How Did You Move Today?

Illathrael · February 7, 2020, 2:51pm

15 minutes of yoga this morning.

Elle · February 7, 2020, 3:02pm

Swimming, no walking. Even though I only had 2.5h sleep

LadyDuck · February 8, 2020, 4:57am

45 minutes of Tai Chi. My instructor made us hold poses until our muscles were burning today. He was very pleased with himself.

Illathrael · February 8, 2020, 5:05am

An hour of swimming. Omg I’m so tired and so hungryyyyy.

Illathrael · February 8, 2020, 3:39pm

Follow up to hour of swimming: Folks, I am so sore

Ckni27 · February 8, 2020, 3:41pm

Swimming always sneaks up on me, I’m always like ‘haha that was so much fun and I didn’t even work out!’ And then the next day (or just hours later really) I’m so sore. Pleasantly so though!

Illathrael · February 8, 2020, 3:43pm

I was so tired and so hungry! And yes, I loved the artificial feeling of less gravity and it was quite fun!

Ckni27 · February 8, 2020, 3:52pm

I’m always ravenous after swimming too, it also reminds me of how freaking good a pb&j would taste on a summer afternoon after swimming with my cousins at the lake as a kid. I always thought it was because my aunt would use different bread than my mom, but looking back it’s because I was HUNGRY #kidlogic

Panda · February 9, 2020, 12:43am

went up 430 snow-covered outdoor steps and omg my quads

plainjane · February 9, 2020, 12:57am

napped on the couch and knit. knitting is a type of movement. it was -13C outside.

Crow · February 9, 2020, 4:02am

I swam a few weeks ago and stopped after a bit over half an hour, even though I felt like I could have kept going. I was pleasantly not-sore the next day and wondered if I should have swum more. So now with a sample size of 2, I can say the optimum time for a first swim workout is at least a 1/2 hour but less than an hour.

Illathrael · February 9, 2020, 5:58am

Yes! I think I will be cutting my next swim short, and I’m unsure of whether I’ll go again before my next lesson next week.

I worked on flutter kicks and apparently my core and glutes were simply not engaged enough to do it properly so I’m hoping I can build that up pretty quickly.

Illathrael · February 9, 2020, 6:57am

Does anyone have a fitness tracking app they really enjoy?

What I’m looking for:

Easy entries
No “tips”
Calendar
Graphs/other visuals
No food tracking

katscratch · February 9, 2020, 1:11pm

If it’s just manual entry habit tracking you’re looking for, like “worked out x days per week”, Loop Habits is very simple, pretty to look at, and is based on building habit rather than punishing missed days.

It’s not fitness based, though, so no step counter or anything - it’s literally just a tracking chart with pretty colors lol.

Illathrael · February 9, 2020, 5:35pm

That sounds exactly what I’m looking for, thank you! I’ll check it out. I really want to use all those apps that are specifically for fitness, but I’m pretty tired with the targeted ads and “eat more of this” bs.

mountainmustache29 · February 9, 2020, 9:39pm

I use Strava personally, and I really like the ability to manually enter activities, as well as enter info from a watch/gps device, etc. The activity list is really long, and it also has places for you to enter in your shoes, bike, gear, whatever so you can track it’s wear+tear…especially helpful for shoes I think. It also has a calendar, as well as graphs for weekly/monthly time or distance based tracking.
The downside is it is a “social” fitness app, so you can add friends/people can follow you if you want. I think the app is great without this feature, as I get sucked into a comparison trap pretty easily with wishing I could do what so and so did today, etc…so aside from that (and the app works just fine without adding friends/followers) I think it is super fun to use, and enjoy looking all the way back to 8 years ago when I first started using it, and tracking changes from then to now.

Panda · February 10, 2020, 4:00am

Today I walked through unnecessary amounts of snow.

Crow · February 10, 2020, 4:38am

Today I went for an urban hike that should have been six miles. But I made a wrong turn after I left the group and ended up walking 7.2 miles!

(My feet and knees are sore from so much concrete today, but I have my Monday neighborhood walking group tomorrow morning. 6 more miles of concrete )

Illathrael · February 10, 2020, 2:04pm

10 minutes of yoga this morning, upper back/neck/shoulders. Dad was in the main space I’ve been using, so I stuck to my bedroom which has limited space.

Ckni27 · February 10, 2020, 3:39pm

Did a 15 minute yoga for anxiety practice today that included lots of breathing and slow stretching and was just what I needed.

Over the weekend we did lots of baby proofing which involved moving heavy furniture so I’m counting that as my movement there