Cathe Fans Part 5

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  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,905 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today I did Cathe Live Vertical Loading for my circuit workout. This is the second time I have done this workout, and this time I decided to use heavier weight and, boy, did I feel it! My arms are still sore. Of course, that could also be from following it with my practice session of S&H chest, which always makes my arms quiver. For cardio, I did Step Works followed by the core work from MMA Boxing.

    Thelma, yay for the double workout! Bet it felt nice to not be working out late at night! I think you might enjoy Slow and Heavy. It is along the same line as the Tempo workouts from Body Beast, and I think I remember you liking those. They are sneaky tough, though. I know I always think the first reps of whatever weight I pick feels light....and by the last rep I am screaming. So just be aware of that. You don’t need to have the Pyramid workouts for the last month. I just wanted to repeat one set of workouts for all four weeks as a benchmark......and those are the ones I chose. But I am not sure I will make it all four weeks with Pyramid Lower Body to be honest. So you can easily substitute any upper and lower body workouts you want. Thanks for the video clips!!

    Laurie, great workouts! It was 2Lazy who pointed me in the direction of Jessica Smith this last weekend, and I am glad she did. I have been reading some more reviews of Jessica’s workouts on her site, and she makes me want to try some of her metabolic workouts this month. We’ll see about that since I have finally gotten around to having a decent plan in place for three of the four weeks. But I will definitely be doing more of her yoga here soon. Again, I just love her style with it. And Peanut makes me smile. :) I am really looking forward to having my sister up here. Sadly our weather is not cooperating for it to be a beautiful experience since we are warm and cloudy. But I think she will enjoy it nonetheless. She hasn’t been able to travel much for years, so she is really excited about it.

    Tami, hope you are having a good day.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • 2BLean
    2BLean Posts: 2,373 Member
    edited December 2017
    Hi Ladies ~ Good BC class last night. It was a Tabata Style with 30 seconds on, 10 seconds off, etc. Then she bumped it up to 1 minute exercise back-to-back and then each round finished with 1 minute abwork. It was a lot of different exercises, along with the step bench for step ups (weighted) and cardio on the bench. It was good. Katy is going to be going in for surgery this Thursday (hysterectomy ) so she will be missing all next week, but in Katy style, she will return the week after to just shout it out to us as we go. Just like when she had her knee surgery. Also, depending on how she feels too.

    This a.m. I did KCM Lean Body Circuits, now that I am in the right rotation with everyone again. Sheesh! Thank you all for keeping me straight. :o I'm not planning on going to Insane X tonight. I am hoping to get a few Christmas things finalized and sent tomorrow .... I know it will be late but it will be "on its way".

    Laurel: Sounds line you are doing some fantastic combos! Thank you SO much for posting what you are doing, this helps (as I have mentioned before). Not sure why I had some special moments through this rotation in not knowing what’s going on. I will hopefully keep it straight moving forward. Thanks for understanding. LOL Love PHA Training, I will be adding that one in weekly as well I think. Hoping these circuit style workouts benefit my body as well! I have one of Jessica Smiths YOGA DVDs as well, and enjoy her a lot. How fun that your sister is coming, I bet you cannot wait to see her.

    Way to go Thelma! I bet your workouts felt amazing! Isn’t it nice when you have the time to get in that extra workout …. I also love that. Yay on purchasing Slow & Heavy on Amazon. Thank you for the kudos on my workouts, feeling good and hoping to work hard right up to my trip. Bikini ready by 1/13. ;) Our snow is a big mess right now. This a.m. it was coming down like crazy and then turned to rainy-snow and now it is awful. Supposed to be single digits by end of the week. Hopefully the roads have all been plowed of the slush by then.

    Laurie: Butt Burning Cardio sounds good just in itself! Way to go. Along with Pure Strength this a.m. No worries on the confusion …. I apologize for not “keeping up” sometimes. But I always appreciate you all being patient.
    KCM: That makes absolute sense behind her method for this new series then and it is easily a series that can be mixed & matched just in itself for longer workouts. I am trying to learn to be a little kinder to my body moving forward; if I get a double day in that is great, if I don’t I’m starting to mentally take it in stride and know I am still doing great things for my body. When my foot/ankle/achillies was hurting so much after all that running I really took notice that I didn’t want to be completely down and out, just as you have related with your knee. Sounds like all three of us will be hitting up the PHA Training workout on Friday’s. So good!

    Have a great evening ladies ~ Tami
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,658 Member
    Hi Ladies, I did a great cardio workout today XT Hard Strikes, Spinning, Treadmill, Stretching. I hadn't used my spinning bike in months because the last few times I used it one of my feet would bother me. I was so winded doing the bike today! I'm glad you all think I'm going to like the Slow & Heavy workout. Looking forward to doing it.

    Laurie, great workout combo today! You will like that standing ab workout. It's a balancing act! Thanks for the tips on the Slow & Heavy workout! Thanks for letting me know that I can substitute any lower/upper body workout for the Pyramid workouts!

    Laurel, fabulous combo today!! Great job challenging yourself!
    It really felt great to do a double workout! Today I went for a single workout session. I was drenched in sweat. I wish I could workout that way every day but when I get home from work I barely have the energy for one workout.
    If Slow & Heavy is like the BB Tempo workout then I'm going to like it. Thanks for letting me know about the weight selection!

