Cathe Fans Part 5
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Hi Ladies ~ Great Spin class last night and still planning on getting my workout in today!
I was up late getting things organized for the fishing trip. It’s a little more complicated when I have to worry about a bunch of items to bring and cook a meal for 6 of us. There is only one little restaurant in that town and by the time we get there and he gets off the river it will be easier to all eat at the trailer. So . :huh: . . it’s all good! But hoping this evening I’ll get in my workout, get some spaghetti sauce going and pack. I won’t leave until tomorrow around noon.
Thelma: Great job getting in Low Max minus the “near death” experience with the turns! :noway: Yikes. Glad it all worked out and with massage/ice sounds like you are good. How exciting on the filming of the new workouts starting. Can’ wait to see those clips! I’m hoping to start our new rotation on Sunday when I get back from my fishing trip. We’ll see, I’m sometimes pooped when I get home because I always sleep terrible. Fingers crossed this year will be different. We took some of the foam padding from underneath so we won’t be rolling into one another like usual. :laugh:
Laurie: Supercuts is such a fun one!! I
that one too! Nice work last night with that.:drinker: I would imagine it kills her to be kind to the newbies . . . but I told her after class it was a great workout so she was glad. You don’t want to scare people into never coming back ~ it’s happened! Thanks for that info on those sheets . . . That’s why STS sheets are so handy, I can keep writing on them or erasing or whatever. I don’t want to keep doing that in my nice XT glossy book! :laugh:
Laurel: Yowsa! Nice combo today, I bet it definitely loosened you right up. :drinker: :bigsmile: Yikes is right, but good that we will save some money on the other side so he doesn’t have to continue buying “bulk” type stuff at double the price. We worked it out last night, the couple who are fishing with us have a Suburban. They will pick me up and we will have room for “stuff” plus my stepson and his girlfriend. I hope to share a fun fish photo with all of you when I return! :drinker:
Luckily I will have tomorrow a.m. to get in a workout before I leave as well! :bigsmile:
Talk to you ladies either briefly tomorrow or Monday! Tami0 -
Hi Ladies, spinning for me tonight. My knee is fine thankfully. I am ready to start the rotation on Saturday. I checked out Cathy's Facebook page and the outfits are very nice. The workouts look scary to me because there will be a lot of plyo involved. I will be using my trampoline a lot! Fast speeds on the step too! :sad:
This week went by so fast and I can't believe tomorrow is Friday already! I'm happy about it don't take me wrong but it feels like it should be Wednesday!
Laurie, that lasagna sounds great! So you don't do the noodles or the cheese mixture because the ravioli have all that! Clever! I bet it was delish! I am going to try my Padermo zoodle machine this weekend. We'll have it with baked turkey meatballs and spaghetti sauce. This will be our first time having zoodles. We do love zucchini so I hope we love the meal. We usually have spaghetti squash with this dish.
Laurel, another award winning combo for you today! I really like that XT legs with the Barre segment.
I am definitely going to do the Low Max step workout for the rotation. I may have been distracted yesterday when I went flying off the step.
Tami, glad you enjoyed your spinning class last night! You really are going to be busy till you leave your house. Spaghetti is always a nice meal. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I also hope you area able to sleep! Have a great weekend!
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
Another great workout with Bi's & Tri's Burn Sets, sure loved lifting those heavy weights. :laugh: I also did a TaeBo Get Ripped Basic workout. The TaeBo workout was good, it had abs, floor leg work and then cardio.
Laurel, Way to cook those triceps! I'm going to be interested in how you will do add ons for the next rotation, I know I'm finding things that I want to do in place of some of those X10 workouts. I'm like that with pasta also, it just is so comforting. I also try to make sure that meals like this one are only once a week, that way I get my fix. :laugh:
Tami, How wonderful that you let Katy know that the workout was a good one, and yes you really don't want to scare people away. Sure would hurt the business. Nice that you can pack all that stuff in a Suburban. I don't like writing in any of the books that I get, so either print out worksheets or print these out from the workout manager. Have a wonderful weekend fishing.
Thelma, Good to know your knee is doing good. I saw that the Plyo workout looked like a lot of jumping, hoping that I will be ok with that too. I don't jump all that high. :laugh: Let us know how subbing the zoodles for the squash goes. I am not a fan of spaghetti squash, just don't like the texture. Yes that is exactly how that lasagna is made, it was super easy compared to regular lasagna.
Have a great weekend!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Happy Friday!! Today's workout seemed very short. And I am not sure why! Anyhow, I started with CTX Upper Body (doing the warm-up from CTX Kickbox first) which was a nice endurance-based workout to get me ready to go back to STS Meso 1 next week. I followed it with XTrain Tabatacise and Core 1. It was a good workout.....just felt short. Better than feeling like forever I suppose.
Tami, I hope you have a great weekend. Looking forward to a fish photo! I am glad you worked out the logistics a bit so you won't be squeezed into your car. Have fun!!
Thelma, I am so happy to hear your knee is fine! That is good news!! I caught up a bit on Cathe's site. I am really curious to get more info on these workouts. I was really surprised to see they may have them out next month!! They may be great workouts, though, for the busy holiday season so that would be good. I am curious about the impact as well. If I remember correctly, she is doing some low impact workouts for this series. As I am getting closer to 50 :noway: I am finding it better to at least mix up my impact a bit. I can still do high impact but every day doesn't seem/feel smart. So hopefully these new workouts have a good variety.
Laurie, great workout combo!! I, too, am curious how I am going to add on to this next rotation. I keep telling myself to NOT add-on because these workouts are enough! But I am not too good at listening to myself. :blushing: Of course, as we get closer to moving again, I will have to scale back my workouts a bit. I certainly am not looking forward to another physically brutal move. :ohwell:
Hope you all have a great weekend!! See you Monday!
