Cathe Fans Part 5

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a Low Impact spin to warm up my legs into Step Boss PHA 3, Ab Stacker and extended floor stretch. This PHA workout is so good. I was such a sweaty mess at the end. It felt great today.

Thelma, great workouts. Bulgarian-style squats are getting harder and harder for me to feel comfortable doing, so I always modify. I think the comfort in my body is more important than anything anymore. I hope your shoulder is okay. Definitely keep doing the PT if it helps. I did my PT exercises for my frozen shoulder for about two years I think. Not all of them….just those that really focused on the area that was tight (external rotation). We are back to humid today though not very warm. We have a slim chance of storms as well over the next few days, but it is a very slim chance. What is the status of your DH’s semi-retirement? I hope his employer has been working with him on it.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi ladies, my workouts on Wednesday were walking and CG Fuel Day - 17 GIANT Upper Body Dumbbell.

Laurel, great workouts!

I agree with you about comfort being very important. Add to that proper form and safety. I'm not going crazy increasing my weights like I was with Cathe. Progressive overload is not my priority right now. I'm too afraid to hurt myself.

I was feeling that my shoulders were rolling forward, which told me my pecs and upper back were tight. I've been massaging with my Thera cane, but it wasn't feeling like it was enough. The PT exercises made it better. They keep me flexible.

We were humid on Tuesday. Wednesday was a lovely day. Lots of sun and a nice cool breeze. The forecast was showing chances of showers, but those chances are starting to evaporate. Our best chances now are for the weekend.

The only thing we know about DH's semi-retirement is that his boss started the process with HR. She hasn't given him an update and he hasn't asked for one either.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Perfect 30 Lower Body and Core followed by Step Boss Step Sync.

Thelma, great workouts. I am glad the PT is helping your shoulder.

One of the reasons I did this rotation is because I felt like I was becoming too competitive with myself and the weight I was lifting in the STS programs, and I was feeling it in my joints big time. So the one program I didn’t include in this rotation was the original STS, though I did include 2.0, but only did the one body part workouts that week. I have learned a lot this summer, like lifting heavy has some positive impact on my physique but not too much and, at my age, that isn’t as important to me as it used to be. But I also learned that I much prefer my rotations to be strength focused as opposed to cardio focused (cardio being the focus of many of Cathe’s programs). So when this is over, I am going back to STS again and doing the combo rotation I imagined up last April, but this time I am not going to try to match Cathe if it just doesn’t feel good, especially in 1.0. There is no reason to. And it has me excited to try that combo rotation where is was dreading it in the spring. As long as I keep myself somewhat strong and mobile, I will be happy.

I am glad your DHs boss has at least started the process. But I can say this since I used to work HR, it will happen when it happens when HR is involved.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Hope you are well. Today’s workout was Perfect 30 Upper Body into Prefect 30 Low Impact HiiT and Bonus Pyramid HiiT. It was a great way to end a really fun week of workouts. Enjoy the weekend!

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi ladies! I hope you had a great weekend. We had two couples come over to see our house and meet our pets on Friday before we went out to dinner. We had a great time with them.

Bummer! I forgot to hit the Post Reply button for my Thursday update!
My workouts on Thursday were walking and a little shoulder mobility. Thursday was dedicated to house cleaning, which didn't help my shoulder situation.
Friday - walking and yoga.
Saturday - walking and CG Fuel Day - 18 GLUTES & HAMSTRING CIRCUITS.
My shoulders are back to normal. My upper back was supper tight and my pecks too. I iced my shoulders, took Aleve and massaged the life out of the knots on my upper back with my Thera cane. Thank God it worked!

We had a few raindrops on Thursday. It lasted a minute or two. We might see some showers on Saturday.
We finally got a little rain thanks to some thunderstorm systems that went through our area. Between Friday and Saturday, we got .2" of rain. There's no rain in our 10-day forecast!

