Plank Therapy

Hang out with me and let's do a 10-minute plank hold together! Plank is a full-body and deep core workout that gets more challenging as time goes on but there's an interesting surprise that shows up along the way and changes how you think and feel about 10 minutes in plank! This is all about your mental fitness and learning the mind of the negative energy that holds you back. Get out of your own way and get into plank! I first discovered this challenge when I took a workshop with Brad Ritter, coach and author and super important to me that he gets credit for inspiring what became an unplanned plank journey for me. (Learn more about Brad here https://schoolofgrit.org)

During his workshop, he spoke about mental fitness and suddenly there was a group of us, over Zoom, busting out plank pose in our homes and offices. I was in jeans and a sweater because I had dinner plans and didn't want to miss his workshop so I got ready before - fresh hair, makeup and all. 11 minutes in - we were still going and I had to leave for my dinner plans but the group continued for a total of 20 minutes! Wow. I was hooked. Something powerful open-end up in me and it was then I decided I would show up for ME every week and do a 10-minute plank hold. It's been an extremely difficult challenge and plank is a touch coach.

The first few minutes is always this "fight" in my head and there's this intense feeling to just STOP. Interestingly, the longer I hold the plank, the "easier" it gets (in my head) because I start to feel my body take over my mind and the work become more effective. Each week is a different experience. Some days I cry. Some days feels like "wow I am really starting to get better at this" and then the next week I am humbled by the new thoughts circulating in my head that I am in fact not getting stronger... even though I am. Isn't interesting what we humans "do" in our heads.

I invite you to take on this challenge and see where it takes you.