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies. Happy Friday! I did Lower Body Blast this afternoon. That is a great workout. I also used the barbell and now my upper back is tight. I iced it so I hope I'm better tomorrow. I printed out my rotation sheets.
I checked out Cathe's FB wall tonight and OMG! Lots of jumping and step moves at high speeds I think. I didn't like her outfit for the Hiit Lower Body DVD.
Laurie, you were on FI-YA today with those workout my friend! WTG! :drinker:
I know I'll be using the trampoline a lot with these new program. I would have to lower the step in order to do the faster choreography and to keep myself from falling.
I'll let you know how the zoodles turn out. We thought that 2 zucchini would be one serving per person plus the sauce and turkey meatballs. We love spaghetti squash instead of pasta.
Laurel, amazing combo today! I can't believe it seemed short to you!
Cathe's new program is definitely looking like a lot of high impact moves, lots of step and plyo too. She must be filming one workout per day. So far there have been 3 this week. She does mention on her promo that there will be some low impact but I doubt there will be much of it. I will be modifying a lot! Interesting that your finding you have to mix the impact Laurel. It's probably better for your body so good for you. It has nothing to do with you approaching 50. You just know it's better for your body!
Tami, I hope you have a great time fishing with your hubby and friends!
Have a great weekend ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
Not a good weekend for workouts, yesterday was just a bust. I did manage to get in 10lb Slimdown Xtreme Cardio Kicbox and the Core workout. On Sunday we had to go to DH's nieces confirmation. This was a full mass with the Archbishop in attendance. He spent at least 3 min. with each kid and there had to be at least 30 of them. :huh: DH's brother failed to inform us that it would be this long, I think that I wouldn't have taken the girls if I had known. They where running on little patients by the end. So in total I spent at least 5 hours at two different churches on Sunday. :laugh:
Laurel, I really like those CTX workouts! I actually loved the step workouts in CTX, but they seemed to be very hard on my knees. I love that Tabatacise felt short to you. :laugh: The one good thing about your next move is that you will not be moving for a very long time. That is something to look forward to, but totally understand that you would need to scale back with all the things that you will have to be doing.
Thelma, Great job on the LBB workout, hope that your upper back will be fine. Will have to see how the new HiiT workouts are, the step workout looked to be a lot like her first HiiT workout DVD. I really like those for short, but effective workouts. I have been seeing a lot of that type of top on instructors, not sure how I feel about them. That will be good if you can use your trampoline for the workouts.
Tami, Hope you had a great time on the fishing trip.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Hope you all had a good weekend. Ours was quiet but nice. Saturday we checked on the new house and all is well. We spent most of the day looking around for good sales on things we are going to need to buy when we move. I am not a shopper by nature so I can't say it was my favorite day. But we are getting some good ideas when it does come down to purchase time. I didn't workout on Saturday per my usual schedule.
Yesterday was day 1 of the new rotation! :drinker: I did STS Disc 1, and it felt great! Back to lots and lots of push-ups, but I felt strong on them. Even upped my weight on a few exercises! I followed it with No Equipment Abs and, for cardio, Cathe's Greatest Hits workout. Today was X10 Step followed by Low Impact Challenge....and I added on the bonus section making it a solid 80 minute workout. I didn't think I would like this combo.....but it wasn't bad! I felt like a little more, though, so I did a workout I haven't done in a couple of years--Asylum's Back to Core. It is always fun to workout with Shaun T., and I really liked this as an add-on today.
Thelma, Lower Body Blast is a great workout. Hopefully your shoulders are okay with having held the barbell. Anymore, I find it better to hold my weights at my sides for leg workouts. It challenges the grip and forearms a bit more, but getting that weight up and on to my shoulders sometimes is tough on the shoulders. So I prefer to keep them down when I can. I looked at the updates for the new Cathe workouts but didn't notice Cathe's top. I will have to go back and look! I was kind of hoping for more info on the workouts than what I am seeing if I am being honest. :blushing: But I will stay patient.
Laurie, sounds like a very long Sunday! I have been to services like that. One was in Germany....and in German! That made for a very long day! :noway: You are right about the next move being the last one for awhile. I have to keep reminding myself of that!! I really wish DH would agree to have people move us, though, because it would make things so much easier. But no such luck. :ohwell: He is stubborn that way!
Tami, love the new photo!!!!! That's a FISH!! Hope this means you had a great weekend!
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ I had a really nice weekend with DH and our friends + great to see my stepson and his girlfriend too. It was a full boat for fishing so we fished a lot longer than I am used to doing on my annual trips, but it was all good! Yes, that’s my DH in the background . . . I thought you guys might enjoy seeing the catch. My other fish which was earlier that day was even bigger! Super exciting. We ended up not fishing yesterday because one of our friends was not feeling well at all, so we were able to get an early start back home. I did a bunch of laundry for DH to send back with someone who is fishing with him this week, mowed the lawn and spend time with the kids. They were spinning circles when they saw me. So nice to be missed! :laugh:
I was pretty tired last night so had a small “healthy” dinner and went to bed. Felt great to get up this a.m. and start our new rotation with STS Chest/Shoulders/Bi’s! :drinker: I am going to catch up to everyone later in the week or forsure by this weekend I will be caught up. Tonight will be BootCamp.
Thelma: Great job with the workouts! :drinker: :bigsmile: I was able to get everything prepared and packed. It was definitely a life saver to have her Suburban vs. my card. Trevor and his girlfriend had a huge suitcase and a cooler. So coming home it was 3 coolers full but not all the Costco stuff. I am looking forward to some spaghetti squash with turkey myself this week!
Yum Uh oh on the stepwork being at a fast pace . . The higher impact is ok, it’s the fast footwork I get a little bit like :huh: :noway: about.
