CK on September 9

[muck_a_luck]

Shiva Rea: Yoga Shakti: Solar Flow I. Since it is 1:23 and I had about an hour, I dropped the core sequence, shoulder openers, the handstands (though I did the half handstand on teh front door, and of course the shoulder opener to go with it), and I quit the second backbend sequence after the first iteration of Urdhva Dhanurasana because I was exhausted and there was no way I was going to do more than one anyway. Savasana never felt so good. Srsly.

In other news, all you chicas on the fence about pushups? I was doing random stuff and glanced down and caught my upper arm out of the corner of my eye.

*blinks*

I have visible biceps.

Whoa.

That's like, a month of sort of lacadasically doing the 100 pushups program?

Comments

[green]

woo hoo, biceps! that is AWESOME. I can't wait to look at my arms and go 'whoa'. :D

[muck_a_luck]

:D

[martyna]

Thumbs up! There a a couple of those 100... programs, odes it matter where one starts? I got scared once, when I read about how you should or shouldn't do it, so your position should be perfect and... I didn't really get what they were saying. *blush* But I'm eager and willing to work on myself!

[muck_a_luck]

The pushup one has you do an exhaustion test at the beginning, then you place yourself based on how many pushups you did. Form is important, but I've been doing mine like Chaturanga in yoga. I think they have a video on the site to give you an idea of how to do them in the more traditional way.

My thought is, go for it! The form will probably become more obvious and easier the more you do, and you'll get better as you get stronger.

[rydra_wong]

FWIW, I did a push-ups and pull-ups linkspam a while back, with links to different guides and advice:

http://rydra-wong.dreamwidth.org/230440.html

[rydra_wong]

Yay biceps! Being able to ogle one's own arms is a happy, happy thing.

[muck_a_luck]

I know. And then you're like, feeling them up... :D

[just_ann_now]

Hee. I do that all the time. It's a wonderful, wonderful thing.

[raletha]

Visible biceps, FTW! Congratulations on your sexy arms. :D

I daydream about having arms like Jillian Michaels, but my upper body strength is at an all time low. I think I will seriously try the push-up program. Thank you for the inspiration!

[lullabymoon]

Awesome! That's brilliant!