Cathe Fans Part 5
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Hi Ladies! Well, we survived!! It is still very windy and rainy and will be for quite a few hours, but the storm is well north of us now. DH and I were up at 3:00am when the strongest part of the storm hit us. We didn't think being on the upper floor of the house was smart at that time. But we got very, very, very lucky. The storm stayed far enough to the east that we didn't get quite the winds they were expecting. So except for a few outages at the 3:00am hour, we didn't lose power at all. Sadly, over 1/2 our county did, so, again, we are very lucky. With the shutters up, we can't see outside at all. But we had a slight break in squalls a couple hours ago and did a quick walk around the house.....and no damage. Whew! A few of our trees and plants are a little sad looking, but no issues with major things like our porch screening or the roof. In fact, the neighborhood looks pretty good minus some trees and a couple of shutters that came off windows.
I am going a bit stir crazy not being able to look outside much less go outside. So workouts are my thing today as DH watches endless hurricane news. So far, I have done Body Beast Total Body and X2 Balance and Power. I think I will do Party Rockin' Step 2 next and by then, hopefully, we can at last get outside for a bit again. Can't imagine what I would be doing without power!
Tami, hope your week is going well. Sounds like Katy was in killer mode with that class this week!
Thelma, good job finding something you felt like doing with your workout. Some days are just like that.
Laurie, you are not alone with X2 Total Body. One of the reasons I have said X2 is the most frustratingly rewarding program is exactly what you described--being unable to do some of the moves. I am in my 4th rotation......and still can't do some of the moves! But I have learned to modify a lot. And (the reason the program is rewarding) it will get better! I never imagined it would when I did these workouts the first time. But one of the reasons I mentioned earlier about sticking with this segment for four weeks is, if you can bear the workouts, I found it was about that time I started seeing some positive results in how I was able to do the movements. But it does require so much patience. Anyhow......I understand your reaction. But glad you liked X2 Yoga!! Looking forward to catching up on that one but I have way too much nervous energy right now to do yoga! Hope your daughter has a good trip!
Becky, hope you are having a good week.
Enjoy the weekend.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies and Happy Friday! This a.m. was X10 Low Impact HiiT and tonight I am planning on working out at home instead of Spinning. Will probably do another HiiT style workout.
Thelma: Way to get in a Spin when nothing else sounded good to you!
Laurie: Great job getting in your X2 Yoga! I know that is one of Laurel’s favorite yoga workouts. Another great workout with Peak Cardio Strength as well this a.m. Nicely done. Glad you are making the rotation work for you by adding in some other warm-ups, etc. Yes, it’s sort of obvious why people opt out of the Tuesday night class forsure. LOL
Laurel: So happy to hear from you and hear you are safe & sound from the storm. That is amazing and so lucky you didn’t lose power. Good for you guys. PHEW Fabulous job making good use of your time with workouts! LOL Tons of nervous energy being burned off I am sure. Your advice to Laurie is perfect on X2. I think I must have lacked the patience needed.
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Hi Becky ~ Hope you have had a great week and enjoy the weekend!
I am OFF on Monday and hope to get in some good workouts this weekend; supposed to be rainy and on Monday I am meeting my friend for lunch and then she is going to do my hair. I might do my color and cut slightly different. Not sure if it’s the weather or what but I am not enjoying my hair right now and want something different. We will see.
Have a great weekend ladies ~ Tami
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Happy Friday, ladies - Wednesday, I did get the Bikram Yoga class in along with lots of walking. It was really nice getting 3 days in a row of yoga. I am noticing that since I have started weight training again that my body is feeling more and more stiff, so yoga has been a great compliment to my training. Yesterday, I did a Darebee routine (for the Hogwarts weight loss challenge) instead of ICE. It was quite tough for me, but I finished 10 sets with small modifications (shoulder started getting a little tired). http://darebee.com/workouts/black-widow-workout.html
I will be heading into my room after typing this to do the next ICE video (don't know which one it is right now).
Laurie - Great job on your X2 workouts this week (I love that one of them was yoga!) You are SO AWESOME for your suggested rotation. I think that I will print that out for myself and try it. Also, thanks for the links. Geesh, I love that I have met you all! That is so exciting that your daughter is going to England. I lived over there for 3 1/2 months and absolutely loved it. Wow....a week in England then Spain. What a great adventure for them.
Thelma - Glad to see you ended up "perking up" once you got to working out. I am dreading going into my room right now.....just want to sleep. But, I know I need to just start a workout and energy flows back into me. Great job on making yourself do it. Nice job on getting the spin bike done, too. Yes, Luna is my beautiful black lab. I absolutely love that sticker you mentioned "obedience school drop out". Luna is the one that I call the Kraken from Clash of the Titans......the first 5 seconds of this video shows what it is like to let her out of the crate.
HA!
Also, thanks so much for the excel spreadsheet. I will be using it. (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEVvCgdRg-I)
Laurel - I hope you are safe! I will be looking for updates from you just hoping everything is ok. Glad you have supplies and are stocked up. Even though this is all happening, I love your dedication to staying with your workouts. Great job!
Tami - HOLY CRICKET! Katy is a monster! (I mean that in the nicest of ways) I can't believe you did all that "oh so much fun" stuff in your workout with Katy a few nights ago......geesh....You'd be visiting me in the hospital.
That has got to be the best feeling know that you survived that....you should be so proud of your workout routine. Great job on all your other workouts, too. My 3am days are sometimes rough, but I prefer to get up early and get stuff done. If I had my way, I'd be in bed by 6-7pm and up around 3am. But, with the kids, I don't get to be until 9-10pm. Thanks for the compliments on my pups. They are crazy.....but they add to the craziness of my house. I would't change it.
Have a great rest of the evening.
Becky0 -
Hi Ladies! I hope you had a great weekend. We finally got rain! It's been raining non-stop since last night. On Friday I did XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Back, on Saturday XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Arms, and today spinning. I'm going to start week 5 of 8 of my rotation tomorrow.
Laurie, great workouts! How are things going between Zoey and Rocket? I've gone crazy all over the web and there aren't any gloves out there like the ones Cathe wears. Maybe we can convince her to make those again!
Laurel, I'm so happy you and your DH are OK! I hope you didn't have any damage outside. I would've gone crazy not being able to look outside! Great workouts and great way to pass the time during the hurricane!
Tami, awesome workouts this weekend! Enjoy your day off on Monday! I hope you love your hair makeover!
Becky, fabulous job with workouts!!! So funny about Luna being like Kraken!!
Good night ladies!!!
