Wednesday, June 29, 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

[vass]

Weights:

Bodyweight squats, 2 sets, 10 reps
Bench press, 2 sets, 10 reps, 12.5kg dumbbells
Rows, 2 sets, 10 reps, 15kg dumbbell
Planks, 2 sets, 60 seconds
Shoulder press, 1 set, 10 reps, 7.5kg dumbbells

It occurred to me near the end of the second set of everything that hey, I should add a shoulder press. Only I forgot basic details like how most people do those sitting down. Balance was an issue - I nearly went flying. And I got a better view of myself in the mirror than I do for most exercises, which did not help: I looked ridiculously wobbly, and my face was all screwed up.

Good news: I'm pretty sure that next time, when I'm sitting down and not worried about my balance, I can move up to 10kg dumbbells.

I would like to move up to three sets of everything, but this was the first time I've lifted in over a fortnight, so I was gentle.

[weirdquark]

Stretching: yoga and ballet-like bar work. Will probably walk more later.

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga (very abbreviated because I had to deal with an electrician), shadow yoga class. Which was EPIC YAY because I was the only person who turned up, so I got a 90 minutes private class.

[devilc]

Standard arms and abdominals
1 mile on the treadmill at an average 2.5 mph

[chaobell]

Back & Biceps, for the last time for this round of P90X. oh god strip set curls at the end owwwwww

[willful_zephyr]

My coworker who teaches Pilates on the side is on vacation this week. I organized our group to do a Pilates video. Then I did some short-form Ashtanga.

[ex_sunne737]

20 minutes rope skipping. Weigths for arms.

[semielliptical]

15 minutes of yoga. Trying to ease back into a routine.