    Tami, you survived another killer Katy BC class! Great job with your workouts! I can't believe Katy is planning to go to the gym a week after her hysterectomy! She probably is in such great physical shape that she'll be able to do it. I have my doubts though. That is major surgery and I would think much different than knew surgery.
    Tami, you are permanently bikini ready with given your workout routine! I'm sure you already look amazing! You guys are having some crazy weather! At least you're getting some moisture which will benefit you in the summer time. We need more moisture here for sure. Cooler temps tomorrow and then the warmup begins.
    I'm glad you did that KCM Lean Body Circuits workout because I can use it in my rotation. I wish we did a KCM rotation!

    Good night ladies!
    Thelma

  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,534 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    DH asked me to go with him last night shopping for his niece, so no workout after work. This morning I did KCM's Upper Body Superset, and then followed that up with her Body Design Kickbox with weights. Great combo! No workout for me tonight, I'm getting my hair colored and trimmed, so I get to visit with my youngest also. ;)

    While shopping last night I went to LL Bean and picked up a cap that has a LED light in it. Now I don't have to carry a small flashlight on our morning walks. ;)

    Laurel, Really great workout combo, and love that you went with a weight that made for some sore arms. I'm truly surprised at the detail that 2Lazy gives for her reviews. If you look at her earlier ones, they really are not as good. I think that you will enjoy Jessica's metabolic workouts, they are good add-on's since they are not to long. I think she has a couple that are 45-60 min. I'm sure that you will find a chance to try one out with your schedule, but then again with all those Cathe live options it they may end up a next years viewing. ;) I love Peanut too. It is always nice to have family around during the holidays, and your sister gets to see Alaska. We must be having way colder temps than you are.

    Tami, Glad you had a good time at the BC class. Oh my on Katy, how old is she? That is a tough surgery to go through, so I hope she recovers fast. Nice KCM workout, I really like that one. That Butt Burning workout really worked the butt good, I was feeling it all day yesterday. I think I will be doing that one again. ;) It took me a while to get into that mindset, guess the knee injury really did make me realize that my body just doesn't recover like it used to. Dang getting old really does suck. :o

    Thelma, Nice job with the workout combo! Mixing in the spinning with your rotation is giving you some great variety, and giving your body a different aerobic method. A KCM rotation would be fun to try too. I was looking at the new set, and her Body Design. All the workouts on those workouts would work together. Doing one of the Build & Burn and then adding on a Body Design workout would make them around 40-45 min. workouts. So I'm seriously looking at combining those at some point.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,905 Member
    Hi Ladies! I did a fun but tough combo today. I started with Cathe Live Shock Circuit then went right into CL Cardio HiiT Metabolic. Both workouts were structured the same way—one cardio drill followed by one compound weight and one upper body weight segment—so it was almost like doing a ‘doubled’ premix except the music and exercises were slightly different. It was about 75 minutes long and really took all of my energy to get through today. Love these metabolic workouts for that reason. I am trying to do some tough workouts this week since my workout schedule for the next two weeks is going to be different. So I am glad I pushed myself, but when I do this combo again, it will definitely be on a high energy day. I followed it with the tricep work from S&H (for practice). I am glad I am revisiting these S&H workouts because now I am really excited for next month’s rotation!

    Tami, sounds like a fantastic class! I am sorry that Katy is having to have a hysterectomy though. Hopefully she recovers quickly.....and takes the time to recover as well. Don’t worry for a second about losing where we are in this rotation! Like I said before, if I hadn’t taken the time to lay it all out a few months ago, I would have no idea what I had thought about doing when and why I had thought it. Even with it all written in one document I am looking at it at times going ‘really?’ But, despite that, I am enjoying the heck out of it for sure!

    Thelma, great workouts! That’s quite a combination you put together! I hope your feet are okay after the spin cycle. Do you wear different shoes for spinning? I am still hoping Santa is good to me this year with a cycle, but, to be honest, I hadn’t once thought about shoes!

    Laurie, great workout......plus the bonus of time with your DH and DD! Bet that LED light will come in handy. I know your days aren’t much longer than ours right now. But only one more day until they start getting longer. Actually, our temperatures are nearly identical....with ours maybe slightly warmer today (it is 29 as I post this). We are supposed to cool off, but they said that last week. This is just not normal for Fairbanks where we should be about 30 degrees cooler (the average high in January is usual 1). My sister was telling me they are in for an arctic blast this weekend (perhaps the same one hitting Tami), and I was like ‘It isn’t coming from this part of the Arctic!’ Still hoping for colder and clearer weather for my sister’s visit.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • 2BLean
    2BLean Posts: 2,373 Member
    Hi Ladies ~ No workout for me this a.m. I think I stayed up too late and hit the snooze.  I will definitely head to spinning tonight after work.

    Thelma: Great job with XT Hard Strikes/Spin/Treadie and a Stretch…… sounds like a great lineup of workouts! Yes, another Katy BC Class forsure. She is an amazing young woman forsure and yes, definitely in great shape. I am not sure if she will change her mind after the surgery or not. Poor thing. But she is pretty fierce so she may just power through … we will see. I love that KCM Lean Body Circuit workout; I usually do the 2 – (30) minute workouts combined, but either one is great too.

