Cathe Fans Part 5
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Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a fun but tough combo. I started with a short kickboxing session from Cathe Live Kickboxing and Barre, which I used as my warm-up for S&S PHA. After the PHA workout, I went right into Cathe’s live class from yesterday which was Metabolic Core. This was a completely different class to anything Cathe has done and I loved it. It was a good combo of functional fitness moves and some standard core moves. It was enough to get a good sweat on and the heart rate up enough, but not so much that the focus in the core was lost. It was 45 minutes long and flew by. I hope to be able to add this one on time to time through the next rotation, despite its length. I love this type of core training.
Thelma, great workouts. I don’t know about there, but our humidity has been pretty high this week so every workout I finished drenched. Thankfully that is a feeling I enjoy. I don’t know if the storms predicted here tonight are supposed to go through your area but if so....stay safe. What a spring it has been for storms.
Laurie, that sounds like another great workout. I hope you enjoy the new rotation. It looks like she has put a lot of thought into making some unique and challenging workouts for it. That is interesting about the barbell not being comfortable on bicep curls. I am finding I much prefer some exercises with the barbell (like lying tricep extensions) but some, like bicep curls, I still prefer dumbbells. All of that is because of my forearms and/or elbows. I am just so glad I have the barbell option these days. It’s hard for me to believe that I didn’t until just a few years ago!
Enjoy the weekend!
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. Our was good. We went out to dinner on Friday with some friends. We visited a friend who just had surgery and on Sunday we did a little garden work.
My workouts on Friday wee Peloton Beginner Advanced Ride and S&S PHA Training.
I started the new rotation with Zumba, STS Disc 1 and advanced stretch.
The hummingbirds are finally here. We have two because I saw them feeding at the same time from our two feeders. I'm happy!
We went to the Home Depot on Friday and I checked out the garden center. It was as if people had gone nuts buying all the annuals! There weren't that many left and not anything I wanted.
We couldn't make it to the nursery on Saturday because it rained most of the day.
Laurie, that tabata workout sounds fantastic! Good job!
Kelly is definitely doing an excellent job with the current rotation!
I've not seen any signs at the garden centers that say these plants are good to attract hummingbirds. The plants do have tags that specify that sometimes. I usually ask the people who work there. The nurseries are better at those things though.
Laurel, what a killer combo you did on Friday! Good job!
No humidity here at all yet Laurel, It actually felt cold last night and today we had a cool breeze.
I like those sweaty workouts too!
We had some rain on Saturday but nothing crazy.
Have a great week ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
Well all those plans to start working out on Sunday went out the window. I was so busy that it didn't happen. We helped a friend of ours move on Saturday, and after that we just didn't want to do anything. On Sunday I got busy quilting the quilt that I'm giving to my niece. I'm not really pleased with what I created, so I'm planning on taking that apart tonight.
Oh well. This morning my workout was RAW Upper Body Blast. Really really liked this one, because my upper body is feeling it right now. It was a superset with tabata intervals. So we did four sets of a chest exercise for 25 sec, and then four sets of shoulder work. Each superset included two exercises for each muscle.
Laurel, Great job on the workouts! I'm liking the sound of that core workout, it sure does sound a lot more fun than her CCC workout.
The problem I have with the barbell and biceps are my elbows. It just hurts. This mornings workout incorporated the barbell, but it was only used for chest, back and triceps. I think that the exercises that she used the barbell with where perfect. I love my barbell too.
Thelma, Love the workouts! Nice that you where able to go out on Friday, and able to visit your friend. I'm sure that we will have to garden soon, but we had rain all weekend, so nothing was able to happen with that. Glad to hear that the hummingbirds have arrived, and will continue to give you both joy in seeing them. Our garden center doesn't have annuals yet, just to cold right now. Sorry to hear that yours was picked over so much. That is to bad that the garden center doesn't have that information about what attracts them to the flowers. Ours even says if they attract bumble bees or butterflies.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Hope you enjoyed the weekend. Ours was very nice. We spent the bulk of it buying flowers and vegetable plants and some herbs and planting them. We woke up to rain on Saturday, but it ended up being the perfect day to do the bulk of the work because there were far fewer people out, and once the rain ended, the temperatures were very pleasant to work in. Yesterday we re-visited the local nursery and Lowe’s for more plants....and they were crazy busy. But we got what we wanted, and I am very happy how things came together. Now I just have to keep everything alive.
For workouts, on Saturday I did Jessica Smith’s Core Control from her Build Balance DVD, followed by 45 minutes of yoga with Kristin McGee. Yesterday was STS Disc 1/Chest, Shoulders and Biceps, the STS Extended Stretch, and Perfect 30 High Impact HiiT and Bonus Pyramid HiiT. Today was Cathe Live Legs Express:Moderate Weights followed by a surprisingly tough 45 minute Climb ride with Peloton. I finished it with the Balanced Core premix from Cathe’s Core Max DVD.
Thelma, great workouts. I am sorry your garden centers are so picked over already. I was very happy with our selection here. Hopefully you get more in. Yay for the hummingbirds! I haven’t seen another one since the one I saw last week, but hopefully now that I have petunias and marigolds planted, they will spend a little more time here.
Laurie, I completely understand not wanting to do anything after helping somebody move! About every third night I have a dream/nightmare that we are moving again. Moving is no fun.....and a lot of work. I am sorry you don’t like what you did on the quilt. It is so frustrating having to rip stuff out. I do it all the time when I am crocheting. DH asks me why, and I always tell him that as frustrating as it is to start over, it is far less frustrating than working on something I am unhappy with. Anyhow, great workout this morning. Sounds like a fantastic workout. And, yes, Metabolic Core was FAR more enjoyable than Cardio Core Circuit!