Laurel, great workouts and great workout strategy! CG always says "you do you" which I like. I do the best I can and never try to keep up with her.
I love your new way of thinking about staying strong and mobile, that's really the way I feel, too.
I have been feeling tired lately and I've not allowed myself the time to rest. I need to do better about that. CG's workouts are 5 times a week and that is way too much for me right now. I will try to do 4 workouts most weeks, but some weeks I will only do 3.

I hear you about HR. Things will really happen when they happen.
DH finally got an update from his boss on Friday, and it was very disappointing. His boss doesn't know how to get the funding for a p/t position. The big issue is that by the time DH decided to retire the university had already finalized the 2025 budget. He has committed to working f/t through the June 2025. He hopes to revisit the p/t position with his boss in early 2025.
Thankfully, DH is not in a hurry to retire.

Have a great week!
Thelma

Have a wonderful weekend!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Just wanted to let you know that I'm good. Got a call on Tuesday that my Dad was in ICU, and Mom wanted us all there for a meeting with the Dr. My Dad is in hospice, and has had a tracheotomy. The meeting was to confirm that my Dad's DNR was what we all wanted. He didn't want a feeding tube, but is breathing on his own.

Otherwise DH and I have not worked out. I got back very late on Thursday, and Friday I took a vacation day. We had the grandson this weekend also. Overall a very stressful week.

Have a great day ladies!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies!

Laurie, thank you for checking in. I am so sorry to hear about your Dad. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Don’t push yourself to do anything you don’t feel up to doing right now. I’m glad you took some time off on Friday and I hope some time with your grandson, while probably not relaxing, had moments that made you smile.

Thelma, great workouts. Thank you for posting what you did about the number of days you workout per week. I was just having a mental conversation with myself about how much is too much, how much is too little and where is the ‘just right’ spot for my workout routine. You’ve given me some very helpful perspective. I am just feeling like I am not recovering as quickly between workouts anymore no matter what I do nutritionally or with longer stretches. So my next try is fewer workouts or at least more recovery type workouts and less full on workouts. We got dumped on with rain both Friday and Saturday which made it unbearably humid this weekend. But the rain was nice, and today the air is fresher and more pleasant. I think I am ready to say goodbye to 95+ degrees temps though.

For my workouts, on Saturday I did 45 minutes of yoga. Yesterday was Strong and Sweaty Bootcamp and core. Today was Strong and Sweaty Total Body Giant Sets and a 20 minute spin. See you tomorrow.

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi ladies, my workouts on Monday were CG Fuel Day - 19 Dumbbell Cardio Full Body, Walking and Yoga.
I really liked Day 19. This is the first workout that I could almost keep up with Caroline as in not needing to take longer break than what the workout provides. Caroline did some deep pushups in which she used really thin yoga blocks. My blocks are pretty thick, but I was able to do full pushups using the blocks for my hands.

Mu glutes and hamstrings are feeling Sunday's workout! OUCH!

I need to start thinking about my next program. I'm torn between the Iron/Fuel rotation or starting the Epic series. The only thing I don't like about Epic I is that the total body workouts are 1+ hour long.

Laurie, thanks for checking in. I am so sorry about your dad. You're all in my heart and prayers.
Like Laurel, said don't worry about pushing yourself to do anything you're not up to right now. I bet your grandson was able to cheer you up.

Laurel, great workouts. I'm glad my new workout strategy has given you something to think about. I thought it was taking me longer to recover from my workouts because CGs workouts are really hard, but it's not just that, it's age too.
I think that we need to listen to our bodies when they're telling us they need a break or we're going to get hurt. We already exercise more than most people do. It's not like we're not going to do anything on rest days. Our rest days are active rest days. I do some type of exercise 7 days a week, but my body wants a longer rest from the strength training.
I've even been considering taking a little nap in the afternoons. I just haven't had the time to do it!

I'm so jealous about all that rain you got! The leaves are already turning and falling here and today felt like an early fall day.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

My Dad is going to be moved into a different nursing home that is able to handle a trach. Not many places will accept patients in his condition. Apparently he is able to swallow liquids, so the hospice can't keep him there. That is about all I know right now.