Thelma
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Morning Ladies,
No workout on Friday after work, Zoey and Rocket where just to hyper. On Saturday I did Peak Cardio Strength Fat Blaster and took a break and then in the afternoon did X2 Balance & Power. This one was a bit better than X2 TB for me. I had a few moves that where difficult, but still wanting to be able to have the strength to do it. I can see that this one would really be great at improving in the core. I have done my obligation to the warm ups, so the next time I do these workouts the warm-up will be something that I enjoy doing. Sunday was X2 Core with ICE Metabolic TB warm up, and then I skipped the cool down and did Peak Flex & Release. This morning I did Peak Cardio Interval Burn Fat Blaster Express. I'm learning to just leave the dogs upstairs, and letting DH handle watching them. Rocket is fine when I workout, but Zoey just doesn't understand what is going on.
Laurel, So glad to hear the you and your DH are safe, and that there isn't damage to your house. I think you found the perfect way to get through a storm by working out. I'm sure that as I do the workouts, they will get better and better. Avoiding the warm up this week may help with my state of mind also. There is one thing that Tony really really does well, and that is stretching and yoga.
Tami, Great job on the workouts! This type of rotation really makes me do the yoga, so I'm really happy that the stretching and yoga are on this rotation. I'm enjoying the combo of Peak and X2, but I may need to change that for the next phase. I will have to see how it goes. Have a wonderful day off today, I'm sure you will be enjoying it.
Becky, Great job on getting in that workout and all your yoga! I really do need to make an effort to get at least one stretching/yoga workout into my future rotations. It really does help with the stiffness as you stated. LOL love your description of your Luna. Zoey is 8 months old and full of energy, but when she is done playing for the evening she crashes. You are welcome for the rotation, I remember doing that one, and really liking it. I could pop in cardio workouts that I enjoyed through the 4 week rotation.
Thelma, Nice job on the workouts, and that you are in the last half of your rotation. That has really gone fast. The first day that Zoey was at our house, I wanted to farm her out to someone else. It was non stop with the two of them playing. After she has been there a couple of days it is getting better, she went for her walk this morning and didn't pull so much. Now she just needs to walk in a straighter line, so that I don't have to be untangling her from the leash so much. She is a love though, and Rocket seems to love having someone to play with besides me.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Hope you all had a nice weekend. Ours was better than expected given a hurricane coming through......but still a 'recovery' weekend. Saturday was my day off from working out, but not a day off at all! We spent the entire day putting the house back together after the storm and helping some neighbor's out as well. I tell you.....hurricanes are hard work! I was talking to one of neighbor's Saturday afternoon and she was visibly exhausted. All she said was 'I am just ready for this to be over'. I couldn't agree more.
Yesterday was a struggle with the workouts....but I pushed through hoping it would help with the energy levels. This week I have decided to do the LIHI workouts with X2, so I started with the warm up and chest work from LIHI Chest, Shoulders and Triceps into X2 Core. For cardio, I did the Ultra Cardio premix from Drill Max. I really wanted to spend the rest of the day with a book, but DH convinced me to go to the one golf course in the area that is open for golf! It was a nice day actually and the course was in pretty good shape. The neighborhood around it.....not so much. Kind of sad to see all the damage. Anyhow, I feel even more tired today! DH, who is still home from work because of the power outages by the ocean where he works, thinks the week is catching up to me. I said to him that, right now, I think the whole year is catching up to me! But, once again, I convinced myself to workout to see if it would help. I started with LIHI Back into X2 Plyocide. Then after a break I did Cathe's original Bootcamp. Can't say I am bursting with energy now after the workout so I think tomorrow may truly be a day off from everything if I don't feel better. We'll see.
Tami, hope you had a great weekend. Don't beat yourself up about X2! I remember when I did it last time (about 18 months ago), I swore I would never do it again because it annoyed me so much! It is just that kind of program. But, right now, I am probably enjoying it more than I ever have. So it is just a weird program that you definitely have to be in the right mind set for......more than any other program I have ever done for sure.
Becky, yay for all the yoga! I definitely get more stiff from strength training. One thing that helps me in addition to stretching is making sure I am eating enough protein. That seems to cut down on the amount of recovery time I need from workouts. I know that the typical American diet contains more than enough protein, but, for me, just focusing on it a bit more seems to help.
Thelma, wow! I can't believe you are already half way through this rotation! Where has the time gone? Glad you are getting some rain. You might be getting some from Hurricane Matthew. I know it was drenching parts of NC and Virginia over the weekend.
Laurie, hopefully this week of X2 without the warm ups will go a bit better. I only owed Tony two push-ups this morning in Plyocide, so I am already seeing improvements! Sounds like you have found a good complementary program with the Peak workouts as well. I have found that I need to be doing other workouts along with X2 to make me feel like I am getting more overall fitness. Glad you enjoyed Balance and Power more!
See you tomorrow!
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies! Tonight I did XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Chest, Walking on Treadmill. Did you ladies see Cathe's e-newsletter with the latest on the Strong & Sweaty? I love that we will be using a barbell a lot!
Laurie, great workouts!! Does Zoey want to help you workout? Is that why the dogs have to stay upstairs? LOL
This rotation as really gone fast. I'll be doing H&C while my aunts are here and then maybe the 4 of us can do the Strong & Sweaty rotation! It must be a lot of fun to watch the dogs play non-stop. Sounds like you need to get Rocket a little brother or sister!
Laurel, so glad that hurricane is behind us. I hope there was no damage to your house. I'm sure the landscaping will probably need some TLC. I think we got the tail of the hurricane because it was raining pretty hard. It really feels like I just started the rotation!
Hi Tami & Becky!
Good night ladies!!!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
The dogs where so tired from their day at daycare, so I was able to get in Plyocide. I started with the ICE Rock'm Sock'm Warm Up (my fav), so that made the workout 100% better. This morning was Peak Cardio Core Crusher, and Zoey stayed upstairs while Rocket and I worked out.
Laurel, You have to be exhausted! Do take the day off if you are not feeling up to par, sure wouldn't want you to get sick. The amount of work that has to be done to clean up is exhausting. Taking the time to read a good book might be the best medicine that you could have today. I'm impressed that you muscled through those workouts. Have to say that I still owed Tony more push-ups than I did, but I wasn't to badly off. At least it is getting better, probably because I have gone through the workout once. Found that to be the case with H&C also.
Thelma, Great job on the workouts! I have been looking at the forum for the new workouts. I love looking at the pictures, and the barbell/dumbbell combo looks good. Zoey just loves to run around, so YES she really does help me out with my workouts! I'm so afraid to step on her, but then she would learn her lesson. I stepped on Rocket by mistake, and he has learned to stay away from the flailing woman. I already have ideas about a second dog, but I think one is enough. It is nice to have Rocket occupied though.
Tami, Hope your day off was fun.
Becky, Hope you week is starting off strong.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Had trouble logging on earlier but happy to see the site back. Also happy to report I am feeling much better today. Still felt a little foggy when I got up but not so bad to not workout. And that first workout had me feeling 100% like myself again! Yay! That workout was LIHI Legs followed by the LIHI Shoulder work (from both upper body workouts). It felt great and, like I said, did the trick for my energy levels. So, for cardio, I did X10 warm-up and Low Impact into ICE Low Impact Sweat with Blizzard Blast. A perfect workout for today.
