Cathe Fans Part 5
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Morning Ladies,
My workout last night was an elliptical workout. This morning I did GHUTV Cardio Kickboxing 2 for the first time, and I really enjoyed it. I found it interesting that Chris had a head cold, and talked about how she had to adjust the workout because of it. They always have a partner while working out, so that person was doing the majority of the workout while Chris took a break to cough.
Laurel, Great job with the workout, and now I will have to go and look at some of those too. I may even try one of them out for my after work exercise, will probably look at something core related. I'm sure that your legs will be just fine after you gave them such a torture fest.
I'm actually feeling pretty good this morning, didn't wake up to a headache or stuffy nose. Hopefully that will continue for the rest of the week, and I'm going to take my allergy meds. We actually have temps that are reaching into the 40's today. 
Guess that means that Rocket can run around the yard for a bit when I get home.
Tami, Nice job on all those workouts. Your AMRAP workout reminded me that I have not tried out the two that Chris Freytag has on her GHUTV channel. She created one that is low impact too. Glad to hear that you where able to enjoy your weekend with just relaxing and spending time with your friend. Good news on your DH also, it can really take some time to recover after something like that. Very nice that you could catch up so quickly even though your in box was so full. Well I'm glad that I'm not the only one suffering from allergies, is it misery loves company? LOL about all the workouts that we all have, and still want more. We love the variety I guess.
Thelma, Oh I'm sending you a hug, because it sure sounds like you need it. How stressful is that situation that you where in. With all of that I'm glad that you where able to get in a a workout with Jessica. When I do eventually find it and make the bagels, the first thing I will try is the egg sandwich.
Have a great day!
Laurie
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Hi Ladies! I gave myself a pretty tough workout today! I am not quite sure why after yesterday, but....
. I started with Jessica Smith Walk Strong 3 Upper Body. I referred to 2lazy’s recommendations on weights, took it down a notch from her and......yowza! This is a surprisingly tough, short upper body workout. The right weight, as always, is key. But the rep pace is slow and there are no breaks at all between exercises, so it really caught up with me fast. Really enjoyed it. For cardio, I did Cathe Live Move It into Cathe Live Smokin’ Upper Body Blast. This latter workout is tough on its own.....especially the strength work. I don’t know what I was thinking putting in the order I did today (last) because my arms are absolutely done for the day. Glad I did it, though, because that one is truly one of my favorite Live workouts.
Tami, I am glad you took a break this weekend and were able to spend time with your friend and DH. That is such good news about your DH. Hopefully he starts getting many more days like that. Great workouts! The Jessica Smith series is Walk Strong Three. I got this series for days when I don’t want to push it as hard or want a combo that at least has one more moderate element. While I think the series could be done by a beginner, I have found with the three non-stretching workouts I have done, they can be pretty close to intermediate/advanced as well. Thanks for your recommendation on KCM. I have the workout in my Amazon ‘cart’ right now and just need to push ‘order’. I keep trying to convince myself I don’t need more workouts.....but I think that button will get pushed.
Thelma, that sounds like a horrible day at work! I am glad it didn’t turn out as badly as you anticipated, but, still that had to be tough. I really hope you get that day off next week because, no doubt, you need it right now. I hate that feeling of being on the edge of sanity. Unfortunately, I have felt that way more than once this past year. I wish I could give you some comfort or relief. When I have days like that, I tell myself two things......just keep moving (because it would be so tempting to just give up and lay in bed all day), and find joy where I can.....whether that is in a good book, ridiculous movie, chocolate, looking at cute animal videos on the internet......whatever. I refuse to let myself judge myself during those times. I just let myself ‘be’ and try to quiet those voices in my heads. Huge hugs to you right now. And great job getting a workout in on top of it.
Laurie, great workouts. Glad to hear you are feeling better. I am so surprised my legs aren’t more sore this morning! Last night......wow! They were sore. But today......not much. Crazy. I have really been trying to clean up the diet and take more supplements, and I think that is helping in the recovery. Also I think this surprisingly warm weather is helping! We were near 50 yesterday! That is so much easier on the body than -20, that’s for sure. So far, I am impressed by the Jessica Smith series. I am anxious to try more of the workouts, but will probably wait on many of them until Metabolic Month.
Erika, hope your week is going well.
See you tomorrow!
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ No workout last night after all. Worked a little bit later and headed home. Today’s workout is Fit|Split Legs + KCM Tabata Lower Body and Spinning after work.
Thelma: I am so sorry to hear about your day yesterday. I can relate (from my old job) only too well and it is horrible to feel like that. {HUG} for you. I am sure your workout felt like the very best part of your day, other than seeing your hubby after a day like that. I hope today was better. Thanks again for the recommendation on the Salmon recipe, we are always looking for good ones. I will try it out.
Laurie: Great job with your elliptical workout last night and the Cardio KB this a.m. I would imagine those Chris F workouts are good. The AMRAP concept is a good one and you definitely get pushed as you go to do “as many reps as possible” LOL. I was very happy to catch up as quickly as I did. I don’t like feeling behind all day.
Laurel: Another amazing combo you put together! WOWSA. Yes, the weekend definitely felt good to have a break. I don’t know if I will be able to stay away this weekend however. We have been really busy (again/still) LOL We will see who is coming in. Thank you as well for the review of JS Walk Strong 3 series. It does sound perfect for “lighter” days. I hope you hit the “order” button on that one. I think you will really like it.
Have a great evening ladies! Tami0 -
Hi Ladies, no workout for me tonight. Long day at work but a better day stress wise for sure. I talked to my boss and told he me how yesterday's mess started. He was really defending us.
