Daily Dare (Nov 26 - Dec 30)

[WhiteGhost]

Karate chopping for EC done

 

ETA: flutter kicks for EC done as well

[jonfirestar]

On 09/12/2017 at 2:24 AM, WhiteGhost said:

Don't hate on the jumping knee tucks too much, they can really useful depending on your workout focus.  They are a great exercise for working on parkour vaults and precisions, and flips are impossible without first mastering these.  Even from an OCR perspective, these will help immensely for the over part of the OUTs and for quickly getting over low walls (and are even useful as a progression for throwing your legs up on the higher walls).

 

I don't consider them, or many exercises for hat matter, to be worthless. I just don't like the way the promote a really hard landing with the jump. I'd prefer, for example, a box jump. Not that they aren't without their risks, of course. Now my perspective may well be due to the fact that my bodyweight is not insubstantial so I'm a little cautious about getting too much impact from plyometric exercises. 

 

Nonetheless

knife handy things done with ec

flutter kicks done with ec 

[CheshireCrab]

3 hours ago, jonfirestar said:

 

I don't consider them, or many exercises for hat matter, to be worthless. I just don't like the way the promote a really hard landing with the jump. I'd prefer, for example, a box jump. Not that they aren't without their risks, of course. Now my perspective may well be due to the fact that my bodyweight is not insubstantial so I'm a little cautious about getting too much impact from plyometric exercises.

 

To be fair, the knee jumps aren't encouraging you to do a hard land, just to jump a few feet in the air than come back down to the ground. It doesn't really cause stress on the knees. I feel that such a drop would only be problematic if you are jumping down from a height a few feet higher than waist level and landing on hard ground.

[Diadhuit]

Who-hoo!! I reached my goal for bronze!!
Now tentatively aiming for silver! Yeah!

[Xena]

On 12/8/2017 at 3:36 PM, jonfirestar said:

Jumping knee tucks done with EC. I actually really dislike tuck jumps on general principle. They just feel like an unnecessary escalation of force placed on your joints because they promote a hard landing. 

 

On 12/8/2017 at 9:24 PM, WhiteGhost said:

Don't hate on the jumping knee tucks too much, they can really useful depending on your workout focus. 

 

I see the point  WhiteGhost is making, but I'm more in Jon's camp on this one. It might be because I don't do the knee tucks frequently, but I did feel like they were subjecting my knees to  more impact than I usually tolerate. As an aging distance runner, I try to baby my joints. Don't know if that's good or bad.

 

Karate chops with EC

Flutter kicks with EC...but they made me a little nervous. I'm not really strong enough for them so I could feel the strain on my lower back. Reminds me that I should do something similar (but slightly easier probably) more regularly.

 

Great job @Diadhuit

[jonfirestar]

6 minutes ago, Xena said:

I see the point  WhiteGhost is making, but I'm more in Jon's camp on this one. It might be because I don't do the knee tucks frequently, but I did feel like they were subjecting my knees to  more impact than I usually tolerate. As an aging distance runner, I try to baby my joints. Don't know if that's good or bad.

 

Yeah as an obese guy who runs far too much I kind of get wary about beating my knees and I find tuck jumps by their very mechanics get you to slam your legs down rather than land more gracefully.

 

I did 4 sets of 12 knee to elbow push-ups. That means I get 4x the points, right?

[Xena]

2 hours ago, jonfirestar said:

I did 4 sets of 12 knee to elbow push-ups. That means I get 4x the points, right?

 

Not so much, but you are officially a badass!

[WhiteGhost]

12 hours ago, Xena said:

I see the point  WhiteGhost is making, but I'm more in Jon's camp on this one. It might be because I don't do the knee tucks frequently, but I did feel like they were subjecting my knees to  more impact than I usually tolerate. As an aging distance runner, I try to baby my joints. Don't know if that's good or bad.

I apologize if I came across as suggesting that everyone should do this, because I wasn't. I actually agree that high impact exercises like this are probably not ideal for fitness beginners or most people in general (not that either of you are fitness beginners).   I think that this exercise, like any exercise, will be right for some people and wrong for others, depending on your fitness level, body type/structure and fitness goals.  I think for most people, jump tucks are probably going to be really hard on the knees because jumping really hard requires special skill and strength to do it safely.  However, for a certain subset of people, they are a really great exercise.   I was just trying to explain that for many bodyweight enthusiasts this is actually a very useful and common exercise.

