Cathe Fans Part 5

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  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,531 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    This morning's workout was 30MTF Build & Burn Lower Body Tabata. Have not done this workout in quite a while, and I really enjoyed it.

    Cross some fingers, our youngest put in an offer on a condo. She is hoping that she gets this one.

    Laurel, So glad to hear that you had such a good time on your vacation, but coming back to wet and cold isn't fun. Awesome job getting back into the workouts. I'm sure that your body was surprised with the change in your workouts also. Yes that fall weather is upon us, we had frost on the ground this morning, so I'm sure the snow isn't far away. We will just get used to the darkness being at a certain time, and then daylight savings time will end and we have to get used to something else. One of the things that I really don't enjoy about the time change is the sun is directly in the eyes heading into work. Then the time changes, and a couple of weeks after that the sun is at it again.

    Thelma, Congrats on the body changes, and getting some cute new outfits! We all deserve to treat ourselves once in a while. Great job with the workouts! Crazy that the dentists office was so cold. Those cold wet days are tough on the body, I know that I was getting out all my hoodies. DH usually keeps the house cooler in the winter. I don't mind, because then I just layer.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout started with Cathe’s live workout from last week which was Strong and Fit: All Upper Body. This is the first Live strength workout I have done with Cathe in months because of doing STS and STS 2.0. It was a fantastic upper body workout, but Cathe is still modifying ( sometimes significantly) with her weights on her left arm which has me curious about these new workouts. It is clear that her shoulder only bothers her on certain moves, so maybe she just didn’t use those moves or didn’t do them. But, tbh, I loved seeing her reach for lighter weights half way through sets or only using weight with one arm as an illustration of how to rehab. Anyhow, I followed it with Cathe Live Hi-Lo Cardio Kickboxing and some Peloton yoga. The workout today felt good, so my body seems to be waking up again. :)

    Thelma, great workouts. I was freezing yesterday! It wasn’t too cold (50 degrees), but between the humidity and the gloominess, I just could not get warm. And I sure do feel different parts of my aging body on days like that. :o Yay for the fitness improvements over the last few months. I am so glad you treated yourself to new workout gear. That is fun. How about we put a hold on this rotation until you feel ready for it? I have plenty of workouts to keep me busy for awhile, and I really don’t want a start date (that can be moved) to an upper body-intensive rotation making you push yourself too hard. Even if we only push it off a few weeks, it will be worth it if it allows you to heal. And if you are ready to go on November 19, I will be too!

    Laurie, great workout. I still enjoy Tabata-style workouts, even though I don’t do too many of them anymore. I hope your daughter gets the condo! I could so do without the November time change. I can eventually get used to the darker evenings, but when they take an hour away over night, it does my spirit no good. And our hours here in Alabama are so messed up. We should really be in the eastern time zone because it gets light year round here before 7am, but that means the sun is going down before 4:30pm in the winter. Where you are at, that makes sense given where the sun is at and everything. But this far south, it is crazy to have a sunset that early. I would happily give up an hour of light in the morning for that extra hour at the end of the day.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, my workouts on Tuesday were Walking X2, Yin Yoga and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day 28 Dumbbell Posterior Chain (Glutes, Hamstrings & Back). Another great Caroline workout. My posterior is feeling it. There were LOTS of full, 1.5 and 5X pulse RDL's. There were Vulgarian Squats too and I did them better than before. Caroline rests the top of her foot on top of the platform, as opposed to using her toes. I think her method makes the move easier.

    Laurie, great workout!
    Fingers and toes crossed for your DD! How exciting! Keep us posted please. I hope the condo is not too far from your house.

    Thanks Laurie. I have lots of leggings but didn't have any bikers' shorts because I've always hated my fat legs, but they sure look shapely now. As I looked at myself in the mirror with my new outfit, I realized that my pear shape figure is gone, which I'm happy about.
    It is definitely time to get the hoodies out! This weekend the electric blanket goes on our bed too! I usually keep the house cooler too.

    Laurel, great workouts. I can't believe Cathe is still modifying either. Good for her for taking care of her body. I really think you should start one of Caroline's 6- or 10-week programs while I heal these biceps.

    These are Caroline's free programs. If you hover over them, you'll see the program's description, then YouTube will show you the workouts and length. Caroline has one warmup routine for each series as a separate video.
    https://www.carolinegirvan.com/free-programs/

    I can't believe you were just as cold as I was on Monday too! I was thinking there was something wrong with me! LOL

    Thanks Laurel, it really was fun being able to get new workout gear as a reward for my fitness improvements.

    Awww! Thank you so much for waiting for me to start the rotation when I heal. I really think I will be ready by November 19. I do want to see how we can incorporate a second lower body workout during the all body parts week though. I was thinking of adding one of Caroline's glute workouts.

