Monday, April 11, 2011, Check-In

[muck_a_luck]

Hey, EED community!

Here is your daily check-in post! Hope everyone is having a great day!

If you are posting for the first time, or new to the community, please review the community's standards, below.


1. Mod (that's me!) will post a Daily Check In post, for those who prefer to note their daily activities in response to a prompt. Please only place exercise comments here.

2. All members are encouraged to post daily independent posts about their activities, if they prefer that to a prompt.

3. Please place any NON-EXERCISE comments in independent update posts and behind a cut. Some people are sensitive to discussion of diet and nutrition. That is integral to many people's exercise activities, so I want members to be able to discuss that, but for those who are here strictly to log exercise, I would like them to be able to avert their eyes.

4. Everyone is encouraged to introduce themselves, discuss their exercise goals, and post updates on their activities. "I finally made it to running a mile!" or "I kicked up into handstand today!" are updates that we all want to hear about and share! Please put long posts and entries involving diet and nutrition behind a cut, though.

5. Aside from intro posts and injury announcements, please try to include an exercise update in every post.

Comments

[busaikko]

10,166 steps, 7.41km \o/ (due to playing soccer in park and a 45-minute walk)

[chaobell]

Core Synergistics this morning, whee.

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga, then off to the park for the first Tabata sprints of the year. I ended up gasping for air so desperately I gave myself a sore throat ...

[lyorn]

7 km bicycling.

[shanaqui]

I had akathisia today. I have been moving constantly. This most totally count as exercise. (Plus I did some yoga to try and control it.)

[rydra_wong]

Well, there's research showing that Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (a.k.a fidgeting) burns significant energy, so akathisia surely must ...

(My extreme sympathies, btw.)

[semielliptical]

Yoga, 30 minutes.

[smackshack]

Walked about four miles, no jogging, nice and relaxed, followed by three planks.

Yesterday (I've got to be better about posting!) I jogged about 3 miles on the Shoal Creek hike & bike trail, a nice change from the side of the road.

[natmerc]

10 min pilates, 10 min meditation (does brain training count??) and 30 min icing my knees. Whoops. Knees have been so not happy the past month and they're very angry today. Too many hip openers too fast I think. Feels good at the time and I'm seeing progress with the hip flexibility, but I'm going to switch to safer positions.