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, my workouts on Monday were Peloton Beginner Advanced Ride, STS Disc 3/Legs and Ashtanga Yoga. It was a sweat fest between the Peloton ride and the leg workout. Wow!
We had a gorgeous sunny and windy day today. I think we hit 78 degrees.
Every year I get or make baskets of Calibrachoa (looks like a small Petunia) and Verbenas. Today I found out our local supermarket had flower baskets so DH and I rushed there during his lunch time. The baskets they had were Calibrachoa mixed with Verbenas. How lucky for me! I've been getting these flowers for as long as I can remember. The Hummingbirds love them and the Hummingbird Moth also loves the verbena. I hope I can get a moth here this year. I always got them in MA. My dwarf Lilac tree arrived today and it already has flowers! I got 5 baskets and I already had 4 plants. Our deck looks beautiful with all our plants BUT the pollen! OMG! Everything is yellow.
Laurie, sounds like another great KCM workout! Good job! I think you did good by not working out on Sunday after you helped someone move the day before.
Sorry you weren't pleased with your quilting. I am sure you will come up with something great!
I'm sure you will be working on your garden soon. DH needs to get some soil so we'll be going to the Home Depot garden center tomorrow. Our soil is clay so every hole he digs has to be filled with a mixture of soil and cow manure. I'm sure I won't leave the store empty handed either! LOL
Sounds like your garden centers are very well organized! Here you have to read each plant's tags to see if they attract any pollinators!
Laurel, I'm glad you had a nice and productive weekend! I am sure you'll be able to keep those plants alive.
Great workouts!!
I think people went crazy buying plants now that it appears we are done with our winters! I hope I can find a couple of more plants tomorrow. Otherwise; we'll hit a nursery over the weekend.
I hope your hummingbirds will arrive soon. I bet the one you saw was on its way north. I saw our two fighting for the feeders today.
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
This morning was RAW Burnout Lower Body. Another great workout, and I should be feeling this one later today or tomorrow for sure. Another one that she did tabata style, so you get a small break. She did one weighted exercise, and then a bodyweight for 3 rounds.
Laurel, Awesome job on all your workouts! I bet it was super busy for buying plants. I think that people are just wanting to be out and getting their yards looking good again. They are saying that we might get flurries tomorrow morning, so hope it doesn't freeze. Don't need the tulips to get frost on them. One of the good things about this move, they had a lot of people. We where able to form a line and just hand box after box along the line. Our friend was impressed that we had the moving van unloaded in 45 min. I'm going to start taking the stitches out a little at a time, just to see how the quilt looks. LOL about the CCC vs. Metabolic Core.
Thelma, Great job with the workouts! Nice that you where able to score those hanging baskets. I love lilacs too! I have a lilac bush, so it doesn't get those large flowers. This one has small clusters all over. Last year was it's first full year planted, so I think that this year it should be fairly impressive. I hear you on the clay. Your area has way different clay than we have, but it is still really hard to dig a hole. Like you we have to get some plant soil and manure. Sorry to hear about the pollen though. Have fun with more garden center shopping, it is one of my favorite things. Always wanting to see if there is something new to plant.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! I started today’s workout with STS Disc 2/Back and Triceps. Then, for cardio, I did a workout I haven’t done in several years....MMA:Fusion from Cathe’s Shock Cardio series. I was very disappointed in her MMA workouts from that series, so after trying them a few times, I pretty much shelved them. While I still don’t love this workout (it just moves a little too slowly for me, probably because I think she does too much break down and explanation), I really enjoyed it today and probably will try to work it in periodically throughout this STS rotation. The whole thing is really one great core workout, which is always good.
Thelma, great workouts. I am with you on the pollen! And since I like our windows open, we have yellow dust both inside and out. But the beautiful trees and flowers make up for it. Glad you found some great plants! Lilacs are one of my favorite plants, and I want to try to plant one here. We have two garden sections that the builder filled with the most unappealing plants for some unknown reason. So our hope is to eventually replace some of those plants. But I don’t think that will be this year as we need to focus on fixing our grass and doing some other landscaping where the builder just let our yard blend into the nature area behind us. That nature area tries very hard to take over our yard! So we are going to tackle that this summer, though we don’t quite know how yet.
Laurie, great workout. I hope you don’t get a freeze, especially since your flowers are just coming up. All our tulips and daffodils are done, except when I was watering today, I noticed one brand new intrepid daffodil in bloom. It made me smile. I am glad the moving went smoothly. That is a very fast time to I last a truck!
See you tomorrow.
Laurel
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Hi Ladies, my workouts on Tuesday were Pickleball and
Gina B 2000 Steps.
We went to play pickleball early in the morning because it was the only time a court was available. I pulled a muscle. It felt like something tore inside my lower glute. The injury wasn't in my glute but below the glute and it feels like it wraps around the inner thigh.
It is better but obviously the affected area is tender and tight. I've deep massaged, applied ice, a little heat and gently stretched. This morning I couldn't do a forward fold or touch my toes while seated on the floor with legs stretched out. I can do that now. I warmed up for a few minutes and did some stretching before we played but it obviously wasn't enough. It's a good thing I did legs yesterday and the courts are reserved for the rest of the week. Hopefully I'll be able to play tomorrow.
We went to the Home Depot garden center and I walked out of there empty handed. They really don't take care of their plants and again I found dead plants for sale! We will go to a nursery on Thursday.
DH saw one of the hummingbirds feeding from one of the plants in our little pollinator garden today! Yesss! I've yet to see them feed off of our deck flowers but it's not like I'm spending time out there with the pollen the way it is now.
