Three days a week, I teach two classes that have about 20-22 regular gals total. I have come to know them by name, their families, their fitness struggles and triumphs. At the beginning of November, I challenged them to “Planksgiving.”
Complete a 2-3 minute plank, to which all of them said, “I can’t do that.”
Yes y’all can.
As many members are leaving for Thanksgiving travels, today was the day they had been working for.
ALL of them made it past the 2 minute mark. Most of them made it past the 3 minute mark.
One of my gals who said the most that she couldn’t do it, made it to 4 minutes. One of my oldest in numerical age made it to 7 minutes. One made it to 7:27.
The gal who stands on my left during one class (who I miss when she rarely misses a class) made it to 5 minutes.
Through the cheers and applause she turned to me and said “all I wanted was to tell my girls when they came home from college this week was that their mom did a 5 minute plank because I knew they would be so proud.”
I am so proud of their accomplishments and it makes me know that people really can do things that “we can’t do.”
Descending Dove 