Wednesday, May 18, 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

[resolute]

Shot trap yesterday, which I only mention because my campaign of forearm-and-wrist strengthening exercises seems to be successful! I opted for the following --

do the usual weights at the Y three days a week, including (I think they are called) reverse curls? Where one holds the weight palm-down and does a curl, not palm-up? And then, once a week, while doing Shovelglove, Wind-Up the Hammer. Which I made up, based on advice here.

Holding the sledgehammer in both hands, hands apart, arms hanging down in front of my body -- twist first one hand up, then the other, as if I were winding something onto the handle. Do that ten (or fifteen or twenty) times, then flip the hammer over so the weight is on the other side. Repeat.

Climbing back on the wagon after an illness

[devilc]

1/2 usual upper and lower tummy crunches.
Rotator cuff exercises
1/2 usual arm workout
Danced to iTunes play list for 10 minutes.

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga, shadow yoga class.

[chaobell]

Chest, Shoulders, & Triceps. Arms have just now stopped feeling like jello.

[natmerc]

Short session. 15 min physio exercises, 5 min of kettlebell work, some plank variations.

[semielliptical]

Yoga, 45 minutes.

[alexseanchai]

Five laps of Legislative Mall and a bit of yoga.

[lyorn]

5 km of bicycling.

[willful_zephyr]

"Foundations of Ashtanga" Class after work. She really wrung us out, it rocked!

[erda]

45 minutes of swimming and back exercises. I wish these back exercises would actually help my back.

Hojo Undo

[smackshack]

A) Congratulations! Don't you love it when a plan comes together?

B) Reading your post reminded me of old-fashioned Okinawan weight training for karate, focused on grip, forearm, and shoulder, with a device similar to a sledgehammer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1qKW5e-PPw

[smackshack]

Ran 5k, tried to put on a little burst of speed at the end. Planks and back extensions to finish up.

Re: Hojo Undo

[resolute]

Those are cool, thank you!

[hejinglan]

Pushups, indoor/outdoor biking, and some dancing (flailing).