A friend sent a screenshot of a pollen count app. The count for 4/13 was 2330 the scale says that anything greater than 1500 is extreme! Pine is one the culprits and we have plenty of pine trees around our property. I'm not sneezing anymore when I go outside. Maybe my body finally got used to the pollen.
Laurie, great job with your KCM workout! Sounds like another winner!
I was expecting these dwarf lilacs to be fragrant but I don't smell anything. According to the plant description the plant has fragrant flowers. At least it has lots of buds right now.
Laurel, great workouts!
I am glad I found these dwarf plants because I just want a small garden along a fence. I'm really excited about the lilacs. I hope they eventually develop some fragrance though.
I hope you're able to restore your grass and take care of that wild landscaping behind your house. Sounds like a lot of work!
BTW, I woke up pretty early this morning and I can see the hummingbird feeders from our bed. The little guys were going crazy feeding at around 6:30! I wonder if they show up at your feeder early in the morning.
Good night ladies!
Thelma
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Morning Ladies,
This morning was 30MTF Trim Down Workout 1. It has been a while since I have done this one, and it was fun to revisit. Tomorrow is a heavy weight workout, and I'm going to be trying out her new RAW boxing finisher. This is just 15 min. of boxing moves, I'm looking forward to it.
Laurel, Great job on the workouts! That is the exact reaction that I had to those Shock Cardio workouts. The fusion one was my least favorite, so glad to hear that you enjoyed it today. I's opt for that instead of the CCC workout in that same series. I'm guessing that you probably have that one scheduled in you STS rotation? We had temps in the 30's today, but didn't see any frost. Hopefully none of the plants have been damaged.
Thelma, Dang on the injury from pickleball. Great job on your workouts though. Bummer on the plants, but I'm sure that you will have success at the garden center. I'm getting antsy to get some plants, but have to be patient. It was really hard to put that winter coat on this morning, but it was just so dang cold. Glad to hear that you are able to go outdoors without to many problems. I noticed that our pear tree has blossoms on it, that is the part that is so pretty. I'm sure that the lilac will smell better once it has a season to grow.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a 60 minute spin with Peloton followed by 30 minutes of Pilates with Peloton. They just released some new Pilates classes with different instructors, and this was my first try with an instructor I like to spin with. I really enjoyed it.
Thelma, I am sorry to hear about the injury. I am glad it was feeling better by the end of the day and hope that continues. I am sorry your Home Depot garden center didn’t work out. Our Lowe’s garden center was like that last year (and the year before), but I think they might have a new manager this year because the plants we got from there seem as healthy as the ones we bought from the nursery. I will have to check the hummingbird feeder in the mornings to see if they are there. Thanks for that information!
Laurie, great workout. I bet that boxing workout will be good. I am hoping to do most of the workouts from Shock Cardio during this rotation at one time or another since Cathe developed them to go with STS. But, honestly, there are a couple (Circuit Blast and Travel Fit) I will skip. And CCC.....well, I did the roll from your back over your feet into a push-up move yesterday with MMA:Fusion, so I know I can still do it. But....I may do it with my own version of core moves taken from her Cathe Live CCC workout. I have no problem with the cardio in CCC (especially since she has a substitute for the roll down and jump up move), but have a serious dread factor with some of those core moves. But I have six months to talk myself out of it completely too.
Stay warm!
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, My workouts on Wednesday were a Gina B. Low Impact cardio, abs and a lot of stretching/massage. I felt that I had to take it easy because my lower back was hurting. I felt like I was out of alignment. I continued to ice and stretch during the day and by the end of the day my flexibility was almost back to normal. I think that everything I've done to nurse the injury has helped tremendously with the healing process.
Our Thursday trip to the nursery got canceled. We will be going to the Lowe's garden center 30 minutes south of BR.
Laurie, great workout and I love your plan for Thursday!
Definitely a bummer with my injury but it is much better and I feel hopeful about a speedy recovery. Our local HD just doesn't have a good garden department. Clearly it is poorly managed.
Sorry you had to wear a winter coat! I hope it warms up soon. You really need to be patient with your plants with that cold weather.
I sat out on the deck for about 15 minutes. I eventually notice that my phone was covered in pollen so I went back inside. I sniffed and sniffed my lilac flowers and I barely detected a faint scent but I doubt it will be very fragrant. It's a dwarf bush so it probably means dwarf scent! LOL
Laurel, great workouts! I'll have to check out the Peloton Pilates workouts! I wanted to do a spin class so bad but I was worried about my inner thigh so went super low impact. Maybe tomorrow or Friday!
I am definitely feeling better. I felt that side to side movements are a bit of a problem right now. I can almost do a standing forward fold and touch my toes without bending my knees. The forward fold while seated is better but not back to my usual.
I've given up on our local HD garden center. It clearly is poorly managed. Maybe they're under staffed like the local businesses in this area. For some reason people keep quitting their jobs. They just don't stick around. Restaurants are having to close some days during the week due to the lack of staff. Some fast food places are down to drive-through service only as a result. It's crazy.
You won't believe this but I saw two hummingbirds feeding side by side this morning. One was feeding when the other one landed right next to it and they both drank away! Amazing! I'd never seen that. It made my day! LOL
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
This morning was 30MTF Muscle Up W1 + Boxing Finisher with 1.5# egg weights. I went as heavy as possible on the weight workout, so it felt great. LOVE the Boxing Finisher. She doesn't do a warm up, because she using this as an add on to a workout. She does have a stretch at the end though, which is good.
Laurel, Nice workouts! Good to hear that you will be getting some new pilates workouts to try out. LOL on the Shock Cardio workouts that you will not be doing. I totally agree with your choices, of course mine would include the CCC for sure. I love that you are able to do that move, I'm getting better, but still not quite there. Now that my knee isn't bothering me so much, it is much easier to try moves like that. Still not one of my favorites, but I know that it is important to be able to get your body moving like that as we get older.
