The First Plank Challenge

The winner of the Monahan Family plank is our pet turtle Speedy. He can stay in this position for 5 minutes or longer.

First up was Tyler. I told him that if he could do a plank for longer than 25 seconds, I would take out the garbage. I, also, told him that I would give him 5 cents for every second over 25. He lasted for 29 seconds. I took out the garbage and owe him 20 cents.

Next Emily, the other teenager. I told her that if she beat her brother I would do the dishes next time it was her turn. And 5 cents for each second over 25. She crushed her brother and did 56 seconds pretty impressive. I owe her $1.55 and the dishes.

Next my wife, Amy. Amy's way past her teen years and gave it the old college try. Her butt was a bit high and she collasped after 5 seconds. We gave her a second chance. 25 seconds later she was happy with her effort. I told her if she did over a minute I would do the laundry next time. Oh well, no laundry.

Then my turn came. I was scared I wasn't going to be able to beat my daughter's time. No one offered to give me any nickles or do any chores. I was on my own. After 15 seconds I was hurting. After 30 seconds I started to bounce. At 56 seconds all I wanted was to get to 1 minute. I finally collaspsed at 62 seconds, a Personal Record.

The Monahan four got a total time of 172 seconds or 44 seconds per person.

How did your family do? Post your results in the comments with individual times, total time and average time.

The Family Plank

No, not that kind of plank.

This kind.
I asked my family how long they could do a plank. Nancy, up in Iowa talks about planks, but I had never done one. I did one for 42 seconds and I was bouncing at the end. Nancy did one for 120 seconds.

Not knowing my time, my son, Tyler said for about 10 seconds. My wife, Amy said she could do one for 2 minutes. My daughter, Emily said 5 minutes. I told them we would have a family 'Plank Contest' on Friday and I'll report the times on my blog.

Now, on Friday if you and your family would like to do a 'Plank Contest' and compare them with our family and anyone else, please feel free to leave your results as a comment. Give us each individual time and a family average. You can even leave ages. This may be a monthly challenge.