    Laurie: Excellent workout with KCM Upper Body Superset & Body By Design. How fun that you are getting your hair prettied up tonight and get to see your DD. Very fun. Love the new LED Lighted cap, that will be perfect.
    Katy is just 38 years old, so pretty young. She will often refer to herself as the "old lady" and I just look at her and laugh.

    Laurel: Sounds like a very tough combo today! YOWSA, nicely done. Well thank you again for your understanding and patience. Glad you didn’t think Im just not paying attention. LOL Yes, that is what I am hoping for Katy too; she has a tendency to push herself instead of giving herself time to heal. Hopefully not with this surgery. We are definitely getting an arctic blast staring tomorrow I believe or Friday. Should be single digits.

    Have a great evening ladies ~ Tami

  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,658 Member
    Hi Ladies, today I did STS Meso 1 Disc 11 Back and Triceps. I didn't have a chance for a second workout. I spent a couple of hours up in the attic going over boxes and boxes of stuff I've not used in years. I made a nice dent. Our attic has become a dumping ground and I was so proud of myself today for having attacked that task. I'll do a little bit every day. I can't believe tomorrow is already Thursday!

    Laurie, great combo today! I hope you had a great time visiting with your youngest. A cap with lights! What a great idea! Great find!

    I am hoping KCM has her new program on sale at the end of the year so I can get it. I would LOVE to do a KCM rotation for sure. I really like that Body design workout!

    Laurel, what a killer combo! Great job! When does your sister arrive?
    My feet are fine after the jumping and spinning workout. Thank God! I think last time I didn't take the time to massage my calves and last night I took the time to do so. Your foot is pretty much in a flexed position during spinning which stretches your calves and Achilles tendon.
    I think you do need special spinning shoes. I used to have a pair of cycling shoes which are super stiff, then I switched to a softer pair but basically the sole is very stiff. I hope Santa is very good to you this Christmas. As I've said before we don't exchange gifts but I always make sure I'm good to myself! LOL

    Tami, I hope you had a nice spinning class! I hope Katy listens to her body during her recovery period.

    Good night ladies!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,534 Member
    edited December 2017
    Morning Ladies,

    Had a really nice visit with my dd, and she mentioned to me that she will be looking for a different place to work after Christmas. The lady that owns the salon that she is working at is older and headed toward closing or selling the salon. The other ladies there are all renting chairs, and dd isn't able to do that, so she will be looking for new salon nearer to us.

    This morning I did KCM's Amped Up Cardio. This was a bit longer than I usually do, but it was fun.

    Laurel, Sounds like a great combo of workouts! Looks like both of us tackled our upper body pretty good yesterday, so it was really nice to have a cardio day today. ;) Today will be the shortest day of the year, so things will start looking up from that point. I'm really loving my new cap. We really do have similar temps to yours, but our weather is about normal for us right now.

    Tami, Hope your spin class was a good one, just sorry to hear that you snooze button malfunctioned. At least that is what I would claim. :D I to would be looking at Katy with a funny look on my face. She is no where near being an old lady. :D

    Thelma, Great job with your workout. It sounds like you are taking great advantage of being off by tackling the attic clutter. At first that has to be daunting to just look at all the stuff. Our basement has an area that would be like your attic. One of these days DH and I have to tackle that project.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,905 Member
    Hi Ladies! Well, the clouds cleared out today which filled me with energy for my workout. I was going to go with something tamer than I ended up with after yesterday’s workout......but blue skies dictated more. :) So I did Rock’m Sock’m Knockout into Cathe Live Boxing with Leg Blasts. I think this latter workout may be Cathe’s toughest boxing workout....and I love it. It ended up being slightly more than 90 minutes, but it was fun. I also did my practice S&H session with Biceps. I am really glad I did a preview of these workouts because it has been over ten years since I did my workout sheets on them....and I am much stronger than I was 10 years ago.

    Tami, I hear you on the snooze button. Almost did that this morning.....and then I thought about the Christmas cookies and wine I enjoyed last night. B) ‘Tis the season I suppose.....but I could have chosen one or the other and not both! :D Hope your weather doesn’t get too bad this weekend. That’s never fun....especially right before a holiday.

    Thelma, great workout.....and great job with the attic. I love getting rid of stuff, to be honest. And we keep having a lot of stuff to get rid of! Thanks for the info on shoes and spinning. DH and I usually don’t exchange gifts either, but we decided at the last minute to exchange this year. It will probably be another five years until we do again. But doing it so rarely makes it fun when we do.

    Laurie, glad you enjoyed your time with your DD. Hope she has good luck finding a new job. You are right that it was good to have a cardio day. I think I mentioned a little while back that the only workouts I felt like doing were metabolic and kickboxing workouts. Well......this month’s rotation is proving perfect for that combo! I am loving it! Well, our temperatures dropped with the clouds leaving, so now we are at 1 degree. Yesterday it was 30, and we’d gotten about 4” of snow. Shoveling it was so dicey because it was heavy and so slick. So I am loving the temperature drop....and hope it stays this way for awhile.