Thelma, great workout! I have been following Cathe's updates on the new series on Facebook and it looks good! Looks like a lot of variety. Can't wait to get my hands on them now! We had absolutely no damage to our house at all from the hurricane, which is such a blessing. Still working on some plants and such. DH and I went to the ocean area where he works yesterday and......yikes. There were some HUGE trees down, which made me so sad. But, all in all, I think our area came through this better than anticipated. While we had quite a bit of wind damage, we didn't get the flooding like some areas have up the coast.
Laurie, great warm up and workout. That X2 warm up......I just don't get. Glad to hear you felt Plyocide went better for you this week. Hopefully you feel the same about X2 Total Body. Thanks for your kind words and understanding about my exhaustion. I think I hit a wall yesterday of sorts. I am glad it didn't last long. But the rest of the day now is going to be spent with a good book.
Tami and Becky, hope you are well!
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Hi Ladies ~ I had a really nice weekend and extra day off yesterday. Just love those 3 day-ers! I did get in all my workouts as planned, plus our volleyball league started on Sunday. So Saturday was Flex Train, which felt really good and surprisingly more fun than I remembered; this program did grow on me however as time went by. So it was great; always go a little heavier than Cathe. That afternoon I went and saw Girl on a Train with my BFF/Hairdresser friend. It was super good ladies! Not scary, just suspenseful and “figuring it all out” type of movie. Sunday a.m. was STS Meso #2 Chest/Shoulders/Tri’s and then I headed to play Volleyball. We scrimmaged 3 on 3 the first match because they didn’t have enough and then we played our second match of 3 games with our regular 4 on 4. So we won all 6 games! Our newest player is only 23 and she told me she wants to be like me when she gets to be my age; she was amazed at what good of shape we were all in.
Super sweet of her and felt good since I am the “oldest” on our team. LOL Yesterday I did STS Meso #2 Legs and I am feeling those side-slide lunges today. Surprised, but I’m happy about it. LOL Tonight is Katy’s Insane X class. I guess I missed another good BC class but I didn’t feel like hurrying back into town after my hair appt for it PLUS it was a must to get the lawn mowed since it was finally not raining & since I dodged getting housework done, I did that as well.
Speaking of hair appt …. It was super fun. We are headed to a “Lob” (I was too chicken to cut 1 more inch) so next time I will and I will be there she said. I know, weird, but I needed to see what the 2 inches would look like. Plus we did more of an ashy blonde/brown with lighter highlights. So instead of being “goldy” highlights it’s more blonde. So far I am really happy with it. Enough of a change but not drastic. Not good at changing up my hair. So this was a good step and I will go back and have her cut another inch in a couple weeks.
Thelma: Fabulous job with your workouts! You are cruising right along with your BB rotation, nice work! I will have to read the newsletter from Cathe, I didn’t see that. Hopefully as with all my workouts my dumbbells will still work for me. I just don’t have room for a barbell set-up. I would imagine in all the programs I have done I will be alright. Thanks for the well wishes on my workouts and hair makeover. It was a mini one, but a makeover enough for me.
Laurie: Great workouts and continuing to work in some “extras” to make the program work for you. Glad you are enjoying the yoga and stretching; Tony is very good at that and forcing you to do it since it is in the program. Love that you are persevering through! Way to go. So fun that your pup was exhausted after all that playing.
Laurel: I’m with Laurie on the “you have to be exhausted”, mentally from all that went on last week especially and now helping out your neighbors, etc. Way to get in your workouts, which I am not surprised at all about. Would never know you had “low energy” at all. Hopefully if you are feeling wiped out tomorrow you give yourself that much deserved break.
Becky: Love reading your daily goals on the board! So good and a great way to keep yourself accountable. Awesome job with your ICE program and Yoga + lots of walking. Yes, Katy is a monster, I agree. LOL I too mean that in the nicest of ways. She is super intense with her workouts and I love her intensity. She has a tendency since I am one of her “regulars” for all these years to push me too. She knows I will do it and so she requests or tells me to do certain moves or pairs me up with one of the few guys in our class, etc. It’s pretty funny but I appreciate her so much. Especially when its over. I get up around 4:15-4:30 and I’m with you on going to bed early. It is so hard for me to get up if I don’t go to bed by 9 pm. I don’t know how you do the 10 pm and wake-up at 3. But I suppose, like other things, you just do it and live through it. Wanting a nap but making it work for you! You're a busy mom and as my mom used to tell me, "I don't know how I did it, I just did". So Good on ya!
Hope you ladies have a great evening ~ talk to you tomorrow! Tami
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Hi Ladies - Friday I did the ICE bootcamp, Saturday was Low impact sweat, Sunday was Metabolic and today was supposed to be a rest day. But, I tried one of the timesaver workouts from ICE. It was from the Chiseled Lower Body dvd, #1 (warm up + blizzard + cool down). Oh my gosh....LOVED IT. I loved how my heart rate would spike then cool down, spike, cool down. It was a great workout that was quick and to the point. My son has baseball practice tonight, so I will be walking around the park the entire time. I only have 2 days left of my 4 week rotation and will start the suggested rotation that Laurie provided.
Laurel - I am so glad you weren't hit too hard by the hurricane. I was thinking about you guys while we watched the news. Your new rotation sounds good. Great job on starting it, even though energy was low. Don't push yourself too much.....your body may need the break. Plus, you've been helping neighbors and working around your house! It must be nice to get some DH time in, too It's good that you got some golf in with him. Ok....now I read your 2nd post and your energy is back. YES! Great job on those workouts (is LIHI "Low Impact High Intensity"?) Thanks for the suggestion on eating more protein. According to MFP, I never reach my goal. I keep thinking that I eat enough, but apparently not. I eat turkey with my salad every day, have hummus or egg whites most days, and yogurt. I typically have some type of meat at dinner time (try to eat low fat items). But....still shy on protein.
Tami - WOW on your workouts! Great job. I hope that your volleyball game went well. I bet the workouts really help with your game. Sounds like a lot of fun, too. Your hair sounds so cute! Whenever I chop my hair, DH freaks out. As for sleep, it is hard with little sleep, but I have become quite used to it. Summers are when I really catch up and get 7-8 hours in every night. Don't you feel like you get so much more accomplished at 4am? It's quiet and no one is there to bug you (except the dogs).
Laurie - Phew - sounds like you had a great weekend with workouts! I was laughing when you wrote about the dogs not understanding what was happening. Mine are the same......they want to play with me. I am really looking forward to the rotation you provided. I miss Power Hour....it's my favorite routine.
Thelma - I can't believe you are starting week 5 already of the rotation. Great job! Are you enjoying the rotation? Thanks for the info on needing a barbell for the strong and sweaty routine. I don't have one and will modify with my hand weights (bummer because I know it isn't the same).