Laurie: Awesome job getting in Burn Sets and then your TaeBo – sounds like it was a nice combo for you! :bigsmile:
I love it that you mentioned that about writing in the books . . . I am the same way. So to make a few notes about killed me! :blushing: I used a nice pen and my best handwriting. Anything further from there I have those little tiny sticky notes on pages. I will move towards the sheets now that I know they are there! So funny. Sorry to hear the church services went so long . . . I’m sure made for a very long day but I bet they appreciated you guys there to support them.
Laurel: Nice combo on Friday! :drinker: Sounds like it was perfect for you. I was able to get my workout in on Friday with Tabatacise prior to leaving that day so it was nice! I started looking at some pics online of the new series – anxious to read and learn more about them!!!! Length, what the rotation looks like, etc.. Yahoo. :bigsmile: I was surprised to read it may be shipped next month as well! WOW. I think the shopping part is fun when you are about to move into a new house ~ adds to the excitement! Some of the things are a little boring to pick out but otherwise I enjoy it. It will be here before you know it. Fabulous job with yesterday and today’s workout(s)!! As always, you impress me. Thanks for the kudos on the fish! Always exciting to catch those big guys! The couple we went with were laughing at my ease of picking them up and holding them for the picture. I said I have a good “coach” and Bill (our friend) said, no you have big guns! :laugh: It was hilarious.
Talk to you ladies tomorrow!
Tami0 -
Hi Ladies, I started the rotation on Saturday with STS Meso 1 Chest, Shoulders, Triceps, No Equipment Abs, I did my usual Spinning on Sunday and today I did X10 step (no stretch)/Low Max all 7 blasts and stretch (no warm up). This was hard on my feet and I can feel the plantar fasciitis acting up so needless to say I'm scared. Hopefully my feet will be better tomorrow.
Tonight's workout was hard. I wanted to give up before it was over but I didn't.
Did you check out Cathe's website tonight? Her site got hacked! :mad: They claim no customer info was taken though. I hope it's true!
Last night I made zoodles with spaghetti sauce and BJ's turkey meatballs and it was amazing! I'm thinking that I actually like zoodles better than spaghetti squash. This is probably because she zoodles were pretty tasty. I sprinkled them with a little salt to draw the water out and added pepper and Mrs Dash Garlic and Herb spice. Then I sauteed about 1 tspn minced garlic in 1 tbspn olive oil for about a minute, then added the zoodles and cooked them for 2 minutes. So easy! The Padermo tool is great too! Not sure if you ladies have a BJ's near you but this is the same idea as Costco. Their baked turkey meatballs are very good.
Laurel, great combo! I knew you weren't going to stop at just the rotation workout! :drinker: I am so glad everything is going well with the new house! I can't believe your husband is going to make do your own move! :noway: This is what you get for being so strong! :bigsmile:
The multi-disk DVD is so awesome now that I'm doing the rotation and have to use multiple disks. I was able to load DVD's for 3 days given that the STS Ab Circuits is used on different days. Sounds like you're finally enjoying that Low Impact Challenge workout!
My shoulders are better thanks for asking. Of course now I'm worried about my feet. I can't win!:sad: I actually like doing the squats with the barbell but I am going to have to do the dumbbells on the side.
I agree with you about Cathe not presenting much info on the new workout program. The pictures and descriptions are scary enough though. I was reading some of the comments and some women are scared too! LOL
Laurie, sorry you couldn't get all your workouts in this weekend. I can't believe you spent 5 hours in church. Yikes on the confirmation ceremony being so long. I bet your girls were bored to tears. I think I would've fallen asleep.
I think I'll be using my trampoline a lot more with the new workouts. Even in this rotation I'll be using it more. I never finished the STS program because I got hurt and now I'll bet to try some of the workouts for the first time.
Tami, that is one ginormous fish! You go girl! What is it? I'm glad you had a great weekend. Were you going through workout withdrawals? LOL How is your husband's elbow doing? I can just imagine how excited the kids were when they saw you yesterday! :laugh: You DO have BIG guns girl! :drinker:
It really is a good thing you had the Suburban for all the stuff you had to take with you this weekend. Those things are huge! Did you bring some of the fish home? Do you have a big freezer?
You're going to have to try the zoodles one of these days Tami. I am thinking of making them with shrimp too but I need a good shrimp recipe. Something like a stir fry recipe.
Cathe's new program looks scary to me. You'll probably love it. I am hoping that my DH will have some time this fall/winter to work on my workout floor. He is way too busy with his job and there is a lot to do to get the house ready for the winter.
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
Had to do a search to find the thread.
Very interesting changes, don't know how I feel about them so far. I wasn't able to get in my workout on Monday, had to get youngest dd some pointe shoes. Was surprised that it took us so long to get home, and then get dinner ready. I was just tired. Yesterday I got in ACE HiiT Lower Body with Chris Freytag and PiYo Lower Body. This morning I was surprised that my core is so sore. It has to be the PiYo. This workout was yoga work all the way, but the great part about it was the fact that she gave such great instruction on what you should feel. I think that is why my core was so engaged. Now I want to do one of these workouts everyday, was just planning on doing one very other.
Laurel, Can't believe that I'm actually looking forward to the push-ups. I want to see how much stronger I have gotten. I couldn't bring myself to do the X10 step workout, so that is why I did the ACE workout. Glad you enjoyed the visit with Shaun. Nice that the house is going along. I know that when DH and I decide to leave this house, we will have movers. Neither one of us will have the energy to all that lifting.
Tami, Sounds like a wonderful weekend fishing, and I love your new pic. I had found a web page that had all of Cathe's workout on excel worksheets. It was a really nice layout, will have to find it and post it for you. I usually write down the weights that the workout manager says that I should be lifting on this sheet. I'm sure everyone here would like them. That was the main reason that we where at the church, it was for support to DH and his parents.
Thelma, Great job on the workouts, hopefully your feet will survive your X10 and Low Max workouts. Now I really need to try out those zoodles! I do have a peeler that is suppose to work, just have not tried it out yet. Might have to try it some time this week when I'm finally all caught up with my workouts. I really like hearing how everyone is being creative with this rotation. I love that we are keeping with the strength workout, but doing different things on the cardio days.
Have a wonderful day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies, we're back in business! I don't like the new tiny reply window. You can expand it but then all you see is the reply window and you can't see the posts! DUH!
I prefer for it be at the top of the page and I don't like this new font. It is tiny!
I guess we all missed the announcement about the new forums. I thought we had reached again the max number of posts and needed a new tread until I found the announcement.
Yesterday I did STS Disk #3-Legs / Med Ball Abs and today STS Disc #2 Back & Triceps/Extended Stretch. My back is not doing well though. Today I felt like I'd totally reinjured my rotator cuff. I decided to take the risk of doing tonight's Back & Triceps workout because sometimes when I exercise the area seems to improve. I used small weights and iced after my workout. My upper back seems to be very upset but I hope I will feel better tomorrow. I don't know if I slept in a bad position last night. Who knows. I am really upset about this because I may not be able to do the rotation. I hope my back is just in shock.
Laurie, great workout! Don't worry if you didn't get one day in. You workout so hard that you can afford to skip a day. I hope you get to try those zoodles soon! It really is interesting how we're all coming up with our little combo for cardio days or for the days when may not have a particular workout.
Good night!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
Yesterday was STS Meso 1 Chest, Shoulders and Biceps and 10 Min. Solutions Ultimate Bootcamp Ab Attack.
Thelma, I was getting the announcement when I tried to enter the community. I didn't realize that the little bell on the upper right lets you know that someone has replied on a chat. I'm going to have to double up the workouts at some point just to catch up. Hope that your back is going to be okay. I didn't find any good zucchini when I went to the store yesterday, so will try my favorite store for that on Sunday. I do have some ground chicken that will be great for making meatballs.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Wow, these changes are going to take some getting used to. Not sure I like this reply box, that's for sure.
Anyhow, I have been keeping up with the workouts this week and feeling really strong. Tuesday was STS Legs and Kick Max. Yesterday was STS Back and Triceps (and I upped my weights throughout!) and Cross Fire Extreme for cardio. Today is LBB then, for cardio, X10 Low Impact right into All Out Low Impact HiiT Extreme premix.
Thelma, I really hope your back is feeling better today! Good job getting through the workout yesterday despite your pain. I hope it helped more than hurt. Glad your multi-disc player is coming in handy!
Laurie, great job with the workouts despite the busy schedule. Thanks for more info on PiYo. The workout you did this week sounds like a good one. I am still thinking about getting that program, but probably after the holidays. I have enough workouts right now.....especially with Cathe's new ones right around the corner!
Tami, welcome back!! I am glad you had a good time on your trip. No doubt you are back into the swing of things with your workouts!
See you all tomorrow......provided I can find this thread again.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ Finally we are back in action here! I missed chatting with you ladies. Workouts are going good with our rotation and I am hoping to be caught up on Saturday with everyone. I think I am still just a day behind what I would normally be. Headed home tonight to get in a workout; no class at the gym tonight. Our weather continues to be really nice (until this weekend it’s going to start raining), but the shorter days are definitely showing themselves.
Thelma: Great job with the workouts! You are seriously killing it right now with your workouts. I hope your feet are feeling ok, I was actually wondering about them when I saw the combo of step workouts you did the other night. I do love zoodles forsure and anxious to try out my new peeler when it arrives! Don’t you love Mrs Dash! I have quite a collection on that. Your recipe sounds very yummy. That is a salmon that I caught. There is a big salmon run through the Columbia River this time of year is why he goes down there to guide trips. I was going through a little bit of withdrawal sitting in a boat ALL day yes. Can you imagine?!?! I was very glad to get back to my workout(s) this week. His elbow was pretty sore when I was there and he has had such warm temps there he keeps taking the KT tape off to let it breathe. He was going to re-tape it on Sunday evening. LOL thanks on the guns! I knew you guys would appreciate that, it was pretty funny. I tried finding more info/pics, etc today on the new workouts. I didn’t see the scary bits yet but I bet it will all be good.
Laurie: Great job trying out PiYo! I haven’t slipped one of those into my rotation yet, but maybe with this rotation I will be able to again. She is very good about describing what is happening & I agree, some of the workouts are a lot more Yoga based than Pilates. Still need to try 2 of them out but so far, SWEAT is one of my favorites out of the 4 I have done. Awesome job with the workouts and no worries on missing the other day. I’m sure you will make it up somewhere or get caught up soon ~ like me!
Laurel: As always – AWESOME job with your workouts! Glad you are feeling strong and doing so good with the new rotation. I’m loving that we have all continued on into this rotation! I need to pencil in my add-ons for those shorter workouts; I have been just going day-by-day this week so it caught me off guard with the X10 workouts! All good though.
Talk to you ladies tomorrow ~ I hope!
Tami
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Hi Ladies, glad to see you're all back! I missed you!
Tonight's workout was X10 Low Impact and LIS Cyclemax Express. This was a calorie mega burner so I loved it. Unfortunately I think I reinjured my shoulder blade. My upper back seems to go in/out of muscle spasms and my right upper arm is acting up just like ti was when I first hurt myself. I've started to hear the tendons popping again which means the inflammation is back. So disappointing!
My upper back though felt pretty good as the day went on and even my arm but when I was working out I could feel my upper arm wasn't right. I've been icing and massaging with the lacrosse ball. We'll see how things feel tomorrow.
I'm off tomorrow so I'll be able to sleep in a little but have a bunch of errands to run so it will be a busy day.
Laurie, great workout! I never saw the announcements and had not noticed the bell. I never turn my laptop off and I stay logged in with this tread always open.
Laurel, you're amazing with those combos! Great job!
I am not liking this new forum format. I don't think the workouts are helping my back.
Tami, so glad we're all back together! Great job catching up with the workouts. I'm sure you'll be all caught up by the end of the weekend.
Thanks for the kudos on my workouts! I can't believe how big that salmon was! Good job!
Sorry to hear your DH's elbow is still sore. He needs to rest it.
I can just imagine how
Those Mrs. Dash spices are great and I love the taste it gave the zoodles.
I had a feeling you'd be going through workout withdrawal last weekend! LOL
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
Got in the Meso 1 Leg and Med Ball Abs workout done last night. Going to get a double workout in tonight, DH and I will probably be the only ones at home tonight. Kind of enjoy these Friday night football games that the youngest is going to.
Laurel, Great job on the workout combos. I am really loving what I'm seeing so far of the new workouts. I'm really looking forward to the weight ones, I'm sure that Cathe will be putting in some really good exercises to get to failure. They just seem like they would be great compliments to adding in other workouts.
Tami, Glad that you had such a good time with the fishing trip! WTG getting caught up on your workouts. I still have to do that, it can be tough. I love Mrs. Dash also, they have some great combos of flavors. I really like the Mexican spice one, just put that on chicken and grill it. I use that one for my taco type salads. I'm planning on doing the Sweat workout on Saturday, so will let you know how that goes.
Thelma, I'm hoping you are not getting upper body issues as before! That would be tough to go through again. Great workouts! This format is almost the same as what Cathe's forum went to recently.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! A good, fun workout combo today....perfect for ending the week! I started with Flex Train, which felt good. Then, for cardio, I chose pure fun--Turbo Fire HiiT 25 right into Turbo Fire 60, which makes for a great 70 minute cardio combo (I know...the math doesn't add up, but it really is only 70 minutes!). So much fun!
Tami, good job getting caught up on the workouts! I can imagine sitting in a boat all day caused you to be a bit restless. I can't sit anywhere all day! Drives my husband crazy, but I need to move! Sorry to hear your DH's elbow is causing so many problems for him. I really hope they can do something about that after he gets home.
Thelma, I am so sorry to hear you think you have re-injured yourself! I hope not. But I think it is a good idea to give it some rest and see what happens. May be a case of just a little too much too soon. Again, I am really sorry. But great job on the X10/Cycle workout!
Laurie, from reading the description on one of the new weight workouts, it looks like it may be similar to Burn Sets.....and that makes me happy. That workout is so versatile. I hope the new weight routines are like that. I am with you on the Mrs. Dash Mexican spice. That is my 'go-to' more often than any other!
Hope you all have a great weekend.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, FlexTrain tonight. It had a lot of shoulder work so I did it with 1lb weights. My rotator cuff feels better but my trapezius are my problem. I wonder if I tore something last week when I lifted the barbell to do squats. That was when I felt something. The trapezius are seriously tight. I've been massaging, icing and applying heat. I asked DH to massage my shoulders and he couldn't believe how hard I was asking him to do it. He felt he was getting a workout. Tonight I've been shopping for massage tools on Amazon.com and I ordered a couple of tools. I have one off those electric things from Brookstone with interchangeable heads and I felt it helped. The scary thing is that things get tight in a short period of time. I can tell massage helps though.
I definitely need to give this injury a break before I screw myself up again. Of course what did I do tonight? FlexTrain! Oh well! I'm going to change the rotation around because the next workout for tomorrow is the STS #13 disk (I think) for more shoulder and tricep work! I will do the one for Monday instead which is Legs.
Next week DH and I are going away on Thursday for one night. We're spending the night in a B&B which is a cabin and it looks wonderful. We'll be back home on Friday. I can't wait!
Laurie, Great job with that leg and ab workout! It sure would be horrific and depressing to go through physical therapy and not be able to do upper body work again Laurie. So I'm going to give myself a break for a few days to see what happens. I hope my massage tool arrives on Tuesday. It's a deep tissue massage tool and people claim that it is strong so it can get deep into the muscle. I found a youtube video on how to self massage your traps and it helped a little.
Laurel, what an incredible combo! it does sound like a lot of fun! I like the original Turbo Fire workouts. So I think this injury is different. it did feel like a rotator cuff injury early on because of how my bicep felt but seems OK now and it's just the traps. I hope that with some rest I will get better. It's killing me just thinking that I have to stop the rotation. The X10/Cyclemax workout was AWESOME! I'm going to have to search for that Mexican Mrs Dash spice!
Have a great weekend ladies!
Thelma0 -
Hi Ladies!!!! Had some problems with getting on here Friday so finally catching up with you!
Friday's workout was X10 + CrossFire Tabatas pre-mix! Saturday was FlexTrain followed by PiYo SWEAT! Felt great. Today's workout was STS Chest/Shoul/Tris and then I headed to my volleyball league- we won 4 out of 6 and actually played really well after not playing since early Spring. I'm just so thankful I work ou; a couple of the girls were dying! One of them totally understandable, she just finished chemo & starting radiation tomorrow. I'm so proud of her for playing with us & doing what she can do.
Thelma: Great job with the workouts last week & over the weekend too! hope your shoulders are feeling better and maybe this weekend you were able to massage it out. Darn it, hopefully it’s not going back to where it was before. I was able to get caught up on our rotation Sat!
Laurie: Awesome work with getting in our workout in the other night and I am sure you were able to get in your “double” to get caught up. I bet it is kind of nice having your workout to yourself not having to worry too much about dinner for the family, etc.. Enjoy “SWEAT” on Saturday?
Laurel: awesome combo on Friday! I bet that was lots of fun. I'm loving the undulating factor of STS in this rotation. Perfect after finishing up our last rotation. Excited to start seeing clips soon of the new workouts!
Hope you all had a great weekend!
Tami0 -
Morning Ladies,
Friday I did get the Back & Tricep workout done, and also Med Ball Abs. I had planned on doing something on Saturday, but we spent 4 hours doing more yard work so I felt that was my workout. Sunday I did Flextrain, and putting up all our decorations for Halloween.
Laurel, Great workouts, those are some of my favorites from TF also. LOL on the math, that was one thing that always gets me about those workout. They really are not as long as the description. If those workouts are like Burn Sets I will be happy, kind of want some pyramids also. Have always loved that type in the Meso 2 and Pyramids also.
Thelma, WTG on taking that shoulder work at a lower weight, that is one though workout on the shoulders. Good job on making the rotation work for you, and I'm hoping the massage will do the trick. Sounds like a fun mini vacation you have coming up.
Tami, Great job on those workout, and I'm still looking at getting that Sweat workout in. What a great job on the volleyball, and yes kudos to your teammate on playing all those games after going through those treatments.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! We enjoyed a nice weekend. Spent a little time in the ocean which is always a good thing! And the house continues to come along nicely now. This week is dry wall week, so it will really start taking shape now!
Saturday was my usual day off workouts. But yesterday was back at it! I started with Cardio Core Circuit, and then DH joined me for STS Disc 13. I really pushed the weights on it.....and then I finished it with 100 push-ups! DH didn't join me on that. But it felt really good. Today was Disc 14/Legs followed by Weights and Plates Abs. For cardio, I did IMAX 3, which is always tough!
Thelma, I really hope some rest did the trick for you. I can have some touchy traps at times. I find I really have to focus on keeping my shoulders down during moves (something Cathe does remind me a lot to do) because I do have a tendency to bring my shoulders up at times. You have my sympathy because tight traps are so painful. Again, I hope you are feeling better and a couple days of rest did the trick.
Tami, great workouts this weekend. And good job with the volleyball! Amazing that one of your teammates is there after having gone through chemo/going through radiation. Honestly, some people really amaze me with their strength through illnesses like what she is experiencing. Sure gives me a dose of perspective when I start complaining about whatever in my life.
Laurie, your yard must be looking fantastic!! Again, that is such hard work it definitely counts as a workout. I really like pyramid work as well, especially how she incorporated it into Meso 2. It feels very effective for me that way......more than her actual pyramid workouts (which I still love though!)
See you all tomorrow!
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ Still having trouble with this forum page ever since it came back up ;( For some reason the only way I can access it is by clicking on the link that Thelma had sent me when we were officially back up and running, then scroll down, otherwise I cannot find us on my computer . . . . Gives me the red letters and an X "cannot be found" Weird. At any rate, this a.m. was STS Legs + Weights/Plates abwork. Tonight will be BootCamp.
Laurie: Sounds like a great time spent in your yard. Yardwork is definitely a workout! I mowed yesterday afternoon after Volleyball and a dog walk but our backyard grass is really browning I think a few of the sprinklers weren’t hitting it properly and the company already came and blew them out a couple weeks ago . . . so with the nice weather we had for an extended period it did a number on that poor grass. Good & bad news is that there is not much to mow because it isn’t growing. Great job with the workouts and getting up your Halloween decorations, very fun. I don't ever decorate like that, maybe due to not having kids, but I always love to see them and the fun festive fall decorations too.
Laurel: Your weekend sounds awesome being able to spend time at the ocean. What a treat that must be living so close. Yay on the drywall going up. Now you will really start to see the layout, etc. So exciting. As always, amazing job with your workout combos yesterday and today. Thanks for the kudos on Volleyball and I agree a million percent on looking at Staci and knowing all that she has gone through/still going through to be there and play and keep up with as much “normal” activity that she can handle is great.
Hi Thelma! Hope things have loosened up a bit for you!
Talk to you ladies tomorrow ~ Tami
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Hi Ladies, I hope you all had a great weekend. Saturday was bad for me because my traps were killing me. I was finally able to knead the tightness out but it took a lot of kneading the top of the shoulders. I think I was in denial about having reinjured my rotator cuffs. I think I have because I hear a lot of popping and I have this dull ache in the back. So I've decided that I'm not going to lift weights and specially any overhead shoulder press stuff.
Today I did Low Max Step Combo and I did some PT exercises.
I made appointments for the next few weeks to go back to PT. I wasn't able to get any appointments this week so I have to wait till Monday to go for an evaluation. I definitely feel better and I am very aware of my shoulder placement and posture.
I am totally upset and discouraged about my shoulders ever getting better. I hate not being able to do the rotation. The only good thing is that I think my shoulder blades are actually pointing down as opposed to sticking out like they were before.
The movie The Judge was awesome. I highly recommend it. DH says it was a little too long but as far as I'm concerned I would've been fine even it went on for 5 hours.
Laurie, great job with the workouts and yard work IS a workout! Our mini vacation almost got cancelled today because it's going to rain on Thursday. We tried to reschedule but we couldn't get our pet sitter on the days we wanted so decided to go on Thursday but DH is all stressed out about a project at work and wanted to work on Thursday so we decided to work in the AM and we'll be heading out at about 1PM. I'll go to the office from 6-10 and I'll come home to get a little workout in. Halloween decorations! So cool! We've lived here since 11/2007 and we've never got more than 4 kids and in the last 3 years no kids at all so we don't get candy anymore.
Laurel, awesome job with those workouts as always. 100 pushups! I don't think I can even do a push up right now and I was getting really good at them even though I was doing them on my knees. I was getting my chest close to the floor like I never have before. Oh well!
I'm so glad everything is going well with the house. I try to keep my shoulders down too but who knows maybe I'll never be able to do these workouts. Do you think you'll be able to move in before the end of the year? I bet the beach was nice!
Tami, doing awesome with those workouts! Great job with the volleboll games! You go girl! If you have a bookmark for the tread prior to the software upgrade it won't work. I was getting that X too. What I did was go to myfitnesspal.com selected Community then Message Boards and searched for Cathe Fans part 5. Then the only entry the system returned was an older entry from July but I selected it anyway and it brought me to the right thread. The scroll part I have to do too.
Have a good night!
Thelma
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Hi Ladies!!
Super quick check in for me. No workouts here for about a month...it has been soooooo crazy busy with hockey and the new job that I haven't had more than a few minutes a day to just sit and relax. Hoping to get back into it soon and maybe join a club so I can get out of the house, since I work from home now.
Great work on the workouts...you all are doing so great! Awesome motivation for me to get back into it!!!
I haven't been able to keep up with any new Cathe workouts...are there any new ones that are on the shorter side (30-45 min)?
Erika0 -
Morning Ladies,
STS Meso 2 Chest, Shoulders & Triceps was the workout last night, and unlike Laurel I really didn't miss those push-ups. I made the zoodles last night, and they where great. Thanks Thelma for giving me the tip on the Mrs. Dash. I used McCormicks version of it, since that was the one that was handy. I made some chicken meatballs with it, and everyone loved those. DH even liked the zoodles, I think that I will do that instead of pasta from now on.
Laurel, Dang 100 push ups! I know that I could do it, but it would be on my knees for sure. I upped my weights from the last round, and I was really feeling the triceps the most. The yard is starting to look really good, I will have some more work come spring, and that will be pulling all the roots out. I really like the cleaned up look, instead of the brush gone wild like it was before. I like the Meso 2 pyramid better also.
Tami, Great job on the workouts and volleyball. I'm sure the grass will come back next year for you to mow down. It always does. I think that DH will put up Halloween deco until he is unable to physically. The man just loves to put them up, and of course we do get a lot of children in our neighborhood. They love seeing the pumpkins that he carves.
Thelma, So sorry to hear about your shoulders. Glad to hear that you will be getting some PT, just sorry that you have to go. Don't worry about not being able to do this rotation, get yourself healed. I'm sure that at some point you will be able to knock out some weights. Glad to hear that your vacation is still a go, just dang on having that additional stress.
Erika, Hi there! I hear you on the busy busy busy. From what I understand the new Ripped series is suppose to be in that time frame, even the weight workouts.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! I did a fun combo of workouts today. I started with X10 Hi/Lo and then went into Rockout Knockout (with the heavy bag section). I followed it with Turbo Barre which felt good today despite the leg work from yesterday.
Tami, great workouts! It really is fun being so near the ocean. I met DH after work, and we were quite literally the only people on the beach. It was so nice! I admit that the lingering heat is getting to me (it was already 81 at 9:00am this morning), but when we get a chance to be outside like that, I forget about it. Hope to do it more often when DH is no longer coaching football! Sorry to hear about your yard. Hopefully it will recover next year. Regarding finding the thread, I have set a bookmark right to the thread's page, and it seems to work fine. Like you, I tried to access via the old thread, and that didn't work. But this is working fine. Hope that helps!
Thelma, I am so sorry to hear you have been reinjured. Don't get discouraged!! I know....sounds easy to say, right? But I mean it seriously. When I injured my left shoulder in February 2006, it was a good two years before I started lifting any significant weight. Really, doing STS for the first time starting in February 2009 (three years after the injury) was my first attempt at push-ups (on my knees) or any weight program. When I did that program the first time, the weight I used for my left arm was at least 50 percent less than my right. It took time and patience. It has really only been in the past couple of years that my strength has evened out between arms. Believe me, I had so many times when I thought I would never get back to it, but I was wrong! So never say never. We are here for you!!! Thanks for the feedback on The Judge. That is one I want to see!
Laurie, I don't know what I was thinking with those 100 push-ups! I was definitely feeling it yesterday. Glad to hear the yard is coming along nicely.
Erika, so good to see you!!! I hope things calm down for you soon! Even though Cathe hasn't posted official times for the new workouts, I believe Laurie is correct that they will be under an hour. Hope to see more of you!!!
See you all tomorrow!
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ F.A.S.T./BootCamp was same format as last week. I think that will be here strategy is doing the same rotations 2 weeks in a row. She had mentioned since there are a lot of new people that throwing new things at everyone each week is too much. The class was HUGE last night. Yikes. A good workout though and I was happy to have a partner again! This a.m. was X10 Hi/Lo + HiiT 30/30 . . . tonight will be Katy’s Insane X class. Hopefully she is there.
Thelma: I’m so sorry to hear about your shoulders not improving. I can only imagine how frustrated you are! Here is my positive wisdom for you With the strength you have gained after recouperating from the last injury, you will heal faster this time! I am sending you positive thoughts and big hugs. You got this and they will get better again. Just take care of yourself and there will always be another rotation/workouts! They are never ending and we will be here when you are ready. Thanks for the good reviews on The Judge. I think that looks like a good movie; most likely will wait until it comes out on video, but maybe not …. My BFF loves going to movies so maybe we will go see it. Thanks for that on our forum site as well.
Erika: Hello!! So good to hear from you and sounds like things are busy as always with everything! As always, the workouts will be there when you can grab a few extra minutes in the day. I do believe the new Cathe workouts have some shorter time frames. Like Laurel mentioned, she hasn’t posted them exactly but I think I read that somewhere.
Laurie: Great work on Chest/Shoul/Tri’s last night! I’m good on the non-push ups as well. I get my fair share of them on Mon & Tues night between BootCamp and Insane X – those and burpees. I think that’s great that your hubby loves to do that for all the kids. Thanks for the encouragement on the yard. With DH being gone I felt like I did something wrong, but we have a sprinkler system so that is the only thing I can think happened; which happened last year but he was home to “adjust” the sprinkler head. At least the front looks good. I know it will come back, just a little sad to see when it has still been nice out.
Laurel: Fabulous workouts again!!! Nice add-on with the Turbo Barre work. I meant to ask you on the 100 push-ups, did you do them all at once or split them up? Yowsa, nice work lady I would need to split them up into batches! I bet your chest muscles were talking to you yesterday! I didn’t realize your hubby was coaching football! That’s fun, what age of kids is he coaching? Very time consuming I’m sure.
How is your mom doing/feeling? After catching up with both my mom’s over the weekend I was thinking about yours and wondering how she is. Thanks for the tips on the forum, I will try that.
Hope you all have a great afternoon/evening!
Talk to you tomorrow . . . Tami
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Hi Ladies, tonight I did XT Legs. I love how some of those exercises get deeply into the glutes. I am happy to report that my back felt pretty normal today. I know there is a little something there abut what a change from last weekend till now. The key has been to rest my back and a lot of massage. I am feeling hopeful that I may be able to continue with the rotation in a week or so.
There was a 7.3 earthquake in El Salvador last night. Thankfully my family is well. They're all shaken up of course but hopefully there won't be any major aftershocks.
Erika, good to see you here. You are one busy mom! I'm sure you'll be able to get your workouts in soon.
Laurie, great job with your workouts and I'm so happy you and your family liked the zoodles. I think I'm actually liking them better than spaghetti squash. I think it's great that your DH likes to do all those Halloween decorations and the pumpkin carving too! I couldn't carve a pumpkin to save my life! LOL
I still don't know if the mini vacation is a go Laurie. I've not heard back from the pet sitter. I cancelled for this week and re-booked this week again but the sitter hasn't confirmed that we're still on her calendar.
Laurel, really fun combo today! Great job! I'm really happy that to be feeling better Laurel. I'll have to keep massaging my back to make sure things don't get tight on me. At the rate I'm going with my shoulders it will take me 2 years too.
Tami, glad your F.A.S.T./BootCamp class was good even though it was the same rotations as last week. It makes sense for Katy to keep to use the same routine for the sake of the newbies. Awesome job with the rotation workouts too!
Thanks for the good wishes for my shoulders. I've been totally frustrated and discouraged but feeling hopeful today for sure. Over the weekend was bad due to the super tight traps. Even my head over my shoulders was an inconvenience cause if I looked down to read something it would make my traps hurt more. Much better now. I think you're right that because I've gained some strength I am recovering faster. The scary part was to have everything on my upper back tighten up so badly. DH loves going to the movies and this is the best time of the year when all the new movies come out. I think we're going to see a Brad Pitt war movie on Saturday too.
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
I'm going to have to change up my rotation to take Tuesday as a rest day. There is just not enough time after I get home from work to get something in before we head out to dance class. I don't want to be eating at 9pm at night. So no workout yesterday, and will have to do some schedule changes.
Laurel, Nice workouts! Sounds like a really nice time on the beach. So would love that, but again we are heading into the dreaded winter. Have you noticed that this thread includes all the previous threads also. I was wondering why our thread said that there where over 1.9K posts. When I saw that I noticed all the pages to this thread. 
I also did the bookmark thing at the top of this page. I'm guessing that is what makes the little bell show when others post? I didn't look at the thread that told us all about the changes.
Tami, Great workouts, and so love that HiiT 30/30 workout. I hope between Laurel and I that you are able to find this thread more easily. Just look at the upper right corner of this thread where the bell, star and gear are located. Anytime you are in the community, and someone has added to this thread (after you bookmark), you should see a number next to the bell. Hope that made sense.
Thelma, Glad to hear that your family is doing well, that is a big quake. Glad to hear that your back is progressing in the right direction. I will cross my fingers that your mini vacation will be a go. Sometimes you just need to get away for a while. DH is a very good artist, so I think that he really enjoys seeing his creations.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Today's workout started with STS Back and Biceps. I felt strong on the back portion. Biceps....not so much! But at least I didn't have to go down in weight. I followed it with STS Yoga Based Abs and then, for cardio, I did the Circuits and Intervals working from Cathe's Greatest Hits DVD. I actually wish she was doing another 'Greatest Hits' workout with this new series because I have really enjoyed this DVD from her last series.
Tami, sounds like a good class even though it was the same as last week. Sounds like The Biggest Loser competitions and fall have the gym full again. Great job on that Hi/Lo and 30/30 combo! That sounds like a good one! On the 100 push-ups, I do them like the 100 rep challenges in XTrain. So I knock out at least 35 before taking a 20-30 second rest and so on. I think I usual break them up into 45-25-20-10 segments, but after that STS workout, I think I did 35-20-20-15-10 this week....and it was tough! Thanks for asking about my Mom. She seems to be doing well, though it is hard to tell from such a distance. Thankfully one of my sisters is going to visit her next month, so I will have a better idea how she is. She keeps talking about coming out here to visit after we get into the new house, so I take that as a good sign. If she doesn't make it, I will definitely get to see her as soon as I can. We just have to get the house financed first!
Thelma, I am so happy to hear you are feeling a bit better. Give yourself some more time and when you do come back, take it slow! Great job with XTrain Legs! That earthquake is scary!! I am really happy to hear your family is all right.
Laurie, I completely understand about not wanting to eat dinner at 9:00pm! Yep, I'd be changing my schedule too. I haven't read anything about the new forum either. Actually, I set a bookmark for the thread directly on my iPad, so I haven't even played with those little controls at the top. Maybe is will do that! I did notice all our old posts are here! I kind of like that!
See you all tomorrow!
Laurel0
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