    Hope to see you all tomorrow. DH is off which always throws my schedule out the window. But I will try to check in!

    Laurel
  • 2BLean
    2BLean Posts: 2,373 Member
    edited December 2017
    Hi Ladies ~ Had a fun Spin class, Katy was there of course “business as usual” even being the night before her surgery. Bless her heart. A bunch of us signed a card (with a darling cat on it – she loves cats) and gave her some ca$h to either treat herself, help with whatever or order food if need be. She was very appreciative and said she would see us in 2 weeks. This a.m. was Cathe’s Metabolic Total Body workout.

    Thelma: Great job with the STS workout. That is so great you have been going through your attic. Feels so good to get stuff cleaned up forsure. I really hope Katy does too.

    Laurie: Glad you had a nice time with your DD. I hope her search is successful in finding a new salon, but I am sure it will be. My BFF has moved several times over the years but now absolutely loves her last spot. Great job with KCM Amped Up Cardio. Yes, that was definitely it, the snooze button malfunctioned! LOL

    Laurel: What a fun tri-fecta of workouts you did! Glad to hear you are getting your S&H sheets all updated. Tis the season forsure . . . glad to hear I am not the only one wanting a few extra zzzz’s. I stayed up late again last night but MADE myself get up this a.m. and was so glad I did. Just hate it when I miss. Especially this time of year with a cookie here and there.
    Have a great evening ladies ~ I will check in tomorrow! Tami
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,658 Member
    edited December 2017
    Hi Ladies, today I did a PopSugar 60-Minute Workout With Jeanette Jenkins and Walked on Treadmill. This PopSugar workout claims to burn 600 calories but I only burned 350. It was a nice workout and I gave myself a nice groin pull while doing the side to side lunges. OMG I felt the muscle snap! Think snapping a rubber band. I felt it in the back of my thigh. I did something like this before and that was really painful. This wasn't as bad and I stopped the exercise. I definitely feel the tenderness at the base of my left glute.
    I've been doing heat and massage. I should've probably iced but the heat felt really good. OK icing now. Leaning forward definitely makes me feel the pull the pull bellow the glute area. I'm going to have to stick to upper body and ab work tomorrow.
    My Slow & Heavy DVD arrived today. I need to preview to make sure it's good. Are there workout sheets for this workout anywhere?

    Laurie, glad you had a good time with your dd. I hope she finds a new job soon! Great job with the KCM workout. You're right about the attic being a daunting task! I stood in a corner not knowing where to start. I didn't do anything there today cause I was too busy feeling sorry for myself due to the groin injury.

    Laurel, what a great combo! Good job! I am definitely in a get rid of stuff mood! I'll go back to my attic task tomorrow. I would be afraid to decide to exchange gifts for fear of what DH would come up with! LOL

    Tami, glad you liked your spinning class. So sweet of you guys to give Katy a card and some $. I hope she has someone to help her at home during the recovery period. Great job with the Metabolic Total Body workout! It really is good to get rid of those things up in the attic.

    Good night ladies!
    Thelma

  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,658 Member
    Hi ladies, since today is Friday I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas! Enjoy the time with your loved ones!
    Thelma
  • 2BLean
    2BLean Posts: 2,373 Member
    edited December 2017
    Hi Ladies ... We get to leave early today at work! WOOHOO .... I still need to do some last minute shopping for DH so that is perfect. Merry Christmas to each one of you. I hope you have a wonderful celebration and enjoy everything about the holiday season.

    Pretty low key at our house so I hope to get in a nice workout each day!

    Merry Christmas ~

    Tami
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,905 Member
    Hi Ladies! Had another fun, tough workout today. I did PHA Training, then added on the shoulder work from Ramped Up Upper Body.....just because. Then I did Cathe Live Keep The Cardio Coming, which was her before-Christmas Live workout last year. Followed it with some ab work for a good, solid workout.

    Tami, glad to hear you enjoyed your spin class. Hope Katy is doing okay. It has got to be tough on her right now.

    Thelma, so sorry to hear about the groin pull! Hope some rest and stretch take care of it.

    Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. Hope you all relax, celebrate, and enjoy the company of the people you love.

    See you next week.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,658 Member
    Hi Ladies, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday! It was also very low key for us. Just the two of us. We actually had a white Christmas! We got about 5-6 inches today! My groin injury is pretty much gone but I still feel a slight tightness. I am being very cautious of side-to-side lunges needless to say!
    My workouts: On Friday I decided to go gentle but even this workout irritated my injury PopSugar Feel Good Dance Workout. I started massaging with my PVC pipe and that helped a lot! On Saturday-a YouTube workout by Healthista called Beginners yoga for groin and hamstrings. She was very good with her instructions. She has other workouts which I intend to do. On Sunday KCM 30MTF Lean Body Circuits Combined Premix which I loved! Today I did RWH Low Impact Hiit Low Impact I Double Premix, Walking on Treadmill.

    Tami, so glad you got to leave work early on Friday!

    Laurel, is your sister with you yet? Great workout combo on Friday!

    Good night Ladies!
    Thelma
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,905 Member
    Hi Ladies! Hope you all enjoyed Christmas. We had a very nice Christmas. It was quiet, but that was nice. Santa (aka DH) was very good to me. Not only did I get a new set of kickboxing gloves (which I really needed), but he got me a spin cycle! It is not here yet (even though he ordered it right after Thanksgiving), but it is on its way. I am so excited about it and think I will love having a no impact intense workout option going forward.