Didn't work out last night, DH was picking the youngest up from O'Hare. This morning I did a 10 min rebounder workout. Tonight we will be getting back into our workouts.

Thanks for the well wishes, this will be tough for my Dad. Right now he isn't able to talk, and he will have to learn how to function with the trach. He wasn't all that happy about his situation before, and now this will be even tougher.

Laurel, As always great job with the workouts! Glad that your area received some rain, but that humidity is tough. Right now we are having some really nice weather, so need to take advantage of it. Dang on the body and recovery. I now realize that some of the issues that I had been dealing with was because of menopause. It's crazy what the body goes through when the estrogen isn't being produced at normal levels.

Thelma, Awesome job with your workouts! Sounds like you are in the same situation that we where in trying to decide what to do next. The one hour total body where something that I know DH isn't ready for, so we opted for Epic Heat.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Strong and Sweaty Cycle Sweat, and I did indeed sweat. Cathe’s spins kill me. And I am headed out to mow the lawn after this, so that will be interesting.

Thelma, great workouts. I have started doing some of my pushups on my four inch step platform. If the pace is slower, I can still do a full push up on the floor, but at most of Cathe’s faster paces I feel it is so much safer for my shoulders with just that little elevation. Glad I am not alone in that! What you said about working out more than most is exactly what I have been saying to myself for several weeks as I try to scale back. I am still pushing play on something every day, and it would be easy not to.

Laurie, great workout this morning given everything you are going through. I hope they find a good facility for your dad. I am so sorry. I just read a report that bodies experience two massive biomolecular shifts, one in the mid-40s and one around 60, and I am feeling this one. That combined with menopause, as you state, and every day seems like a new physical adventure.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi ladies, my workouts on Tuesday were Walking, Yoga and CG Fuel Day - 20 MEGA BODYWEIGHT HIIT.
This CG workout was another burpee special. I almost chickened out but decided to push through and modified when necessary. My endurance has definitely improved with the Fuel series.

Laurie, I'm sorry your dad is going to need to be transferred to another facility. Continued prayers for your dad.

Good job getting the rebounder workout in.
I don't know if I'm ready for he 1 hour full body workouts in the Epic series either. At least there's only per week.

Laurel, great workout! I hope your lawmower cooperated with you.
Great idea to do pushups on the step platform! I really liked doing them using the yoga blocks.
I feel that I have to do something every day because not doing anything is not something I want to get used to. Scaling back is the key.
Interesting finding on that study! That's probably what I'm going through. I allowed myself a nap this afternoon. I really needed it.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

DH and I got in our Beastmode Day 6 Back & Bicep, it was perfect to get back into working out after a week off. This morning all I did was a walk.

Laurel, Great job with those workout! Nice that you where able to enjoy that tough spin, and hopefully the lawn wasn't to bad for you to mow. I have DH using the elevation for push ups, he so wants to do the full ones, and that elevation helps so much. I can totally see the information that you read is so accurate. Hate getting old.

Thelma, Nice job with your workout! That is what DH and I did for the HiiT, just modified when we needed to and pushed through. The first workouts I tried when I found Caroline was Epic 1, those where some tough workouts. I did find that I saw some great results from it. DH and I can probably handle longer workouts once I'm not working.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout started with Strong and Sweaty Ramped Up Upper Body and Core, and I followed it with a Cathe Live workout from a few weeks ago that I have been anxious to try. It was Cardio Mobility Mix. It started with about 15 minutes of cardio drills then went into a preview of the mobility workout from her new series (which is why I wanted to try it). I loved this workout. There was nothing outrageously new with the mobility moves, but she seems to do more blending of moves so there is simultaneous stretch and strength. She said at the end of the workout that the full mobility workout (there is a shorter bonus mobility workout as well) is very dynamic. But this sneak peak sure made my tired body feel better today which is exactly what I needed.

Thelma, great workouts. I have to do something every day, even if it is just a long walk. My body hates sitting for long periods of time and not only do I get sore when I do, I get way too tired. It is amazing how just a little movement solves the problem.