Thelma, Good job taking your workouts down so that you can take care of you back. Hope you are able to find some good plants today. Our HD doesn't have a good garden center either, like yours they tend to neglect watering. I love going there at the very end to find plants that they have really reduced, and they look like crap. I have a beautiful rose bush because of that. Interesting about the amount of pollen on your phone! LOL with the dwarf sent!!!
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was STS Disc 3/Legs, the STS Extended Stretch and then, for cardio, Cathe Live Cardio Crush. And then a long walk in the sunshine.
Thelma, I am glad you are feeling better. Good choice on the workouts. I definitely would shy away from spin until you feel that inner thigh feels better. That is one area I definitely feel when I spin. I hope you have better luck finding plants at Lowe’s. I am amazed you had two hummingbirds on your feeder at once! Ours always chase each other away. Still no more sightings here. I am beginning to think we won’t see them until late summer....sadly. That is interesting about your businesses not being able to keep staff. We have noticed a lot of places looking for staff here, but I haven’t heard of anything having to partially shut due to lack of personnel. But, then again, we are in a much larger city, so I suppose that is to be expected.
Laurie, great workouts! I am glad you liked that Boxing Finisher. I think I would probably be adding that to all my workouts. I really can talk myself out of doing some things anymore by convincing myself I am too old to do them.....so it was probably good for me to pull out a workout I had completely forgotten and have to do the moves in it because of no pre-thought alternative....like rolling from back to push-ups. Because you are right that it is important to keep the body moving in a variety of ways, and that is one of them. But I will never love that move!
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, my workout on Thursday was Jessica Smith Flat Abs Walk followed by a lot of stretching and massage.
My lower back is still tight and I can't seem to relax it and make it stick. Moving is key so I keep doing that. Today I actually felt tightness where I felt the original pull. I am definitely better though. Hopefully tomorrow will be a much better day.
I am getting my curls trimmed tomorrow. I can't wait!
We're going out to dinner with some friends tomorrow.
I was looked at the daily covid map today for the first time in months. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the entire state except for one county is yellow! Some counties are gray; which means no cases reported in the last two weeks.
It's been windy all week around here all week and night temps dropped into the high 40's, low 50's so the mornings are cool. I went out this morning wearing a sherpa lined sweatshirt and came running back inside. It felt soooo cold! LOL
Laurie, great workout! I love the sounds of that workout!
Our trip to the nursery for Thursday got canceled. We will go to Lowe's on Saturday instead.
Interesting that your HD doesn't have a good garden center either! The one we used to go to in MA was really good.
Laurel, great workout combo!
The spin workouts definitely use the inner thighs, that's why I chose not to spin.
I hope we have better luck with plants at Lowe's too.
Our hummingbirds always chase each other away so the fact that they were on the feeder next to each other was a rare moment. Sometimes we get two at the same time but on opposite sides of the bottle so they can't see each other. Does your feeder have little perches? They love perches. I hope you'll get to see hummingbirds before late summer!
I just can't understand why people quit their jobs around here. Apparently, it is an old problem.
Have a wonderful weekend ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
This morning my workout was 30MTF Muscle Up W2. The workout felt great, and I went as heavy as I could handle. Usually I'm not a big fan of these workouts, but that is probably because I wasn't using the right weights to make the workout effective. Change of my mindset has been working really well for me during this rotation.
Laurel, Very nice workouts, and getting in a long walk. I have to start looking at a lot of my workouts, because I think that there are some boxing premixes that I could be using. I don't want to get bored with this finisher, so I might have to do some research. I don't want to do anything that is longer than 15 min. though. I would have to do a lot of convincing to do one of those workouts, but you are right they probably would be good for me to do again. Of course realizing that I probably will be a lot slower than everyone on the DVD. Another thing that I have been able to resign myself to, just not as fast as I once was even though I think I am.
Thelma, Great job on getting in your stretching, but so sorry to hear that your back is still sore. I'm sure that you will take very good care of it. We actually had frost this morning. I'm sure that it will start getting warmer soon, to bad that we had some of those warm temps earlier this month to tempt us. Enjoy your weekend, it sounds like you have some great things to look forward to. The dd's and I are going to my nieces bridal shower tomorrow, so that will be an all day thing. It is about a 4 hour drive there and back. Like Laurel, our Lowe's has a better selection, but it is a little to far away. We do have a garden center that is about 2 miles from us, so we opt to go there instead.
Have a great weekend!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Cathe Live Upper Body Plus Core Express followed by a 45 minute Peloton spin. It felt good to touch on those upper body muscles again today, but I liked it was short and sweet and not too heavy. It just felt like a good way to end the week.
Thelma, nice workout. I am glad you are continuing to recover, and that you aren’t pushing the workouts until you do. We had the wind yesterday too, and I was fine with the temperature during my mid-day walk. But I went out dressed similarly when DH got home and absolutely froze.....even though the temperature had gone up! I am ready to be done with the wind this spring, that’s for sure. Enjoy your haircut! That always feels so good, especially after it has been a long time. Enjoy your time with friends.
Laurie, great workout. It really is amazing how the right weight....even just a couple of pounds in difference....can make a workout feel so different. Honestly, I can’t think of any 15 minute boxing segments I have on DVD besides some of the Heavy Bag segments Cathe has filmed. What I would love is something like the X10 DVD, but with five intense boxing or kickboxing segments. But I don’t see that happening. I am with you on getting slower. Going to those 2014 Cathe Live workouts makes me feel like I am the tortoise working out with the hare! Goodness she moved quickly. But she has slowed down too. Enjoy the shower!
