Cathe Fans Part 5
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Morning Ladies,
I had off on Friday, so that is why I didn't check in. We had cold rainy weather, and I was without my car. It was in for some needed repairs, since it is going to hit the 200k mile mark soon. It still rides like a dream, so I will just keep repairing it at this point.
Friday was 30MTF Split Sessions Lower Body, Saturday I pulled out Jillian's Yoga Meltdown and did the first workout. We had a busy Saturday, so that fit in pretty good. Sunday I did BB Bulk Chest, and upped the weights a little bit on all the exercises. Still amazes me that that slight increase really does make a difference. This morning was Bulk Back, and I upped on these exercises too.
Tami, Great job on your workouts, and spinning class. So sorry to hear that your friend is having to go through that with her father. It is nice that you are there for her to talk to and support her. I will probably look at getting yarn for my sweater after Christmas. That way I will have something warm on my lap when it gets super cold here.
Laurel, Hope you enjoyed your weekend, and that you and your DH had a nice veterans day. LOL about not sleeping well when your DH is away, it is interesting how that happens. Great job on upping the weights on your arm workout. I was able to do the same, but I only upped it by a half pound. That is what I have been doing with all these workouts. So far so good. Glad I can be there to enable when it comes to workouts.
I just find that workout to be a little snippet of everything that is Kelly.
Thelma, Glad to hear that your Aunts made it safe and sound. Sorry to hear that you Aunt had to sleep on the floor at the airport though. I'm sure that she was really tired by the time she got to your house. Enjoy your time with them. Great job on getting in your workouts, and upping the weight on your bar. Rocket is like a little puppy with his toys, I was surprised how many he stuffed all over the two rooms. Goofy dog. Glad to hear that your e-mail is working again.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies ~ I had a really nice 3-day weekend. So Friday my dental appt was @ 8:00. I thought there was going to be a shot and drilling to fix that piece …. NO! Just a little filling in of the material they use and off I went. He said the piece was so small I should be good to go with that. Was out of the chair in 15 minutes. WOOHOO! So I headed back home until it was time for my hair appt and then lunch with my BFF. She cried and hugged me as soon as she saw me. She said that caught her off guard, I told her it was because it was “me” and she knows I understand. We had a great time together.
I did my BUILD Legs workout on Saturday follows by Yoga for Strength which is on a DVD I bought prior to our starting “Yoga Saturdays”. It was good and just under 30 minutes. Yesterday I did BULK Chest and then met my same friend again to go to the beauty supply store and a movie. We saw Bad Moms Christmas 2. Was funny! Today was BULK Back and tonight will be BootCamp after work.
Thelma: Fabulous job with your workouts and upping the weights! I can understand why you took Saturday off. Yay on your Aunts being there and even more celebration that they are both safe. How scary about the wheel. I bet that was terrifying. Glad they are there now and I am sure you will have an amazing time. I kept forgetting to bring my XT Book to work last week and didn't come in one day over my 3 days off (Felt really nice I have to say) but I will start copying the workout sheets this week, I promise!
Laurie: Excellent workouts with Split Sessions lower and Yoga Meltdown …. So funny, I almost did that one and then changed my mind at the last second to try one of these others I have. Congrats on upping your weights as well! Surprising how much strength you can gain with these Sagi workouts! I laugh every week about his comment “Come fly with me” on back day as he flexes his back. HILARIOUS.
Hi Laurel ~ I hope you had a nice weekend and I am sure you put together some amazing combos!
Have a great afternoon/evening ladies ~ Tami0 -
Hi Ladies! Sounds like you all enjoyed the weekend. We did here as well.....despite the snow. We are just coming out of a winter storm warning that started Saturday night. The storm wasn't as bad as predicted as we didn't get high winds they were predicting......but we got about 8" or so of snow. That is pretty unusual for here......or at least it used to be. But, again, I never imagined temps in the 20s this time of year, so things are definitely different. But the snow didn't stop us from doing anything, so that was nice.
Friday's workouts were Build Legs followed by Cathe Live Keep The Cardio Coming. Saturday I did Kari Anderson's Reach, which felt SO good. Sunday was Bulk Chest, and I was able to push just a little more weight this week, which was good. For cardio, I did Cathe Live Birthday Blast. Today was Bulk Back, and I have, admittedly, been lazy on this one the entire six weeks. So today I bumped up all of the weight (by 2-5 pounds) and it felt great. For cardio, I did one of the workouts from Cathe's Hardcore Extreme DVD (the workout combining cardio from Low Max, IMAX3 and Kick Max). For core, I did the ab work from Muscle Max.
Becky, thank you for checking in!! Congratulations on the new home. That is a fun process watching your home be built. Glad to hear you are doing okay. No doubt graduate school is tough work! Your workouts will be there when you can get back to them....and we will be here to support you!! Please keep checking in when you can. Love hearing from you!
Thelma, glad your aunts arrived safely but that is so horrible about your aunt having to spend the night in the Miami airport! No fun! I am glad nobody was injured and that the blow out occurred while taxiing for take-off instead of on landing! Scary stuff. Great job getting your workouts in, and great strength increases as well! Just a suggestion if you want......but you can always stay with Bulk for next week when the rest of us move on and then just join in with us when you have the time to do the other workouts (and no houseguests). Nothing about this is not changeable.........as long as we are all here supporting each other! So if that takes pressure off you for next week, just do it. You have already seen me change my plan because of the 'dreads!'
Tami, I am so glad you got together with your friend thIs weekend. Sounds like she definitely needed it. And, no doubt, a trip to a funny movie was just what she needed. You are a good friend. And yay for the painless dental appointment!! Those are always good. Great workouts, as always.