    See you tomorrow!
    Thelma

  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,531 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    This morning's workout was 30MTF Muscle Up Premix Shoulders Arms & Abs. Good workout! I have to start doing more of these premixes. I'm going to be looking at the Cathe premix workouts also. So love incorporating abs in between the strength moves. No news on the condo yet, they should have something to her today.

    Laurel, Great job with all the workouts, bet you are having a blast with those live workouts. Cathe is for sure making sure she doesn't regress with her recovery, and of course in the process is showing others how to take it down. Yes the darkness is a major problem, it doesn't give anyone a ton of motivation to do anything in the evenings. Don't get to see all those people walking their dogs. On our morning walks DH has the headlamp out. Makes him look like an alien. :D

    Thelma, Awesome job with the progress and workouts! You are making me want to do those Caroline workouts again. ;) I have been wanting to try out Beastmode, because those workouts are not long. May venture into those next week, and see how they are.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a tough one. I started with a 45 minute HiiT and Hills ride, followed it with Cathe Live You Bet Your Bottom Line, which was a faster paced, higher rep lower body workout, and finished it with 20 minutes of Peloton Pilates. It all felt good today.

    Thelma, great workouts. Thank you so much for posting the link to Caroline’s workouts. I am definitely curious about them. We will plan on November 19 as a start date for the rotation, but just so you know, my plan right now is until then to do one week of something, then move on to another week of something else. So, in other words, my schedule is very flexible, and if you aren’t ready by the 19th, I can adjust very easily.

    Laurie, great workout. I love those workouts that incorporate core throughout. It is fun doing some of the newer Cathe Live workouts right now. It’s like having a set of 40 new workouts. :) DH used one of the headlamps last year for the first time when he was working on something outside, and he loved it. So far this year, though, he is carrying his flashlight. I should remind him about the headlamp. But I might not tell him it will make him look like an alien. :D Hope your DD gets good news on the condo soon.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, my workouts on Wednesday were Walking X2 and Gentle Flow Yoga. OMG my posterior was hurting from yesterday's posterior workout, and I used 12.5# dumbbells. I can't imagine what I would've felt like, had I been able to hold heavier weights. I will definitely do this workout again in the future.
    I was pretty fatigued today and was in sluggish mode all day. My body needed a break, so it's a good thing it was rest day.

    Laurie, great workout! Ab work doesn't seem too bad when it's incorporated into the workout. I hope your DD got good news on the condo.

    Did you do Iron? Apparently, those are shorter workouts. Did you know she has a kettlebell series too?
    I am starting to get worried about going back to Cathe's workouts. What about if I stop seeing the results I am seeing now that I'm doing CG workouts? I am amazed at the huge following CG has. Men and women do her workouts, and everybody sees good results. All her followers have developed nice muscle definition. I think I want to alternate between Cathe and CG rotations.

    Laurel, great workouts! I pray that I'll be ready by 11/19 to start our new rotation. I will be very depressed if I haven't gotten this tendonitis to heal by then.
    I hope you give Caroline a try some day because I think it would be amazing to alternate our rotations between Cathe and Caroline.

    See you tomorrow!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,531 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    First off dd's offer was accepted, but she is having an inspection done, so if that goes well she will be getting herself a dated condo. :D The gentleman that lived there has been in residence for over 30 years, and this complex was bult in '64. She is hoping that there are hardwood floors underneath the carpeting. The walk in closet has hardwood, so we are thinking that may be the case. Of course she will need a dumpster for all the carpeting. :D I think that DH will be spending some time help dd get her new place somewhat updated.

    My workout this morning was 30MTF Boxfit Workout 1: Boxing. So enjoyed doing this one, it doesn't have a ton of jumping.

    Laurel, Nice job with those workouts! Can't believe that you have that many live workouts to get through. Amazing how fast Cathe puts out those live. Of course she does one a week, so I guess that is probably why you have so many to venture into. Ya don't tell your DH that he looks like an alien. I have never told DH that either. Those headlamps come in handy, and sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't wear one when I'm working on my sewing machine. I may have to try out DH's headlamp just to see if it would help. ;)

    Thelma, Awesome that you where able to take a break with your yoga and walking. I had tried out some of the Iron workouts just before we got STS 2.0. After we received our Cathe DVD's, I headed right into those so didn't get through the Iron. I did see the Kettlebell ones, and am interested in those also. I really do like your idea of doing a Caroline rotation and then STS. I think that the Iron workouts are a lot like STS, but in a different format. Doing STS 2.0 in the Iron format might be fun.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today I decided to workout with Cathe live since she was doing a kickboxing video dedicated to raising awareness for Breast Cancer. It was a terrific cardio-based express workout with an added bonus of Al being in attendance in a bright pink tank top. He looked great, and it made me smile. I didn’t want the workout to end when it did so I popped in LITE Rev’d Up Rumble and did the Calorie Crush from that workout. Then, for upper body, I did Cathe Live All Upper Body on the Ball, which was another great new workout.

