Not too long ago I learned about planking. My hubby tells me it’s the newest craze. Everyone’s doing it. They’re doing it everywhere. (Insert annoyed voice)… “aaaaand what is it and why should I care?” He says, “it’s like your yoga graffiti but with plank pose in odd and interesting places and post it online.” Me: “that sounds boring… anyone can do plank.” He: “but their arms are by their sides.” Me: “how the heck do you do plank pose with both arms at your sides? I don’t know anyone who can do a plank aka high push up without arms. I’ve seen people do it with one finger, but no arms?! Seriously?!”
The other day I finally googled it and got to the bottom of this planking business. If you don’t know what it is, it is a lying down game, but don’t call it that in front of a serious planker because they’ll probably drop kick you. Basically, you lie face down with your arms by your sides. Obviously if you lie on the ground or anything flat it’s easy. If you’re more risky, you’ll find an interesting surface that will involve a little bit of core work to hold your body in a “plank” position. Check these out:
planking or sore loser? photo: http://www.inquisitr.com
now this is interesting (photo: http://www.washingtonpost.com)
ok, I give this guy props (photo: http://www.geekosystem.com/best-planking-pictures)
The day after googling planking, I came across an article about someone starting the owling game. Apparently planking is so 2 months ago and owling is the newest trend. Some might call it squatting and some countries would call it sitting. Or perhaps the owling innovator was rejected as the voice over hooter for Hedwig in Harry Potter 7.
more owling photos: http://www.buzzfeed.com/toddvanluling/owling-is-the-new-planking
Let me say that planking is so 2 months ago and owling is so a week ago… stop lying down and squatting, you guys can kiss my crowing.
legoland fun town!
guess who else can kiss my crow?
Send me your crow poses (snikkin @ yahoo dot com) and let’s do some real yoga graffiti.
Rock on! They can suck it!
Never knew planking and owling was a thing, guess it’s silly fun! Love your crow pose at Legoland
i freakin’ looove crow!!!
bakasana, baby!
Love this – my 23 yr old son thinks Planking is all the rage…if only he knew how hip his mom is!
Love this – my 23 yr old son thinks Planking is all the rage…if only he knew how hip his mom is!
Hey Nikki! This sounds like fun! I posted my first pic on FB and tagged you, feel free to use it ! Love from Canada!
Jerusha
you go/crow Nikki! I had just googled planking last week, had no idea
I am a crow tagger too! everwhere! great minds