Monday, September 13, 2010, Check-In

[muck_a_luck]

Hey, EED community!

Here is your daily check-in post!

You know, it seems to me that if one were going to be superstitious about a 13th, Monday the 13th would be MUCH more dreadful than Friday the 13th. What do I care about Freya?

Just sayin.'

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Comments

[shanaqui]

Have done yoga, pushups, situps. I have a very very high stress day tomorrow, so I'm saving my run for then.

[alexseanchai]

I hear the reason for the Friday the 13th superstition is Jesus was crucified on a Friday and there were thirteen people at the Last Supper.

Rest day, for values of rest that include hauling around a backpack that I'm pretty sure weighs more than I do. In news related to that and to why I did not check in on Saturday with 'been square dancing', if I knew where to find a microwave anywhere on this campus, I might propose marriage to my rice sock. (Usually the nasty part only lasts a day or two, and this is day three. NOT HAPPY.)

[muck_a_luck]

Oi. My symapthies.

There are a lot of possible sources for the superstition. Loki was the unwelcome 13th guest at something in Nordic mythology, too.

[just_ann_now]

Monday, and back to work after a long lovely vacation *sigh* BUT there was Dr. Who, my elliptical machine, and some nice stretches, so it hasn't been quite as bad as it could have been.

[green]

Last week I did w2d1 of c25k, but I didn't want to have it in the middle of the week changing weeks (if that makes sense) so today I redid w2d1.

AND THEN I DID JILLIAN MICHAELS' THIRTY DAY SHRED. OMG. I didn't die, that's all I can say.

I have upper body ST and the 100 pushups program still to do today.

[muck_a_luck]

That's a lot for the same day as not dying with Jillian Michaels! :)

[green]

I can do it! :D

[muck_a_luck]

I don't doubt that you CAN! I just wonder whether your body will be very, very angry at you tomorrow! :D

[green]

lol I don't feel too tired now, and a little soreness might come out of it, but we'll see. if it's too bad I'll go back to yoga every other day and do 30DS on the other days. I don't think I'm going to have a problem, though.

[lullabymoon]

A bit of an unexpected rest day. >(

[muck_a_luck]

>:-

[willful_zephyr]

Monday's are my 'rest day', I did a light hatha class over lunch.

Happy Monday, everyone!

[muck_a_luck]

I love the "Rest day but I exercised" crowd! :D

[willful_zephyr]

Well, you know how it is...

[rydra_wong]

It's called "active rest"! :P

(You probably know this already, but the theory is that gentle exercise -- bearing in mind that one person's "gentle" is another's "strenuous" -- can speed recovery by encouraging circulation, stretching out the muscles, and so forth.)

[willful_zephyr]

I had not heard this, but I'll go with it. *grin*

[rydra_wong]

Morning yoga, then 108 push-ups racked up over the course of the day. Harder than last time I did this -- either because of my cranky back or just because I've been slacking on the push-ups. I think I might try to make this a regular thing.

[semielliptical]

Brisk walk in the morning (30 min), yoga in the evening (45 min.)

[raletha]

Bleah. Yesterday was kooky. I squeezed in bits of yoga and repeated week 1 day 1 of the 100 Pushups modified against the kitchen counter. Feeling cranky after missing a decent dose of exercise! :(

[thousandmilesblog]

Monday is a tough work day so no running today, just 30 minutes circuit and 30 minutes yoga.