How is it possible for a red-blooded human being to hold a plank for 8 HOURS?? Please enlighten me..

[abigailhope]

@werby 18 year old girl I worked with did a 3 minute plank for a dare. She did water polo and was fit but I wouldn't categorize her as one of the fittest athletes. It's pretty easy to do them for 5+ minutes long as you keep training it and don't have any injuries or body imbalances. Not that I wasn't impressed, she also apparently has mild scoliosis and held it in a way that I find extremely painful myself.

 

[anatovar5037]

@abigailhope I also have mild scoliosis and I’ve competed in strength sports for close to 10 years now. Most people do not have perfectly straight spines.

 

[abigailhope]

@anatovar5037 For sure, she just did it with this harsh dip in her lower back that causes would cause me really intense lower back pain after like a minute, I'm guessing that was just her natural state.

 

[goldnagel]

@abigailhope Do you mean lordosis? Scoliosis is a wonky spine.

 

[abigailhope]

@goldnagel She said scoliosis but I don’t know any details.

 

[sleeeeepy]

@abigailhope We did 5 minutes in navy pt regularly in the group training for dive school. If you're already in good shape and have a strong core, 5 minutes isn't something you need to specifically train for, but I think anything significantly longer than that you definitely would.

 

[abigailhope]

@sleeeeepy Lol yep they usually don’t even bother with it in a lot of groups unless they’re just using it as punishment. I think deadlifting would be an easy way to progress given the emphasis on a strong hollow body.

 

[jazzyone]

@abigailhope Omg what a crazy dare!

 

[abigailhope]

@jazzyone I mean we're coworkers so there's limits lol.

 

[dawn16]

@werby The fittest people can really only do 3 minutes?

 

[cardinal2007]

@dawn16 Yeah OP is wildly off there. When I was a college runner I would do an intense post-practice abs workout and then do a 5 minute plank.

Was I in ridiculous shape? Yeah. Was I elite? No, man, I was a pretty good DIII dude who did too much ab work and not enough physical therapy.

 

[timevans]

@cardinal2007 But OP did his research on creditable site, YouTube! How could it be wrong?? /s

 

[artoniquenelson]

@timevans Well, at my gym there's a dude who held a plank for 10 minutes. I wouldn't have believed if I wasn't there. I asked him what was his secret, he said he thinks he's saving his family from one side of a bridge to the other and if he stops they're gonna die. It worked for him

 

[sarangapani]

@dawn16 Let’s say reasonably fit people who regularly do abdominal/core muscle training and have a normal body weight.

Of course with planks the form and muscle engagement makes a huge difference.

 

[moxiesbuddy]

@dawn16 Active Vs Relaxed plank. If you actually squeeze and tense as much as possible during the plank (active), good luck holding 3 minutes.

 

[christianfatale]

@dawn16 I did 4 minutes the other day and I'm still out of shape trying to get back in shape lol there's no way it represents the fittest people

 

[mowsurrender]

@dawn16 I haven't done a sit up in 15 years and I can hold 3 min

 

[damienfleming]

@mowsurrender Record that. I give you 90 seconds tops

 

[dawn16]

@damienfleming Lol fuck off crawdaddy if I make a only fans I'll let you know.

 

[mmcgh]

@mowsurrender Sit ups are terrible exercise for abs anyway