    I enjoyed some good workouts this weekend. Saturday was Kari Anderson’s Angles, Lines and Curves II and RUUB Triple Back premix. Sunday was Cathe Live Metabolic Conditioning and RUUB Triple Triceps. Cardio that day was Cathe Live Jabs and Abs. Yesterday I did Cathe Live LIHI Live into Mixed Impact HiiT Live. And today was RUUB Biceps into Cathe Live Compound Giant Sets and Cardio Core Circuit Live.

    Thelma, glad to hear you had a nice holiday and a White Christmas as well! That always makes Christmas feel just a little more special. Great workouts! I am glad your injury is better. Sounds like taking it easy and massaging are working well. My sister gets here tomorrow night. I am really excited to see her!

    Laurel
  • 2BLean
    2BLean Posts: 2,373 Member
    Hi Ladies ~ Happy “Day After” Christmas! Back to work and the daily grind. We had a nice relaxing Christmas. Able to drive over to the in-laws and my stepson and his girlfriend joined us, so it was really nice. They have a 2 year old who is darling, I've only been around her a couple of times since they were in Alaska when she was born, but she is very cute and so well behaved. DH and I also went over to some friends who had a little get together on Saturday and then Sunday his parents came back over to our house for a little outing. Always cracks us up because we would just have them over but they always say they don’t want to make the drive (including the snowy pass) which we understand but then they come over anyway. Christmas Day was very quiet, just the two of us. We had leftovers for dinner and just relaxed. Workouts were good each day which made me feel better about being lazy most days. Saturday I did PHA Training (since I missed it Friday a.m.), Sunday was Strong & Sweaty Bootcamp and yesterday I did KCM Circuit Burn (combined both workouts). No workout today, unless I can get one in tonight, but I think I will have to forego the grocery store after work. :neutral:

    Thelma: We also had a very white Christmas. IT had been so cold and froze and then fresh snow came down on Saturday and a little more yesterday. Very festive and cold. Sounds like you have been taking good care of your groin injury, which is great and glad to hear it is coming right along and not worse. Sounds like some awesome workouts you did and KCM Lean Body Circuits is such a great one. I love doing her workouts as combined #1 and #2…. Good stuff!

    Laurel: Fantastic workouts! Sounds like you did some amazing combos as you always do …. Love it! WOW what a great Christmas you had. So what kind did he get you for the Spin bike? Gloves too, that is so awesome. Do you have a favorite brand of gloves? He must have had a hint of some kind to know. That is so fun. I bet you are counting the moments for your spin bike. I can’t wait to hear about your new love for cycling. LOL I did get a txt from one of my gym friends and Katy was doing amazing at least that afternoon so hopefully that has continued and all is well with her. I will find out more tomorrow at Spinning I am sure. Yay for your sister arriving tomorrow. I bet you will have such a nice time together. I talked to mine yesterday while my mom was over there and I miss them both so much. Hoping to visit them this Spring, maybe in April for our Birthdays, (mom & I).

    Hi Laurie

    Hope you both have a nice afternoon and evening ~ Tami
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,658 Member
    Hi Ladies, today I did BB Total Body, Jessica Smith 1 Mile Express, Treadmill. My injury is definitely much better. Thank God! We're having very cold temps and will continue like this until next Wednesday!

    Laurel, awesome workouts as always! So glad you had a nice Christmas holiday and congrats on your new gloves and spinning bike! So excited for you! You'll love the bike! I hope you and your sister have a wonderful time together!

    Tami, great wrokouts! Glad you also had a great Christmas holiday and got to spend time with your in-laws! Great news on Katy!

    Hi Laurie!
    Good night ladies!
    Thelma
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,905 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Cathe Live Total Body HiiT. It is seven rounds of one cardio move followed by 2-3 strength moves. Last time I did it, I didn’t feel it was much of a cardio workout, so I had planned a short 30 minutes of cardio after. But today, my heart rate was up throughout, so I opted for doing some chest and core work after (from Strong and Sweaty) for a solid 90 minute workout. Really loving this Circuit Month so far!

    Tami, sounds like an very nice weekend and Christmas. Glad you were able to spend some time with family. And a White Christmas too! So nice when that happens. DH got me a Sole SB900 bike. Don’t know how he found it, but it has great reviews on-line......and they were willing to ship to Alaska. Everything I read about it appeals to me from the sturdiness, the footprint, the flywheel and the lack of unnecessary bells and whistles (which I don’t use). So I am very excited! The gloves he got me are ones Cathe is using in her new series. They are Everlast Ever Cool. They aren’t weighted (for weighted, I use my Tapout XT gloves), but that is fine for me. I don’t always like the weight for kickboxing, and these will add something without being too big or too heavy. Glad to hear Katy is doing well.

    Thelma, great workouts! Sounds like winter has found us all this week. We were -20 this morning, which feels much more like ‘normal’. I think we start warming up early next week, though.

    Laurie, hope you are enjoying the holidays!