Laurie, great workouts! Glad you're feeling better.
Thanks for the hug. I definitely needed a hug yesterday.
Laurel, nice killer combo! It was a tough day. Not sure why this guy is always talking about firing people as if it is so simple. Maybe for a big shot like him, it's that simple. I feel like I aged 10 years yesterday. I wish you'd tell us when you're going through a rough, mental period so we could comfort you. The strange thing is that yesterday as scared as I felt it never occurred to me to even wonder what the heck I'd done wrong. All I wanted to do was to prepare the evidence to defend myself. After a while, I actually started to like the idea of being forced into early retirement! LOL. Thank you for the hugs, Laurel.
Tami, awesome workouts today! Not sure how you do those workouts so early in the morning! You're awesome!
Thanks so much for the hug. The workout was definitely badly needed. When I was at work I felt that I needed a nice kickboxing workout but by the time I got home, all that stress adrenaline was gone. I feel bad when I get home feeling so tired that I can hardly put one foot in front of the other. I can see on Ray's face that he feels really bad for me.
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
What a beautiful morning we are having, it is in the 50's! DH is coming home today from Vegas, so that is another happy occasion. He will think he brought the nice weather back with him. After work yesterday I did a short GHUTV Workout LIFT Pilates Yoga Fusion. Good workout. This morning I did GHUTV LIFT Upper Body.
Laurel, Awesome job with the workout, and you are really making me want to try out those workouts. I knew you would be good with the legs. It now sounds like you did the same thing for your upper body. Interesting about the recovery, I'm guessing that you are probably correct on that one. I know that Chris Freytag has given me some good information on what to take, and I know that it has helped me a lot. I'm able to pop out of bed in the mornings without problem. Before taking the supplements, it was pretty difficult to actually walk. I think it might be the Tumeric.
Tami, Awesome workout combo! That one sounds really fun to try. Hope your spin class was a good one. I think I will use the AMRAP workouts for the metabolic rotation, thinking that one will really work well for that phase. I'm ready for our next phase on Sunday, actually looking forward to this one.
Thelma, I have had a boss that sounds like the one you are talking about. He would talk about firing people, and it really had me stressed so much that I would just start crying for no apparent reason. I was so happy when he left the company for greener pastures.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! I took it down a notch today which was much needed after the past two days of workouts. Today I started with Cathe Live Love Those Legs then pulled out an oldie for cardio....Rhythmic Step. Good fun.
Tami, great workout. I hope you get to take your birthday off from work at least! Maybe the trade off is working this coming weekend so you can be off the following weekend? I hope so. Hopefully your DH is feeling good and you can get out and do something fun. My DH and I will be celebrating our 28th anniversary on your birthday.
Thelma, I am glad it was a better day at work. I, too, have worked for somebody like that. I think individuals like that are on a power trip because, honestly, there is no reason to lead with fear. One of my pet peeves, especially when I worked for the military. Thank you for encouraging me to express myself on my down days, but I do feel I have spent the better part of the year whining! I keep telling myself to snap out of it.....but I just don’t seem to be able to do that. At least I have more good days that not anymore, though.
Laurie, sounds like we are sharing weather right now! Isn’t it fantastic? I love being able to open the windows for a little while and get fresh air. And go outside without a heavy coat. Great workouts! Hope your DH makes it home safely.
Off to get my hair youthened! See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ I am alive and well ..... just looked at the clock and I still have a few things to do. I will check in with you all tomorrow. Happy Friday "Eve" talk to you tomorrow.
Tami
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Hi Ladies, not much time for a workout but did a little Jessica Smith cardio. Yet another long, crazy day at work. I managed to get myself in trouble again today. An innocent mistake almost became a federal case. Insane! I've decided I'm not going to give these people the power to upset me too much. Our temps were in the 50's today. Tomorrow we will be in the mid 60's during the afternoon. I heard cooler air will move in on Saturday. I think temps will stay in the 50's though.
Laurie sounds like you did some fun workouts! Sounds like we're having the same kind of weather!
I'm where you were with that boss but I found out today he has no right to just fire people. There is a process and I certainly can't be written up simply because I didn't communicate with somebody. Especially, because that is not true.
Laurel, great workouts!
There really is no reason to lead by fear. I know he is under a lot of pressure himself. Like I told Laurie, a co-worker told me that he has no power to fire me. I know the firing policy. I would have to be found doing drugs or drinking at work and all kinds of other stuff but not for having failed to communicate with someone which like I told Laurie is not true.
I thought today that if he ever told me I was fired and kept yelling at me I'd walk out of the room, go to my desk, grab my personal things and leave. Or I could just march directly into the HR office.
Sometimes it's better to snap out of a down day when you share with others how you're feeling. I'm glad that your good days are more frequent than the not so good ones! Good job!
Hi Tami!
Good night and a great weekend ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
No workout after work, DH was already home. It was good to see him, and he was happy just to have a simple meal. He was wined and dined while out in Vegas. He told me that red meat was off the table for a while, so I made salmon and a salad for dinner. So good! This morning was GHUTV LIFT Lower Body, another good workout. Getting ready for our front/back rotation on Sunday!
Laurel, Nice combo of workout today! Never could get that choro for Rythmic Step down pat. Hopefully you won't be sharing the weather that we have coming up today, it is suppose to rain around 2" tonight. Then we are suppose to have ice/snow combo. Not fun, I'm ready for the more normal temps for this time of the year.