Laurie, great workouts and great job with the weight increases. I am so glad we did these workouts for an additional two weeks because it made me focus on pushing more weight. And it has felt good. Hope your car is all good! DH and I have a tendency to have cars as long as we can. That we have two cars right now that are both newer than two years is definitely out of the norm for us. But, chances are, we will have both of them as long as they are running,
Off to shovel snow. See you tomorrow!
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, tonight I did XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Back, JS 1 Mile Express: Flat Abs Walk. I'm happy to report that I went up by 1 lb on the entire Reverse Grip Row set and 2 lbs on the One-Arm Row set.
Laurie, awesome workouts! Wow almost 200K miles in your car! I hope the mechanic left it like new!
My aunt wasn't tired which tells me she slept at the airport even though she doesn't think she did. LOL. By the afternoon we were all falling asleep and took a nap. Rocket sounds like a funny little guy.
Tami, glad you had a nice long weekend and that the dentist went much better than expected! Your friend was definitely in need of girls' weekend! Great workouts!
My aunt says it was terrifying when wheel exploded and they hit the ground. We're having a good time and our yearly shopathon has began. LOL
Laurel, glad you also enjoyed your weekend and that the storm wasn't as bad as predicted. Awesome job with your workouts! bb
It really was good that the tire exploded on take off rather than landing. Funny you mention the idea of doing BB Bulk one more week because I've been seriously considering doing that. I think I will do that and it will be great not having to figure out weights and all that stuff! Thanks for your suggestion!
Becky, good to hear from you! Congrats on the new house! Great job with your workouts even though grad school is kicking your behind Good luck with triathlon!!
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
This morning was BB Bulk Legs, and I stayed with the same weight as last week. Felt great!
Tami, Great job with your workouts! I'm glad that you where there for your friend, it appears that she really needed to have that time with you. Nice that you had two days with her too, and going to a movie. DH and I went to see Thor Ragnarok on Saturday morning. It was a good time to go, since there was hardly anyone in the theater. They now have the dreamlounger theaters, boy was that nice and comfy.
I love that we are on the same yoga wave length. For some reason Jillian has an appeal right now, will probably do the other workout next week since I have a lot of things to get done for Thanksgiving.
Laurel, Awesome mix of workouts! Looks like you have the additional snow removal workout to deal with also. I'm sure that once the temps start to drop the snow will be less? That is usually what happens around here. I'm glad that we did the additional two weeks also. Will be ready to move on at the end of this week though. That is usually what DH and I do with our vehicles, his truck is a few thousand miles behind mine. As long as they are still running, and it doesn't cost a fortune to fix, we will continue to drive them.
Thelma, Nice on the increase in weight, and of course getting those workouts in. The mechanic did a great job. He did a lot of maintenance things to the car, and I now have a car that isn't clunking when I drive over little pot holes. Feels like a brand new car, since there isn't any noise. Glad to hear that your Aunt wasn't to tired.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies ~ Ended up not making it to BootCamp last night.
Was helping out in the other dept. and we had to stay a little after 5:00 so by the time I could leave it was a huge rush and traffic so I headed home. Today was BULK Legs and DH isn’t home tonight so I may do something at home OR go to Insane-X. Will see how I feel at the end of the day.
Laurel: Sounds like you had a great weekend minus all that SNOW and the temps. How are your new boots doing? I bet you are glad you purchased those in time. Excellent job with your workouts, putting some amazing cardio add-ons with your BULK workouts! So good. I haven’t been doing as much cardio as I would like through this BULK 6 week period other than Spinning and BootCamp but I am amazed that I still feel the positive effects from this heavy lifting.
Thelma: Fantastic job with your BULK Back workout and going up in weight! That’s so great. I agree with Laurel, if you feel like you want to stay in BULK phase of workouts go for it! I am happy for you that you are only working 2 days this week and next especially having your Aunts over. It does create that “Work Thelma” mode right into “Lovely Entertainer Lady Thelma” mode when you get home …. = tiring! So whatever workouts motivate you right now, stay with them. You can always start into the next phase if you want and go back. No pressure, just as Laurel said.
Laurie: Gotta love BULK Legs! Glad it felt good to you …. Your knee must be 100% now? Thanks for the kudos on my workouts, they have felt really great. As I told Laurel, despite not doing as much cardio as I would like it has still been really great and I can feel the positive effects, so that is great! Next week will feel good too to have that “higher rep/cardio effect” as well.
Have a great afternoon ladies ~ Tami
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Hi Ladies! Boy, shoveling snow is hard work! DH and I had cleared the driveway Sunday night of about five inches of snow so I wasn't expecting it to be too bad yesterday. I was wrong. The wind had kicked up, and parts of our driveway were covered in about a foot of snow. In fact, I could barely figure out where our snow piles from the night before were. It took me more than two hours to clear the driveway and had me so sore last night I was asking DH for a snow blower for Christmas! This could be a long winter if we keep getting snow at this pace because our snow piles are already about 3 feet high....and we are supposed to get another 5-7 inches on Thursday.
Anyhow, I didn't know what to expect from my workout today because I still felt pretty fatigued physically when I got up, but it was a good one. I started with Bulk Legs and stayed with last week's weights....just to be safe. But, honestly, I think I could have pushed a little harder. For cardio, I started with the Rock'm Sock'm warm-up and Blizzard Blast, then did Cathe Live Jabs and Abs. It was a really fun and energetic combo.
Thelma, great job with the workouts! Those are some good weight increases. I am glad to hear your aunt didn't suffer too badly from her night on the airport floor. I am also glad to hear you are sticking with Body Beast for another week. Hope that is one less thing for you to have to think about right now.
Laurie, yep, moving that snow stuff is definitely a workout.
