Sunday, January 29, 2012, 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

[yvi]

Until now:

Assisted pull-ups, because as of this morning, I have a pull-up bar in my bedroom. Assisted by my boyfriend holding my legs and pushing me up, so I have no idea how much weight he was lifting and I was pulling, but it's a first step :)

4 push-ups against the bench.

Stronglifts 5*5 (5 sets of 5 reps) of barbell squats (24 kgs), overhead shoulder presses (15 kgs) and 1 set of 5 reps of deadlifts (34 kgs). That 34 kgs is half my bodyweight.

[yvi]

And in the afternoon I swam 1 km in 32 minutes.

[weirdquark]

Did some squats, burpees, and planks for Fitocracy quests. I also went out running to see a) if I could run a mile without stopping, something I haven't done since junior high, and b) how close I could get to my previous best time, which was 7:50-something. And the answer turned out to be yes and matching it give or take a few seconds, which, considering I haven't run a mile straight since then and I practiced for weeks in gym class to be able to get under 8 minutes, makes me feel pretty awesome.

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga, three hours climbing (and chatting and sitting around on the squishy mats).

[juliet316]

Did some walking. Might try some light weight training later.

[smackshack]

Yardwork* and a modest walk.

* Here's a good reason to fight global climate change: having to mow the fucking lawn in fucking January.