 

Also, knee to elbow pushups done for EC  (but not for Super EC like Jon  )

[WhiteGhost]

Sittin leg raises done for EC. I have to admit, this one the hardest one for me so far

[jonfirestar]

9 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

Sittin leg raises done for EC. I have to admit, this one the hardest one for me so far

Agreed, this one was surprisingly difficult! nonetheless done for EC 

[Xena]

I forgot to do the pushup knee tucks. It's sort of a good thing because I tried them today (late)...I sort of muddled through but wasn't really getting full range of motion, so probably wouldn't have counted them, but would have felt conflicted about it.

 

Sitting knee raises with EC. They definitely weren't my hardest, but they were hard in a different way then I predicted. I thought I would feel it in my abs. I did, but it was much more intense in the hip flexor.

[Xena]

Congrats to @WhiteGhost and @jonfirestar on hitting silver!

@CheshireCrab and I are tied, so maybe we can have our own little race :-)

@Rhovaniel  is 1 dare + 1 EC away from bronze...maybe tomorrow?!

 

[Morag]

Done the arm thingies with ec. First dare in a while. I am not doing so hot this time around...

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Stay strong. Dream true. Walk tall.
-- Charles de Lint

[WhiteGhost]

Did those glitter throws for EC

[Diadhuit]

Never two mistakes in a row: I did my exercise with EC today but at least it was easy
I am going to try yesterday one if I have time...

[Rhovaniel]

My laptop is currently being nursed (hopefully) back to health after my cat spilled a glass of water over it, and accessing the spreadsheet on my phone or ipad is proving problematic. Can someone add today's dare with EC for me please? 

[jonfirestar]

2 minutes ago, Rhovaniel said:

Can someone add today's dare with EC for me please? 

No problem! That gets you bronze! I hope your laptop is okay, hard tap water can cause all sorts of issue. 

 

Nice easy one today. ec done. 

[Rhovaniel]

32 minutes ago, jonfirestar said:

No problem! That gets you bronze! I hope your laptop is okay, hard tap water can cause all sorts of issue. 

 

Nice easy one today. ec done. 

I thought it was dead, but my friend's dad fixes computers and I took it to him. He's hopeful that it can be repaired, as the motherboard seems okay. 

 

Thanks for updating the spreadsheet for me

[jonfirestar]

10 minutes ago, Rhovaniel said:

I thought it was dead, but my friend's dad fixes computers and I took it to him. He's hopeful that it can be repaired, as the motherboard seems okay.

Yeah, you'd be surprised how much water a computer can take and come back from. There are parts that are much more sensitive than others though so it's a bit of pot luck. 

[Xena]

9 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

Did those glitter throws for EC

 

So sad that I didn't think of them as glitter throws while I was doing them. They were kind of boring at the time, but now they seem extra sparkly!

[Xena]

Infinity circles + EC. Another exercise I thought to feel in the abs (did a bit) but mostly felt somewhere else (this time less in the hip flexor and I think more in the upper quad maybe).

[WhiteGhost]

Did the Infinity circles for EC but kind of regret it.  I got about 10 into it and realized I could have used this to replace the windshield wipers I was going to be doing tomorrow morning anyway.  I felt this one mostly in the upper quads too, but for the last 5 or so I was also feeling it pretty hard in the hip flexors

[jonfirestar]

Infinity circles were mostly a challenge for my crappy coordination. I spent all of the effort concentrating on the movement that I didn't really feel them much. A bit of burn in my quads.

[WhiteGhost]

I completely forgot to do the daily dare yesterday so no speedbag points for me. Ball is now in  @jonfirestar's court to take the lead

 

Carpet angels for EC done though

[jonfirestar]

1 minute ago, WhiteGhost said:

I completely forgot to do the daily dare yesterday so no speedbag points for me. Ball is now in  @jonfirestar's court to take the lead

 

 Dude, I did the same thing. Too much time feeling sorry for myself over being plague ridden.