Laurie, great workout. Yes, I survived the lawn mowing. DH is going to be gone for several weeks coming up soon (not all at once, thankfully), so the mower and I needed to get reacquainted. Getting old is definitely challenging. I find it amazing that I can push through a tough 90 minute workout and then manage to develop some new ache from doing something like coming into the house and taking off my shoes. But that seems to be where I am at these days.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi ladies, Wednesday was my rest day, so I did ‪walk in the morning and in the evening.

Laurie, great job with that workout!
I did some Epic workouts last year and I was getting results.

Laurel, great workouts! That Cathe Live workout sounds fantastic. I've watched two video clips of the new Cathe series and they look wonderful.
I'm glad you survived the lawn mowing!

I think doing a little something every day is necessary.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Our workout yesterday was Beastmode Day 7 Lower Body, this one was tough. This morning was Power Yoga for Hips and Thighs with Travis.

Laurel, Love the workouts! That live workout really does sound great. For sure your description is exactly what I go through. I can get through these tough Caroline workouts, and then afterward I'm hearing pops, creaking and pain that I never had to go through before. I know that I still need to do the workouts, even with all that going on. Dang on you having to get familiar with the lawn weapon more. I still have to deal with some weeding, that will have to happen this weekend.

Thelma, Nice job getting the walking in on your active rest day. I've been watching those clips from the new vids also, and I'm really liking what I'm seeing. I think that they will be great for my morning routine.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Strong and Sweaty PHA Training followed by Strong and Sweaty Cardio Slam. I wasn’t planning on doing both today but DH is taking tomorrow off from work, so I wanted to finish the series in case we decide to go out of town tomorrow. But it felt good today. I really enjoyed doing these workouts again.

Thelma, sounds like a nice rest day. I agree about the video clips from Cathe. These workouts look really good so far.

Laurie, great workouts. I agree that continuing to workout is vital despite the pops, cracks, twinges and aches in the body. My oldest sister is very sedentary and, unfortunately, her body is failing much faster because of it. Breaks my heart.

If I am not in here tomorrow, I hope you both have a good weekend.

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi ladies, I had a physical on Thursday. Everything went well. I ran a couple of errands while I was out, then baked DH his favorite cinnamon raisin bread. By the time my workout time came, I was exhausted and didn't feel like doing a Fuel workout. I chose to walk and did a CG standing abs workout.

Laurie, great workouts!
I'm having to massage my thighs a lot with these CG workouts. The programs are definitely leg heavy, I think.

Those Cathe workouts will definitely be good for your morning routines and even on active rest days. I think I'll be able to do them during days when I'm too tired to do a CG workout, too.

Laurel, great workouts! I hope you and your DH have a great time if you decide to go out of town.

I'm sorry about your oldest sister's body failing her. How is your other sister going? Is she still doing chemo?

Have a wonderful weekend!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

We finished Beastmode Day 8 Chest & Triceps. I am having some DOMS with these workout this week. May be from being off last week, but that last set is always tough. I didn't workout this morning, just felt like enjoying the morning.

We are headed out of our very cool week, and getting into some heat. Guess we will have to turn the ac back on, it sure was nice having the air flowing through the house.

Laurel, Great job getting those workouts done! Enjoy your day with your DH, hope that you find something fun to do. I have noticed that with my family also. The amount of medications that some of them are taking is crazy. My youngest brother has rheumatoid arthritis so I understand his meds.

Thelma, Nice job getting in what you where able to do. Glad to hear that your physical went well, and that you where able to make that lovely bread. Has there been any word on when those workouts are headed our way. Summer is quickly ending.

Have a wonderful weekend,
Laurie

ThelmaSW

Hi ladies, I hope you had a great weekend. We had a nice weekend. It was busy as usual with house chores.

My workouts on Friday were CG Glutes and Hamstrings, Walking and Yoga.
Saturday - walking
Sunday - walking and CG Fuel - Day 21 LEG DAY CIRCUITS.

We are going to be in the low 90s all week. I am not happy about this weather.

Laurie, great workouts!

Sounds like we're going into the same type of weather!

