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I did pilates this morning though I didn't have the best sleep last night, so I'm a bit tired. I did a beginner's video, but about 12 min. or so in, it got pretty challenging, with a bridge, leg, and plank series. Plank at the very end when you're tired and ready for the stretching at the end. (That is one thing I really like about the Move with Nicole pilates series; she always ends it with stretching at the end.) It was plank, stay in plank, tap right kneeto ground, stay in plank , tap left knee to ground and so on. Yep, that it is a pretty hard exercise!
I try daily to hold the plank for 1 min. and mostly I succeed by singing songs in my head during the minute. But before the planks I can also do 4 pushups, though sometimes only 3 pushups at the final plank. I have never been able to do this many pushups in my entire life, so plank pratice is good for something! Either that or the arm work in pilates combined with moving the arms powerwalking.
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