September 27, 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

[foreverinblue]

I did c35k w4d1 today and I felt just as bad as I did when I did w3d1 last week. I basically wanted to drop dead right there rather than keep going. But then I remembered that it got easier & when I did w3d3 on saturday I was talking to my sister while doing the run and could have gone on for another interval at the end. So hopefully by end of this week 5 minutes will not seem as long as they did today and I can move on to the next week. Not sure this is motivating for you. But it keeps me going. 4 weeks ago I would never have imagined I'd actually go for 3+ runs a week and not quit after the very first one. Hope your knee feels better soon! Don't put too much stress on it while it's hurting!

I also looked up 30 Day Shred earlier and it seems pretty exhausting but like it could work. Would you recommend it? (I'd have to import the dvd *sigh*)

Good luck with the push up program! I've been meaning to give that a try for a while but I've been putting it off since I already know how much I fail at pushups. Any advice how to get started?

[foreverinblue]

*c25k

[green]

I went for a walk instead of doing c25k. I don't want to risk hurting my knee more than it already is. :\ I will keep what you say in mind, though!

30DS is intense, but it's a great workout. I am thinking that maybe the jumping around in level 2 is what is causing my knee to hurt, though. not sure.

pushups: just jump right into the program! it's all explained on the site and it's really simple. :)

[rydra_wong]

With the push-ups: I'm not nearly organized to do the 100 push-ups program, but I know a bunch of people have been doing well by starting with wall push-ups then going to counter push-ups and then working their way down the steps of a staircase, gradually getting to floor push-ups.

Handy article:

http://www.stumptuous.com/mistressing-the-pushup

[foreverinblue]

Thanks for the link! I think I'll try and ease into the pushups by doing some of those simplified ones first.

[gb]

I've been lurking on this community but I have to say THANK YOU THANK YOU for that link. I've always had dreadful, dreadful upper-body strength and I'm too weak to do normal push-ups but until now I thought the only alternative was "girl pushups" (bleh) which were just as hard and less comfortable. Knowing I can build up my strength with wall and counter push-ups first is amazing.

I'm going to go through this site again, maybe I'll get up the nerve to post an introduction to this comm and start a proper routine in a bit. :P

Thank you again!

[rydra_wong]

Yay! Glad I could help! I recommend checking out the whole of the Stumptuous website; it's full of useful stuff like that and is one of the best resources I know for anyone starting strength training.

And welcome to the comm!