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Hi Ladies! Tonight I did ICE Rock'm Sock'm. I just couldn't do BB tonight. I am spending today and tomorrow glued to my desk studying. We had to sign up for a certification course 3 months ago and I am just getting to it. I have basically 3 weeks to do something that I had 3 months for. I procrastinated BIG TIME! I was brain dead and my body felt numb from not moving enough. I felt that I had to move and BB wasn't going to cut it. Rock'm Sock'm was the right, fun thing to do. Tomorrow I'll probably do cardio too. I'll least I'll have a longer break tomorrow when I go to get my hair cut in the middle of the day.
Laurie, great job with Plyocide and using a Cathe warm up! She definitely has the best warm ups! Funny about the dogs being tired after daycare. The dogs sound like a lot of fun!! My heart breaks when I step on the cats so I understand your worry about stepping on the dogs. Thankfully that doesn't happen often. Does your daughter take Zoey to daycare too?
Laurel, what a great combo! Glad you're feeling like yourself! I can't wait to get Cathe's new program. What a blessing going through a hurricane and have to damage to your house! Some areas were hit pretty hard from what I've seen on the news. That is sad.
Tami, great workouts and so glad you had such a great weekend! Congrats on winning all 6 BB games! What a nice thing for the newest team member to say about wanting to be like you when she grows up! I think you're going to love what you see from Cathe and her new program!
Becky, awesome job with your rotation! I'm so glad you tried a timesaver workout! Those blizzards are the best!
I am enjoying the rotation some of the time. When I feel tired I just don't want to lift weights! I think Tami and Laurel do their workouts with dumbbells. Body Beast has one person using hand weights when the exercise calls for a barbell so you will be OK
Good night ladies!!!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
No workout yesterday, I was the only one home and just didn't want to deal with two dogs while working out. It was a rest day for X2, so I didn't feel to bad about it. This morning I did Peak Sculpt & Define. Youngest dd has another interview today, and already has a job offer from a previous interview. Sounds like she may have her pick of jobs at some point. I'm so happy for her.
Laurel, So glad to hear that you are feeling better, and you where able to do your normal workout routine. You must have gotten a great sleep in, so your body was rested from all that work. I'm hoping that the workouts will grow on me more as I do them. I will probably enjoy them when I can successfully do some of the more difficult moves. Hope that you where able to get in some reading yesterday, I have had a book partially read for the last month. I should get back to that one.
Tami, Sounds like a great weekend, and day off. I bet Katy will give you lots of attention when you get to the next class. I love the sound of your hair. I know when I went super short, it was a lot of talking to myself about how it would be fine. Turns out that it was one of the best moves I have made with my hair. What a great compliment that young lady gave you. I had a similar experience yesterday, the young lady said that she should do what I have been doing when I told her my age. She said that I didn't look like I was 53. Thanks for the info on the movie, that one did present itself as a scary movie. I have no love for movies like that. 
Becky, Great job on the workout, those Blizzard Blasts are exactly what you said effective and short. They are perfect to do when you want to get in a workout, but don't have a lot of time. Glad to hear that you are going to try out that rotation. I knew that you really liked Power Hour. Since Zoey is new to our house, she just want to jump on me. Rocket has learned not to do that, and I'm not sure two weeks is enough time to teach her. She is a sweet dog though. I will have to find a pic of her.
Thelma, Hey you have the option to change the rotation to meet your needs. LOL on you procrastinating, I have done that also. It is no fun to have to sit at your desk and do learning on your computer. At least it will be finished, and you will not have to worry about it anymore. The hair appointments seem to be the theme, I will be heading out on Thursday for mine. Doing the Cathe warm-ups instead of the X2 has helped with executing the workouts also. There isn't a dread factor when I can get a little bit of Cathe in the workout. The dd just started taking Zoey to daycare, but I think that it will help with the little darlings energy. After they get back, the dd is planning on bringing her there at least once a week.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Today's workout started with the tricep work from RWH LIHI right into X2 Total Body. I did better on this workout this week and even upped the weight.....which is tough to do since all the strength moves involve some sort of balance. I followed that with X2 Ab Ripper and, for cardio, Cross Fire. Definitely feeling much more like myself!
Tami, your hair sounds so cute! I hope you continue to enjoy it. Like Laurie said about her hair, I think taking my hair shorter was one of the best decisions I have made (regarding my hair, that is). Just love the ease of it. What a great compliment from your volleyball teammate! Congratulations on all the wins as well. Sounds like STS is doing its trick for you. Love those Meso 2 leg workouts, that's for sure.
Becky, great workouts. That Chiseled Lower Body Blast Bliizard Blast is my favorite Blizzard Blast of the series. So good! LIHI stands for Lift It Hit It, which are the strength workouts in Cathe's Ripped With HiiT series. Really good strength workouts. Until this past spring, I did all my workouts with Dumbbells instead is a barbell, so I wouldn't worry too much about not have a barbell with Cathe's new series.
Thelma, glad you found a workout that worked for you. I would imagine after being chained to a desk all day, Rock m' Sock m' was perfect! The flooding in NC from the hurricane is horrible! Makes me feel guilty for complaining about the impact of the hurricane on us.....because so many people up there lost everything. So sad.
Laurie, congratulations to your DD! To have a choice on where she works is fantastic. Keep me posted on how you are feeling about these workouts. I know we agreed to doing this first stage for four weeks, but if at the end of next week you say 'Enough!', I will understand. Like I said before, these workouts take some getting used to and there is a learning curve to mastering the moves. I think it wise, though, if the frustration is exceeding the progress too much to move on. The positive in this series is, except for Plyocide, you won't see these workouts again. Every stage has a unique focus, unlike P90X or Body Beast. And I did get some reading on the back porch yesterday. It was 80 and cloudy and breezy.....and I got chilly!
I have been in Florida too long! 
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ Another “impossible to finish” Insane-X class last night.
PLUS running outside and it was cold yesterday. So 1 mile run then 15 box jumps, 20 push-ups, 25-speed squats, 30 KB swings – REPEAT. This is 4 times and then: Row 400 meters, 100 Jump Ropes, 25-V-Ups, 30 Burpees and repeat. This is 4 times around as well. It was a toughie. I made it through a total of 5 rounds. OH, we also had a 2 minute rest between rounds. This a.m. was STS Meso #2 Back/Bis and tonight will be Spinning.