Have a good weekend.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. We had a nice and busy weekend. My haircut went well and dinner with our friends was fun.
The weather was very nice too but we're about to go into 'blackberry' winter. I think. On Wednesday and Thursday night temps will drop into the low 30's. We'll also have cooler temps during the day. Thank God my annuals are all in planters as we'll have to put them in the garage.
DH planted my Peony tubers but they didn't look good. He waited too long and the new growth was dried up in a couple of them. He still planted them but who knows if they will survive. At least three of them looked ok. My little pollinator garden is definitely attracting all kinds of bees and the hummingbirds.
Lowe's had the plant I've been looking for but nothing to pair it with that I liked. I didn't get it because now that it is available, it will be available for a while. Lowe's plants looked great. No dead plants around and they do water their plants!
DH has tomorrow off as it is Patriot's Day in MA so we'll be going to the plant nursery. I can't wait!
My back is pretty much back to normal but my thigh injury is still there. It's a little tight but better. I hope I can carefully play a little pickleball this week.
On Friday I did Zumba and a lot of stretching as my back was still sore. Saturday we worked on our little garden. On Sunday I did a short Gina B Low Impact workout as a warm up and STS Disc 2 Back & Triceps which I couldn't do last week. I will do two muscle groups one day this week to catch up.
Laurie, great workout on Friday! I'm glad you figured out that the right weight was key in order to enjoy it!
I'm still nursing my injury but it's definitely better. Sorry you had frost. People in NH and MA had snow on Friday! We may just have a frost on Wed night! it's always so hard in cold climates to get a taste of warm temps just to fall back to cold ones again.
I hope you and your DD's had a great time at your niece's bridal shower!
Laurel, great workouts on Friday!
The wind was definitely cold last week. Are you also going to have cold temps at night this week?
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
Very nice weekend, but it was chilly. The bridal shower was very nice, and of course it was great to see family. I made my niece an art piece. I took an old window frame, and some of my mothers doilies. DH put some screening on it so that I was able to sew the doilies to the screen. I added some flowers and called it done. She really liked it, and it was a great way to show her grandmothers crochet wok.
On Sunday I was busy quilting her quilt, and I got about a quarter of it finished. This is not getting taken out, because it looks good.
No workout on Saturday, but Sunday was RAW Heavy Bag/Shadow Box. This morning was RAW Burnout Upper Body, and I went heavy. Have to love it when you can't lift your arms over your head afterward.
Laurel, Great job on your workouts. I was having a hard time thinking of some of those boxing segments. I know that Kelly does have some on some of her DVD's, but they really are not as good as the one she put on her RAW channel. I will just stick with this one for now, and will probably do it again tomorrow since I'm going a lower body workout. I like the idea of an X10 type workout with boxing/kickboxing segments.
Thelma, Nice job on all your workouts. Glad to hear your back is doing a lot better, and I hope that your thigh continues to improve. I can say that your peony will probably be fine. I have planted some that really look sketchy, since they where replants from my mothers garden. At first I planted them in places that they didn't seem to like the soil, and only grew about 5 inches. I took them out a couple years ago, and planted them in different places and they are thriving. We may be getting snow tomorrow, but today is rain.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Hope you enjoyed the weekend. Mine was quiet as DH headed off to Alaska on Saturday. It looks like he is going to be changing jobs in a few weeks (which is a good thing) so this may be his last trip to Alaska until we go back up there on a vacation. Anyhow, I spent my weekend doing some chores, taking care of some of our plants, and then reading and working on a puzzle. It was very relaxing.
For workouts, on Saturday I took a long walk with DH before he got on the plane, and then did 30 minutes of power yoga with Kristin McGee. Yesterday was STS Disc 1/Chest only, followed by an unusual combo for me because these are two workouts I rarely ever choose ‘just because’....I did X10 Step into RWH HiiT Circuit Lower Body and Abs 2. It felt tough, but it was good. Today was STS Disc 1/Shoulders followed by a 45 minute spin with Peloton and the ‘Basic Stretching’ segment from Cathe’s Total Body Stretch DVD.
Thelma, great workouts. I am glad you enjoyed your time with friends and that your Lowe’s has plants you like. Yes, we are in for those cold temperatures too. Like you, I will be able to move most of our plants inside. Some of our tomatoes, though, are going to have to rough it. I will, of course, cover them to keep the frost off of them. But we’ll see if they endure the temperature drop. At least it is still early in the season if we need to replace them. But it would make me sad to have to do that. I am glad your back is feeling better, and I hope your leg continues to improve.
Laurie, I am glad you enjoyed the bridal shower. I love the sound of the gift you gave your niece. It sounds so creative, and I love the idea of sharing her grandmother’s crafts with her that way. I am also glad you are happy with the progress on the quilt. Great workout. I had that feeling of not being able to lift my arms this morning after shoulders! It is a great feeling.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies!!!
It's been awhile! Let's see...vacation in Tucson was amazing! Temps in the upper 60's/low 70's which was perfect for hiking. The boys and I hiked every day, but DH only made it out 2 days and called it good! The sun felt amazing and everything went smoothly with our travels.
Since I last checked in, I've had a birthday...my youngest DS passed his drivers test and I applied for (but didn't get it--which is ok) a new position at my company. Still looking to change to a different role, so keeping my eyes peeled. They've made changes to my job and I'm just not loving it, or my manager either. Good thing I have an awesome manager that I used to have still at the company. She's trying to get an open position on her team for me to move into
I wrapped up my S&S/Lite rotation...which only took me nearly 2 months to complete. I kept getting distracted with work stuff, and home stuff and the workouts went to the wayside. Today I started the RWH/ICE rotation.
