Monday, July 18, 2011, Check-In

[muck_a_luck]

Hey, EED community!

Feedback on last night's post suggests that probably the way to go is to change the way the daily check-in post is handled by making it a general community responsibility. If you are ready to check-in, but discover there is no check-in post, then you can just create a check-in post yourself for everyone to use. Does that seem OK to everybody?

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

[alexseanchai]

I yogaed! I actually yogaed!

[weirdquark]

Weights.

[ex_sunne737]

30 min on the elliptical

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga, Iyengar class.

[devilc]

I managed to bang the hell out of my back last week -- i'm at the mega-lurid knot-the-size-of-Texas stage and everything aches.

Still:

Standard abdominals and 1 mile on the treadmill.

[vass]

Weights:
Bodyweight box squats: 2 sets of 10. Form still very bad. Apparently my legs aren't as strong as I thought they were. On the plus side, my back is much stronger than I thought it was.
Bench press: set one, 15kg dumbbells, 9 reps; set two, 15kg dumbbells, 7 reps and 12.5kg dumbbells, 3 reps.
Rows: 22.5kg, 2 sets, 10 reps.
Shoulder press: 10kg, 2 sets, 10 reps.
Stability ball plank: 2 sets, 60 seconds.

[semielliptical]

Yoga, 30 minutes.

[willful_zephyr]

Home with kiddo today (de-lousing her and the house). Ashtanga Primary sequence on my own. I like listening to podcasts while practicing, which seems odd to me.

[recessional]

I swam for thirty minutes, and have discovered that when you used to be a competitive swimmer and have done bugger all (more or less) for years, even your body thinks you can do a lot more than you can, and is then confused when your arms crap out. *laughing*

Then I came home and did stretch-focused yoga.

[smackshack]

Took a nice walk. Walked on Saturday, too, but forgot to post it.

[lyorn]

14 km bicycling.