    Thelma, great workouts for a day when you were feeling tired. I am glad you listened to your body. I forgot to mention your request to incorporate a second leg day in our one body part weeks. Since we normally do our lower body workouts mid-week, I have a tendency to add a second lower body workout on the weekend. When I can, I try to make it a cardio-based lower body workout to kill two birds (cardio and strength) with one stone. Would something like that work for you? I am hoping to get a chance to look at some of Caroline’s workouts this weekend. I am still playing catch up on household chores from our vacation. And then hopefully I will give them a try the week after. And I’ll let you know how it goes from there. :)

    Laurie, great workout. Yay for your DD, and I hope the inspection goes well. It sounds like she will need to do a bit of work on the condo, but hopefully she finds it to be a hidden gem. How exciting for her. That is a good idea to try the head lamp when quilting. If I still did cross stitch, I would probably give it a try for that. Yes, I have quite a backlog of Cathe Live workouts I haven’t done. I haven’t done any of her strength or metabolic workouts since I started STS 1.0 some 11 months ago, and I estimate all but a dozen of the workouts last year were weight focused (even with her injury). She very rarely does straight cardio workouts anymore.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, my workouts on Thursday were walking and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day 29 Full Body Dumbbell (Isometric & Dynamic). Caroline's workout was perfect for me to isolate my scapula because it was mostly unilateral work. I think I will do this workout every week for my full body workout because my shoulder blades are feeling pretty good after the workout.

    It turns out that my injury's root cause is weakness in the shoulder blade area, so I am working on engaging the scapula for everything. The PT finally gave me some strengthening exercises.

    We are finally getting torrential rain! Thank God because next week's chances of rain are pretty slim.

    Laurie, congratulations to your DD! Good for her! Your DH is definitely going to spend a lot of time at the condo helping your DD bring the place up to date. How far is the condo from your house?

    Great workout! Sounds like a fun one.

    From what I've read Iron sounds a lot like STS, but she only does 5 workouts a week, 2 lower, 2 upper and 1 full body. I may have to do something like this to make sure I don't want to overdo it. I really like the idea of alternating rotations between Cathe and Caroline.

    Laurel, fantastic workouts and how nice of Cathe to dedicate a workout to raising awareness for Breast Cancer!

    I like the idea to incorporating a cardio based lower body workout into our rotation. I really want to add a glute focused workout. Caroline has a playlist for glute work. A workout will display with this URL, but if you scroll down, you will see the rest of the short workouts she has. I see that she's calling some of them 20 or 30 minute workouts, but they are a little longer.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWu9E0terf4&list=PLhu1QCKrfgPVzU0m8rl2WYJ_74Ah5eEhN

    I hope you like what you see in Caroline's workouts!

    Have a great weekend!
    Thelma




  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,531 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    Today is a half day of work for me, my niece is getting married tonight. My Aunt and Mom came down yesterday, because Mom needed to be here for the rehearsal. Aunt brought her puppy, and he is a really good dog. Same size as Rocket, and the two of them are getting to know each other.

    My workout this morning was 30MTF Cardio Pump Workout 2: Full Body Pyramid. Has been a while since I have done a pyramid workout.

    Laurel, Wow on the workouts, great job! Sounds like you really really needed to do some kickboxing. :D I guess that I had forgotten that you had done the sts workouts back to back, so those weight workouts had to take a backseat. Sounds like you have some time before the next rotation to get through some of those. Looked at some pics of dd's condo, and the kitchen will need an update for sure. I told here that the cabinets are not that great, so she should think about painting them. It will give make the place look a little brighter. The condo complex was built in 1965, and the maintenance on the whole building has been kept up. I think she is making a good investment.

    Thelma, Nice job with those workouts, and getting some much needed exercises for the problem area. Glad to hear that you have some rain. DD already asked DH if he could help her with something in the new place. So far her closing is tentatively set for the end of November. The inspection is scheduled for Monday, and I think that it will pass. I've been looking at Caroline's Epic Heat or Fuel. Both series have workouts that are in the right timeframe, and last about 6 weeks.

    Have a great weekend!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a 30 minute spin into Cathe Live Plyo Legs with Step. That latter workout was a really good cardio leg workout where she alternated strength moves with basic step blasts. Good stuff.

    Thelma, great workouts. Lucky you getting rain!! I bet you enjoyed that. We got a little over night but just enough to wet the pavement. I subscribed to Caroline’s YouTube channel yesterday and did some previewing of workouts as well as reading some reviews on 2Lazy4Gym’s site. I am going to do Cathe’s Live Strong and Fit series next week, then I think I will start doing something with Caroline. Her workouts look great from what I have seen so far.

    Laurie, great workout. And I hope you have a wonderful night with your family celebrating your niece and her marriage. If your DDs condo has been taken care of, then I am sure a coat or few coats of paint will go a long way in making it feel fresh and clean. I love that she is doing this at her age.

    Enjoy the weekend.

    Laurel
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! I hope you enjoyed the weekend. Ours was nice with wonderful weather both days. We spent it on a blend of errands and garden chores. It looks like we are in for a solid week of warm (80) weather and no rain. Things are so dry that we were under a fire warning on Saturday because of the breeze. It’s hard to believe it is almost November.

    For workouts, on Saturday I did a walk with Jessica Smith and 60 minutes of yoga with Kristin McGee. Yesterday was Cathe Live Holy Hamstrings and a 45 minute spin. Today was Cathe Live Strong and Fit Back and Biceps, IMAX 4 with double blasts and Step Boss Abs 2. The Strong and Fit workout was more high rep than I was expecting, but it left my arms with a nice burn. I am looking forward to doing the rest of them this week.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. Ours was nice and busy. We had dinner with some friends on Friday night and that was a lot of fun. I forgot to hit POST last night so my update wasn't posted.

    My workouts this weekend were:
    Friday - Walk X2 and Gentle Flow Yoga.
    Saturday - Walk X3 and Mobility.
    Sunday - Walk X2 and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day #31 Dumbbell Glutes & Abs.
    Monday - Walk X2 and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day #32 Shoulders & Obliques.

    Laurie, great workout!
    I hope your niece's wedding was wonderful!

    I hope your DD's condo passes the inspection. I'm glad she already has a tentative closing date at he end of November. I'm sure your DH is more than willing to help his little girl update her condo.
    You can't go wrong with any of Caroline's workouts.

    Laurel, great workouts!
    I'm so glad you subscribed to Caroline's channel and that you liked what you saw!

    We are in the same weather pattern here. It really is hard to believe that it's almost November.

    Have a great week!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,531 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    Totally forgot to check in yesterday. It was one of those days that just started off busy. I can't believe that it is already the last full week of October. This year has just flown by. Youngest dd had the inspection of her condo yesterday. There are a few issues that the current homeowner needs to deal with, but overall the other things that they found DH is more than capable of handling them. She does have hardwood floors underneath all the bad carpeting, so very happy with that.

    The wedding was very nice, and it was of course wonderful to have all the family around. My Aunt stayed with us, and she had her 9 month old puppy Frodo with her. He was a very good boy. On Saturday my Mom, Aunt and I went shopping for material for my nephew's graduation quilt. He is graduating next year, but my Mom wants me to get the top done. She will handle the rest of it.

    On Sunday DH put cabinets under my cutting table and with that it raised the height of the table. Now I'm not going to be leaning over so far. The table top is an old dinning room table with leaves, and he added an additional leaf and then his best friend got some old cabinets that the dental collage was getting rid of. He took the legs off the table and attached it to those cabinets. I don't care if it doesn't look beautiful, it works for me! :D

    I didn't workout at all this weekend. Monday was 30MTF Split Sessions Workout 1: Upper Body and this morning was 30MTF Split Sessions Workout 2: Lower Body.

    Laurel, Great job on all the workouts, and the double Imax 4! :o Scary time with the dry conditions, hope you all get some rain at some point. I know how that is with the summer that we had. We are now in a normal condition. So Cathe created a Strong & Fit series on her live, that must be fun to try out.

    Thelma, Awesome job with all the workouts, it looks like you are rocking it! The issues that they found with the inspection isn't a deal breaker for dd buying the condo, but they do need to be addressed by the homeowner. She would prefer that they knock some $ of the price. She would rather fix it herself, because the old guy did some interesting things in the basement. She things that he did them just before this inspection. Don't understand why though, so that's why they need to ask a few more questions.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Cathe Live Strong and Fit Legs and Shoulders and a 45 minute spin. I am enjoying this Strong and Fit series. She included some new moves, compound moves and, of course, classic moves. It isn’t the serious heavy lifting of 2.0, and, right now, I am very happy with that. I really realized after I finished 2.0 and started back with metabolic workouts how much I needed a change. Good stuff.

    Have either of you done any of Caroline’s Epic 3 series? That is the one I have keyed on right now to try. So any and all feedback is welcome. :)

    Thelma, great workouts. How is your bicep doing? I hope you are seeing improvements. It is getting scary dry here now, and we have no rain predicted in the foreseeable future. Like I mentioned before, my biggest concern is that people are going to start burning leaves soon, and I think that could be not such a good idea.

    Laurie, great workouts. I am so happy all went well with the wedding and you enjoyed the time with your family. Your new table sounds fantastic. Like you said, it isn’t about the fashion but about the functionality and it sounds like a great improvement. No doubt your back will appreciate the extra height. I hope your DD can get those issues solved on her condo, but it sounds like she will have a new home soon. Yay for her!

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, my workouts on Tuesday were Yin Yoga, Walking X2 and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day #33 Dumbbell Lower Body & Biceps.
    The last two days I've done triceps and biceps using 2-7.5# weights just to test my shoulder and biceps. The right shoulder still weak and I felt it during overhead raises and I was only using 2# weights. This affected my bicep tendonitis, which I felt on Wednesday, but I still did the bicep workout, which felt good and didn't feel any weakness there. My next PT is on Friday morning and hopefully we'll start using weights, because that is what I need at this point. I'm a little discouraged to say the least because I'm not seeing the speedy recovery I was hoping for.

    We had a lovely sunny and dry day. Getting very concerned about the potential for fires.

    Laurie, this year really has flown by!
    I'm so glad the wedding was great and that you got to spend time with your family. I am sure Rocket and Frodo had a great time playing.
    How wonderful that your DH improved your cutting table situation. I am sure your back and your neck will be very grateful for that, given that you're tall.

    I think your DD is very wise for wanting to get money off the condo price in order to do the repairs needed.
    Great workouts!

    Laurel, great workouts! I am so glad you are enjoying your new rotation. I think we went a little too long with 2.0 and you went even longer! We both needed a change for sure.

    This was my first time working out with Caroline, so Epic I (or Epic as she calls it on her website) is all I've done. I searched on the FB Caroline Girvan's community group and a couple of ladies it described Epic III as brutal, others couldn't believe the results they're seeing in 4 weeks.

    I highly recommend joining Caroline's FB groups. I love seeing people's results.
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/carolinegirvan

    This group seems to have more women doing the Epic series.
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/women.over50doingcarolinegirvan

    I provided an update on the bicep injury above.

    See you tomorrow!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,531 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    This morning's workout was RAW Just Step. Nice change of pace, but my step was only 4 inches. Oh well, I got in a good workout.

    Forgot to mention that grandbaby is now mobile. He figured out how the crawling thing worked. :D

    Laurel, Great job with the workouts, and of course enjoying the Strong and Fit. Nice to hear that the workouts are so different from the 2.0 series. I'm sure that you are really enjoying the change of pace. I have done a few of the Epic III series, and really enjoyed them. I didn't continue with the workouts because I got sick and didn't return to them. Funny how that happens. They are very similar in format to the Epic workouts that Thelma is doing. When you do the workouts, it is a good idea to print out the exercises that she includes in the description below the video. I always found that helpful and of course I used it to write down the weights. When she is using kg's instead of the lb's, it can get confusing. :D I'm going to be trying out one of her rotations next week, and still am debating on which one I will do.

    Thelma, Awesome job with your workouts! Sorry to hear that you are discouraged about your recovery. We always want things to improve faster than they want to improve sometimes. We also had a beautiful day yesterday, and last night had some rain. We are going to have another day that is nice, and then it will be dropping in temp. I'm sure with this cold spell coming the hard frost will be with it. Keep hanging in there, I'm sure your injury will improve with time.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout started with Cathe Live Strong and Fit Chest and Triceps, which had my arms shaking at the end. So I knew I needed to follow it up with some good kickboxing to ease those arms (any and all reasons to do a kickboxing workout are justified in my opinion :) ), so I did Rockout Knockout, which felt great.

    Thelma, great workouts. No doubt you are frustrated by your tendonitis. Hopefully you will get a path forward back to weights on Friday. Thanks for the feedback on Epic 3. I will probably only be doing a few of the workouts before we move into our rotation (if we go as planned), so I will read up on some impressions and try to pick a good representation of workouts. Yesterday officials announced here that they aren’t going to issue any burn permits while our draught keeps going on, which was good to hear. I don’t know if that will stop anybody from burning leaves, but at least they are trying. We have had several small fires already this week, and it just looks to be getting worse before better.

    Laurie, great workout. I alternate between 4” and 6” on the step anymore. I find I can get a better workout on a lower step these days because my knees prefer it and I feel more on balance. Thanks for the feedback on Epic 3. Like I told Thelma, I will probably only try a few of them right now. I am really curious how I mesh with her format. I am such a picky person when it comes to workout instructors. B) Sounds like you will be an even busier grandma now that your grandson is mobile. :D It is amazing how quickly they can start moving once they start moving.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a 60 minute spin followed by Cathe Live Strong and Fit Core and Basic Stretch. It was a great combo.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi ladies, my workouts on Wednesday were walking, Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day #33 Dumbbell Lower Body & Biceps and Gentle Flow Yoga. It was my day off. I had a massage too. I didn't notice that an error occurred when I hit post last on Wednesday night, so my daily update didn't post.

    My workouts on Thursday were Walking X 2 and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day #34 Full Body (With Chair).
    Workout #34 was booty focused. The chair was for lots of Bulgarian lunges. Every other set of exercises had a set of three different forms of Bulgarian squats. Some were Bulgarian into declined push-ups. Thankfully they were done without weights, but I still felt them. For the first time I used my workout bench for step ups, so a little higher than I'm used to. There were pistol squats too, there were also lots of different form push-ups!

    Laurie, good job with the step workout! I can't believe the baby is crawling already! LOL

    It is true that we always want things to improve faster than they want to improve. Thanks. I really hope this injury will improve.

    Laurel, great workouts!
    I really hope I can start using weights in PT.
    I am sure you will like Caroline's workouts. I don't remember if I told you this, but she has a separate warm-up video for each series. You will see it at the top of each series' playlist.

    I'm glad your city officials won't be issuing any burn permits. How scary that you've already had some small fires in the area. I've not heard of any fires around here and permits aren't even issued anymore because people just burn stuff all the time.

    See you tomorrow.
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,531 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    Yesterday I was getting an error message when I went to the community page. They must have been doing an update. Anyway my workouts where Thursday STS 2.0 Mobility 1, and this morning was Cee's Total Body Workout #20.

    I'm so ready for a bit less busy weekend. We do have a party to go to on Saturday, and we also need to bring DH's car to the storage facility. :/

    Laurel, Great job with the workouts, and getting in that kickboxing. Are the Strong and Fit workout a week long series? Are you going to repeat the workouts? The way Caroline does the workout without talking and just music takes a bit to get used to, and you really need to watch the moves while doing the rest periods. Overall I enjoy her workout, and they are very effective. The only thing I don't like is the warm ups. I like having them with the workout, so that they just progress right into the workout. I'm thinking of having a Kelly warm up cued up on her raw channel so that all I have to do is switch to youtube. Or having the DVD ready with a warm up of Kelly's or Cathe's. Just having a different warm up will be a huge fun factor. I'm planning on doing Beastmode next week. My knees didn't enjoy the step after that workout, so I'm probably going to be moving to the no step option in the future.

    Thelma, Nice job with the workouts! You must have been trying to post when they where working on the page. Probably why I had those error messages. I just saw a video of babies climbing, and now all I can see is Baby R doing that same thing in a few months. My youngest said that he was already trying to climb the steps. Fearless is what they are.

    Have a great weekend!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Cathe Live Strong and Fit All Upper Body and Cathe Live Slam-HiiT. I think I am going to push off starting Caroline’s workouts until after next week. This is going to sound crazy (because it IS crazy), but Peloton is doing their first ever 120 minute (aka two hours :o ) endurance spin tomorrow, and I really want to give it a go next week. I am a little concerned that starting all new tough workouts during the same week may not be the best idea going into that, so I think I am going to stick with more endurance workouts and really light lower body workouts for the next week. I’m afraid if I push the spin off into the future, I will never attempt it which is why I want to try it next week. Who knows? By Monday I might have changed my mind about that spin. :D

    Thelma, great workouts. That full body workout sounds like a tough one for sure. I hope you get some good news from your PT today! I watched a video Caroline filmed that explained her warm up process and such. That is one of the reasons why I wonder how I will mesh with her workouts. The other is that she doesn’t talk during the workouts. But I want to give them a try because maybe I will surprise myself and open up my mind to them. They look like really good workouts, so I would hate to let a couple of issues like that keep me away from them for sure.

    Laurie, great workouts. I bet the mobility workout felt good. I’m sorry the step bothered your knees. I always have to do a body check anymore before a step workout to make sure my feet, ankles and knees are up to it. This aging thing is so exhausting. :D;) Like I mentioned to Thelma, the lack of a warm up and the no talking have me wondering how I will react to Caroline’s workouts. I am hoping they are both non-issues. I will probably opt for a Cathe Live warm up so, like you mention with Kelly’s Raw workouts, all I will need to do is move from one app to the other. Plugging in a DVD, changing the TV’s input, etc all sounds like too much work. :# I’m kidding, but, like I mentioned a few weeks ago, I can be incredibly lazy when it comes to my workouts. I hope your weekend is as quiet as you hope.

    Enjoy the weekend!

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, I hope you had a great weekend. Ours was good and as always busy.

    I had a big setback at PT on Friday. The PT gave me a simple exercise to do, and I felt pain. After that I felt like I had full blown tendonitis. I was so depressed the entire day, but I was ok on Saturday.
    I did some research on YT about bicep tendonitis and found some treatment options that include strengthening exercises and bicep massage. Friday was a PT evaluation day, which is done with someone else as opposed with the person doing my PT. Hopefully on Tuesday, we'll really start doing some weights, but in the meantime, I'm adding my own thing to the PT exercises.

    My workouts this weekend were
    Friday - Walking X2 and Gentle Flow Yoga.
    Saturday - Walking X2.
    Sunday - Walking X2 and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day #36 Dumbbell Back & Biceps.

    This bicep and back workout was perfect for my therapy exercises. Obviously, a lot more than I would do for PT, but it was great muscle isolation.

    We are officially in drought condition. I finally looked at the drought map and the western part of our county is in severe drought; the rest of the county is in moderate drought condition. There's no rain in our forecast, except for a chance of a morning shower on Tuesday.

    It is going to get cold at night on Tuesday and Wednesday with temps in the low 20's. On Thursday the nighttime low will be 28.

    Laurie, great workouts! I must've ran into the same error condition you ran into. Sorry your knees didn't like the step workout. I really believe that the uphill walking backwards thing has helped my knees in a big way. I try to do it for a few minutes each day.
    Speaking of Cathe's step workout someone in her Cathlete FB group posted that Cathe has short videos to help people learn the choreography in YT. Who knew!


    I hope you had fun at the party! Too funny about seeing your grandbaby climbing after watching that video. Your DD and your husband need to baby proof their house. It's amazing how fast babies on the go can be!

    Laurel, great workouts! I am not surprised at all that you want to do that 2 hour ride challenge! It is crazy but not surprising at all. I bet you will do great too.
    I agree with you about waiting to do Caroline's workouts after that 2 hour spin ride.

    I really thought I was going to be bothered by Caroline's silent workouts, but surprisingly, it didn't bother me at all. She gives instructions about the format as well as proper form advice. She has a big timer on the screen, and a little screen pops up on the upper right corner with a video clip of the next exercise, which I so appreciate. This is something that I think Cathe's workouts lack. The fact that she shows a video clip of the next move allows me to move at her pace from one exercise to the next, which is something I can't do with Cathe. I always have to stop and watch her do the first rep, so I know what I'm doing, then rewind to the beginning of the set. I do this a lot of the times, even if I've done the video before. I just need to make sure I know how she's executing a move.

    The fact that she uses the term kg instead of # doesn't bother me at all because I will never be able to lift as heavy as she does. I just have different weights ready to go. Now of course I'm doing weights 12.5 and under
    I didn't know Caroline had a video explaining her warmup video! I just figured out that it was the same warmup video for all the workouts in a series. This doesn't bother me either, which has bothered me in the past. I do warmup longer than she does though.

    Have a great weekend!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,531 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    Had a wonderful relaxing weekend. We did get the Trofeo put away for the winter, and had a nice time at our friends Halloween party later that night. We had trick-or-treating before we went, and had lots of kids. So fun to see the costumes. Otherwise I was downstairs sewing.

    My workouts where Saturday RAW Shadowboxing and Sunday was RAW Stretch. This morning I started CG's Beastmode with Leg Day 1. She sure does know how to work those legs. This one had 3 90 second wall sits in it. Talk about torture.

    Laurel, Great job with the workouts! Sounds like a great challenge for you to try out that Pelton workout this week. I have to keep pushing myself with my knees. Even with some moves in the leg workouts, it can get difficult and I have to change the exercise to something else. This Caroline workout was fine for me, but then I didn't lift super heavy on those single leg exercises. That for sure is the key for me. Ya the DVD option probably wouldn't work that well.

    Thelma, Nice job with all the workouts and walking! So sorry that you had a set back with the PT, but finding something that will help you. We woke up to a temperature of 29 deg this morning, and we have some snow coming tomorrow. Of course they say that it will not last. Sorry to hear that your area is under such dry conditions. I agree with you on the pop up on the Caroline videos. I really do like that factor of the workouts. Helps me determine what weight I want to be lifing.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! I hope you enjoyed the weekend. Ours was busy but nice. We had 80+ degree days both days, but the temperature is dropping today and we are under a freeze warning for tomorrow. So we spent a long time in the yard getting ready for winter. It also included the first raking of leaves for the year and lots and lots of picking up nuts. I have spent an hour a day every day since we got home picking up nuts, and we still pulled in thousands with the rake on Saturday. It is just insane.

    For workouts, on Saturday I did a walk with Jessica Smith and 45 minutes of yoga. Sunday was Cathe Live Glutiator followed by Kick, Punch and Crunch. And today was a 30 minute Halloween spin followed by XTrain Disc 1, Chest, Back and Shoulders.

    Thelma, great workouts. I’m sorry you suffered a set back with your tendonitis, but hopefully it is just temporary. Our drought is just so bad right now. DH and I took a walk yesterday where we haven’t been in a couple of months. And a normally full pond we walk by is just bone dry. There was not a single drop of water, and this isn’t a small pond at all. I have never seen anything like it here. We may get a few drops of rain today but then nothing else is forecast for a week. Thanks for all of the good information on Caroline. I look forward to giving her workouts a try next week.

    Laurie, great workouts. I am so glad you finally had a relaxing weekend and got a chance to spend some good time sewing. I am also glad you enjoyed the party. It has been years since I have been to a Halloween party. They are predicting a low in the 20s here on Wednesday night, which will be quite a shock after being in the mid-60s (which is where our highs are supposed to be right now) as a low all of last week. But we are supposed to have highs close to 80 again for the weekend, so I am not putting away the summer clothing just yet. I think it is going to be a weird winter.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,531 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    We are having snow as I'm typing this. :p My workout this morning was Beastmode Day 2 Shoulders & Arms.

