The session opened with five minutes of gentle shoulder and wrist mobility, then alternated straight-arm and forearm holds before finishing with inclined work.

A quieter opening

The first straight-arm hold lasted five minutes and thirty seconds. Only the final minute brought a clear rise in tension, and overall control was better than on the preceding days.

Even during that improvement, I wondered what my real maximum might be and felt the distance between the present work, the record and even my initial personal limit.

The fatigue was being absorbed

Five minutes on the forearms felt very calm—almost open. The muscular fatigue accumulated over previous sessions appeared to be settling.

After two minutes of recovery, the second straight-arm block lasted six minutes and thirty seconds and felt easier than the first.

Better in the second block

Stability, continuity and mental management all improved in the later hold. The pattern suggested growing structural tolerance rather than a single lucky set.

The result was encouraging precisely because it emerged inside the same session, after earlier work rather than from complete freshness.

Questioning the inclined plank

Two two-minute inclined planks felt less useful. The table edge irritated my hands, and I began to doubt whether the variation was providing enough benefit.

Adaptation was becoming clearer on straight arms. That made it reasonable to keep evaluating which accessories genuinely served the main position.

THE TAKEAWAYProgress sometimes appears when the later block feels better than the first—and when the plan becomes selective enough to discard what no longer helps.