Tuesday, August 2, 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]

I'm back. The brainweasels have been attacking, so last week I only exercised once, and yesterday I went to the gym, saw that there were only half as many weight benches because the gym was being renovated, so I'd have to stand around waiting and getting more anxious, so I turned around and went home.

Swimming: gentle steady state, nursing a headache and neckache. Breaststroke and backstroke, 40 laps/1km. I notice that it seems to take me the same amount of time swimming 1km steady state as it does to do it in faster intervals. I think this is because while the fast intervals are faster, the recovery intervals are that much slower.

[devilc]

Extra abdominals, PT arm exercises
1 mile on the treadmill @2.5mph.

[rydra_wong]

Some rather non-committal morning yoga, then two and a half hours happy climbing. I'm pretty sure that V4 in an ankle brace wins me points for badass.

[weirdquark]

Usual 'rest day' yoga and ballet-like things.

[chaobell]

Cardio X. WHY do I always forget that Cardio X has Superman/Banana in it until it gets there and I go FFFFFUUUUUU.

[flowerstar]

A bit of walking around the neighbourhood in my break and cycling back home after work - 14km.

[willful_zephyr]

Ashtanga yoga over lunch. Held pinca mayurasana for three full breaths.