Tami, LOL about checking in. I'm sure that you will be just has happy as I am that it is Friday!
Thelma, I love your attitude about work. I always tell my co-workers that if they want to fire me, they can. Of course I'm the only woman in our department, so I think I'm safe. The other factor is that I have always gotten good reviews. Enjoy your temps, I'm ready for the same.
Erika, Hope your week went well and that you can survive any snow coming your way. I know that northern WI area is suppose to get socked with snow this weekend.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! I can’t believe today marks the end of our original six month rotation! It went by so fast. I am SO happy we did this....and even happier that we are continuing forward. Thank you, Ladies!! For my workout today, I started with Cathe Live Upper Body Express with Core. For cardio, I did F/S Boxing Bootcamp cardio into Cathe Live Jabs and Kicks. Good fun!
Tami, thanks for checking in! Hope you get some time to relax this weekend, even though you will most likely be working as well.
Thelma, I, too, love your attitude. Your boss’’s talk is all bluster. It should be treated accordingly. Enjoy those temps! We have been beautiful all week and today......it is snowing. Just flurries, but I have no idea where this came from. But that’s spring for you.
Laurie, glad you got to spend your evening with your DH. I bet eating out night after night in Vegas gets a little old. Of course, I don’t much enjoy eating out at all! Your dinner sounds wonderful. I am really looking forward to this next month in our rotation. It will be different from anything I have ever done.
Erika, hope you had a good week!
Off to make a cake for DHs birthday tomorrow. Completely out of character for him.....he requested a peanut butter cake with chocolate frosting. For all of my love of peanut butter and chocolate, this will be a first for me. I am thinking the slices (at least mine) will have to be very small because I can only imagine the calories (and the night sweats that would follow!). But since we spent his birthday last year in separate cars enduring the worst snowstorm on the Alaskan Highway I ever hope to see, I don’t mind celebrating this year with an overly rich, caloric homemade cake!
Enjoy the weekendL
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, I hope you all had a great weekend!
On Friday I did KCM 30-MTF Lower Body Split Sessions, Walking on Treadmill, Stretching. On Saturday Jessica Smith Walking Workout for Flat Abs and JS 20 Min Dynamic Stretch. Sunday Fit Split Just Kickboxing plus Abs, Stretching. I had the sads today again. I'm feeling better now thankfully.
Laurie, that salmon dinner sounds great! Wonderful job with the lower body workout!
I've always gotten great reviews too but this guy is nuts and goes around threatening to fire people.
Laurel, I am happy too we did this rotation! Fabulous workout combo on Friday!
Temps will be in the 50's during the day all week.
Hi Tami and Erika!
Good night and have a great week ladies!
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Morning Ladies,
What a messy weekend weather wise. I truly don't enjoy spring snowstorms, they usually involve rain/ice/snow in that order. We have about 2 inches of ice beneath the snow that is on top of it. Anyway on Saturday I did a Kelly's Yoga Flow Stretching, and then followed that up with a 15 min. stretch with Jessica. On Sunday I did Kelly's Amped Up Cardio, that one really is a calorie burner. This morning was FitSplit Push, and hopefully I will be able to do something after work. I wasn't able to get to the grocery store this weekend, because of the weather. I only ventured out to go to church, and then came home so I will have to do some shopping on the way home.
Laurel, Nice workouts! I too am glad that we did this rotation, and I didn't even realize that it has been 6 months. I think that it was the variety that helped with not noticing this on my part. I have done workouts like this with using Jillian's workout, but I'm looking forward to this too. It is a very different way of working the body. I think that it has helped me understand what my body likes for workouts and doesn't. Now that cake sounds delicious, and I hope that you enjoyed every bite. Happy Birthday to your DH also.
Thelma, Awesome workout combos! I'm glad you are passed the sads. I have not tried that Kickboxing portion of the FitSpit workout, I may try that one tonight if I have the time. Does sounds like a crazy person. Hope that you don't end up getting this storm/blizzard that we had. 36 hours of pelting ice. Our skylight is covered in a layer of ice, so no sunlight will get through that. That is when we finally get some sun. 
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! We had a nice weekend here, and enjoyed spending time with DH on his birthday. The cake turned out very good....too good, in fact, because I can’t stop eating it! Oh well. For workouts, on Saturday I did a Jessica Smith walking workout from YouTube followed by two 15 minute Rodney Yee Yoga routines....one focusing on hip openers and one on flexibility. I really enjoy Rodney Yee’s yoga. Yesterday, I started with a Cathe Live Timesaver Step routine into Cathe’s Intensity workout with the BC section for a tough 90 minutes of cardio. Then I did the Stability Ball Ab work from STS Ab Circuits. Today was Fit/Split Push, followed by X10 Hi/Lo into Cathe Live Cardio Core Blast.
Thelma, great workouts this weekend. I am sorry to hear you were feeling down yesterday. Are you taking Friday off? I hope so. Enjoy the nice weather!
Laurie, sounds like a horrible storm. I saw photos from Minnesota this weekend covered in snow/ice, and I imagine that is the same storm that hit you. Hopefully the sun comes out and melts that ice! No fun. Great workouts this weekend! Yes, I have been enjoying the cake....too much. Hence the long cardio sessions the last two days!
Tami and Erika, hope you enjoyed the weekend.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, I have missed you all! You've all had amazing workouts, I can't even keep up with them all!
