Monday August 29 2011 Ceck-In

[rydra_wong]

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 (or someone else) 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

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga, inverted rows, planks, one-legged squats to a box, and bottoms-up TGUs (my new cunning scheme to get more mileage out of my kettlebells before I have to get another one).

[flowerstar]

14 km of cycling

[weirdquark]

Weights, stage 5 B workout.

Re: FWIW

[resolute]

Rowing!

I'm glad I like rowing, because it seems to be widely regarded as a good full-body workout. I never have unlimited time, so rather than working on rowing longer I'm working on a better pace. I'm up to three minutes per 500 meters sustained average. I.e., 3500 m in 21 minutes. I'm pleased with that.

Also did weights and stretching. Since I started working out regularly in November of 2009, I have not had the regular, persistent back-ache I'd had for the previous five years. Yay.

[devildoll]

30DS, Level 1, modified as needed for ankle. This is getting BORING and ANNOYING.

30 min brisk walk.

[semielliptical]

Yoga, 1 hour 15 mintues.

[devilc]

Taking it easyish today because there's an excessive heat warning:

Standard arms and abdominals
1 mile round trip walk to/from work

[willful_zephyr]

Ashtanga Primary Series at home. Had some interruptions to help with homework, but did yoga for over 2 hours. Ended up with a some very solid inversions (shoulder stand, pincha mayurasana, head stand). Finally getting my shoulders into the "right" place for these. Still can't hold them there very long, but I can feel it.

Some water and naproxen; some anime to cool down, and to bed!

Re: FWIW

[rydra_wong]

Since I started working out regularly in November of 2009, I have not had the regular, persistent back-ache I'd had for the previous five years. Yay.

\o/ MAJOR yay!

[lyorn]

Felt horrible yesterday, so only 5 km bicycling. And had trouble even with that.

Re: FWIW

[smackshack]

That's excellent. Congratulations!

A full Primary Series is *epic*

[rydra_wong]

\o/ I'm only just starting to figure out how my shoulders work in inversions. And I've never made it into pincha mayurasana. Yet.

[rydra_wong]

I TELL A LIE. Inspired by your example, I went and had a go at pincha mayurasana and made it! It takes a belt round my upper arms, and it really hits the stiffness in my left shoulder, but I made it.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Re: A full Primary Series is *epic*

[willful_zephyr]

LOL, thank you! I can't do all of the upavista konasana variations, and am pretty limited on all the kurmasana variations.

[willful_zephyr]

YAY!