It has actually been several years since I have done this kind of shoveling because when we were in Colorado, we didn't have to do it. So Virginia was the last place, and even there we didn't get much snow. And I was five years younger in Virginia (and we had half the area to shovel as we do now)! Like you there, when the temps are low, we don't get snow. One of the reasons I am praying these temps to drop out soon. They are predicting next week will be below zero......but they said that last week so who knows? But I would prefer -20 and sunshine to 20 and snow/cloudy......so I am hoping. Great workout today!
Tami, sorry to hear you missed your class last night. I don't know about you, but when I miss a planned workout, I feel a little unsettled about it. Hopefully you were able to relax and enjoy your evening at home! I love my boots! I wore them for the first time Sunday, and they are perfect snow boots.....and I am not slipping and sliding everywhere. I don't know how warm they will be when/if we do get those really cold temperatures, but there is plenty of room for me to double up socks and use foot warmers. Definitely happy with them. I certainly was thanking Sagi and these strength increases yesterday. Love the feeling of being stronger. I think I will revisiting Body Beast after this rotation.
See you tomorrow.
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Hi Ladies, tonight I did XT Legs w/u, BB Bulk Legs, Walking on Treadmill and stretching. I started working out almost at 8:30 because one of my aunts seems to have a cold and wasn't feeling well so I had to keep my other aunt company. I tried to talk myself out of working out but I failed I feel that I worked out extra hard which was nice.
Laurie, great job getting your leg workout in this morning! Glad your mechanic did a fine job with your car!
Tami, great workout today! Sorry you missed your BC class. I hope you didn't have to work late tonight. It really is tiring having to turn the 'tired work Thelma' into 'Lovely Entertainer Lady'. The biggest reason for staying with BB Bulk besides loving the workouts is that I already know what weights to use. I won't know what weights I would use for the next phase and figuring out it while I workout is a little time consuming.
Laurel, great job with that workout even though you felt so fatigued! Snow shoveling IS hard work. I hope you get that snow blower for Christmas. It will be less tiring to stick with BB for another week.
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
I was able to get in a workout after work, and of course Jillian is appealing right now so I did her Cardio Kickbox followed up with Kickbox FastFix Workout 1. This morning was BB Bulk Shoulders, and stayed with the same weight as last week, this is my trouble area.
Tami, Dang on missing your class, but good that you got in your BB workout. Yep my knee is very good, I'm not going to go as far as 100%, since every once in a while I feel it talk to me. Nothing serious, but I have been able to do most high impact moves with no problems. It is amazing how weight work can affect our bodies. Sagi doesn't really do all that much cardio with his series.
Laurel, Oh I feel your pain with how your snow was moving around! That is exactly what we experience with our driveway. If we didn't have a snow blower, I don't know what we would do. My advice is to invest in one, it really does save a lot of back breaking work. Awesome job with your workouts! Guess we both had kickboxing on our minds.
Thelma, Great job not listening to that non-workout demon. So sorry to hear that one of your aunts may be sick, hope that she recovers quickly. Sounds like a great idea sticking to the BB workouts for another week.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Wish I could send you all this morning in Alaska! It is so beautiful!! This is how I remember winter in Alaska. Cold but bright sunshine and blue skies, white mountains in the distance and everything looking like it has been professionally flocked. Stunning. And energizing!
So today’s workout started with Bulk Shoulders, and I held true to my promise from last week and upped my weights by putting on my two pound hand weights throughout.....and I made it. I did have to slow down some reps just to keep form, but it felt good. I think doing the 1lb weight increase last week gave me the confidence to push through this week. For cardio, I did LIS Low Impact Challenge Extreme......which felt surprisingly good today.
Thelma, I am sorry to hear about your aunt. Sadly not an uncommon thing to experience after traveling. Hope she feels better soon. Great job on pushing through with your workout. One of my problems with houseguests is I am so used to being alone (or just with DH) that I have a hard time transitioning into ‘hostess mode’. No doubt I overthink everything which is a huge part of the problem. I mean, seriously, do I think my guests are going to look under the sofa to make sure I vacuumed there?
I know I don’t when I am a houseguest!! But I guarantee you when I am preparing for my sister next month, that vacuum will be out..... .
Laurie, more great workouts! Yes, kickboxing has been on the mind a lot lately. Still happy I am resisting the desire to do it every day. My concern with a snow blower is we have a gravel driveway. DH doesn’t think that will be an issue because we can adjust the height settings, but I just have this mental picture of shooting rocks everywhere.....which would not be good. But ask me after this next storm, and I may not care quite as much.
Tami, hope you are well.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies & Happy Wednesday! Ended up heading home last night, so didn’t go to Insane X. This a.m. was BULK Shoulders and tonight I will head to Spinning. DH will be back so Bernie will be safe & sound with him home this afternoon.
Laurel: Shoveling snow is very hard work …. Especially when you have a lot and it just keeps coming. I would absolutely be asking for a snow blower for “early” Christmas and before they are sold out! Great workout with that alone but excellent job with your scheduled combo! It was unsettling forsure to miss my Monday night BC workout; I was bummed but tried to just not let it eat at me too much. I think a re-visit on Body Beast will be a great idea. I think it is one of those rotations that you kind of forget how great it is. As we have all discovered. Looking forward to STS next week.
Thelma: Excellent job getting in your BULK Legs workout and walk on the treadie plus a stretch. I don’t think I would ever be able to start my workout at 8:30 at night, even if I was home alone. LOL Sounds like staying with the BULK rotation for you is going to work perfectly as far as time slots and planned weights, etc. Good choice! Hope your aunt is feeling better. Nothing worse than being on vacation and not feeling well. Maybe a little jetlag?
Laurie: Sounds like a lot of fun doing those JM workouts! Nicely done. Way to get in your BULK Shoulders this a.m. as well. Glad to hear your knee is doing good!
Have a great afternoon/evening ladies ~ Tami
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Hi ladies, no workout for me tonight. I got home late from work and had to immediately switch into hostess mode. I hope to be able to catch up between tomorrow and Saturday.
My aunt is definitely sick. I had Mucinex and that is helping her. Hopefully she will feel better tomorrow so that we can go out. I am getting a much needed haircut tomorrow. Can't wait!
Laurie, great job with your workouts!
Laurel, awesome job upping your weight with shoulders! WTG!!! OMG Alaska sounds gorgeous! I love waking up to evergreens covered in snow. Our bedroom is in the back of the house and we have 5 windows in our room. Sometimes when I wake up and open my eyes all I can see are those beautiful white trees.
I am like you when it comes to houseguests. I had my SIL point out that the dining room table was dusty! I can see her looking at everything too when she's here. Drives me crazy! We have a house built in 1904 so the table was dusty two days after the cleaning lady had been here. So now I clean that table 5 minutes before they get here. Now when I go to their house I notice dusty areas easily where before I wouldn't have paid attention. LOL. you should see me looking at my table from every possible angle to make sure I didn't miss a spot! With my aunts I'm more relax. They really won't say anything and when it's time for me to clean up the house they help out.
Tami, great job with your workouts! I hope you had fun spinning! Sometimes it's very hard starting my workouts at 8:30 but it seems more like my new normal so I need to just push through. I wish my aunt had jetlag but she is really sick. I feel bad cause I never saw her today. when I got home at 7:15 she was already asleep and I left the house at 7am and they were still sleeping. I really hope she feels better tomorrow.
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
Got home late, so no additional workout last night. We had some sad news yesterday, a friend of ours passed away in his sleep. He actually worked for my company, but at a different location. He was going to retire at the end of this year, and had just turned 60. He wasn't married, and lived with his mother. They don't know what happened at this time. Very sad.
This morning was BB Bulk Arms, and that is the last BB workout for me.
Laurel, Awesome job on your workouts, and upping your weights for the shoulders. I always have a problem doing that with shoulders, since it is my weak muscle. Your description sounds really pretty, I really like those sunny days like that. We don't usually get those types of days until Jan/Feb. I like when the sun shines on the snow, and it looks like crystal lights dancing on the snow. Your DH is right, you can adjust the height. There is the potential to throw rocks, but the blowers really can't push the snow that far. They have those shoots angled so that the snow comes out in a arch.
Tami, Great job getting in your workout, and I hope that spinning was good and energetic. Next week I will probably be on another instructor kick, but that probably is a good thing. If I don't change it up then I start getting that dread feeling. That is probably why I'm ready to start the next four week rotation.
Thelma, So sorry to hear that your Aunt is sick. Hope that she improves enough to go out shopping. Have fun getting your haircut. I'm going to be off next week, since I have 8 days of vacation to eat up before the end of the year.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Wish I could say it was another beautiful day here....but it is snowing. So after I post this, I get to go do my Shovel Max workout! Anyhow, I enjoyed my last Bulk workout this morning with Bulk Arms. I went up on the exercises I didn’t’ go up on last week, so it was pretty challenging. I loved it. I love what these six weeks have done for my body. DH keeps pointing out how baggy my jeans have gotten. Yes! Couldn’t be happier about that. For cardio, I did RWH Plyo HiiT One into Cathe Live Mixed Impact HiiT and Abs.
Laurie, I am so sorry to hear about your friend. That is much too young an age. I cannot even imagine what his Is experiencing. My thoughts are with you and his family. Thanks for the input on the snow blower. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if one doesn’t find its way home with us this weekend. Yay for completing Bulk! Like you, I am pretty ready to move on now too.
Thelma, I am sorry to hear about your aunt. Hopefully good rest will heal her up quickly. That is no fun for her. I can’t believe your SIL pointed out the dust on your table! Wow.....that would not make me happy (mild understatement). My sister who is coming next month is......how should I put this......definitely NOT a clean freak. Quite the opposite in fact. So I feel no pressure from her, that’s for sure. So whatever I do, it is because I am making me do it. Love the sound of your bedroom windows though. That’s what I want in a house someday for sure.
Tami, great job with the workouts. I have a few ideas for what to do as a rotation after this one (yes, I am planning five months early!), but I think it will definitely involve heavy weights. I think the last time I stuck with heavy weights for longer stretch than this past six weeks was last time I did Body Beast, so I want to focus on that for awhile. My body seems to love them. But I am going to see how the next couple of months go before I start developing a more solid plan.....maybe.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel
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Hi Ladies ~ Spinning was really good and tough I thought. Katy said everyone looked tired in the class ….. not sure what that meant exactly but I thought it was a really good class and the energy was good for it only being ¾ full last night instead of jam packed. She did however call me out after saying everyone looked tired. She said "well maybe not you Tami since you weren't at Insanity last night" BAM! I just laughed and she said i can always come back with something on her too. It was all in fun I know better than to come back with something on her ..... she will make me or the class pay for it.
This a.m. was BULK Arms and no workout tonight.
Thlema: Sounds like you are definitely busy with being the hostess right now and thank goodness you are off today and tomorrow. I hope for all of you that your aunt feels better. That’s awful she is so sick. Hopefully you were able to get out today and do some things as well as get your hair cut. Thanks for the kudos on my workouts, spin was fun! Not nearly as full as it has been but it was good.
Laurie: I am so sorry to hear about your friend that passed away. OMG that is so young too. Good job getting in your last BULK workout this a.m. I still have BUILD Legs tomorrow. Looking forward to our next phase as well. It’s good that you know to keep mixing it up so you don’t get the “dreads” over your workouts!
Laurel: I am sure you put together another amazing combo today! Any new snow?
Have a great afternoon ladies!
Tami0 -
Hi Ladies, arms for me today. My aunts and I had a busy day today. My aunt was feeling much better today. Thank you Mucinex! We went shopping and before my hair cut I dropped them off at home so they could eat a little lunch. Then after my hair cut they helped me make dinner. I made Salvadoran Bean soup served over brown riced. They loved it! Tomorrow morning I have to take my baby Bella to her yearly ophthalmology appointment. She won't be happy! Then after I get back we'll do more shopping and DH will come with us. I love it that he doesn't mind coming with us! He carries our bags!
Laurie, I'm so sorry about your friend! That is so sad and he was so young! His mom must be devastated.
Great job working out! Enjoy your time off next week. I will be off in December 12/20 - 1/1. That will be great!
Laurel, Congrats on finishing up the last BB Bulk workout of this rotation! Sorry about the snow but it really is a good workout. There was a time when I had to do the shoveling and we had one winter when I had to do it every day. I think you guys should look into getting the snow blower as an early Christmas gift. The only reason why I'm saying that is because sometimes stores run out of them. It happened to us when we had a very snowy winter and ours died. DH had to order it online. When it finally got here it didn't snow anymore! LOL
My SIL did that! She started dusting the table with her hands! I don't feel pressure when my aunts are here. You must be very excited about your sister's visit.
Tami, glad you had a great spinning class. Katy is just too funny. She seems to get a kick out of picking on you! Very kind of you to not come back with something good so the class wouldn't pay for it! LOL
Have a wonderful weekend ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
After work I did another Jillian workout, Banish Fat Boost Metabolism. Felt great. This morning was KCM's 30MTF Split Sessions Lower.
Laurel, Awesome job on your workouts! Sorry to hear that you had to do another round of shovel max, and after that arm workout too. I love that your jeans are getting baggy too, I have noticed that mine are not as tight. They are not baggy yet, but I'm getting there. If you do get a snowblower, I'm sure you will enjoy having it when that snow has blown over your driveway.
Tami, Nice job with the workout, and getting in your spinning class. Katy is going to pick on you no matter what, she knows that you can take it as the joke it is. I opted to change up the BB workouts for that last leg workout, I just couldn't do those leg presses in the BB Build workout. That is one exercise that I just dread doing.
Thelma, Good job getting in the workout, even with all the activity at your house. The bean soup sounds like it would be wonderful. My DH doesn't like beans, so I really don't have a chance to make things like that. Even in my chili, he picks the beans out. He doesn't like the texture of them. Glad to hear your Aunt is feeling better, and that your DH is going to carry all the bags for you today. I'm going to be off for Christmas week also, we always spend some of that time at my parents.
Thanks for all the thoughts with our friend, still have not heard anything else. I'm guessing that the family will have something within the next few weeks as far as funeral arrangements.
Have a great weekend,
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! I went a little less intense on my workout this morning. I was outside for two hours yesterday moving snow about and knew I had another round of it today. So I thought my body could use a little gentler routine.....but not too gentle. I started with Cathe Live Love Those Legs which is very similar to ICE Chiseled Lower Body Blast. For cardio, I did Cathe Live Rock It Sock It, which is similar to ICE Rock’m Sock’m. Then it was another round of Shovel Max. But that should be the last time I have to do that for a few days.....I hope!
Tami, that is funny from Katy, but all in good fun. I like that. I pulled out my Meso 1 worksheets today to get ready for the next phase! Unlike the dread I was feeling thinking about P90X, I am actually looking forward to this next month of workouts now. Thanks to you and Thelma for helping me see another way to go with this coming month. I think we have seen the end of snow for a few days. The temperature is supposed to dive 30 degrees tonight (it is currently 12), so those temperatures generally mean clear skies. Looking forward to that for a few days.
Thelma, I am so happy your aunt is feeling better and you were able to spend the day with her. The soup sounds wonderful! Glad you all enjoyed it. You are right about snow blowers selling out. DH was looking into some for his work, and they are sold out. But Lowe’s will be getting more next weekend, so I think we will go sign up for one. Our driveway is about four car widths and a little longer in length, so it really is a lot of space to cover with a shovel. It has been fine with these temperatures, but I really realized yesterday that much colder, and I wouldn’t be able to do it. So hopefully we will have a better solution......before winter officially starts.
Laurie, another great workout! Sounds like Jillian was the perfect instructor for this week. I am hoping to get her Yoga Meltdown in tomorrow, but I may have to go with something even shorter due to an early appointment for new contacts. And shopping for Thanksgiving. And trying to get our outdoor Christmas lights up. And......lots of other stuff! But I am determined to get some yoga in!
Enjoy the weekend.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, I hope you had a great weekend. We had a really busy shopathon of a weekend. Shopping is exhausting. Today I asked DH to take my aunts shopping while I cleaned up the house. It worked out nicely and by the time they got back I was done with the cleaning.
Exercise wise it wasn't a good weekend. On Friday I did Jessica Smith Low Impact Hiit. I took Saturday off. Today I XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Chest, Jessica Smith Abs.
My aunt is finally pretty much back to normal. There is a trace of a dry cough but that's about it.
Laurie, great job getting those workouts in.
The bean soup is really wonderful. Maybe you can set aside a portion of the foods you cook for your husband before you add the beans. Thank God my American husband loves Salvadoran food! I can't wait for my time off at Xmas time!
Laurel, great job to you too for getting your workouts in addition to your Shovel Max workout!
I'm so glad you are to go sign up for a snow blower! You do have a huge driveway. I used to do a long 3 car driveway. I'm short so after a while it became really hard to throw the snow over the mountains of snow on either side of the driveway. Good point about not being able to do the snow removal yourself during seriously cold temps! Sounds like you may need a plow service.
Hi Tami!
Good night ladies!
Thelma
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Hi Ladies! We had a busy but fun weekend. Saturday was another of those beautiful days here, but the temp never did get above -10. Today is the same. I don’t mind because it means sunshine. I guess living in the Sunshine State did have an impact on me. Saturday I did Jillian Michael’s Yoga Meltdown One and really liked it. It is one of those I will reach for when I am not looking for relaxing or peaceful yoga, and I love having more of those options (Bob Harper’s bring another one). Sunday I started Meso 1 with Disc 1......and absolutely enjoyed the heck out of it. I don’t think.....for all my STS love.....that I have ever said that about that particular workout. And certainly didn’t expect to feel that after coming out of those Bulk workouts. But I will take it! I followed it with Cathe Live 100 Episode workout which is a great one. Today was Meso 1 Disk 2/Legs....and I loved it. For cardio, I did Cathe’s latest Live workout which was Compound HiiT. Short and surprisingly tough.
Thelma, I think you are doing great getting your workouts in with your guests and work! Great job this weekend.....and finding the energy to shop and clean! I agree about shopping. It is exhausting. So glad to hear your aunt is almost back to normal. Hopefully you can all enjoy this week together.
So it is beginning to look like Christmas up here. DH and I took the opportunity to decorate the outside of the house this weekend.....before more snow or colder temperatures. Even as it was it was difficult. I think I told you all that I asked him to build a sleigh for our front area one summer evening when I was drinking wine.....and he agreed. Well, I love the result so thought I would share.
Enjoy the day!
Laurel
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Hi Ladies ~ Sorry I missed you all on Friday. We had a little Office Retirement Party for a lady that has been here for 41 years! So I didn’t really get much of a regular lunch break to chat with you all. So Friday I ended up hitting the snooze in the a.m. but went to Spinning after work; did my last BB workout on Saturday then which was of course BUILD Legs and followed it up with 21 DFX XT Yoga. Yesterday started off our next phase with STS Meso #1 “The Push-UP Workout” I like to call it. LOL Felt great, minus those 30 at the very beginning. Then I packed up a bag of snacks/water to head to my Volleyball Tourney. We played really well up to the Championship game … ended up 2nd place. But that is still good. We just all kind of fell apart, for me it isn’t the loss necessarily but going out playing not to our potential. Sort of handing them the game so to speak. LOL But that’s ok. We have so much fun together and will play in the 3rd Annual Holly Jolly Tourn. On December 3rd. Then start winter league in January.
Today’s workout will be BootCamp and then STS Legs tomorrow. DH was having trouble with his back again last night and slept on the couch (thinking that would feel better) so I didn’t want to wake him up with clanking weights around plus I would need the light on.
Thelma: Firstly, I am happy to hear your aunt is feeling better and I bet she is too. Sounds like so much fun hanging out in the kitchen fixing up an authentic dinner. Your DH is truly a Saint I say. My DH would never go shopping with a bunch of us ladies and carry our bags. HE would wait in a Sports Bar and watch football. LOL Yes, Katy does like to pick on me …. I think because she knows I can take it. She would never if she thought it bothered me.
Laurie: Great job with your workouts! It has been soooooo long since I did that JM workout “BFBM” but it is a good one in a short period of time I remember. Good job with KCM Lower Body as well and making it work for you … don’t want the dread factor kicking in! The exercise that I have come to dread slightly but love when I am done is the Bulgarian Split Squat … LOL
Laurel: Good grief on all that shoveling! We have had winters like that but luckily DH had a snow blower and I didn’t have to help. But I remember back in the day having a winter that I shoveled every single day just to keep up and still could barely get my little car in the driveway. LOL (Pre-DH days). Sounds like you still got some amazing workouts done! Yay for STS ~ I feel the same way, after first workout I am right in it and looking forward to what it brings . Especially through the holidays. That red sleigh is absolutely darling and perfect in front of your house. Holy SNOWfall as well! Glad you will have a little break for a while. What are you and DH doing for Thanksgiving?
Have a great afternoon ladies ~ Tami
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I read on Cathe's e-letter that she has a free trial on her on demand service. What is the difference between this service and her live service?
It's been really hard getting my workouts in this past week and this week didn't start any easier. I left work at 6pm and headed straight to our local supermarket to buy some chicken noodle soup, juice and some berry muffins for my aunts so they have that for tomorrow. I hope the chicken soup helps them.
Tami, great workouts and congrats on finishing up on 2nd place in VB! I bet it hurt to feel that your team handed over the win to the other team. Your looking at it in a positive way. It's about the team effort and the fun you had during the season.
It really is fun to prepare a meal together. On Thursday we'll all be working together (if feeling better) on the apple pie. We'll have an assembly line going! Peel, Core, Cut. DH is really a Saint. He not only carries our bags, he also pays for my purchases! Not that I don't have my own credit cards but it's so much easier for him to deal with that! LOL. He may go to one store with my aunts while I go to another one. Today he worked from home so when he saw that my aunts were going to walk to the little shopping plaza in this cold weather he called me to ask me if they would like a ride. So I called my aunts to ask and they accepted the ride. They declined the pick up offer but he still went to find them after 2 1/2 hours to give them a ride home.
Laurie, I hope you have a wonderful vacation!
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Hi Ladies! Definitely feeling that STS leg workout today......just like I always do when I start Meso 1. Always gives me serious DOMS which I take as a good thing. Unfortunately, it left me with little energy. So, of course, I did a ridiculously long workout. I started with Rock’m Sock’m Knockout and Blizzard Blast into Cathe Live Warrior Kickboxing. With the tough core work in that latter workout, it ended up being just shy of two hours......but it went by quickly and was a lot of fun. All those kicks seemed to have helped my legs as well, which is good.
Tami, glad you are enjoying the return to Meso 1as well......but you are right about those first 30 push-ups! After that it is all downhill. Congratulations on the volleyball though I understand the disappointment in not playing to full potential. But at least you all enjoy playing so you will be back in th champions chair again, no doubt. I am sorry to hear about your DHs back. Hopefully it is just temporary and some rest and light stretching will do the trick for him. DH and I are going to do a small Thanksgiving.....just the two of us. We are going to roast a turkey breast and do a couple of side dishes, so nothing too major. Of course we decide on this small Thanksgiving turkey and when checking out with our groceries at our local North Pole Safeway on Sunday......they gave us a free 18lb turkey! So that is now perched in my freezer. We will probably give it away to the local Catholic Church at Christmas. But I am still stunned they were just handing them out for free. What are you doing this year?
Thelma, sorry to hear about the long days. Sounds like your aunts are still under the weather if you are buying them chicken soup? Hope they and you are okay! Cathe On Demand is a streaming service for her DVD workouts. It is just for the main DVD workout (no premixes) and does not include access to her Live workouts. I like On Demand for traveling because I don’t have to either carry DVDs or download workouts on to my iPad. But since I own most of her workouts, it is a little redundant for me. But if you want to try some of the workouts you don’t have, free access for awhile is a great option. On Demand also gives you access to her workout blender where you can create your own workouts from her workouts. For instance, you could create a workout using the XT warm-up and then go into the upper body work from STS Total Body (as an example). I do have an issue with this option, though. I can create workouts just fine, and they play on my iPad just fine. But when I plug my iPad into my TV, they stop at the end of each chapter. I have no idea why and will try to figure out why....some day. When I do figure it out, this will, no doubt, be my favorite feature of On Demand. Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any more questions.
Laurie, hope you are enjoying your week off.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel
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Hi Ladies ~ Good BootCamp class last night. She did a format of various excercises working Legs – Shoulders – Bi’s with rep patterns of: 50, 20, 50, 20 then 40, 15, 40, 15, etc. down to 10 reps each. It was a total of 10 rounds of strength and then also cardio bursts of: 3 KB swings, 3 burpees, 5 KB swings, 5 burpees X10 rounds of that back and forth. This a.m. was STS Legs and tonight I will head to Insanity.
Thelma: Don’t worry about the missed workouts right now …. I am sure you are running around busy enough being the Hostess with the Mostess and that in itself is exercise! LOL Plus shopping. I hope they are both feeling better by Thanksgiving forsure so you can all enjoy the yummies. Yes, your DH is a Saint … its official! What a sweetie pie.
Laurel: It always amazes me to no end when you say “little energy” and follow it up with a 2 hour cardio session! LOL Way to WORK! Luckily DH is feeling better last night and this a.m.; it is just stiff and sore but not “out” or muscle spasm like it has been before. Thank goodness. I told him that stretching and moving is really important. He is realizing that but not seeming to make the time for one or the other right now. {SIGH} Your Thanksgiving with DH sounds like it will be very nice. It will probably just be me and DH as well OR we will drive over to his parents. They just came over on Saturday for a dinner with us along with my stepson and his girlfriend so they said, no worries about Thanksgiving. DH said we will probably go visit and come back for our own dinner. Anotherwords, it is up in the air right now. We will just BBQ probably since we enjoy doing that. OR DH will make his Thai Shrimp we love so much. We will see. I have to work Friday so it always makes it not quite “holiday” like when you have to work the next day.
Hi Laurie – Safe travels!
Talk to you ladies tomorrow ~ Tami0 -
Hi Ladies, no workout for me tonight. Another long day at work. I got home at 6:30, spent a few minutes with my aunts and realized I was hungry since I hardly had time to eat at work today. So I had dinner because I definitely knew I was not going workout given the way I felt. I then joined my aunts in our bedroom where they were watching TV and I fell asleep right away. They went to bed at 8ish and I felt asleep right after that. Needless to that is why I'm posting so late because now I'm wide awake.
You ladies are doing amazing with your workouts! I can't wait to start the new phase. I just realized that you are doing Meso workouts instead of P90X. Clearly I missed something. This means I need to change my rotation schedule. Could you share with me what you have planned to do for this phase since that would make my planning this coming weekend a lot easier? Thanks!
My other aunt did get sick. I was surprised it took her this long to catch the bug. She seemed to be doing today. I feel bad that will go back home sick! Of all the years they've been coming to visit this is the first time they've gotten sick while here.
Laurel, your Thanksgivings menu sounds pretty much like ours. We are going to cook a 6lb turkey breast. I can't believe the supermarket gave you an 18lb turkey! Wonderful idea to donate it to the Catholic Church. When will you get the snow blower? I don't think I would care for the On Demand service at this point in my life. I imagine it takes time to be creating your own blender workout and I don't have that kind of time. I forgot to tell you that over the weekend a family in my time gave away a 5 disc cd changer. Well it's more like they put it out on the street and announced it on the town's Curb Alert Facebook group. I happened to see the alert while DH and I were on our way home from our shopping trip with my aunts. So I made him drive straight to that home and we took it. DH hasn't had a chance to test it yet but I'm happy about the possibility of having a back up device. I'm also happy about the price since we had to pay a lot for a used device.
Tami, those are serious reps and it sounds like a great workout! Sorry your DH is experiencing stiffness. People just don't realize the importance of moving and stretching and it's even more important as we get older.
Do you get Friday off?
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was STS Disc 2/Back and Triceps, and I took the weights much higher than I had done when I did this workout in the LGI8 rotation. Thank you, Sagi! It felt good. For cardio, I did Cathe Live Cardio HiiT Metabolic. After yesterday’s marathon cardio, this was short, sweet.....but still tough. And, later today, I will be doing Shovel Max again. I am thinking Alaska has a measuring problem because their idea of ‘less than an inch’ is consistently looking like 6 inches (and increasing) to me.
Tami, yowza on that workout! That sounds like a lot of reps. Great job!! I love the sound of your Thanksgiving. Honestly, I would have preferred to have a nice breakfast and just skip dinner all together (minus a snack). But when DH mentioned (unasked) how much he was looking forward to my stuffing......well I didn’t put up too much of a fight about dinner. And with temps below zero tomorrow (and all the snow we are getting today), spending the day inside and cooking a nice dinner isn’t the worst thing we could be doing.
Thelma, I am sorry about the long day and your sick aunt. That is so unfortunate for all of you that they have been ill because I know how much you enjoy your time together. Hopefully everybody will be well tomorrow so you can enjoy your holiday. Great news of the 5 DVD changer! They are rare finds these days. Well, I will be kicking myself in a couple of hours when I am standing in the driveway surrounded by a sea of white......but I said no to the snow blower. We were there in Lowe’s getting ready to put our name down on one coming in this weekend, and I looked at DH and said ‘I don’t want to spend $800 on something that I can do just as well with a $30 shovel’.....especially since I hope we are only here a couple of years before moving back to a place that doesn’t need a snow blower. So we left the store. Right now, as I look outside, I am thinking my practicality may just be the death of me. Anyhow, here is our Meso 1 schedule for these four weeks:
Sunday-Discs 1,4,7,10 (one per week)-Shoulders, Biceps, and Chest
Monday- Discs 3,6,9,12-Legs
Tuesday-cardio of your choice
Wednesday-Discs 2,5,8,11-Back and Triceps
Thursday-cardio of your choice
Friday- Total Body workout of your choice
Saturday-yoga
Hope that helps.
Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Thank you, Ladies, for being my friends and for inspiring me through some tough times this year. I will never be able to fully express my appreciation.
Laurel
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Hi Ladies, another crazy shopping day today! I did BB Bulk Shoulders today.
I took my aunts out for breakfast and as we were leaving I went to get the car because it was raining and one of my aunts didn't see the curve and fell down. OMG my heart went all the way down to my feet I think. I couldn't get off the car fast enough. I tried to help her get up but she was pretty heavy for me. Eventually she got up on her own. She landed on a huge puddle and her behind was all wet, she also twisted her ankle. OMG I was so scared. I gave her an Aleve just in case. She seems to be OK. I drove back home so she could change and then we went shopping all day long. We were pretty much gone 9 - 5.
Laurel, another winning combo! Great job! Thanks for sharing your STS rotation with me! I think I'm going to go with STS Meso 1 and when I don't have enough time to complete the workout I will shorten it.
You will probably be OK with the shovel Laurel because you're treating shoveling as a workout. I had a full time job and having to shovel everyday eventually became overwhelming. My advice would be keep shoveling a little at-a-time. Don't wait till the snow fall if over. Shovel a few times during the storm.
Have a wonderful Thanksgivings yourself!
Ladies, I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgivings. Like Laurel I also would like to thank you all for being my friends, my workout partners, my inspiration, the reason why I am still working out. Thank you!
Thelma0 -
Hi Ladies, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday an a nice weekend. We had a quiet Thanksgiving and weekend. My aunts went home on Friday. We had to go to the airport twice because one left in the morning and the other one in the late afternoon.
On Friday I did Jessica Smith Kickboxing cardio & Circuit Training, on Saturday Jessica Smith Yoga for Back Pain + 10 min Total Body Stretch. Today I started the Meso I/High reps phase of the rotation.
Have a great week!
Thelma
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Morning Ladies,
Will be a busy day for me today, but I have been keeping up with all my S90 workouts. Yesterday's was a little tough after getting up early and driving home from our weekend with my family. We had a really nice Thanksgiving too. Yesterday was S90D Ultimate Ball workout, and this morning was Back & Bi's. Nice change of pace with these workouts from doing the BB workouts. I will try to get on later to check out everyone's posts.
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Hope you all enjoyed the long weekend. We had a very nice, quiet weekend. It was nice to be able to relax together for awhile. I got some good workouts in, though. Thursday was Cathe Live Lift It HiiT It Legs followed by Cathe Live IMAX Live. Friday was High Reps followed by Intensity. Saturday was Cathe’s Yoga Relax. Sunday was STS Meso 1 Disc 4/Chest, Shoulders and Biceps followed by XT Tabatacise and Core 1. And today was STS Meso 1/Disc 6/Legs followed by To The Max.
Thelma, great workouts. I think you could probably cut these Meso 1 workouts in half and still get a great workout. That is a benefit to this Mesocycle since she alternates body parts......so you know each body part will have been worked no matter when you stop. I hope your aunts made it home safely and your aunt doesn’t have any issues from her fall. That would have scared me too! Hope when they visit next time their trip goes a little smoother. I survived the shoveling on Wednesday with no problems. Even though we had about five inches, the snow was so light it wasn’t really a problem. I did hear yesterday that we have broken a snow fall record for November, which doesn’t surprise me at all. Given that, if this is as bad as it gets, we will be fine without a snow blower.
Laurie, glad you enjoyed your Thanksgiving. No doubt S90 feels totally different from Body Beast. But that Ultimate Ball workout is so good. Hope you get caught up at work quickly.
Tami, hope you had a good weekend.....even though you had to work on Friday. Hopefully that wasn’t too bad.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0
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