Well, we've had quite the weather...we ended up with a snowstorm starting Friday night and just ended early this morning. 18" of snow, about 24 hours of 40+ Mph winds (thus the blizzard warning) and ice. They closed pretty much everything down this weekend and delayed schools this morning too. It's supposed to stay in the low 30's until the weekend, and we have another shot at 3-6" of snow Wednesday. I'm ready for warmth and sun!
Thelma, I can so feel for your frustrations with work. About 9 months ago, I was assigned a new manager and she made my life horrible. I would cry at night (and during the day, because I work at home by myself) and work 13+ hour days. It was horrible, and I dreaded every single day. I'm not a super religious person, but I was told to pray. Well, an announcement came out just before January 1st that I was getting a new boss and at the end of February my old boss was "laid off" It was a horrible several months, that I honestly didn't think I'd make it through. So, I feel for you! I hope it gets a little better or some good changes come soon!
Tami, so glad to hear that your hubby had a good day and hopefully those continue to be more frequent. Sounds like you've been putting in some extra hours at work...hopefully that subsides once you are done training and onto your new role. Changes are always tough, but hopefully it all works in your favor!
Laurel, I am still cringing at your tough workout from last week! Way to push yourself outside of your comfort zone...that's fun to do every once in awhile. I signed up for Cathe's Live workouts over the weekend, and so far have had a lot of fun with them. Something about watching her live is fun for me. It's more "real" than the DVD's, which I like. She gets tired like us, goofs up like us, and frankly is just a fun person! If you've got some faves I should try (since there's so many of them), let me know. I'm staying away from the step cardio (too challenging for me choreography wise), but otherwise am open to everything else. I've done Jabs and Kicks, Booty Max and Old School Cardio & Kickbox.
Laurie, I'm sure you can feel my pain on this weekend's snow storm. How much did you end up getting?
Hopefully I'm back on here more often now that the weather (and sports) are calming down a bit for a couple weeks! Have a great evening!
Erika0 -
Hi Ladies ~ Happy Monday! I am going to try and get my message to you all before my day is gone. . . Nevermind, it is now my lunch break but I am trying to catch up with you ladies. Kind of how Friday went again after Thursday. Training-Training and more Training really keeps me away from my “norm”. All good, she is getting more and more on her own so it is going to be great. I did come in yesterday but the only Title Officer here had only left me 3 files. The other one came in as I was leaving so a “full” in box this a.m. I was able to get through it though and then after covering the front desk for an hour I am behind a little bit, but I will make it. Weekend was pretty good, short but good. DH didn't feel good at all on Saturday and then yesterday he was fine. I don't know what that was about but glad he is better again. Thursday and Friday were both great energy level days for him so not sure if meds are still in his system or????
Workouts were: Saturday Total Body Tri-sets Upper & Lower combo for a fabulous 90 min workout and then yesterday was CARDIO and I did S&S Cardio Slam. No workout this a.m. but will head to BootCamp after work.
You guys are all doing amazing with your workouts!
Very fun to be into this new phase of a rotation. I think the added cardio will be good for me! Thank you all for our amazing rotation we just finished up by the way! Always so fun to be doing them with you all.
I think tomorrow will be a good day that I can respond to all of you better. {sorry} but I am here and cheering everyone on in their daily workouts and life!
Talk to you all tomorrow ~
Tami
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Hi Ladies, tonight's workout: Fit Split Push - Mixed Impact Cardio - Just Pull, Walking on Treadmill, Stretching. I survived another day at work. Today was a good day at work. I think I have to take this one-day-at-a-time.
Laurie, great workouts! We did get some slushy stuff this weekend. Our cars were covered in some slushy mess. It rained pretty hard all day long. Pretty crappy day for the Boston Marathon runners!
I think you would like the Kickboxing portion of the FitSplit workout. I like that it wasn't a jumping workout. My body doesn't like those high impact workouts anymore. If our skylight were covered in ice, DH would love it. He likes a dark room. Our skylight has mini blinds that we never open anymore.
Laurel, glad you and your DH had a nice weekend. That cake sounds delicious! It's a good thing you worked out extra hard last week! I think you can afford the cake calories! Great workouts this weekend and today!!
I am taking Friday off and I just can't wait. I'm also starting to get excited about our vacation at the end of May.
Erika, we missed you too! OMG, you got a serious snowstorm! OMG, it is so stressful to have management issues! I normally don't have anything to do with this guy but someone said something that made me look like I wasn't communicating a project status loud enough. He lost it as a result and once he is in that ugly place there is no way to reason with him.
Interesting about the prayer advice. My aunt suggested the same thing this weekend when I called her couldn't stop crying while telling her my work situation. I do need to pray about it, and I will. I don't expect a miracle like in your case. I just ask for this project to go smoothly.
Tami, I'm glad your trainee is learning at a good pace.
Sounds like your DH is having more good days than bad days now! Great progress!
Great workouts!! I am happy about the cardio part too!
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
No workout last night, which I kind of new would happen. This morning was F/S Pull, and I'm really enjoying these workouts so far.
Laurel, Awesome combo of workouts, and very nice that you found some good Rodney hip openers. Will have to look into that one, because my hips do need all the help that they can get. Should be doing the PY4H Happy Hips one of these days. We are suppose to get temps in the 50's this weekend, so the snow should start to melt. The Green Bay area had 34" of snow, so they really got hit hard. If you only make that type of treat every once in a while, and then of course do your cardio, you should be good.
Erika, Sure does sound like we had the pleasure of the crazy weather this weekend. I don't think that there is anyplace in MN or WI that isn't cover in snow. I'm with you on the warmer weather, it can commence at anytime. Have fun with your new purchase of Cathe Live, it appears that you have had some good ones so far. I think that is one of the reasons that I enjoy the Kelly RAW workouts too.
