Ultra-fit grandma can hold a plank at 82 years old

My grandson also tries to do planks

Fortunately, I can still beat him. I'm Sarah Blackman, and I am the oldest female

to perform an abdominal plank for the longest amount of time. You're all set. Okay

Started about two years ago, and my husband died, and I'd been taking care of him for a long while

and I decided it was time to do something for myself. I thought it's one of the best things to do

get back into shape. So I look for a personal trainer. Vince came and we

started out doing basic exercises. Vince introduced me to planks. Vince would do

the plank when I did the plank and it got to be when I could do it for about

four minutes that he decided that either there was something wrong with him or

maybe I was better than he thought I was. And he found that there was a woman

and doing one for four minutes and 20 seconds. So we just decided that would be a challenge

Then I worked on the planks just about every day. So for starters, we established

where the hands are gonna be. They wanna be shoulder width apart from each other

The arms should be parallel. Shoulders and the hips should be even level with each other

Feet should be a little bit within shoulders width distance from each other

You doing good Almost at four minutes I definitely want to do my best Only for myself actually Physically it is quite difficult But Vince is there in telling me that I made it to four minutes

I can then tell myself, okay, you can go for another 30 seconds

I will keep going with just small increments. I know that I've still got something there

So I just keep going until I feel like I've given it all that I can

I listened to Of Endless Love by Lionel Richie. And one of the reasons I listened to it, besides that I like it

is that I found that it runs for four minutes and almost 40 seconds

That's four minutes 30 if you want a break. I'll wait. I'll see how long I think that

Okay. Nice work. I would give encouragement. Get into a routine and try to keep up with it

It's got to be within you that does this, especially as we age

Five minutes, 15. 20. Nice. I am the oldest female to perform an abdominal plank for the longest amount of time

I was 82 and a half years young. I am impressed with myself

It was something that I didn't expect. But I do have, I think, more confidence in myself because I've done this