off during that time because of a personal medical issue.
When I first started doing planks which I thought I knew how to do my trainer informed me I was doing them all wrong, so ...[text shortened]... elieve being in decent physical condition may have actually saved my life on a few occasions.
-VR
03 Apr 21
@hakima saidThank you for your post, hakima! When I was still working I knew someone who did stairs in our office building (going up, not just down). Eventually I started doing that, but only five or six floors at a time.
For me, it’s whatever gets me off my tush...it has to be fun so that I keep doing it. That generally means outside.
Stairs are great for low impact but great efficiency, especially for firming up that aforementioned tush. In Tacoma, where I live, there is a hill in a park on which the city has installed slides (six of them in succession). In order to get to the top, one has ...[text shortened]... nd play and get fit.
Effective physical exercise is your happy place...wherever that is for you.
Also cool to learn about the Herbert memorial things. I still remember the circumstances around my first reading of Dune one summer when I was a teenager. I read it over five nights from about midnight to 4 AM, with iced tea and saltine crackers, and cinnamon in the tea. 😉
@kevin-eleven saidYou're welcome, it is one of the many exercises I do. It surprising how many you can do with your own body weight, I also still use dumbbells nothing more than 25 pounds though. I use to weight lift at one time back some time ago so just want to try and maintain what I have left. It gets easier if you have a ritual every day or every other day, for me it is every other day now, but do walk every day. hakima mentioned stairs which is really good leg work, kids do it for fun. As we get older it gets harder unless you do it frequently. Out side is fun as hakima said. You have to enjoy what your doing or will not last at it. I would like to add that walking up the stairs is easier on the joints than walking down the stairs, surprising how many don't know that.
Thank you, VR! I appreciate your taking the time to write that. I had better check some videos re: my plank form.
-VR
03 Apr 21
@hakima saidI don't mean to sidetrack your on-topic post, but your talking about Dune Peninsula has me intrigued. Was it thus named because there's a lot of sand there?
For me, it’s whatever gets me off my tush...it has to be fun so that I keep doing it. That generally means outside.
Stairs are great for low impact but great efficiency, especially for firming up that aforementioned tush. In Tacoma, where I live, there is a hill in a park on which the city has installed slides (six of them in succession). In order to get to the top, one has ...[text shortened]... nd play and get fit.
Effective physical exercise is your happy place...wherever that is for you.
I see now where you said that Frank Herbert is a native-son of Tacoma. Nice commemoration. Icing on the cake if there's a lot of sand there, though. 🙂
@kevin-eleven saidI love cinnamon tea! I read Dune way back when I was working as a telephone interviewer to help pay for college. The series gets more complicated from there real fast though.
Thank you for your post, hakima! When I was still working I knew someone who did stairs in our office building (going up, not just down). Eventually I started doing that, but only five or six floors at a time.
Also cool to learn about the Herbert memorial things. I still remember the circumstances around my first reading of Dune one summer when I was a teenager. I rea ...[text shortened]... nights from about midnight to 4 AM, with iced tea and saltine crackers, and cinnamon in the tea. 😉
Edit to stay on topic: Once I bought a Peleton bike to get off the roads where I was almost killed twice, I decided I still needed outdoors time. Now I often drive over to ASU stadium (only like 5 miles away) and run up and down the stairs. Huge cardio workout.
04 Apr 21
@suzianne saidNo sand...but we do have Spice...
I don't mean to sidetrack your on-topic post, but your talking about Dune Peninsula has me intrigued. Was it thus named because there's a lot of sand there?
I see now where you said that Frank Herbert is a native-son of Tacoma. Nice commemoration. Icing on the cake if there's a lot of sand there, though. 🙂