    Laurel, Nice job with those workouts, love the sound of the Glutiator! The workout tomorrow is all Hamstrings and glutes, so I have to make sure that I have enough weight on my barbell. Our temps are going to get warmer this week also, but everyone at work is already talking about putting up their Christmas deco. :D I have a new co-worker that has never experienced Christmas with snow, so I'm hoping that we have some this year. He is from Haiti and has lived in Florida for the most part. His boys are very excited about the snow.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a cardio blend of Fit Split Boxing Bootcamp and Mixed Impact Cardio followed by Butts and Guts. Even though the weight used in that latter workout is light, it is such a tough one for me because of all those low ends. :#

    Laurie, great workout. Glutiator was a really fun lower body workout. I want to do that one again. Enjoy the snow! My sisters got some this weekend in Denver, and it put one of my sisters into a very festive spirit. My other sister was less enthused. :D We don’t have snow but the temperature has dropped 40 degrees since Sunday. And we even had a tiny bit of rain yesterday. But today we have a simultaneous freeze warning and fire watch (the fire watch is because they are expecting high winds). I have a whole crew at the house today finally cutting down four of our trees (from the storms this summer and such). I hope they are done before the wind gets too bad. :o At least it feels like Halloween.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, I forgot to hit pause again!
    My workouts on Monday were Walking and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day #37 Dumbbell & Bodyweight Bulgarian Lunges. This was all booty focused and a total Bulgarian squat marathon. My behind is feeling the workout. She alternated between 3 sets of BL's and one-legged glute thrusts with feet up on the wall.
    Friday's setback was a bad one. I really had a terrible bicep day on Monday.
    I had PT on Tuesday morning and I have to ice and do my PT exercises a couple of times a day. The ice definitely helped.

    My workouts on Tuesday were Walking X2 Yin and PT mobility and Caroline Girvan's abs. It was upper body day but I have to allow my biceps to calm down to even attempt to lift anything right now. I'll focus on abs, cardio and lower body.

    We got a little bit of drizzle late Monday afternoon. We had a very windy afternoon, but it was warm. Once the drizzle started coming down, the winds became stronger, and it made for a raw evening. Tuesday morning was incredibly cold and windy. The winds eventually died down but returned Tuesday night.

    Laurie, great workouts! Caroline sure knows how to work the legs.

    I'm glad you had a wonderful weekend! Everything is so dark around here that there is no trick or treating. I can't believe you have snow already!

    Laurel, that was a lot of yard work! I can't believe that pond has totally dried up! We are under the same conditions with wind, freeze and fire. I'm glad you finally got the tree guys to cut those trees.

    Fantastic workouts! I've been thinking of doing that Butts and Guts workout too!

    See you tomorrow!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,531 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    All I can say is WOW on the Caroline Beastmode Hamstrings & Glutes workout. She really worked the glutes with multiple hip thrusts. I used my barbell and my stability ball.

    We had a blizzard last night, so we still have snow on the ground. I'm sure that it will be gone by the time I go home, because it will be in the 40's.

    Laurel, Great job with the workouts! Sounds like all of us have been hitting the legs and glute area pretty hard this week. I have to admit that the snow did give that feeling like Christmas. With all the Halloween deco out, the lights where pretty cool with the snow. After this all the trees will be dropping leaves like crazy. Right now they look pretty with the leaves and snow mix. With the temperature improving this weekend, we will probably be out getting the yard cleaned up. Sorry to hear that the wind is so wild, and that you have to worry about fire.

    Thelma, Love the workouts! I hear you on feeling that butt. :D One of the things that I like about Caroline's timed workout. You can go as slow or fast as you would like. The next time I do this workout, I'm going to use my tower. Since she goes back to the thrust through out the workout, it just makes more sense to have the barbell higher for convenience. I'm glad that we will have some warmer temps, I'm not quite ready for the winter weather.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,902 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was XTrain Biceps and Triceps followed by LITE Rev’d Up Rumble and Abs 1. The plan right now is to do the 2 hour spin tomorrow, so today’s workout was pretty light. My legs feel like they will be up to it. But will my mind be up to it? :D:o

    Thelma, great workouts. I am sorry to hear that your setback was so serious. Tendonitis is so tricky. I am glad the trees are finally cut down as well. The backyard took a beating because of all of the equipment needed to do it, but I actually think I may like not having trees so close to the house. We will probably get more light into the house and I had a much better view of the sunrise this morning. And also I will not be quite so concerned about them falling on the house, which is why we removed them in the first place. :)

    Laurie, great workout. It does seem like hamstrings and glutes are the theme this week for all of us. I am glad your blizzard was a pretty one and the snow will disappear quickly. Those are really the best kind of snow storms. No doubt your trees will be empty soon. We still have a few green trees, so we have awhile to go yet. Now if they would just stop dropping nuts I would be happy.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel

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