August 11, 12 and 13 were complete rest because I was unwell. On August 14 I felt well again, but the first session back was deliberately conservative: two three-minute straight-arm planks separated by two minutes of recovery.

Return before performance

Both sets felt easy and left a clear reserve. I made no attempt to discover how much more was available.

The purpose was to reintroduce the position and see how the body tolerated load after the interruption—not to compensate for the missed training days.

A disciplined kind of restraint

Physically, there was no need to force. Mentally, the session remained calm because the goal had been defined correctly before it began.

Stopping with margin was not an incomplete workout. It was the exact success criterion for the day.

Rest between steps

August 15 was kept as complete rest, separating this reactivation session from the first real increase in volume.

That pause preserved the logic of the return: expose the body to a small dose, observe the response, then progress only if the signal remains positive.

THE TAKEAWAYThe value of the first session back was not the six minutes themselves. It was proving that training could restart without trying to recover three missed days in one afternoon.