My oldest DS's lacrosse season started last week, so now it's lots of time outside watching games. Sounds like you all have had the rollercoaster weather we've had here too. It's been really warm (a couple days in the 80s, several lower 70's) and then we hit these days like today where we barely get to 40. I'm ready for spring to come and stay!
Thelma, sounds like you've been having a lot of fun with pickleball (despite the injury) and getting some fun plants going. I'm glad to hear you didn't have any rain related damage, that's a lot of rain you've been getting!
Laurie, great job on the pieces for your church, I think they look amazing!! I bet it was nice to get that done and be able to do some other quilting!
Laurel, sounds like you've had some rain there too, also glad you are safe! Planting season is definitely in full swing there it sounds like! We still are hitting freezing temps at night, so I have to hold off a bit longer before starting my veggie gardens!
Have a wonderful night! I've missed you all...hoping I can get on here more often, but you know how that goes sometimes!
Erika0 -
Hi Ladies, my workouts on Monday were Popsugar Kickboxing, STS Disc 1 Chest and Shoulders and Ashtanga Yoga.
My back is back to normal. I did the kickboxing workout to test my upper thigh injury. I could feel it but it made aware of it so I was careful. I was also careful during the yoga forward folds. I survived! Yessss!
We made to my new favorite nursery. I love that place! The plants are healthy and organized by type in different green houses. I bought more annuals, a beautiful fuchsia plant, bee balm, lantana. I hope I can keep the Fuchsia alive. I've yet to keep one alive. This one will be in the carport by a window and it will get plenty of indirect light. I am still looking for two other plants so we will hit another nursery tomorrow. We will be gardening on Saturday again!
Laurie, great workouts! I'm so glad you had a good time at the bridal shower. Your gift to your niece sounds beautiful and so very special! Good idea!
Good job with that quilt!
I hope my leg continues to improve and the big test will be playing pickleball. I will do a little lite cardio and stretching before we leave the house. The center is about 10 minutes from our house.
Peonies are very picky plants. They don't like to be disturbed. They do like sun. I hope the tuber we've yet to plant survives. I'll be happy if the the three we planted bloom some day! I hope you don't get too much snow.
Laurel, I hope your DH made it safely to Alaska. I'm sure you are both relieved that this may be his last business trip there. Is the new job for the same employer just a different role? I'm glad you had a relaxing weekend!
Awesome workouts! I'll get to the optional leg workout on Friday. I think I'll do the RWH Circuit Lower Body too! I hope to be able to get a little Barre in too.
I really thought we were done with the cold temps but it's still spring! I hope your tomato plants survive the cold temps.
Thanks for the good wishes for my back!
Hi Erika! I'm so glad you had a wonderful vacation in AZ!
Happy belated birthday and congrats on your son passing his drivers test! Sorry you didn't get the job you applied for. I hope your former manager is able to get that new position approved soon!
Congrats on finishing up your STS rotation! Laurel and I just started an STS rotation but we agreed to modifying it so that it's easier on our bodies. 1 week full STS workouts, 1 week single body parts each day, repeat, then a recovery week. Much, much easier on the body and mind!
We've really have been experiencing rollercoaster weather!
I've been having a lot of fun lately between pickleball, dinner with friends, gardening. Thank God we didn't have any rain damage. It does rain a lot here!
Good night ladies!
Thelma
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Morning Ladies,
This morning was RAW Hips and Glutes. I really enjoyed this one, since all the moves where done standing. Kelly actually had 10lb ankle weights, and I don't know how she did it. I had 2.5, and probably could have gone higher. I don't have anything higher, but maybe 5lb would have been okay.
I'm guessing you all saw that Cathe posted about her new BOSS workouts. If they are standing work, I will probably consider it.
Laurel, I like the sound of your weekend. Great job on your workouts! Only people like us would enjoy not being able to lift our arms over our heads after doing shoulder work. One of my other nieces saw the crochet art work, and said that she would like something like that also. I may be in business, just giving all my dd's and nieces presents like that. There are 11 of them after all, well now only 10 since one is ticked off my list. I will probably create one for my oldest, but using a canvas painted black instead of the window and screen. I have to do some research on making some of those cloth flowers also.
Erika, Good to see you are on to a new rotation. Don't worry about the fact that it took you a little longer to finish the last one, you where able to get it done. Your new rotation sounds like a good one also. Congrats to your ds on his drivers permit, and belated Happy Birthday! I am sending you some positive vibes for a new position. Your vacation sounds great, I'm sure that it was nice to just be someplace else instead of at home. Have fun with the lacrosse season, it is going to be getting fairly cold around here tomorrow, so I hope that you don't have to deal with that type of weather. I don't want to see that snow falling, but when temps get into the 20's it just might happen. Thank you for the kudos on the paraments.
Thelma, Nice job on the workouts, and taking it easy on your back. Glad to hear it all went well. Nice that you found a garden center that has some awesome plants. Around here they where warning people to cover their plants. This morning it was only 30, and tomorrow they say 20's. Super glad that I didn't plant anything yet. Have fun with the planting, I'm sure that I will be saying something similar next month when our planting season really starts going.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Today’s workout started with STS Disc 1/Biceps followed by the core work from Butts and Guts. For cardio, I did ICE Rock’m Sock’m Knockout with the Blizzard Blast. That workout is always so much fun for me.
Erika, Happy Belated Birthday! I am so glad you enjoyed your vacation. And congratulations to your youngest now being a driver. I hope something turns up for you on the job front, but it definitely helps that a manager is pulling for you. Your new rotation sounds like another fun one.
Thelma, great workouts. I am so glad to hear you are feeling back to normal. I am also glad you enjoyed your trip to the nursery. Sounds like you bought some amazing plants. My DH will be changing companies. He is beginning to question the integrity of some of the leadership in his current job, and while their conduct isn’t criminal, they are misrepresenting themselves in the contracting process. And that does not work for my DH.....and it shouldn’t. The new company is working on his background check right now, and he should be good to start mid-May. He’s excited, and so am I. I am mostly excited that he is changing jobs and we aren’t having to move!
Laurie, great workout. I saw that update yesterday about Cathe’s new workouts, and this is what she was probably referring to last November at the Virtual Road Trip. I will definitely get them because I really want the bands, and I figure I can always use a good band workout. Sounds like you have some future projects lined up for your daughters and nieces.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, Tuesday's workouts were Zumba and stretching, Pickleball, Gina B 1 Mile Hiit Walk, STS Disc 1 Biceps Only, Stretch.
Since I tested my legs on Monday my thigh injury felt tight today. I felt it when I did the Zumba workout so I was worried. I was very careful during pickleball. I didn't run around for the ball and every time I had to pickup a ball I bent my knees carefully. I walked for about 10 minutes after pickleball and stretched. I was worried about the tightness I was feeling.
I spent a lot of time stretching and massaging after my STS workout and my leg feels better than it has in days! Thank God!
We went to the local nursery and bought two perennials. I found out they no longer sell annuals and their plants are more expensive than the nursery in the next town over which I like better.
Laurie, the hips and glutes workout sounds great! I'm glad you enjoyed it. 10lb ankle weights! I don't know how she did it! Sounds like it would be brutal like the Barlates workouts!
I hadn't read about Cathe's new fabric band/loop workout. My lite loop doesn't stretch at all like what she is showing on her FB pictures. From what I read on FB the workouts include standing and floor work. I'll have to see what else she tells us about the workouts.
Sounds like you're going to be very busy making your nieces the crochet art work!
It's a good thing you haven't planted anything yet. You are definitely going to be cold. We'll put our plants in the garage on Wednesday and probably will leave them there until Friday.
Laurel, nice workouts! I love Rock'm Sock'm too. I may give the spinning bike a try with a low impact workout.
I am almost back to normal. The fact that I've done all these workouts this week so far is huge.
I am so glad your DH has found himself another local job and that you don't have to move. I totally understand the issue about the integrity of a job leadership. I lived it! Will your DH be taking a few days off between jobs? I'm happy for him and for you about his new job. I'm sure there's been some stress involved.
Good night ladies!
Thelma
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Morning Ladies,
Dang it was cold this morning, we had high 20's. My workout was 30MTF Stepboxing 2 Workout 1, this was very enjoyable.
Laurel, Very good workouts, and nice that you where able to do one of your favorites. The new workouts look like they will be really good, and I'm glad that she is able to get some more filming done. I'm sure that she is behind the schedule that she has been wanting to accomplish from last year. I hope that your DH's new job will be awesome, and don't blame him at all for changing if he is uncomfortable with the code of conduct for the company. Of course the positive is not having to move again. I'm really looking forward to retiring, so that I have more time to do all my projects. I was in my basement yesterday doing some organization, since DH was having to deal with his Mom and her doctor's appt.
Thelma, Great job on your workouts. I hope that your efforts make your leg feel better and better. You need to be able to run around during pickleball. I think that you have found your garden center in the next town. I have three of the fabric bands, and the one that has the least tension moves a lot like the one that Cathe is using. Not that it is easy at all. I'm glad that they all are not getting married anytime soon, so I don't have to worry about making some more of the art.
Have a wonderful day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was STS Disc 3/Legs followed by a 45 minute spin with Peloton. This was one of those days where I felt I would have nothing to give my workouts since I felt so low energy this morning.....but both workouts ended up feeling great. I think my mind just wanted the day off. I am glad I didn’t listen. Part of the lethargy is probably due to the cold front that moved in. We were in the mid-30s this morning and will be colder tonight. DH and I were comparing temperatures this morning, and you know it isn’t normal when Alabama is just a few degrees warmer than Central Alaska this time of year.
Today is our 31st wedding anniversary. That is hard to believe.
Thelma, great workouts. It sounds like all that you did to get ready for pickleball and what you did after was incredibly effective. I am so glad you are feeling better. Kudos to you for sticking with these workouts through this injury. I doubt DH will take time off between jobs. I was trying to convince him to do that the other day, but he feels a sense of responsibility to his current employer to get them ready for his departure as much as he can. This is the guy who would be in his office late at night before every move we made in the military, so this does not surprise me.
Laurie, great workout. And I said pretty much the same thing this morning about the cold when I stepped outside to make sure our tomatoes were still covered. I was surprised when Cathe announced she had already filmed these workouts, but it could be that she didn’t want to announce anything and then have COVID protocols kick in again and force a delay. So at least the most logistically difficult part of the process is complete. But I would imagine this is it for workouts from Cathe this year, which makes perfect sense. Hopefully next year will start being a little more ‘normal’. How is your Dad doing?
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, my workouts on Wednesday were a Peloton Low Impact ride and STS Disc3/Legs followed buy a long stretching/massage session.
The bike ride made me feel the inner thigh injury but I pushed through. I had to keep the leg exercises shallow and used lighter weights. The good thing is that the stretch/massage session and heat helped a lot.
