The 5 Minute Plank ...........will crush you

I took a one week break from working out because I had a big deadline, I am back now... Did a lot of research on working out this weekend, I found the following video on youtube and though it would be a piece of cake......ha, how wrong and ignorant I was.....
First watch this video



Looks easy right....go ahead try it. I tried it and I can tell you I was shaking like I was being tasered after only 2 minutes. My shoulders were burning like crazy. It is incredible that something this simple can cause so much pain and discomfort....but I am hooked I need to be able to do this for 5 minutes myself


The following plank has a lot more variety, here is what is involved

1. front elbow plank (FEP)
2. FEP w/ right arm elevated
3. FEP w/ left arm elevated
4. FEP w/ right leg elevated
5. FEP w/ left leg elevated
6. right arm and left leg elevated
7. left arm and right leg elevated
8. right side plank
9. left side plank
10. right side plank with leg up
11. left side plank with leg up
12. top of pushup position (TOPP)
13. TOPP w/ right arm up
14. TOPP w/ left arm up
15. TOPP w/ right leg up
16. TOPP w/ left leg up
17. TOPP w/ right arm and left leg up
18. TOPP w/ left arm and right leg up
19. right side plank, elbow locked
20. left side plank, elbow locked

Get more details for the second plank here http://physicalliving.com/the-5-minute-plank-for-core-strength-stability-and-rock-hard-abs/

Week 4 progress

The last two weeks have been uneventful in terms of my weigh loss goal. Today my weight was 183.6 on the scale, yes this is lower than last time I wrote a post but it is still only .2 pounds less than 2 weeks ago. So all in all I have lost 5 pounds since I started this 4 weeks ago. The last two weeks were also very busy at work and at home. I did manage to sneak in a considerable amount of junk and this really doesn't make me too happy.

The good thing about all of this is that I have stuff written here, I can look back on this and use it as motivation. I am glad that I still lost weight but I must admit that it does fluctuate, sometimes I will have a difference of 2 to 3 pounds between 2 days. I haven't really done any cardio in the last two weeks. I will try to run outdoors for 45 minutes this weekend, I just hate running on the treadmill and prefer the outdoors except when it is over 90 degrees and very humid

Finally, just like Tim Mitchel did, I am changing my weigh-in day to Friday.  The other #gethawt people all check in on Fridays