Wednesday, August 17, 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

[weirdquark]

Weights. Did a new routine that was supposed to only take ~20 min and it did in fact only take 20 min, which was awesome. It also throws in back squats, which I haven't done for a while. The last time I did squats back in stage 1, I was using dumbbells, but I recently acquired a barbell and jury-rigged something so I sort of have a squat rack, so I can now do front and back squats without being limited by how much I can curl the weight to my shoulders. Legs not feeling it, probably because I had no idea how much I could squat with a weight on my back. So I started low and added ten pounds each set. The last set felt like it was about at what I could do for the number of reps that I was doing, so we'll see how it goes when I do three sets at that weight rather than having what was basically an extended warm-up.

[rydra_wong]

Yay for a sort-of squat rack! Makes so much difference.

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga, barbells. I've bruised or strained something in one wrist while climbing, and it objected to the idea of overhead squats, so things were kind of deadlift-tastic again.

But I also dabbled in some back squats now my ankle's much better, and then frolic-ed around trying out assorted other exercises, which is when I discovered that for the first time ever, I can do a Cossack squat without hanging onto something heavy as a counterweight. Not quite calf-to-thigh, but below parallel. \o/

[semielliptical]

Yoga, 25 mintues. Probably a walk at the airport later - I hate being late so always arrive extra-early, and walking makes the airport less annoying.

[yvi]

This is actually for yesterday:

Handstand training! Inspired by recent comments, I tried half-handstand, but with my feet quite a bit higher than here: http://www.yogaflavoredlife.com/styles-poses/intimidated-by-inversions-start-out-with-half-handstand.html .

Also body-weight lunges, some pushup training and one-legged squats. My butt hurts :D

[chaobell]

Zumba, 45 minutes.

[willful_zephyr]

Ashtanga yoga class. She set a faster pace than I do in by personal practice. The difference is good, but woof! I'm tired.

[ex_sunne737]

rope skipping, 15 minutes and some weights

[devildoll]

Ankle still sprained but got back in the saddle for a 30 minute riding lesson, walking and trotting.