Tami, Glad that you where able to check in with us, I know that you are super busy right now. Sorry to hear about your DH not feeling well, but that it was only for a day. Great workouts, it really is nice to get longer/more cardio.
Thelma, Great job with the workouts! I was thinking of adding on the cardio of the F/S workouts as my after work cardio, they are shorter so should be good. I don't enjoy the high impact workout either, ever since I had that knee problem. Enjoy your day off on Friday, will be a good mental health day for you.
On a sad note, a girl that my youngest dd worked with was murdered this weekend. It appears that it may be her boyfriend.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was F/S Pull and F/S Abs. For cardio, I hit the spin cycle with Cathe Live Rhythm Ride. This was a really fun one!
Erika, I saw photos of Minnesota this weekend and all the snow! That is crazy. Hopefully spring shows up soon for both you and Laurie. I agree with everything you said about the appeal of the Cathe Live workouts. My favorites.....there are so many! But here are a few off the top of my head: Kickboxing—Jabs and Abs; Rock It Sock It Live, Warrior Kickboxing and Boxing with Leg Blasts. For Mixed Cardio (meaning a little bit of a few forms of cardio)—Fitness Fusion, Cathe’s Birthday Blast and Keep the Cardio Coming. If you can do drills (no choreography) using just a 4” step, the workout with a very long title (her 100th Live episode) from 5/5/16 is a fantastic blend of cardio styles. For shorter HiiT cardio—Lift It HiiT It Live, Mixed Impact
HiiT with Bonus Abs and Compound HiiT. Lower Body—Oh My Quads and Oh My Glutes. For Upper Body—Upper Body Pyramid and Upper Body Express with Core. For Total Body—all of the PHA workouts and Vertical Loading are great. I could go on forever!! But there are just a few. Let me know what appeals, and maybe I can narrow it down a bit!
Tami, great workouts! Sorry DH wasn’t feeling well on Saturday. Could it have just been one of those days and not related to the pneumonia? I hope so since he recovered on Sunday. Sounds like work is keeping you busy. Thanks for checking in!
Thelma, one day at a time is really a fantastic approach. I have heard it all my life without paying attention to really adhering to the approach.....but it really does make sense to just take each day as they come. Glad you have a short week....and a vacation to look forward to!
Laurie, I, too, am loving these workouts. I am so glad to be doing the F/S strength workouts for four weeks because I just am beginning to feel familiar with them now and can, hopefully, start making some weight changes. Her pace and my lack of familiarity with them has kept me a little lighter than I otherwise probably could handle. That being said, I am feeling today’s workout very well right now! Yep, I don’t mind cake once in awhile....but I have had enough! When I was younger I never could imagine ever saying ‘I have had enough’ about cake. Guess I’m not a kid anymore. On a serious note, though, that is so scary and sad about your DD’s co-worker. Hope they can figure out if it was her boyfriend or, if not, who else did it. I cannot imagine what her family is going through right now.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ We had a good BootCamp class last night was another “AMRAP” Session with 7 minutes on and 1 minute rest, repeat 3 times and then she would change the set of exercises. She didn’t know what she wanted to do for class so I think she just went with a mixture of what we have been doing. LOL This a.m. was Fit|Split Pull and tonight I will head to Insane X.
Thelma: Great job with you workouts! Sounds like work is not the funnest for you right now. I am sorry. That stress level has to be exhausting. Very glad you have a long weekend coming up. YAY!! One day at a time is sometimes the best way when life is being tougher on you. It is too much to think beyond that sometimes. Yes. Hoping DH continues to have more good days. He is going in this week for another lung x-ray so we will see what they say. . . . he seems to think something is not right still.
Laurie: Excellent workout! Is this your first time with the Fit Split Push and Pull workouts? Or just in general you are enjoying them in our new series of workouts? Work is super busy right now. It would be just normal busy if I didn’t have to stop what I am doing and miss 20, 30 minutes here and there. The girl that is supposed to be helping me when I get behind during this training period isn’t helping …. She says she is happy to and takes files and then brings them back, “sorry I got busy” so I just stopped asking. Strange. I am so sorry to hear about your DD’s co-worker, how awful. I can’t even imagine.
Laurel: Way to go on your workouts! Sounds like a perfect combo today. I am hoping it was just one of those days and he had a bug or something. I think with all the antibiotics that were in his system recently it has played some havoc on his eating, taste buds, etc. He is going to bring it up to the doctor when he goes in again so we will see. Fingers crossed.
Hope you ladies have a great rest of your day/evening! Talk to you tomorrow ~ Tami0 -
Hi Ladies, not much energy for weight lifting so I just did some Jessica Smith low impact cardio.
Laurie, great job getting your workout in this morning!
We had temps in the 50's today and I believe the rest of the week will stay in the 50's during the day. Friday will definitely be a mental health day.
OMG, how sad about your dd's co-worker!!
Laurel, great workouts!!
The one-day-at-a-time is the best I can do now. I think I have to make it one hour-at-a-time pretty soon!
Tami, awesome workouts!!!
Work doesn't seem to be fun for a lot of people I'm slowly discovering. The stress level is exhausting and depressing. As long as your DH feels there is something still not right with his lungs he needs to keep going to the doctor. Maybe if this doctor can't figure it out he needs to go somewhere else.
Maybe you need to deliver the work to the woman who isn't helping!