We've had a super windy day. DH brought all the plants in planters into the garage. We were not going to cover the new perennials on the ground but at the last minute DH remembered that the last frost burned the new growth on my Rose of Sharon plants. He only had one tarp so that wouldn't work. Thankfully we need the wildlife and go through huge bags of deer and bird food. He saves some of the bags for trash. I went into the garage and saw that we still own tomato cages! I told him we could put them upside down and put the giant bags over them. He had to pock holes in the right places and it worked! I also had bought lawn staples last year to hold our bird bath stand securely and those things came in so handy tonight. Other plants we covered with plastic buckets.
We froze while doing this even though we were bundled up. It was great team work though.
Laurie, awesome and fun workout!
So far nursing my leg injury has really paid off. It was a scary injury for sure.
I have definitely found my new garden center. It really is a no brainer.
Do you think that fabric band can stretch enough to do standing rows? My bands are very wide. I'll have to test it out. I guess it's more about having the strength to stretch it out that much! LOL
It definitely is a good thing your nieces are not getting married any time soon but it's good to know what their gifts will be!
Laurel, great workouts! I was feeling tired today and procrastinated for a while before doing my workouts. Like you, I also felt better after the workouts.
I just can't believe that Alabama gets so cold! You pretty much have the same temps we have here in BR. I had to turn the heat back on today.
Happy 31st wedding anniversary. I hope you had a chance to celebrate before your husband left for Alaska.
My warm up strategy pre-pickleball was really effective. I will do the same tomorrow. Thanks so much for the kudos!
I totally understand your husband sense of responsibility for his current job. I had to get kicked out of the building on my last day of work because I kept working! LOL
I hope you managed to cover all your plants!
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
What a crazy weather day yesterday! We had snow squalls that rolled through, so it created white out conditions. Because of that there was a multi car pile up on one of the freeways. Now am crossing my fingers that my annuals are going to be okay with the snow and frost still on the ground. This morning my workout was RAW Fitness Ladder, and again it was a very enjoyable workout.
Laurel, Happy Anniversary! Nice that you where able to get through the workout and find out it was great for your body. I kind of like it that Cathe was able to film these workouts before there was a presale. I'm thinking that because there where only two of them, it was a more economical process. Your temps are what we are having, but I'm guessing minus the snow. My Dad is doing okay, not much progress. My Mom is trying to get him transferred to the local nursing home. His doctor said that it would be okay, since he practices at both facilities. Unfortunately the insurance process sucks, and the facility that he is currently at was not giving him PT until my sister confronted them.
Thelma, Great job on your workouts! I gave up covering things, because there is just to many areas to cover. We will just deal with the aftermath. Good job that you both where able to get things covered up, and of course being able to use other items for covering. I don't know if the fabric band would be good for rows, have not tried that. Try it out to see if it works.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was STS Disc 2/Triceps followed by Laurie’s favorite workout.....Shock Cardio Cardio Core Circuit. I did the latter as a last minute decision, and actually enjoyed it today. And I didn’t do any substitute moves. But it still amazes me how Cathe could put together a work out like that which is entirely without any ‘fun’ factor. It felt good today, though. And then I moved all our plants back outside and mowed the lawn.
Thelma, great workouts. I am glad the spin didn’t seem to do any lasting damage on your inner thigh. I am glad you got your plants covered. I froze when trying to get the tomatoes covered last evening. But they seem to have weathered it well. We had no frost here, so I decided to put our plants out again even though it is still supposed to be chilly tonight. The sun is shining bright and it is a beautiful day so I hated keep them inside. After tonight it warms up significantly, so I think they’ll be okay for now. I hope.
Laurie, yikes on the weather. It seems the snow doesn’t want to stop yet this year. I know both of my sisters in Colorado have had more than enough of snow. No doubt you are feeling the same thing. Hopefully your plants survived. I am sorry your parents are having insurance difficulties, but I am not sure there are any other types of experiences with insurance.
Hopefully he gets moved closer to your mom....and they do effective PT with him. That must be so frustrating.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, my workouts on Thursday were Zumba, Pickleball and JS standing Abs, STS Disc 2 - Triceps Only, Stretching.
The glute/inner thigh injury felt tight today because of the leg/spin workout the day before. I made sure I warmed up and stretched before pickleball. I took it easy at first and I was able to do a little running today.
I have no idea if we had a frost last night. The grass didn't look like it had frost on it but DH said he saw cars with frost on them when he went to play pickleball in the morning.
DH and I are trying to find a good Mexican restaurant. So far nothing in two different towns. We're going to Ellijay which is 30 minutes south of BR. This town has at least six Mexican restaurants.
We have some plants to plant on Saturday and it appears that is going to rain! At least some of them are going in planters which I can do under the carport. We are also going to make a little hummingbird bird bath. I have all the materials ready to go. I bought a Mt St Helen carved rock and it already has the hole for the pump. The guy I bought it from did a beautiful job with the rock. I never thought I would be saying that a rock was beautiful but this one is beautiful.
I'm glad our plants are still covered and the others are in the garage because we're under frost advisory tonight again.
Laurie, great workout! What a traffic nightmare with the snow squalls and the multi car pile up!
I didn't realize you had bought some annuals. Did you plant them?
I can't believe the facility your dad is in wasn't giving him his PT!! Thank God your sister confronted them. I hope your mom is able to have him moved to a local facility soon.
You do have a real garden so I can imagine what an impossible task it is to cover everything. Someone here used sheets to cover all her planting beds. She said her yard looked like a ghost town! LOL
I haven't tried to do rows with the fabric bands but I just know I won't be able to do it. They are just too hard to stretch.
Laurel, great workouts! That Shock Cardio Core Circuit sounds like a killer.
I'm glad your tomato plants seem to have weathered the cold well. I really don't think we had a frost either. It was 29 degrees early this morning, but like I mentioned above the grass didn't show any indications of frost.
Have a wonderful weekend ladies!
Thelma
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