I am participating in my friend’s twenty one day plank challenge. You start on the first day by holding the plank 30 seconds, increasing your time each day until you end up being able to hold the plank for 5 minutes. Now granted theses times don’t sound like much…if you’ve never held a plank. I’m on day nine and have worked my way up to 3:15 with complete confidence I will reach the five minute mark. I can feel my arms getting stronger and it inspired this poem:
Day one
Thirty seconds
Holding a plank
Felt like an hour
The negative voice
Inside my head tried
To convince me to quit
But I toughed it out
Stuck to it
By day nine
Three minutes fifteen seconds
Was my time
Arms less shaky
Confidence is building
Five minutes is attainable
Excited to believe
This challenge is doable
It won’t be long
I am getting strong
Feeling ready to take on
The world
E.A. Fussell
08/20/2018
E. A. Fussell 