Thursday, September 22, 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

[resolute]

Did I log yesterday? I'm not sure if I did.

Yesterday was deadlifts, dumbbell presses, and split squats.

I think I just cannot do split squats. They cause me excruciating pain that lasts for hours. I think this is A Sign. I'll replace them with more regular squats until my hip, butt, and leg strength improves.

In happy news, the wrist pain I have appears to be so-called Tennis Elbow, likely caused by weight lifting, and is NOT carpal tunnel. So, stretches, ice, and less barbell work and more dumbbell work are the answer.

[philomytha]

I haven't ever commented here before, but I did my very first session of the Couch to 5k running programme today, and I'm feeling extremely pleased with myself. :-D

[devilc]

go you!

[smackshack]

Congratulations! I did the couch-to-5k podcast earlier this year. It looks a couple months longer for me to finish than the time prescribed, but I made it eventually.

[semielliptical]

Congrats and welcome! I also just started Couch to 5k, I'll be doing my second session a bit later today.

[weirdquark]

Intervals on bike. Did a combination of one minute high/two minutes low and thirty seconds high/one minute low.

[devilc]

Houseworkout! Vacuumed the downstairs and then used the wetvacuum (that came in the mail last night) to tackle a few high traffic areas.

15 minutes on the treadmill @ an average 2.2 mph for .54 miles

No carpool today so a 1 mile round trip walk to/from work

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga, three hours climbing (there are goooood new problems). Mysteriously, my legs ache more than anything else.

[eruanna]

30 minute lower body routine with hand weights

[chaobell]

Yoga X. I CAN DO CRANE.\o/

[rydra_wong]

\o/

[smackshack]

Another Thursday, another CrossFit Kettlebell class. I think I need to start picking lighter bells...I've been challenging myself to "go heavy," but the result as been a couple of workouts in a row where I failed to finish the prescribed routine.

Warm-up: prisoner walk, bunny-hop, one-legged jump, 400m run

WOD#1. 3 sets of 18, 12, & 18 reps respectively
Figure 8 swings: 24 kg
Overhead swings: 24 kg
Clean from the ground: 20 kg
Step up (20" box): 20 kg
200m run

I managed to finish two rounds plus the 3rd round of figure-8s.

WOD#2: sumo deadlift high pull ladder -- go up the ladder and then back down again.

16 x 14kg, 14 x 16kg, 12 x 20kg, 10 x 24kg, 8 x 28kg, 6 x 32kg, 4 x 36kg, 2 x 48kg

The 48kg bell had to be a plain deadlift...no high-pullin' on that one for me.

[fatgirlskates]

Skated 8 miles - 2 miles to work, then 2 miles from work to Subway for dinner and 4 miles to get back home.

[semielliptical]

Yoga, 20 minutes.