    I probably won’t get much of a chance to check in with my sister here. So I wish you all a very Happy New Year! Looking forward to working out with you all in 2018!

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,658 Member
    edited December 2017
    Hi Ladies, super cold here today! I can't believe we won't see low 20's until next Wed! Today's workout was ICE Metabolic Total Body. I got an email notification that my Split Fit DVD's had been shipped! YAAAY!!!
    I spent a good part of my afternoon planning our May vacation. We're going to Blue Ridge, GA. We want to experience life there. I've been feeling blah the last few days and today I realized that I am feeling a little depressed because I'm going back to work next Tuesday :'(

    Laurel, congrats again on the bike. It looks really nice. It's pretty much the same concept as my old bike. You are going to have that bike forever! Mine is probably 12 years old!
    Great workout today! These circuit workouts are getting me pretty winded! WOW! I've wanted a pair of those kickboxing gloves long time but I'm afraid the glove fingers will be too long for my short fingers.
    Happy New Year to you too and I hope you and your sister have a wonderful time together!

    Good night ladies!
    Thelma
  • 2BLean
    2BLean Posts: 2,373 Member
    edited December 2017
    Hi Ladies ~ Sorry I missed you yesterday. I meant to type in my post to you and then work got a little busy. It is way slower than normal these days but I had a “spurt” of work before reporting to the other dept. Which, by the way they are going to be telling her in January (she doesn’t know yet). Yikes. So yesterday was Spinning only, I didn’t workout in the a.m. It was a really good class with our fill in instructor. She is someone I have had before and plays great music. She also loves to climb hills, ride on hills, sprint on hills and yes heavy, heavy resistance almost the entire hour. So it was a good workout. I did find out that Katy is doing amazing and already wants to come back to just "stand in" and teach and would like to get on the treadmill. I don't think she is cleared for that however. This a.m. I did RWH Upper Body Circuit.

    Thelma: Great job with your workouts this week! I bet you are loving being OFF and getting in some great workouts along with staying inside with those cold temps. We had that cold and now it is snowing all day today off & on and tonight too. Then cold again. I received the e-mail yesterday on my Fit Split DVD’s!!! WooHoo. I watched a few clips last night since I haven’t had a chance since she posted them. They look great – as always in Cathe fashion. Can’t wait. How fun planning your vacation in May. I bet you cannot wait. I am so sorry about you feeling the sads …. That is exactly how I felt every time I was off at my old job. I wanted to cry or did actaully every time the night before I would have to go back. Take deep breaths and know you will get through it and you are closer to retirement than you think. :wink:

    Laurel: I know you won’t be back until next week to chat with us but a huge congrats on the bike! I looked it up and it looks like an AMAZING and perfect spin cycle. So happy for you. And the new gloves sound perfect. I only have the weighted gloves; mine are like 5 lbs each so sometimes something lighter might be nice. LOL I love the looks of those too. Hope you have a wonderful time with your sister. :smile:

    Hi Laurie – hope you are having a great week!

    I will see if you are here tomorrow Thelma ~ Tami
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,658 Member
    Hi Ladies, I was feeling lazy today so I chose a lite combo: Jessica Smith Dynamic Stretching Fusion & Hiit Cardio Intervals, Fat Burning Workout. These two workouts were just what my body needed. Cold temps continue. I think our high temp today was 9.

    Tami, glad you liked the spinning class1 Great job with the RWH workout! Katy is amazing! I can't believe she wants to go back to the gym already! I watched the new workout video clips too.T hey do look god! We are excited about our May vacation for sure. I hope the next two years go by quickly!

    Good night ladies!
    Thelma
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,658 Member
    edited January 2018
    Hi Ladies, Happy New Year! Our first day of the year didn't end on a good note. Our furnace stopped working this afternoon. I went downstairs to refill my water bottle before I went to the basement to workout. All of a sudden I smelled burnt rubber and I freaked out. I called DH and we went around sniffing everything but we couldn't figure it out but I thought it was coming our of the heating vents. I was right! Eventually we found a furnace person in our town and he got here in 10 minutes. The motor fan is on its last leg. He got it going but it stopped. DH restarted it but it only stayed on a short period of time. He's been restarting it so the house isn't really too cold. I'm wearing many layers! I decided to take a shower while the house was warm because I can't imagine wanting to shower tomorrow morning!

    The furnace guy was a very nice gentleman who came highly recommended by people in our town. We lucked out that he was just getting back to his home when DH was leaving him a message and he heard him and picked up right away. He lives down the street from us. The part we need will be ordered in the morning. we hope it will get here in a couple of days.

    On the good news front my new Fit Split DVD's came on Sunday so today I did a cardio/abs premix from Low Impact Cardio / Metabolic Conditioning. I really liked it. The abs part was challenging and I had to modify because I could not do some moves. She uses the gliding discs a lot for the ab routine as well as one of those elastic loops. Good stuff!

    I ordered 4 KCM DVD's from her annual $10 sale: Split Sessions, Trim Down, Circuit Burn, Muscle Up...Lift 2B Fit, Slim Sculpting. I didn't order her new one because it wasn't on sale.
    I also ordered a pair of kickboxing gloves like the ones Cathe uses in her new series.

    I got an email from MFP congratulating me for my 4th anniversary! Wow I can't believe it!