Hi Erika! I saw this picture on Facebook and thought of you and all that snow! The caption said something about breaking out the flip-flops for Michigan's summer.
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
After work I did KCM's Build & Burn Cardio Core. This morning was GHUTV Cardio Step. This was the first time doing this workout, and I really enjoyed it. They don't have a ton of room, so the workout doesn't get to crazy with moves.
DD's co-worker was murdered by her boyfriend, and he has been charged with 2 counts of first degree murder because she was pregnant. Just very sad.
Laurel, Nice job with the workouts. I'm having that same experience with these F/S workouts. I'm using lower weights, because I'm still getting familiar with them again, but I'm feeling the burn. My legs where sore yesterday from the roll ins that we had to endure. Well maybe I should say my whole body was sore, and it just seems weird that even though we have been working these muscles with weights, hitting them in this way is still working the muscle differently. I had to LOL about your list to Erika of all the live workouts that you liked. That is quite the list.
Tami, Every time you mention that AMRAP workout, I want to try the two that GHUTV has put out. I will have to make sure that I use one of those for my cardio sometime this phase. Great job on all your workouts too. I have tried these workout out before when they first came out, and I'm enjoying them again. I just love that they are short weight segments so I can get them done in the morning. Guess that co-worker isn't being a ton of help, that is to bad.
Thelma, You got in a workout, so that is wonderful. I would love those temps, and we are suppose to have them this weekend. But it seems that winter has to have another blast at us today, we are suppose to get some more snow, so our ride home should be fun.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Good Morning, Ladies! Today was Cathe Live Compound Giant sets with light weights. Loved it and man do I get a good sweat in from these live workouts!
Thelma, love the flip flop photo! It's finally starting to melt a bit (we had about 10" melt over the last 2 days) but we have a small storm hitting today (2-4") and then we're on the way to the 60's! Can't wait! Great job on the workouts, as usual! I agree with taking the job 1 day at a time...that's what I had to do last fall as well...it was the only way I could get through. I've had my run of bad managers or challenging co-workers (our company was a bit of a mess when I started 4 years ago), but I find if I take it one day at a time (and make sure to take some time off when I can) it helps! I'm praying your situation gets better.
Tami, ooh, that class sounds fun! Weird on hubby's one bad day in the mix...I think that's normal though, depending on how much he's pushing himself the day before. Even when he feels like he's not really pushing himself, his body is still in recovery mode so even the smallest amount can be a challenge to recover from. Glad to hear the trainee is catching on and you're feeling at least a little relief!
Laurie, it's amazing how much snow we can get in April, isn't it? I'm fine with it as long as we continue to warm up and stay there. I'd rather have this than the bone dry conditions they are having in other areas of the US. Cardio Step sounds like fun, I bet it was a good one!
Laurel, loving the workouts, way to go!! Thanks for the suggestions on the Live workouts! All sound great! I actually wrote all of them down in a notebook from her site, and am slowly just going through the list and crossing them off as I go. I'm noting my favorites, so I know which ones to go back to. I'm having a blast with them!
Back to work, hope you all have an amazing day!
Erika0 -
Hi Ladies! Had a fun cardio combo today. I started with the cardio only premix from Step, Jump and Pump then went into Cathe Live Sweat, Jump and Pump. These are completely different types of workouts, and I enjoyed the mix going from steady state cardio into tough circuits. Good stuff.
Tami, sounds like a good class even if it was decided ‘on the fly’. I’m glad your DH is going in for another x-ray.....just so he knows what is going on. If he still feels like something isn’t right, I am sure that is weighing heavily on his mind right now.
Thelma, good workout for a low energy day. Sounds like you will have nice weather for your three day weekend!
Laurie, that is absolutely tragic about your DDs co-worker. Just so sad. I hear you on feeling those roll-ins. I am curious how I feel the next two days as I mash together various workouts for a push and a pull day. I am hoping I feel like I had a complete total body workout with the two when I am done on Friday. Fingers crossed!
Erika, another great Live workout. I love that one because it flies by. If you liked that one, you will enjoy the PHA and
Vertical Loading I recommended. They are fast moving weight work like the Compound Sets but with more variety of weights. If you like random circuit work (going between cardio and compound strength moves randomly), the Sweat Jump and Pump workout I did today is super fantastic....and super tough!
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, I forced myself to workout tonight. I did Fit Split Push Day Upper Body portion only. I was going to do the leg portion and I kept grabbing the barbell incorrectly. I did rewind 3 times to restart the set and got frustrated. I took it as a sign of being too tired, and that I needed to stop before I hurt myself.
Tomorrow is my Friday! I can't wait!
Laurie, great workouts! You did a step workout! Sounds like our kind of step workout without the fancy Cathe moves! LOL
OMG! That poor girl and her baby. I hope they throw him in jail for the rest of his life.
I hope your winter ends soon! We are definitely done with winter coats.
Erika, great workout! It sounds like an awesome workout!
I hope your winter runs out of energy soon!
My manager is really awesome but his boss not so much. I am surrounded by challenging co-workers and I'm in charge of two of them! Thanks for the prayers! I need them! This week has been a much better week but my mental health isn't feeling too healthy.
Laurel, sounds like a killer combo! Great job! Send some energy my way, please!
We will have a nice weekend weather-wise.
Hi Tami!
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
After work I did KCM's Total Body Kickbox, that helped loosen up those triceps. This morning I did KCM's RAW Back. I really like this one a lot from Kelly, hope that she puts one like this on a DVD. We now have sunshine, so hopefully it will melt the mountains of snow that are around here.
