Planksgiving: A Month-Long Plank Challenge

It’s coming!

November is almost here and time to kick off our month-long Planksgiving Challenge.

Starting on November 1st, 2022 join us to plank through the month, one day at a time. Consult your abductors and ask them if they’re ready to take on this challenge on 11.01.22.

30 Days of Planks

It can’t be that hard, can it?

• We’ll start off with a cool 15 seconds on Day #1, your abs will be mocking you saying, ‘we’ve got this’.
• Make it to a minute on Day #11 and they might be still be confident they are ahead of your mind.
• By Day #23, at two minutes, what will your abductors be saying then?  ‘Thank you’? Or words unrepeatable in a respectable publication.
• By Day #30 we’ll cross the finish line with a three minute plank and we can collectively collapse knowing that we are still 4:16:55 short of the women’s world planking record, but victorious all the same.

Download and print the full month of planks here

What Do You Win?

• Absolutely nothing! Nothing except a stronger core and maybe some bragging rights?

How To Play Along

• Follow Women’s Running on Instagram where we’ll remind you daily of the length of plank for that day.
• There are rest days, plankers!
• Download our Plankgiving printable for us visual learners who get satisfaction by crossing off each day with a bold, black, sharpie pen
• Share pics of your planks for more planking power – or at least for solidarity.
• Be sure to tag @womensrunningmagzine on Instagram and use #planksgiving for some social love.
• Bonus kudos to all those who share photos and double bonus kudos for videos – especially with uncooperative pets, coffee, turkey (or vegan alternatives), small children, outdoors, indoors, mid-run, post swim, skiing?  Anything goes, just keep it clean, keep it clean.

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Plank Alternatives

For those not able to plank, don’t worry, we have some alternatives for you from our friends over at Yoga Journal.  Take a look at these Standing Postures for Core Strength and join the party in an upright position.