Sorry your brother has RA. I also have RA and lupus. I am thankful my diseases are controlled, but I don't like the meds I have to take.

No word on when Cathe will start shipping the DVDs out. She just realeased the clip for DVD #4. I can't remember if there are 8 or 10 DVDs.

Have a great week!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Weekend was very nice weather wise, until yesterday. My Dad isn't doing so good, he has started the apnea breathing. This means that he will not be going to a nursing home, but will stay in hospice.

DH and I did Beastmode Day 9 Full Body. This one had a cardio factor, so it was very metabolic. She used dumbbells, and challenged us to use fairly heavy. I managed to use 16#.

Thelma, Great job with all those workouts! Yes we are in the 90's today with high humidity. It was in the high 70's when I woke up this morning. They of course say that it will feel like triple digits, so this will be the hottest day we have had this summer. My youngest brother has had melanoma also, low vitamin D was that factor. He said that the current medication that he is taking for his RA is working very well.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! DH and I had a very nice weekend away. We found a place on a lake and just spent the weekend taking walks and enjoying the days. Very nice. And, thankfully, the weather was perfect, especially on Friday and Saturday. By yesterday the heat was returning, and we are going into a very hot week with highs expected to be near 100. To echo Thelma above, I am not happy about this weather.

I didn’t do any workouts this weekend except walk. Today was the start of my Intensity series week, so I did a 20 minute spin as a warm-up followed by Pyramid Upper Body.

Thelma, great workouts. I am glad your physical went well. Thank you for asking about my sister. She has completed all of her chemo and radiation treatments and so all she has left is to finish her immunotherapy treatments, which will go through January (one shot every three weeks) and start the hormone pills that she will need to take for five years. She is getting her energy back (and her hair) and seems to be doing really well all things considered.

Laurie, nice workout. I am sorry to hear about your Dad. I will keep him in my prayers. I am also sorry you are suffering the hot weather again as well. I hope this is summer’s last burst of energy.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi ladies, my workouts on Monday were walking, Hot Yinyasa and CG Fuel Day - 22 Cluster Sets Upper Body. I really enjoyed this CG workout. She hit the shoulders and biceps very nicely. It showed me that I've gained strength and endurance. I was feeling stuck on my shoulder strength, but this workout allowed me to up my weights and I felt that I could've gone up a little more. I felt that this was my strongest upper body workout since my surgery. I am being very careful about my form, too.

I also loved the leg workout on Sunday.
Glutes tomorrow! I've been worried about hurting my back, so I've watched a bunch of videos about proper form. I wish I had olympic size weight plates because they're huge and easy to roll the barbell over the legs. My barbell is loaded with 50# and last week I put a 10# dumbbell on my lap for a total of 60#. I'll try adding a #15 dumbbell tomorrow.

I don't know if we hit 90 degrees, but we definitely hit 89. It actually wasn't hot. It was a beautiful day. I think it's because we're now closer to fall, by 8Pm it was starting to feel a little cool thanks to a cool breeze.

Laurie, I'm sorry your dad isn't doing well.

Great job with that Beastmode workout and using a 16# dumbbell!
Thank goodness it wasn't humid around here! DH said it was 53 degrees early Sunday morning!
I am glad your brother is getting good results with his RA med. Thankfully, there are a few good meds out there for RA. Sorry about the melanoma, but you're using past tense, so I hope he's not dealing with that now.

Laurel sounds like a beautiful weekend for you and your DH! I'm glad you had a good time.
Great workouts!!

I'm so glad your sister is recovering nicely from her cancer treatment!

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Thanks for the prayers for my Dad, I'm sure that it will not be to much longer with the update we received this morning. He did open his eyes yesterday when my Mom talked to him. As my SIL said, he is a "tough old bird".

We got in our last Beastmode workout with Day 10 HiiT. This one used a dumbbell, but the hr really got up there. Both of us where sweating, but we enjoyed this hiit workout more than last weeks. No jumping!!! This morning I didn't workout. After work will be our first try with the Heat workouts. Of course I read that the first leg workout is pretty tough, guess we will get through that also.

