erikka
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erikka
Snowboarder/yogi/street hockey player/runner/dancer/cyclist/person in need of fewer hobbies and an extra room in my apartment devoted to sporting good More...
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Feats Completed
- The Love Challenge:
- Love Body
- Love Belly
- Love Mind
See all feats for The Love Challenge- Social Workout Challenge: New Years Edition:
- Take A Bath
- Home Workout
- Sleep Log
- Share the Love
- The One Thousands
- Pimp Your Bed
- Sleep Discipline Redux
- Go Fish
- Whole Grainy
- Locavore
- Swap Meat
- Home Food
- Sun Salutes
- Plant Friendly
- Stand Up
- D.I.Y. Feat
- See all feats for Social Workout Challenge: New Years Edition
- Emergency Holiday Challenge:
- Tox-Detox
- Historic Dancing
- Shop in Peace
- Blood Alcohol Leveling
- Family Oriented
- See all feats for Emergency Holiday Challenge
- Other Feats:
- Jump Rope - One Minute with Five Crossies
- General Healthy Eating
- Spot Turn
- Sing
- Plank Personal
- Moonwalk
- Group Fitness Class Sampler
- Mile Run
- 2009 Feats of Summer 50 Workout Challenge
- Half Century Bike Ride
- Situps
- Headstand
- Wheel Pose
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Workout
I'm back
Six months of little or no exercise is really bad for your body and things go to hell a lot faster than you'd realize. I haven't gained that much weight (maybe 3-4 lbs) and my body feels fundamentally different. In a really negative way that becomes a focal point in my day-to-day operations.
I got nothing
I went to the gym for the first time since May to disccover my membership was no more. Between thrice-weekly yoga, extensive bike riding and hockey I sort of had my workout bases covered. But the gym was paid for by my old company, and when I was laid off apparently my gym membership was as well.
Breaking up is hard to do
So a few months ago, I bought myself a three month membership to one of the fanciest yoga places I had ever visited. And it was...interesting. Back when I had done a trial membership, they only had one location, so there was three classes going on at any given moment. It.was.awesome. But a few things changed....
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Workout
I'm back
Six months of little or no exercise is really bad for your body and things go to hell a lot faster than you'd realize. I haven't gained that much weight (maybe 3-4 lbs) and my body feels fundamentally different. In a really negative way that becomes a focal point in my day-to-day operations.
Workout
Running in heels
One mile, late to an interview, wearing heels and a suit. Made it just in the nick of time.
I should get double running points for that one.
Workout
Running in heels
One mile, late to an interview, wearing heels and a suit. Made it just in the nick of time.
I should get double running points for that one.
Workout
I am sore, and that's a great thing
Do you ever get to the point where you move around so much or do so much of the same thing that it never really wears you out anymore? I don't really get sore all that often. It takes a lot to really make me wake up in the morning, stretch, and say, "Whoa! I'm feeling it" the day after. Plus, I bike so much and do yoga enough that my body is sort of "meh" on both.
Workout
I am sore, and that's a great thing
Do you ever get to the point where you move around so much or do so much of the same thing that it never really wears you out anymore? I don't really get sore all that often. It takes a lot to really make me wake up in the morning, stretch, and say, "Whoa! I'm feeling it" the day after. Plus, I bike so much and do yoga enough that my body is sort of "meh" on both.
Workout
You know what grinds my gears? A plead for sanity and decency from a NYC cyclist...
So, you could say I bike a lot these days. Like, to and fro, here and there, pretty much everywhere. And in the summer, novice cyclists come out in drones. And they really don't know the rules of the road or they think themselves exempt.
Workout
Life is a lot different when you're not stuck behind a desk
I don't have a job anymore. It makes everything...well...different.
For starters, I lost seven pounds the first week. I'm not sure it if was stress or just a lack of seamlessweb and more fresh food, but I've been trying to lose that weight for months with no success.
I bike everywhere now. Everywhere. It's pretty great.
Workout
A case of yoga-vu
I went for my second day of 3x3 at PURE for a class that billed itself as being core-centric. Okay then...I've seen what's going on down there and it's not pretty. This could work. The instructor looked vaguely familiar, but, as anyone who has done yoga in NYC, it's not uncommon for yoga instructors to teach at several different studios.
Place:
Pure Yoga
Workout
Pure Yoga 3x3 Challenge
So we're well underway into the MMM and I'm 20 minutes away from breaking 5000 thanks to two half marathons, a century, many hockey games and bike commutes to work.
And my butt hurts.
Place:
Pure Yoga
Workout
bloody, bruised, burnt
A semi-epic weekend of sun burn, road burn, self-impaling and sprinting in high heat and humidity.
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You can really hurt someone if you adjust them incorrectly and I've had to yell at more than one who have nearly hurt me. I wouldn't go to a personal trainer who wasn't certified, why would I want to go to a yoga instructor who isn't, either? I'm all for regulations, there are too many teachers out there who don't know what they are doing.
Posted in response to: First Shots Fired in Texas Yoga Regulation Battle
I thought I hated chanting and all the spiritual stuff until I did bikram, which just feels sort of..I don't know...drill sargent driven and totally souless - lights full blast, no acknowledgement of the work done or focus for the day.
Posted in response to: How Much Granola Do You Want with Your Yoga?
I think I can do that. I do need to eat on the earlier side - like 11:30ish -- since I have a 3 pm hockey game and I don't wanna be barfy!
Posted in response to: I got nothing
I'm sort of considering yogaworks but the one I went to (not soho), all the classes were sooooo slooooow. I don't mind occasional form emphasis but it was way excessive. Is that the case for the soho one as well?
Posted in response to: Loss of depth perception is not good when someone is trying to punch/kick you.
You're living in Brooklyn?!
I'm thinking running but this humidity has got to GO!
Posted in response to: I got nothing
I finished at #7 in total minutes and #1 in cycling?! Woo hoo!!!
Posted in response to: One Million: The Post Game Show
I had to YELL at someone last week after they tried to adjust me, I said "ouch!" and they kept pushing. "Ouch!" is code word for "hey, you, stop it!"
Posted in response to: Peculiar And Not So Peculiar Yoga Injuries
You might have gotten the wrong type of shoes--there's SPD, eggbeaters, etc.... SPD are typically the type they have on spin bikes.
Posted in response to: Blonde Moments in Fitness
I always thought "taking a constitutional" meant "pooping" so I was very confused by the first sentence of this post...
Posted in response to: My Hula Hoop Brings the Party to the Streets
New?!
Posted in response to: Saluting the Daily Hour at 850K
MSH--email me on FB ab out what you're looking for in a bike and I'd be glad to make some recommendations!
Posted in response to: Life is a lot different when you're not stuck behind a desk
I don't know....I've been running for fifteen years and I can tell the difference. Different strokes, different folks.
Posted in response to: The Running Shoe Ruse
So cute!
Posted in response to: Sandyliz Believes in Running, Whatever Your State of Sobriety
Go spindig go!
Posted in response to: And the Winner Is...
I will come over next week, just say when!
Posted in response to: foots, surgery, & homebound
YES FINALLY!!!!!!
Posted in response to: 605,819 Minutes Down and Nearing the Rocky Mountains
I lost my job yesterday so now I *do* have all the time in the world to get fit. Will spend rest of June in a handstand starting....tomorrow!
Posted in response to: Erikka Has the Secret to Banning Post-Workout Red Face
I'm a member there, so if you need class recommendations, lemme know--some are definitely better than others!
Posted in response to: Free Classes at Pure Yoga This Week
i give this policy a thumbs up - it's not fair for people who want to book and have to wait around for no-shows, plus most places penalize you for cancellation/no-show (my yoga studio and bootcamp class do) so why wouldn't a gym?
Posted in response to: Equinox Hates Me
This stinks, so sorry to hear it!
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on 9 years 16 weeks ago by erikka