Erika, Glad to hear that you had a good workout with Cathe Live. I'm okay with the snow too, but it can really start to warm up now. They are talking about the poor Robins not having anything to eat. Not to be mean, but I think that Robins have endured this type of weather before and they seem to have survived. I don't do step workout to often, so I need really simple.
Laurel, Funny that they have similar names, but are different. Great job! I'm actually surprised that I'm feeling those F/S workouts, I think that I used the correct weight. I'm hoping that as we progress through this, that I will be able to increase the weights too. When I'm doing those workout I think that my choice is way to light, until I get to about the middle of the second set. That seems to be the point when I start to really feel like I'm getting to failure. It is also when Cathe says, now the weight is getting heavy. If Kelly's Front workout is as good as the back, I'm going to be feeling the total body. Doing the kickbox workout last night got my abs really good.
Thelma, Awesome job on the upper body, and knowing that you needed to stop. Yes you read that correctly I did a step workout! Good thing it is super simple. I hope that the winter coat can be put away for good too. Have a great day off tomorrow!
Have a wonderful day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Well, I absolutely loved my ‘homemade’ Push workout today. I did deviate a bit from the plan I posted a couple of weeks ago, though. I did Burn Sets Chest, Shoulders and Triceps premix, which is the first time I have done this premix. But on the shoulder work, I did the overhead press (the first exercise of the shoulder series) once with my barbell (elbows in, like in F/S Push) and a second time (total of six sets) with goal post arms and dumbbells (like F/S Push) and then a homemade burn sets of 20 front raises with a dumbbell. Then I skipped to Triceps. Going from that shoulder work into the tricep Push-ups (the first exercise in the tricep portion) was brutal!! Then, for legs, I did Xtrain Legs first four exercises (as planned) but doubled. All together, it was under an hour and felt fantastic! Tomorrow I had planned Burn Sets Back and Bicep premix and Bonus Rear Delts from XT Legs disc, but, instead, I am going to do Burn Sets Back and Biceps and then the Burn Set Shoulder side lateral raises, rear delt raises and the burn set of scarecrows....then go into XTrain Legs for exercises 4-8. If I like it as much as I did today’s workout, I will definitely be repeating this combo again this month. Anyhow, for cardio today, I did RWH Plyo HiiT One into Cathe Live High Low HiiT.
Thelma, glad you listened to your body and mind and didn’t push the lower body portion of the workout. Great job getting the upper body part in after another long day. I know my workouts make it sound like I am bouncing along with too much energy but, honestly, I have been dragging a bit this week. Not quite sure why, to be honest. But if I had energy to spare, I would definitely try to send it your way! You at least have a very valid reason to be drained!! I think I am just wanting to be lazy..... .
Laurie, great workouts! I was going to ask you for recommendations on KCM Kickboxing, but after ordering Strength and
Stamina and Slim Sculpting, I have decided I need to not buy more workouts right now. But if you have recommendations..... . I was mentally thanking you during my workout this morning for making me try this kind of workout today. I thoroughly enjoyed doing Burn Sets—a workout I have done a lot—in a new way. Made me appreciate it like it was new. I am definitely feeling these workouts, and my body is too. Yesterday was one of those hungry days I get when my body gets hit with a new challenge. Always makes me feel like I am doing something good.....as long as I don’t feed the hungries with bad stuff. 
Tami and Erika, hope you are doing well.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ You know “the drill” and where I have been. LOL Sorry I wasn’t able to check in yesterday. Let’s see so I ended up not going to Insane X on Tuesday evening, I hit a wall so to speak and needed to just head home and relax. Was just flat tired and feeling a little burned out. But yesterday was Cardio and so I got up and did an older DVD that I have had for a while but forgot it was back in the cupboard. {oops} at any rate, it was perfect. Amy Dixon’s Breathless Body – which is a Tabata workout; 8 drills done 8 times each. Then I went to Spinning after work for another Cardio session.
Thelma: Good job with your workouts! Sounds like the upper only was a great plan …… I bet you cannot wait for your days OFF coming up. Enjoy!
Laurie: Great job with your KCM B&B Cardio and Cardio Step! So awful to hear about your DD’s co-worker. Can’t even imagine what her family is going through. I am glad you are enjoying the Fit|Split workouts! I wasn’t sure for today and tomorrow of what I will be doing in this new rotation; I may just do all upper and all lower. So I will peak and see what you ladies are doing. It is a bummer that my co-worker isn’t being very helpful, it is the strangest thing. She is so nice, we get a long great and she is always so eager to offer help to everyone but then it sits on her desk. She is a very slow worker and some people are just that way but I hate to ask for help because it sits there.
Erika: Sounds like you are going to be enjoying Cathe’s LIVE workouts! Yay for that.
Laurel: Amazing combos as always! Love the cardio combos. I like what you have put together for your Thursday/Friday – I just don’t really have the time in the early a.m. to try and make all that happen with changing out DVD’s. So not sure what I will be doing on these two days. Any suggestions are welcome. I need to just be able to put in and hit play in the early a.m. Any fun plans for your weekend?
So DH did go in for his x-ray and they saw “something” they are not sure what it is. Luckily the word “tumor” wasn’t used and the doctor said from what they can see on the x-ray it doesn’t look like it is that big, just very unusual. DH asked, because he is always nervous about the worst due to everything in the last couple years. So anyway, they want to do a CT scan so they can see it closely. Could be many things and could be nothing; worse case scenario they might have to go in and remove it. Fingers crossed it is the best case scenario and/or a small little in and out but they did say if it does come to that it will be a recovery time, sort of like how the pneumonia has been for him. OY. I will keep you all posted as I know more. It hasn’t been scheduled yet.