    Back to reality tomorrow :(

    Have a great week ladies!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,534 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a fantastic 2018. I have been trying to keep up with my workouts as best I can. We where very busy the whole time we where off. Got to my parents and the temps there where -22, so it was a cold one. We have been having the sub zero temps all week, and it has been hard on Rockets feet. We got him some rubber booties that he seems to be okay with. I'm in the process of making him a sweater. :D I didn't workout on Sunday, because we where getting ready for our annual New Years Eve party with our friends. We had salmon and it was a hit. Yesterday I did GHUTV Kettlebell Cardio, which was a really good metabolic workout. This morning was GHUTV Bodyweight Circuit Breaker.

    I will be talking more as I go through the week, just need to catch up on some work. We have a few issues here today because of a water main break, so I need to get going. I have not gotten my new workouts yet, but they are in transit to my house. ;)

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • 2BLean
    2BLean Posts: 2,373 Member
    edited January 2018
    Happy New Year Ladies! We were able to leave early on Friday so I didn’t check in. Our weekend was very nice and quiet along with some good workouts and yesterday I unexpectedly met up with my BFF for my hair to be prettied up and then lunch. I was planning on this Saturday but that will be great to have this weekend for packing and finalizing before our trip. So workouts Sat: KCM Tabata Legs followed by her other new one Kickbox Fusion. Both together were a nice combo. Sun: ICE BootCamp Circuit and then yesterday I missed due to heading out to get my hair done. Today will be Insane X after work.

    I checked the tracking on my new Cathe DVD's and it looks like they are out for delivery! WooHoo I should have them today or tomorrow I would imagine.

    Thelma: Yikes on the furnace fan burning up. I am so happy for you guys that someone was able to come out right away so that you guys can have your furnace running soon. BRRRRR, that is never fun and you really take heat for granted when it doesn’t work. Congrats on the new purchases you made! That sounds like some great additions to your library of workouts! I have a couple of those that you ordered forsure and love them. Circuit Burn is always a favorite for me. Good luck going back to work I hope you have a good day.

    Laurie: Welcome back! Great job keeping up with your workouts best you can, that’s awesome and so tough to do when you are not at home I think. Darn on your freezing temps and having a water line break. Hoping it is fixed soon. I had Salmon and Crab Legs on New Years eve! DH fixed our dinner for us, which was wonderful.

    Hi Laurel ~ Hope you are enjoying your time with your sister and Happy New Year!

    Talk to you ladies tomorrow ~ Tami


  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,658 Member
    Hi Ladies, tonight I did XT CBS w/u, H&C Hammer Total Body, Stretch. I don't know if I was tired but I found the workout to be extremely boring.
    Our furnace got fixed this afternoon so we have heat again. Thank God1

    Laurie, welcome back! Good job keeping up with the workouts! Wow it was cold at your parents'! Please share a picture or Rocket with his little shoes on and eventually with his new sweater. I hope the water main issue was resolved.

    Tami, great workouts! Your trip is just around the corner!!! Great workouts! Did you get your new DVD's yet?
    We do take heat for granted when we have it. I'm so thankful our experience wasn't bad.
    I bought Circuit Burns because it looked like a lot of fun so I'm glad you like it.

    Hi Laurel!
    Good night ladies!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,534 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    This morning Rocket lost one of his rubber booties, but these are disposable ones so I'm not to concerned. The package had 3 pairs of 4, so it should be okay. If I find it on another walk I will pick it up of course. :D These are like balloons that are not inflated, that you stretch over his paws. They are not easy to get over his feet, but he really does love them once they are on. My workout was GHUTV Buff Body Yoga 2, this one started out with yoga, then moved into some cardio moves, then some yoga with light weights so it was metabolic. Really enjoyed this one a lot. Didn't get my dvd's yet, but I think they should be in the mailbox today. They are at our area USPS location. ;)

    Tami, Great job with your workouts, and that you enjoyed the KCM workout combo. I have not tried them yet as a combo. If you have to miss a workout for getting your hair prettied, then so be it. :D I think that I converted someone that claimed not to like salmon, into liking it. His previous experience was the salmon patties that our mothers insisted that we had to eat. :p I broiled the filet with brown sugar, lemon zest, kosher salt, and pepper. Funny that we enjoyed a similar meal. I know I sure would have enjoyed some crab too, guess I may have to consider that for a future meal.

    Thelma, Great job with you workout, dang on it not being fun. Hopefully it was just because you where tired. We still do not have a fixed water main, it had some problems with concrete around it. We are in a location that has been around since the 40's so there are some issues with the facility that we don't know until we have to fix it. Unfortunately we are using a ton of salt trying to keep the area from forming a mini ice burg. Glad to hear that your furnace is fixed, with this cold weather that can be dangerous for your water pipes.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • 2BLean
    2BLean Posts: 2,373 Member
    edited January 2018
    Hi Ladies ~ Well our Insane X class was in luck, Katy was there! I couldn’t believe it, either could the instructor that came to fill in. She said she just cant stand sitting around and she promised she would follow doctors orders. So she told us what to do and had some of us do a move for an example so other “newbies” could see. It was a tough workout. May not sound tough on paper but it was: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, etc. Burpees, Tuck Jumps, Push Ups, Candlesticks, Star Sit Ups, Mtn Climbers and there were a couple more. SO you do all of them 5 X, then 10 X, etc…. OH and run back and forth across the gym after 15 minutes. Then started again and then she did a burn out session of. Wall Balls, Rowers, Mtn Climbers and Box jumps. Phew. It was nice to see her though and know she is doing so good. She still has 4 weeks and 2 days before she is cleared to do anything really. I remember the time frame because she said it so many times … she hates it. LOL
    This a.m. was Cathe’s Circuit Blast and tonight I will head to Spinning.

    Thelma: Great job getting in H&C Hammer Total Body … funny about it being boring. Some days are just like that. I would have to see it again to remember, there are some that don’t necessarily have the fun factor in it. LOL Yahoo on having heat again. Yes, the trip is right around the corner forsure. I did start laying out my summer clothes on the spare bedroom bed for packing. My DVD’s did arrive! Yesterday. I hope to get to try a couple before I leave forsure.

    Laurie: That is so cute you put those booties on Rocket’s feet. I bet he really enjoys not stepping on the sharp/cold ice. Didn’t even know something that small existed. I knew there were “booties” that look like little boots but these sound really convenient. Did he do the high stepping, what are these type of thing when you first tried them? That Buff Body Yoga sounds like a great workout. It really does make a difference on Salmon in how you season or prepare it and often the type of Salmon too that people don’t know when they try something and hate it. Glad you made a salmon converter out of your friend. The crab was definitely a bonus treat …. As I have mentioned over the years, DH is a “Captain’s Plate” type of cook. He had steak and crab as his meal.

    Have a great afternoon/evening ladies ~ Tami
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,658 Member
    Hi Ladies, no workout for me tonight. I got home late from work and was just exhausted. My mind wanted to workout but my body couldn't move. I think the fact that I hardly slept on Monday night caught up with me because on Tuesday I was full of energy even though I'd not slept the night before.
    We are going to be hit with a blizzard tomorrow. We're in the8-12 inch range. Then the arctic blast returns! I hope we don't lose power because our generator won't start.
    I am going to be working from home. DH works for a university so he gets a day off! All schools practically closed today ahead of the storm.
    BTW, you ladies ate healthy on New Year's eve compared to our once a year Chinese food!

    I forgot to tell you last night that my boss' boss stopped by my desk just to tell me how happy he was with the work that I was doing. He said he'd heard nothing but good things and that I was doing a great job with the team. He said he was happy that Thelma was the team lead for the project. I couldn't believe my ears! He said if there is anything you need that will help with your project let me know. So I mentioned two things. Today one of them was done and the other he has to work harder cause it involves relocating a person from one floor to another and we have no space in my area. Today he saw me and made sure to tell me that he had already completed one of my requests! He reiterated again to let him know about any of my needs. So I mentioned one more thing. He said: So and so will take care of that for you. I already told him that if Thelma says jump he better jump! HA! Makes my pain and suffering a little bearable.

    Laurie, great workouts! I bet Rocket looks adorable with his booties! So the fact that probably feel like socks to us is the reason why he doesn't seem to be bothered by them right?
    https://youtu.be/_oKTOTrao9g

    I can imagine the problems you guys encounter in that building being so old! Frozen water pipes are my fear this winter. A couple of years ago everybody's problems here were ice dams.
    I hope you got your DVD's today!

    Tami, great workouts! I can't believe Katy! She is amazing! So glad you got your new workout DVD's! I think you're going to like them. The low impact cardio I did had a lot of her usual moves but she also has new moves.
    Good idea to start getting your vacation clothes ready. That is what I do. I have a list called "vacation" for all those little things I will need during my trip.

    Hi Laurel!
    Good night ladies!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,534 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    No workout for me this morning, so I will get something in after work. I was being lazy about getting up, and getting Rocket ready for our walk wasn't fun. He really loves the booties once they are on, but getting them on just isn't his "thing". :D Oh well, once outside in the -8, he was having a blast. ;) He has doggy daycare today, so should be really tired once we get home. I'm hoping to try out one of the new Cathe workouts, the Boxing Bootcamp looks appealing to me. I was very happy to see the package sitting on the counter when I got home yesterday. We are getting our new dryer today, on New Years Day the dryer stopped working. :o

    Tami, I don't know, but that class sounds pretty tough to me. ;) Great job on the Cathe workout also. Rocket did the high stepping at first, but he can actually run in these booties. These are the ones that we got, and I really love them. They are a little difficult to get on, because it is like a latex glove that goes over their paw. https://petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/pawz-dog-boots His nails grow so fast, I was afraid to get something that would be to big or to small. These things work great. One of the nice things about making the salmon, is having some leftovers. I had a nice salad yesterday.

    Thelma, Hoping that the blizzard isn't to bad for you, but how nice to be able to work from home. Awesome that your boss is getting you the things that you need for this project. I'm sure that it will help with the stress level a little bit more. Knowing that you are doing a good job with the project has to relieve some of the stress also. Love the video. I'm really glad that I didn't get the boots, because he walks and runs like his normal self with these rubber booties. He was picking up his feet at first. The water main is fixed, so hopefully nothing else happens.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie