August 11, 2010, Check-In

[muck_a_luck]

Hey, EED community!

Good morning! What have you been up to today?

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Comments

Dear everybody: this is all your fault

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga, then in the afternoon I did the Shiva Rea 108 push-ups practice.

I BLAME PEER PRESSURE.

Okay, I did knee push-ups for all except the first round, and I had to pause it a fair few times to lie on the mat and whimper, but I survived.

I may never move my arms again.

Re: Dear everybody: this is all your fault

[muck_a_luck]

MUST we post some sort of cautionary nagging about foolhardy herd behavior? :D

Also, GO YOU! Hopefully, your arms will not fall off.

Re: Dear everybody: this is all your fault

[rydra_wong]

MUST we post some sort of cautionary nagging about foolhardy herd behavior?

CLEARLY.

But it was kinda fun.

Re: Dear everybody: this is all your fault

[just_ann_now]

HAHAHAHAHA Awesome!

Yep, you are going to be in great misery tomorrow. But so, so worth it I keep telling myself.

Re: Dear everybody: this is all your fault

[rydra_wong]

Oh, hey, I had a question, and wondered if you might know the answer: I noticed that Shiva Rea goes about halfway down in her push-ups, whereas I've always thought push-ups are nose-to-ground.

Is that a yoga thing, or an energy-conserving thing, or just one of those things?

Re: Dear everybody: this is all your fault

[just_ann_now]

Oh, dear. I confess that I never really looked at how she does her pushups; I do my pushups, well, the way I do pushups, a modified Pilates-style pushup, but from the knees (because, hey, I'm old, and cut myself a little bit of slack.) So my pushups look a lot like these pushups, only FASTER and MORE OF THEM, heehee.

The main thing I find that makes them do-able is keeping the hands under the shoulders, rather than way out to the side, much easier! I thank Ana Caban and the Pilates Intermediate Mat Workout for teaching me many useful things.

Re: Dear everybody: this is all your fault

[muck_a_luck]

Is she doing them like Chaturanga? If so, Shiva holds Chaturanga pretty high off the ground sometimes.

Re: Dear everybody: this is all your fault

[rydra_wong]

Yep, she goes down to about chaturanga height, then back up. So I was wondering if there was a specific reason for that.

Re: Dear everybody: this is all your fault

[shanaqui]

Wow.

That's all I have to say.

Oh, wait, also -- well done.