Have a great afternoon/evening ladies! Talk to you tomorrow (I hope) Tami
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Hi Ladies, not much time for a workout. I didn't leave work till 7:15 and I started working at 8 Thursday morning. I worked through lunch too. So I just did a quick Jessica Smith low impact cardio workout.
Serious freezing rain fell this morning! It then turned into rain thankfully. Needless to say, I had to wear a lite winter coat.
Laurie, great workouts! I need to try one of those raw workouts one of these days! I intend to have a very relaxing day off! thanks!
Laurel, sounds like a wonderful workout!! Great job! You do have a lot of energy Laurel. I hope to gain my energy back some day!
Tami, great job getting your workouts in and for listening to your body when it needed a break! I am so looking forward to our vacation in May! I have the feeling I'm going to cry on our last vacation day!
Hi Erika!
Good night ladies and have a wonderful weekend!!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
Wow talk about sore today from the Kelly workout. She did different exercises that seem to have hit me in new places. My but is still sore from yesterday. No workout after work, got home kind of late. This morning was KCM's RAW Front, and I can tell that my biceps are going to be talking to me.
Laurel, Awesome way to do the push/pull and using the Burn Set workouts. I really do love those the most from the XTrain series. Nice that you are liking the concept so far, I know that I am too. For Kelly I love her boxing workouts the most. Her Trim Down workout is my all time favorite. You do boxing for the cardio, and then she alternates weight work. The other workout that I truly love is Meltdown. This one has a 30 min. boxing workout, and a 30 min. weight workout. The boxing workout you do boxing moves on each side, and then a cardio move. In this one Kelly has a heavy bag, but she does have Sam doing weighted gloves without a bag.
The weight workout is very good, and she has different moves. That is one things about Kelly, her weight work incorporates different moves than other instructors use. Of her "kickboxing" workouts, I actually like the Kicbox one. It is nothing like Cathe's, probably more intermediate. I just love all the combos that she does in that one. The Amped up Cardio incorporates kickboxing and cardio moves, it is awesome. Guess I gave you a lot to check into, and of course spend you $ on in the future.
Tami, Totally understand, so don't worry about it. I have always looked at the Amy Dixon Breathless Body workouts, and wondered how good they where. I will be thinking of your DH and you as they work through what they found. Will always pray for positive. Hopefully the new co-worker will be up to speed soon, and you can get back to "normal".
Thelma, Great job on the Jessica workout, it is something. Glad to hear that the ice conditions turned into rain, so you didn't have to endure what we did.
Have a great weekend!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Boy was my body dragging this morning. Guess that means these workouts are working. But I feel much better now after my workout. Oddly, I am feeling a lot of DOMS is my lower body, and that is the one body part I thought might be underworked in this rotation. Guess not. Anyhow, so my workout today was Burn Sets Back and Biceps with the other shoulder work I didn’t do yesterday into XT Legs where I did the four final standing exercises twice. Today because there was more unilateral work on the upper body, this clocked in at about 65 minutes. But I loved it. I will definitely be doing these combos again this month. For cardio, I did Party Rockin’ Step 2....just for fun.
Tami, I am so glad you listened to your body and took the night off on Tuesday. Between work and your DHs illness.....I am amazed you hadn’t hit a wall earlier. I will be sending positive thoughts that your DHs CT scan shows nothing that needs to be bothered with. But I know how scary this wait can be because the mind (at least my mind) always goes to the worst place. Hopefully everything gets scheduled soon so this wait time isn’t too long. Anyhow, my recommendations for this month’s workouts. I would suggest doing the Fit/Split Push and Pull workouts as is, then doing push and pull (two days) with upper body only and one separate day (on one of the cardio days) of a solid leg workout.....even if it is something like XT Cardio Leg Blast or LIHI Legs, so you get both cardio and legs. For the upper body work, I would suggest the LIHI upper body workouts, since they are pretty much Push and Pull workouts....and you have premixes that make it easy to adjust for the time you have. Also, the LIS Triset premixes of Chest, Shoulder, Triceps and Back, Biceps and Abs premixes are perfect for this rotation because that latter premix does also include some shoulder work with the back. Do you have Cathe’s Body Blast Push/Pull workout? If so, there are Push and Pull only premixes for that workout that are very short AND include both upper and lower body, so you could do those (probably could do each premix twice in your timeframe and get a better workout). The Gym Style upper body workouts, while not exactly Push and Pull are two I had considered for this rotation as well. So there are some thoughts! Hope that helps. No special plans for this weekend except for a nice dinner out with DH at our favorite restaurant in Fairbanks. We went there last year for our anniversary as well, so I think that will be our tradition while we are here. I am definitely looking forward to some good halibut! I hope you have a wonderful birthday and can take a few minutes to breathe and do something special for yourself.
Thelma, yikes on the long day! Great job getting a workout in. Freezing rain is no fun. I am glad it didn’t last long! Hope you are enjoying your much deserved long weekend!
Laurie, I am right there with you on the soreness. Like I said, my lower body is surprisingly sore, but so are my triceps today. Definitely looking forward to yoga tomorrow. Thank you for all the KCM recommendations.....I think. I am definitely going to look into a couple of those because I do like the variety I was doing the last two weeks of last month. Besides, I have a birthday coming up...... . Thank you again!
Erika, hope the rest of your week went well.
Enjoy the weekend!
Laurel0
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