Becky: Those Blizzard Blasts are so good! Glad you were able to get that in and enjoyed it. The Muscle Meltdown’s are another good one in the ICE program if you have time to either add-on or even just do in one of the pre-mixes that are shorter. My DH will probably not notice the length as much as the color or anything at all. We will see; he usually will notice if my hair is even a little bit shorter and say, "wow, how much did she cut off?" When I have just had a trim. He is gone for 2 more weeks and exhausted so it may take a while for him to notice when he gets back. LOL
Thelma: Great job getting in something that would help with your overall motivation and fun factor! Make your workouts work for you …. Awesome! Hopefully you are getting through the studying; so 3 weeks left on the course to finish? Hope it is going smoothly for you. Very fun, your getting your hair prettied up as well. I can’t wait until Cathe starts posting “clips” of the new series. Just the descriptions have me excited about the program!
Laurie: Sounds like you appreciated the REST day yesterday, always a good feeling. Nice job with your Peak workout this a.m. Congrats to your DD! I bet she is so excited to get started. Thanks on the hair – it is feeling good. Really not any different feeling, but I like the suttle change and color too. We are going to add in a few more blondey-blonde highlights where she felt it was a little dark; I agreed so maybe one night after work she will get me in or wait until next time. Congrats on your compliment as well; it does kind of make you go “oh, wow! I am doing things right” LOL So glad she told you that. Yes, I am not a fan of scary movies AT ALL. But his was a good one for just the right suspense, who done it type.
Laurel: What a combination in your workouts today! Nicely done and your energy sounds like it is in full force. Thanks on my hair, I hope I do too …. I think adding a few more “blondey” pieces I will like it even more and today after doing it all myself it felt really good and not much different, but easier to do, which is usually the case after a trim even. It was such a great compliment … especially after finding out how young she was, I thought OH, poor girl, playing with the old ladies. LOL But she is a great young lady and super fun, so it will be nice hanging out with her. 80 degrees?!?!?! We are now down to 32-34 at night and highs in the low 50’s for the day. Supposed to start pouring rain again tomorrow. That’s Fall in the Pacific Northwest.
Have a great evening ladies ~ Tami
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Hi Ladies! No workout for me tonight by the time I finished the module I was going through it was 8PM! I seriously underestimated how long this course would take. I'm in trouble! Now I have to spend the next 3 Saturdays studying if I want to have a chance at finishing this thing. The worse part if that an exam has to be taken at an exam center. We have a year to do that BUT it includes the materials from the course we took almost 3 years ago! I HATE THIS! I did get my hair cut and that allowed me to unchain myself from my desk for a little while!
Laurie, great job with your Peak workout! WOW! That is great news on your dd having a job offer! I hope she did well on her interview today. I hope you enjoy the hair cut appointment. I think it's relaxing. I'm sure Zoey will be very happy going to daycare!
I wish I hadn't procratinated on this course!
Laurel, awesome workouts today! Congrats on upping your weights!
Having been chained to my desk has not been fun at all.
Tami, amazing workouts and another killer Katy Insane-X class.
I wish I could say I made huge progress with my training but I'm only done with the first module (out of 6). I have 2 1/2 weeks to finish the course now! I thought I had 3 weeks.
I can't wait till we can all do this new workout program.
Hi Becky!
Good night ladies!!!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
After work I was able to get in X2 Total Body, but I don't think that I will ever be getting in the Ab Ripper workout. I have been doing the Peak core workout, so I think that I will be okay. The TB workout went a lot better than last week, and I used ICE Metabolic Total Body as a warm up. This morning was Peak Cardio Core Crusher. I purchased a new FitBit HR 2, and it arrived yesterday. So far I really like it. I love that it displays everything on my wrist. Of course I have the lovely purple one. The youngest has a new job, she really liked the place and the employer, so she will be starting next week on Wednesday. They grow up so fast.
Laurel, Great job on the workouts. I wasn't able to up my weights, but I'm sure that at some point I will be able to do that. This week has been much better with the workouts, not able to do everything without modifying, but I think that first week is just getting used to the moves. If you need to move on to your next phase, don't worry about me. I might even stay on these workouts for another week. Since that first week felt like a wash for me. Adding in the Cathe warm-ups has helped a ton with the workouts this week. It has shortened the time, so I can get them done in a reasonable amount of time.
Tami, Wow with that X class, that is really crazy. I'm impressed that you got through 5 rounds of that. Nice job on the STS workout also. Tonight I will probably be getting my highlights added, they seemed to have faded a bit. I have had a few people compliment me when they find out that I'm 53. It seems weird to be getting senior discounts at my age, just don't feel like a senior. Maybe the girls and I will have to go see that movie, sounds like it would be a fun night out.
Thelma, That course sounds brutal, we don't have that long of courses here. I can't even imagine having to take a test from information that you learned three years ago. I'm actually on a conference course right now, so I probably should listen. I'm hoping that daycare will make the two dogs very very tired tonight. They will be sleeping while I do X2 Yoga.
Becky, Hope your days are going great.
Have a wonderful day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! I started out my workout today with the bicep work from RWH LIHI, then did Cathe's Body Max 2 Scrambled Eggs premix for cardio/leg work. Then I did X2 Yoga which felt SOOOO good today. Absolutely flew by. I love this yoga workout because it always has me wondering why I don't find time to do it and other yoga workouts more often.
Tami, sounds like a tough class! I don't think I would like doing that in the cold outside! Good job getting through five rounds. I really do miss autumn, that's for sure. This morning when I got up at 5:30a, it was 77 degrees. I would just love a morning of fresh, clean, brisk air, that's for sure. Of course, one breath of it and I would be covered in goose bumps from head to toe! It was so funny the night of the hurricane last week because in anticipating losing power, I turned our AC as low as I could to get the house as cool as I could because I knew it would be a long time before we would be able to open the windows since they were shuttered closed. Our AC goes down to 68. So in the middle of the night, DH and I are in the living room watching TV in long pants, long sleeves and covered in blankets......freezing to death! I finally had to turn the AC up we were so cold. Hard to believe I once was the girl who never heated my house in the winter over 65!
Thelma, sorry to hear this course is being such a pain right now. I'm glad you were at least able to get out and get your hair cut just to have a little 'you' time.
Laurie, congrats to your DD on her job! She must make quite a good impression in her interviews. So happy to hear X2 Total Body went better this week. It just takes time, that's for sure. Don't worry about missing X2 Ab Ripper. I was going to tell you that I will probably start subbing it with something else soon. Not my favorite ab/core routine, that's for sure. Actually, I am in no hurry to move on from these workouts right now. I am really enjoying them, so I am up for an extra week if that is what you want to do. Just wanted to make sure you weren't sticking with workouts you didn't enjoy because of me since I have done the program before. But I am actually really enjoying this right now!
Becky, hope you are well!
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Good afternoon everyone - I am taking a lunch break and thought I should catch up with you all. Tuesday night, I made the great mistake of eating fried food after 6pm (had chicken nuggets with my kids) and felt horrible all night. Due to lack of sleep, I did not workout yesterday. I went to bed and got about 7 hours of sleep (huge deal for me). This morning, I did low impact sweat and felt so much better.
Laurel - Great workouts this week (of course....love the yoga one). Congrats on upping your weights! So cool! It is tough doing weights with balance. I have horrible balance, so I really have to concentrate and do those type of moves slower than others. Glad you to hear that you also used the dumbbells instead of barbells, so I won't worry too much about it.
Laurie - Nice workouts, and glad you got a rest day in. I love my fitbit (I have the simple flex one....nothing fancy). Let me know what you think about the heart rate monitor on it, after you've used it for awhile. That is great that your dd has options for jobs and found one! I hope she enjoys it......they do grow up fast. I will one day be telling you all about my kids graduating and getting jobs.....scary. I'd love to see a picture of your dogs (bigger ones than your post picture).
Thelma - Great job on getting the kick boxing class in. I SO understand procrastinating a course. You can do it, though......just buckle down and take some breaks to keep your sanity (hey....those blizzard blasts are nice and quick!).
Tami - Wow and wow! Great job on your workouts. I am looking forward to trying the muscle meltdowns and more of the blizzard blasts. I am so impressed with how much Cathe put on ICE dvd set. I am not sure how I missed that you won all 6 of your games, so congrats! That is so cool.
Have a wonderful rest of the day....back to the grind.
Becky0 -
Hi Ladies ~ Full Spin class again last night. Went by pretty fast, so that was good. This a.m. was X10 Fat Burning Circuit and I will do another workout tonight since that was short & sweet and it is my usual Thursday night at home.
Thelma: Sorry to hear about your being chained to the desk and getting through your module(s)…. UGH! Not fun at all I am sure. Maybe tonight you will be able to get in a little something to just feel better. I am sure the haircut was a nice break and always feels good.
Laurie: Excellent job getting through X2 Total Body and the Peak Core for abwork. I’m excited to hear how you like your FitBit HR2!! Being a fellow HR monitor person I am always wanting to have one that is just on my wrist but accurately works; no chest strap needed. Keep us posted. I looked at that one and feel tempted. Seems like with the #2 model they will have worked out any other issues that could have been with the first one (if there was). Again, huge congrats to your DD! So exciting for her and you have an in-home hair dresser for life now! LOL
Laurel: Way to go on the workouts! Sounds like you are absolutely loving that X2 Yoga again this round. So Great!! It was tough and yes, every time we had to go back outside I put my sweatshirt back on and wasn’t too warm at all. Hopefully that is the last time we go out there until next summer. I bet you do miss the seasons a little bit. That is pretty cold for the AC …… and funny you guys are dressed for winter to stay warm. LOL
Becky: Good to hear you got in some good zzz’s last night! I bet your body/mind appreciated the sleep forsure. Thanks for the continued support on my workouts and the Vball games too. Always a good way to start the season, even if the first match was a forfeit because they didn’t have enough; we still get wins in the book!
Talk to you ladies tomorrow ~ Tami
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Hi Ladies! I wasn't in the mood to lift weights. I think I'm bored with this rotation. I had to force myself to workout tonight so I jumped on the spinning bike.
I couldn't sleep last night thinking how much I had to study. I found out today that the exam we have to take is 3 hours long! YIKES! I tried to make some progress with the course at work and as soon as the course player started to play I got so sleepy that I had to stop doing it. This author puts people to sleep!
Laurie, great workouts! Congrats on your youngest getting a job! A new FitBit HR2!!! How exciting! I bet you're loving seeing everything displayed on your wrist. I never understood the other FB's with that little tiny display the others.
The course is brutal. Can you believe it takes 3 hours to take the exam? We also had to sign up to go to a 1 day course on leadership in December. My boss is all about training so we can't say no because it looks bad. I hope your course is better than mine! Perfect day to do yoga if the doggies are tired.
Laurel, another winning combo! Great job! This course is definitely a pain. The only comforting thing about this course is that everybody in my team who is taking it is also behind!
Becky, fabulous job with your workouts! I bet it felt really good to have slept 7 hours.
At my age I don't want to be studying anymore! I wouldn't mind studying if was something I wanted to do but work? Not so much! So glad you're liking the blizzard workouts.
Tami, great workouts! Definitely not fun to be doing this course. Doing a little spinning tonight was good for sure.
Hi Becky!
Good night ladies!!!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
No workout last night, but the hair looks great! I will be doing the yoga workout on Saturday since I really enjoy that one. Frost on the ground this morning, so the cold weather has come to us. This morning I did Peak Cardio Strength Fat Blaster Express 1. So far this FitBit is interesting. I have a resting HR of 55, which is pretty dang sweet! I like that it buzzes me to get up and move around when I have been sitting at my desk to long. It appears that it is recording my exercise as accuate as the strap HR monitor, so I'm happy that I don't have to bother with that.
Have any of you heard of 9rounds fitness. When I was paying for my hair, there was a flyer on the counter saying that they where coming to the strip mall. It looked really interesting, you do 9 rounds of different exercises. The 9 rounds are suppose to last around 30 minutes. This would probably be something that I would be interested in for a class type situation. Just thought I would ask in case any of you know something about it.
Thank you all on the congrats for my dd, she is very excited about starting her profession.
Laurel, Great workout combo. That is the same reaction I have with yoga, so that is why I want to get it in this week. LOL about you freezing at 68. DH and I had to turn on the heat yesterday, I was fine, he was cold. He used our youngest as an excuse to turn it on. He hasn't said anything about my fan in our bedroom, just don't know what I would do without that. Great, I'm glad that you are okay with maybe extending these workouts for another week. I felt that this week was really week one for me, because it just went so much better for me. Guess that is why they give you the option of 3-6 weeks when doing these phases. I'm happy to hear that you are going to be subbing the Ab Ripper workout, I really enjoy the Core Crusher workout. I have not tried that Ab Ripper, so I may enjoy it.
Becky, So sorry to hear that you had stomach issues that gave you a bad night. Great job on the workout though. I will let you know how well it works, so far it is fun. You can see how fit you are at your age, and so far I'm falling into Excellent range. I think the FitBit phone app is really great for gathering some interesting information. I'm sure that it will get old, but it really is useful to see. My youngest has been taking pictures of Zoey for my oldest, because she has been asking for them from England. Guess she misses the little stinker a bit.
Thelma, I'm guessing that you need to change that rotation. Sometimes rotations work and sometimes they just don't click. I have had a few of those. Good job getting your spinning in though. So sorry that the testing is causing you to lose sleep, that test is way to long. I can see why you would be falling asleep during that training, I don't know how someone wouldn't. So far loving the FB, and wondering why I didn't buy it sooner.
Have a great weekend!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! I started today's workout with X2 Balance and Power, then went right into the upper body premix from Cathe's STS Total Body. I have enjoyed adding these shorter strength workouts to X2. One of the reasons I didn't like X2 the first time I did it was because I felt I was missing proper strength training. By adding these short strength training workouts, I feel I am finally (after 4 times through) able to appreciate the X2 workouts for what they are doing and not thinking as much about what they aren't doing. Anyhow, for cardio, I did X62.
Becky, I hear you on the fried foods. I just can't do it anymore, no matter what time of day. I love good old-fashioned fish and chips (you may as well since you also lived in England), but after my last try a couple years ago......I don't even try them any more. I guess it's a good thing that my body is so used to good, clean food, but......still. Glad the extra sleep and workout helped make you feel better.
Tami, good workouts! Hope your workouts are indoors for the rest of the winter. I think that change in temperatures during that workout going inside and outside would have driven me crazy! Still amazed how long you were able to stick with it.
Thelma, like Laurie said, sometimes some rotations work, sometimes they don't. Maybe a little break from such intensive strength training as you have had from STS right into BB would be a good thing. I think one of the reasons I am enjoying X2 so much right now is because, like you, I did STS and BB back-to-back.....and I needed a break from it! So try something else for awhile if it feels better. Sagi won't mind!
Laurie, glad your hair appointment went well. I just replaced by Fitbit Flex, but you have me thinking about asking Santa for the HR2. No matter how chilly I may get when I am awake, the minute I climb in to bed it seems I break out in a sweat. So frustrating! DH was all curled up with the comforter on the other night while I was brutally hot with just a sheet! Over breakfast, he said something like his weight loss may be making him cold (which it could be), but I just stared at him for a minute before adding 'and my menopause is making me hot'. He, smartly, doesn't say anything about the fan!
Enjoy the weekend!
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Hi ladies - I finished my first rotation! Yesterday was the last one - Kickboxing. This morning, I did S & H Tri/Bicep. It felt SO good to do a workout focused on lifting weights. While I love the ICE rotation, everything has you jumping to the left, kicking to the right.....sometimes I just want to lift something until my muscles scream at me. That day was this morning. If I am not sore tomorrow, then I have lost all feeling in my muscles.
Laurel - Nice job on the workout. That is a great idea to add the smaller strength training workouts to the X2 ones. I love fish and chips, but yes.....fried food doesn't agree with me (never has since I was a kid). So, why do I still have some every once in awhile????? Ughhh....punishment, I guess.
Laurie - Nice workout. Also, glad to hear the heart rate monitor seems to be pretty accurate. I have not heard of 9 rounds of fitness....sounds interesting.
Thelma - I hope your studying was good and you passed the exam. Hopefully you will find a better rotation to get you motivated again. It's hard to workout when you have no desire to do so. Maybe it will be better when you are done with the exam.
Tami - great job with your spin class and other workouts. If you are playing volleyball tomorrow, I hope you kick butt!
Have a great rest of the weekend. We are headed to the ultimate white trash event - WWE!!! So much fun......so fake, but so much fun with the kids. (I hope the white trash comment is ok.......I never know with folks if I can say stuff like that)
Becky0 -
Hi Ladies! I hope you had a great weekend! On Saturday I did ICE Chiseled Lower Body and on Saturday Chiseled Upper Body. I took Sunday off. It was a busy weekend and got to study both days. I actually enjoyed the chiseled workouts which makes me think I was really bored with
BB. I do hope to get back to the BB rotation though.
Laurie, great workouts! Glad you like your new hair cut and your new FitBit!!! Good to know that it seems to be as accurate as the HRM strap! My Polar also buzzes when I've been idle for 55 minutes! LOVE that! How do you know how many calories are from exercise? Does it have list of exercise programs to chose from before you start your workout? Awesome resting HR!
A rotation change was needed at least for last week. The test is really long!
Laurel, another winning combo! Great job! WOW I am glad you're having a totally new experience with X2 thanks to all the strength you've gained! I think my body definitely needed a break last week. I still hope to get back to the BB Bulk rotation but if I can't I'll choose something else.
Becky, CONGRATS on finishing your first rotation! So happy for you! Great workouts this weekend!
My exam won't happen for another year. I am in the process of taking the online course which I should've started 3 months ago but I stared last week. Now I have less than 3 weeks to finish it!
Hi Tami!
Good night ladies!!!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
Not a good weekend for workouts, just way to busy. On Saturday I had a meeting at church, and then right after DH and I had another meeting at the church to learn about changing our wills now that the girls are over the age of 18. I then came home, and the youngest really wanted me to make pumpkin cookies. Then I went outside to do a little clean up, not to much since all of the leaves have not fallen yet. On Sunday was church, and then off to a car club meeting that was up north, so we didn't get home until late in the afternoon. Since we had the 442 out, we decided to take the country roads home to see the beautiful colors. This morning I started with ICE Bootcamp warm up and then did X2 Core. Decided to change things up a little, by trying some of the X2 workouts in the morning. The workout was really good this morning, and I'm feeling my core right now. I'm just going to be off by a day on the rotation.
Laurel, Great job on the workouts. I don't know what I would do if I didn't add in the Peak workouts to the rotation. I know that, like you, I think I would be missing something. So far I'm really loving this HR2, it gives a ton of useful information. LOL about the DH being cold, that sounds just like DH and I. Right now with our DD's dog in our bed, she has been snuggling up against me. She can produce a lot of heat for a not so big dog. I'm kind of happy this is her last week with us, I want a dog free bed again.
Becky, Sounds funny to hope that you had some sore muscles from the SH workout, but then we know that you have some really good muscle confusion. Congrats on finishing up that rotation, such a great accomplishment. I actually have a secret fondness for WWE and MMA! Of course MMA can be pretty brutal, but I enjoy watching it. I remember as a child watching All Star Wrestling.
Thelma, Great job on the workouts. I'm sure that we will get to those BB workouts again at some point, it just may have been the rotation itself. The FitBit buzzes when I haven't moved for about the same time as yours. It does record any activity that I do. When my HR goes up, it will start recording it as Cardio. It then records my time in the fat burning, cardio and peak by percentages. It gives me the cals burnt and avg bpm.
Tami, Hope your are doing well.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Had a pretty quiet but productive weekend here. Saturday was my day off from workouts, which felt good. Yesterday I decided to match the Gym Style workouts with X2 this week, so I started with GS Back into X2 Core. I am amazed how much progress I am already feeling with these X2 workouts! Love that! For cardio, I did IMAX2. Today I opted to do something a little different by including my X2 workout with my cardio. So I started with GS Chest (which I love!). Then, for cardio, I started with the warm-up and Blizzard Blast from ICE Metabolic Total Body into X2 Plyocide (no warm-up or stretch) into ICE Chiseled Lower Body Blast Blizzard Blast. It was about 65 minutes long and a fantastic workout!! I will definitely do that one again. To finish it, I also did Icy Core 2.
Becky, congratulations on finishing your ICE rotation!! I completely understand wanting something completely different now, though. Bet those muscles were screaming......in a good way! Hope you enjoyed WWE!
Thelma, great workouts! Glad you got some good studying in this weekend as well. Hope that eases your mind a bit.
Laurie, sounds like a busy but nice weekend. I bet those pumpkin cookies tasted good. I forgot to answer your question on Friday about 9rounds fitness. Like Becky, I have never heard of it, but the concept sounds like a good one. Glad to hear you enjoyed your morning with X2 Core. I didn't owe Tony any push-ups today in Plyocide!! I guess I was making up for a bad balance day yesterday because, boy, I was falling all over my workout room yesterday. But today.......steady all the way!
Tami, hope you had a good weekend.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ Sorry I missed you Friday! Busy (again) at work and filled in for someone. Weekend was good, productive and busy for me but still some quality time at home with the pups and workouts. Friday I headed home instead of Spinning and did AfterBurn, which is always good. Saturday a.m. was X10 Fat Burning Circuit and I followed it up with the Low Impact HiiT #2 from RWH. I ran some grocery errands and I did a little “batch” cooking on Saturday afternoon while it was super rainy & cold outside. DH gets home this weekend, so I made a batch of Spaghetti Sauce and Chili. “Comfort” food for him; he is craving just being home and back to his normal routine. Yesterday was STS Meso #3 Chest/Back followed by Rock’m Sock’m and 6 games of Volleyball; we won 4 out of 6 this week; the 2 we lost were back and forth, super close games so they were fun. OH and I went into work for 3 hours so that was my day yesterday, I brought Bernie with me. He was hilarious and loved hanging out with me. The weekend flew by. Today I will go to Katy’s BootCamp class after work and then head home.
Becky: Congrats on finishing your first rotation!
Feels great doesn’t it?!?! Sounds like you got right into some good lifting with S&H, there is something about craving that heavy lifting vs. the fast paced weights/cardio mixture. Both being good but you get away from one and go to the other you just miss it. Thanks on the kudos. We did do pretty well yesterday, it was fun.
Thelma: I bet your workouts felt really good over the weekend! After all that studying, getting in a little break and a good sweat probably helped. Good that you got the break you needed for your body last week and hopefully you can continue on with your BB rotation when you can; if you are wanting too.
Laurie: Sounds like a very busy weekend! But all good stuff there. Great job getting in your X2 Core this a.m. and I’m happy to hear you enjoyed it PLUS feeling the benefits already! Nice work. Thrilled to hear your new FitBit is doing a good job! That is where I have often asked and experienced myself is that without the strap it isn’t as accurate. But I know they have made many improvements in the last couple years. YAY! I may be moving that direction as well for a wish list or Christmas Santa gift. . . LOL I have not heard about the 9 Rounds of Fitness but it sounds like a workout chain they have around here that is a circuit, you go from machine to machine in a structured fashion with the group and then you are done. I can’t remember the name of it though. It is good for beginners. I looked at those new MMA workouts coming in December on BB. They look really good!
Laurel: You really put some combos in with the workouts! Sounds like the GS workouts + X2 is a really great combo and excellent work with your cardio too!!!
I have my annual physical tomorrow a.m. and then a teeth cleaning on Wed. a.m. YIKES! I don't know how I got on this crazy schedule where they are both so close together. Wish me luck!
Have a great afternoon/evening ladies ~ Tami
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Becky - I DID IT! I JUST ORDERED STS! Thank you SO much Thelma for emailing me that it was on sale today. I cannot wait to try it. Phew.....you all are costing me a ton of money, but it will SO be worth it.
Yesterday, I was able to go to a 90 minute Bikram class. It felt so good. This morning, I did the Timesaver of legs and glue routine. I can't find my pyramid DVD, so I may have to purchase it, again. I wanted to do lower body with pyramid. Oh well.....
WWE was a blast - I was watching the Cubs game, too. My DH kept wondering why I was watching my phone during the matches. Kids had a blast....they bought all kinds of merchandise.
Tami - Great job on your workouts. Congrats on winning most of the games on Sunday! I bet it will be nice to have DH home; he'll love having some home cooked meals from you. The rain and cold sounds wonderful.....hot chocolate and good book go with that.
Laurel - Congrats on seeing progress already being made. What a great feeling. I need to try more of the blizzard workouts. Your combo sounded really good. You mentioned ICY core 2.....what ab workout is your favorite? That is probably my least favorite body part to workout, and I know I need it the most.
Laurie - Glad you got a nice workout this morning. Your weekend sounds like a very productive one (pumpkin cookies sound so good right now). Your drive sounded amazing.....my honey would love to take a classic car out and go for a long drive. We need to update our will, too. I wish more people would do that.....saves the family a lot of time and stress.
Thelma - those ICE workouts are great. Great job on getting those done. Again, thanks for taking time to email me about STS...you rock! Sorry about mixing up the exam and class......I am so stuck in teaching mode that when I hear there is a class that is about to end that there is always an exam at the end. Hopefully these next 3 weeks fly by and you can get the class done and over with.
Have a great rest of the day (or evening if it is that time in your area). It's only 2:30pm here.
Becky0 -
Hi Ladies! tonight I did XT CBS w/u & BB Bulk Shoulders. I started dreading going to the basement to do a BB workout and I dragged myself to the basement and did it. Once I got going I was fine. At least I don't feel the exhaustion I felt last week. Of course it's only Monday! LOL. I found out the online training period for the course we're taking through work can be extended for a fee and my boss has approved the extension. My goal is still to kill myself the next two weekends to see how far I can get on my own. I also asked my boss for a "training" day at home. So on the 27th my work day will be all about training.
Laurie, busy weekend for you guys! Great workouts today! I've never had a pumpkin cookie and I want one now! This BB Bulk rotation is really boring because all you do are the bulk workouts. I think last week the stress from the course I'm taking got me depressed and overwhelmed. I am in a better place now so I will give the rotation another shot. The FitBit sounds really good.
Laurel, great workouts today! This year has been all about making good progress in the strength department! Good for you! The studying over the weekend has eased my mind. Even though my boss will pay for the extension I rather get it over with without the extension. That way I'll have a full year to prepare for the exam!
Tami, busy weekend for you too! Great workouts! I bet Bernie loved going to work with you! So sweet!
It felt good to workout again that's for sure! Last week was an emotional week due the stress I brought upon myself for procrastinating on that course. I feel better now and it I will try to continue with the BB Bulk rotation.
Becky, OMG! You ordered STS! Congrats!!!!! LOL on us costing you a lot of money! Too funny! I told you early on that you would start buying workout DVDs to be able to do the same workouts Laurie, Laurel, Tami and I have! That's what I did in the beginning too. Great workouts yesterday and today!!!
The chiseled workouts are really good. I specially like the leg one. Normally you would associate an exam with the end of a class but not in my case which is a good thing! I feel that I need to re-take the first course! I have until 11/1 to finish the course if I don't want to extend it.
Good night ladies!!!
Thelma0
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