Laurel, Sounds like a great weekend away, and getting to enjoy some nice weather. Great job with the workouts! Love the Pyramid workouts! Are you going to be doing the Imax workout also? That one was one of her toughest Imax's. Today is suppose to be our last heat day, and then back into the 70's. With the humidity it just isn't nice to be outdoors.

Thelma, Love the workouts! Glad to hear that you where able to go up in your weight on the shoulders. I hear you on the weights for the hip thrusts. It really is hard getting those weights on and off to get to the next exercise. This HiiT workout I had to use a lighter weight, but then Caroline also used a light weight for her. I was able to use 12#, but did use an 8# for the Side Plank Row. My brothers melanoma is past tense, but of course he is always aware of anything that changes on his skin.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Pyramid Lower Body followed by Cathe’s live class from last week which was Kick, Box and Sweat. This workout was very moderate in intensity with little jumping and was perfect for after the leg workout. Ever since she put out Gloved Up and Sweaty last year, her live Kickboxing workouts have all been pretty similar in intensity to that, and for me that is great news.

Thelma, great workouts. I agree about having bigger plates to roll over the legs, but I just can’t justify replacing my entire barbell unit, which I think I would have to do. But maybe after my next go around with STS 2.0, I will change my mind. We hit 96 yesterday and it is only going to get warmer and more humid through the week. But, thankfully, next week we are supposed to be back down into the lower 80s with maybe some chances of rain again.

Laurie, great workout. But I am so sorry to hear about your dad. That is such tough news to get. I am thinking about you. Regarding IMAX 2, I think I am going to do the IMAX Extreme workout from The Terminator DVD because, while it is longer, it is easier than IMAX 2 because it is blended with some of the step and weight workout from Cardio and Weights which is easier. At least I hope I am remembering that right.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi ladies, my workouts on Tuesday were Walking, Yoga and CG Fuel Day - 23 Glutes & Hamstrings Tempo.
The glute workout was a killer, but I liked it. I gave you the wrong weight on barbell for hip thrusts. It's just 42# and I topped it with a 12# dumbbell.
I've decided that I am not worried about doing super heavy hip thrusts at this time. Right now, I feel challenged with 55#, so I'm going to focus on form.
I spent about 20 minutes after the workout stretching and massaging my thighs, glutes and back. It helped me not to feel tight.

We had another humidity free day.

Laurie, I am do sorry about your dad's conditions. Sending prayers to your entire family.

Great job with that Hiit workout! I feel that I get a better hip thrust with dumbbells instead of my long barbell, so I'll use the heaviest dumbbell.

You do have to use lighter weights in Hiit workouts.

I am glad your brother is doing well now.

Laurel, great workouts! Kickboxing can be a lot of fun.

I can't justify getting an Olympic weight either.

Thank God it hasn't been humid here!

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Started our first workout of Epic Heat with Day 1 Uncomplicated Complexes Leg Day. She did 3 min. of three exercises, each done 10x on repeat. It was a tough workout, but both of us got through it with a lot of sweat. This morning I did Raw Shadowboxing 2. Really enjoyed this one, she did touch your front toe hook, touch your back toe upper cut and then a jab. Great way to get the hr up, without doing any jumping.

Laurel, Awesome job with the workouts! Sure do love the sound of that kickboxing workout. I have to pull out the Gloved Up and Sweaty workout again. I so enjoy that one, and hopefully she will do some more of those besides live ones. Doing the Terminator workout sounds like a good call. Was Imax 2 the one with the Jeannie hops? I hated those so much. When I got into my car yesterday it read 103. I had every window open until the ac started to cool the interior down.

Thelma, Great job with the workouts! Working on your form is a solid plan. I also think that using the dumbbells is easier. I really do need to start looking at thrift stores for heavier weights, or the used sports equipment. Of course FB marketplace might be another one, just have not looked at that avenue.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a 30 minute spin into Intensity Series Bootcamp. This Bootcamp workout has always been a bit hit or miss for me, but I really enjoyed it today.

Thelma, great workouts. I completely agree about focusing on form more than weight, especially in a move like hip thrusts which involves using so many different muscles just to get into position. Our humidity stayed pretty low yesterday as well making it fairly tolerable. But that is supposed to start changing today or tomorrow.

Laurie, great workouts. Sounds like a good workout with which to start a new rotation. Yes, IMAX 2 is the one with all the genie hops. There is no way I will be hopping in one leg for that long anymore! You are definitely hot up there right now. We are supposed to hit 99 today. DH can’t take his phones into his work area (he works in a classified space), and he has started taking a cooler with ice to keep his phones from frying in the car.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi ladies, Wednesday was my rest/baking day. I experimented with pumpkin, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, brown sugar, raisins in a soft sandwich loaf for Saturday's French toast brunch. It came out great. I'm also making an artisan pumpkin loaf with pumpkin spice, cranberries and walnuts. This turned out to be a super wet dough. I had to add more flour. I'm going to bake it on Thursday afternoon. I have some ripe bananas, and some canned pumpkin left so I'll make DH an after-dinner banana-pumpkin bread.

My workouts were two walking sessions and a CG ab workout that had my abs screaming.

The humidity definitely kicked in on Wednesday afternoon, but not too bad yet.I went out on the deck and the air felt thick.

Laurie, awesome job pushing through that hard leg workout!! Good luck finding bigger weights. You may want to check this holiday weekend. A lot of people in those CG FB groups get their weights through Walmart.

Laurel, great workouts! I'm glad you enjoyed the Intensity workout this time around!

I have no idea how people can thrust those heavy barbells. I rather do extra reps. Caroline had a banded hip thrust finisher yesterday without weights. I used the dumbbells given that I wasn't thrusting a heavy load.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Yesterday's workout was another tough one. Epic Heat Day 2 was Superior Shoulders. I started out with 15#, then down to 12#, down to 10# and back up to 12's. The weight depended on the muscle she was working, and the first part of the workout was all presses. So that was the reason the for decline as the workout progressed. Once she moved to different parts of the shoulder to work, I was able to go back up a little. This is one of those workouts that you can see the muscles working. This morning was some Yin Yoga with Travis, and I decided to do one that was for shoulders.

Laurel, Nice workouts! Glad that Bootcamp was a good one for you this time around. I have always looked at that one, and then just put it back on the shelf. It may have been because of the time factor. They are saying that we will have a nice weekend, once the storms go though tomorrow. I'm looking forward to that with all this heat we have been dealing with. What a great idea for the phone.

Thelma, Good job on the workouts! I think I know what ab workout you tired, I have had that experience with a couple of them. The breads all sound delish! Sounds like you are really getting the feel for your dough. I have gotten a lot of my db's from Walmart. I feel bad ordering online, and the delivery person has to drop those heavy weights off.

Have a great day!
Laurie

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Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was IMAX Xtreme from The Terminator DVD. As I mentioned to Laurie a couple of days ago, this is a 75 minute blend of IMAX 2 and Cardio and Weights. It surprised me today because it felt really good and flew by…..though after the last IMAX interval, I was ready for it to be over. But I am glad I chose this workout over doing either of those two workouts individually.

Thelma, your baking sounds so good! And great workouts. We are under a heat advisory today as our humidity rates have jumped up significantly and the high is supposed to be near 100. Hopefully just a few more days of this. Do you have many snakes around you? Last night after dinner I was spraying our plants because the deer are eating them again and, literally, stumbled across a black snake in our front yard that was about 4” long. Yes, I screamed. I have never seen anything like that around here and was wondering if you have anything like that there. Between the ocelot, the armadillo, and now this pretty big snake, I am beginning to wonder what else is going to pop up! Not good.

Laurie, great workouts. The yoga sounds like a perfect workout this morning. I hope you don’t get hit with too bad of storms. They are predicting some here as well, but nothing severe yet. But the cooler weather will be much appreciated when it arrives here next week. And I did manage to do some of the genie hops one legged today! Not all, but some. I couldn’t help but think about you while doing them. Not my favorite move either.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel