August 16, 2010, 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

[just_ann_now]

Elliptical machine, stretches, meditation.

*Thinking out loud* I probably need to do my 108 pushups tonight, rather than trying to fit them in somewhere else this week - too much going on.

[shanaqui]

Good luck fitting in the pushups!

[just_ann_now]

I just need to make sure I don't get distracted right when I get home! That's how I get into trouble.

[just_ann_now]

...and looks like that's not going to happen, since it turns out I'll have to work late tonight. Glad I got the ellipping taken care of this morning.

[green]

whoops, I forgot about my vow to meditate more often. I should add that to my goal calendar so I don't forget.

[just_ann_now]

Doing it first thing in the morning right when I exercise seems to work out very well so far.

[green]

*nodnod* Sounds about right. *adds it to calendar*

[shanaqui]

Did yoga and pushups this morning.

Does dealing with family arguments also count as exercise? It's certainly exhausting me! *laughs*

[muck_a_luck]

Does dealing with family arguments also count as exercise?

Only if I get to put "Every interaction with my four-year-old..."

[green]

80 pushups with shiva rea this morning.

strength training: upper body. tricep dips kicked my ass, couldn't even do the minimum 12 reps. did as many as I could (read: 5-7).

w3d1 of 200 situps. did fifty on the last set.

w1d1 of c25k. I almost did it all, am still a little out of shape. I'll probably have to do week 1 again next week.

[shanaqui]

So much work! And yay for nearly being able to do all of c25k week one! I'm on week three of doing half the program, still finding even that haaard.

[green]

How are you doing half? It is hard, but we can do it! :D

[shanaqui]

Doing the right length of runs, but half the number. I'm starting to feel like I'm getting it, so I'm hanging in here. Heh.

[green]

It took me awhile to work up to this week, doing 30 second runs and then gradually increasing them. Keep it up!

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga, then Iyengar class. I got into assisted pincha mayurasana!

Okay, this being Iyengar, it involved a folded mat, a brick, a strap, a chair, and a partner hanging onto my hips, but I did get there! *g*

[green]

*looks up the pose on Yoga Journal and boggles* WOW. You are awesome.

[rydra_wong]

It was seriously, SERIOUSLY assisted.

We did it in pairs, with one person sitting on the chair. Then you put your forearms on the floor under the chair (hands on either side of the brick, strap round the forearms for stability), and walk your feet up until your shoulders bump the edge of the chair seat. Then you kick up, and your partner helps you up and holds your hips to keep you steady.

So there was a lot of support going on. But it felt really good!

[green]

Still, I wouldn't be able to do it even with that much help. Not yet, anyway. :) I stand by my 'you're awesome' comment!

[semielliptical]

Half hour walk first thing this morning. Yay for cooler temps and staring the work week with a good morning!

[lullabymoon]

20 minutesof yoga and then it was gym day - treadmill, bike, handbike, hip adductor and abductor, leg curl and extension and I started doing a seated leg press today.

[nicolakgreen]

I went to the gym and I could really feel that I haven't been doing yoga for the last couple of days - I felt really tight and couldn't get into it. It was pretty amazing to recognise that that was how I used to feel all the time. I did as much as I could at the gym, then came home and did half an hour of yoga.
I feel much better now.