Cathe Fans Part 5

Morning Ladies,

A great weekend with the family, Pacific Rim with the girls, dinner with hubby's boss and co-workers, then Karaoke with the girls late Saturday night..awesome! On Sunday we relaxed and then headed to Auburn for our drop-off point for Jezz, after a sad goodbye we headed home to torrential downpours, foggy back roads and a rough ride along our curvy road. This morning it was Muscle Mania and then Zumba, today the focus was on the Bi's with tons of Push-ups and eventually muscle failure.:noway: My arms will feel it tomorrow for sure.

Tami- Yowszer...70 miles..did you cross County lines? Happy to hear that you found a small group to get out and enjoy the new bike.:bigsmile:


Erika, Laurel, & Laurie- Hello Ladies:flowerforyou:

Tomorrow we head out to Florida if I'm not too exhausted so check-ins may be sporadic for a few days.


Michelle

Hi Ladies! I have missed you all, but it looks like you are all doing well. We had a great trip through the Southwestern part of the US. Lots of time in the car, unfortunately, but we saw some great places, met some great people, and had some good fun. But because of all of the time in the car, I wasn't nearly as active as I would have liked but :ohwell: . I did do a few Cathe workouts on the road, and we were able to hike/walk a few days as well, so that helped. But, boy, did it feel good to get up today and workout! ::drinker: I started with CTX Upper Body and followed it with Cross Fire Extreme premix. Good stuff! I am also looking forward to getting back to regular eating. Restaurant food for nearly two weeks........:noway: . I made smart choices, but even with that, I feel like I've put on ten pounds of sodium weight! I am drinking lots of water and plan for light meals the next few days and that should have me feeling like myself again soon. I hope! :laugh:

Michelle, I hope you enjoy your trip to Florida! Sure sounds like you have been killing it with the workouts! Great job!

Laurie, I am glad you enjoyed your time at the cabin, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your vacation this week. CTX is still fun, isn't it? Never seems to get old for me.

Erika, what a precious pup! I really admire you for taking him in. I hope all is going well with you and that your DH is continuing to feel better.

Tami, glad you enjoyed your time with your mom and sister. I hear you on the workouts and eating! I am glad you were able to get some activity in while you were away. Great job getting back into the swing of things! That bike ride you took sounds amazing! And amazingly long! Congrats on doing it!

Off to do more laundry!

Laurel

Hi Ladies! I had to kind of split my workout today into two sessions because of an early morning meeting, but that was okay. In the early 'session' I did Cardio Leg Blast Extreme premix. After my meeting, I did 4DS Kickbox. So I got a double leg and cardio workout in today, which is good. I needed it as I feel like I lost some conditioning, especially in my lower body, with the trip. All that sitting I suppose!

Erika, super info on the new pup and what you are doing! I am so glad you found the first pup a home and, hopefully, you will have similar luck with this new one. He sounds like he needs lots and lots of love! Poor thing. I am just so happy he found a family like yours to help him out. Great job keeping up with the workouts despite the hectic schedule. Thanks for the compliment on the new photo--half me, half Grand Canyon!

Hope the rest of you ladies are doing well!

Laurel

Hi Ladies! I am beginning to feel more like myself again post-vacation. I had a great workout this morning, and that helps! I started with XTrain Burn Sets and did the upper body premix with core #1. I followed it with Intensity. Good stuff!

Tami, sounds like a mess in Spin class with all the sweat! I bet that leaves you feeling great after. I love getting a good sweat on! Thanks for the compliment on the photo! It was a fun day out, that's for sure. I found our STS rotation! :drinker: Can you believe it has nearly been two years since we started it? :noway: The email I sent you is dated Oct 26, 2011. Really? Anyhow, I can send it to you again if you can't locate yours. However, I want to bounce an idea off you. Last time, our weeks in those first two Mesocycles went: upper body, lower body, cardio, upper body, cardio, total body. Because of Cathe's new workout series including those new leg workouts, I am wondering if we might want to revise it a bit and at least do some weeks that look like: upper body, lower body (STS), cardio, upper body, lower body (new series), upper body (not STS). I need to look at the new workouts again to see how that would work, but I'd really like to be able to incorporate those leg workouts into this rotation. What do you think? Let me know and I will play with the rotation a bit. I am getting excited about it!!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Laurel

Hi Ladies ~ Sorry I missed ya Friday. I took the day off to head over to Lake Chelan for our family reunion. I did To The Max before I left which felt great. Went for a walk with my Aunt and her two dogs along the lake road there Sat a.m. and then yesterday when I got home I did STS Total Body. So don’t really feel like I missed much on my workouts, which was GREAT for me! Today will be BootCamp.

Laurel: Good to hear you are feeling back to normal after your week+ vacation and all the driving. Yay!!! I have Intensity on the lineup for this week and DrillMax too. Looking forward to both. I feel like I need to step it up a little bit, kind of been "coasting"is how I have felt. Not sure why, maybe it's the day off here and there out of town, etc. I’m so glad you found it. I cannot believe it has been two years. :noway: I see an e-mail that I still have from you on the 19th & the 26th and we are talking about the rotation & modifications but not the one with the attachment of course. Would you mind sending it again?!?! :ohwell: Sorry. I LOVE the idea! :bigsmile: Let’s do it. I was hoping to incorporate the new ones in there as well and I never mind working the legs more than once a week! :drinker: Yes, I am too and I’m glad you are excited for STS.

Debra: Hi there! Cathe is amazing! What style of workout are you looking for? If you are looking for Low Impact her series of Low Impact videos are great! One of her newest series as well which is called XTrain. I can be a little more specific on which one workout you might want to try next if I know the style (ie: weight training, cardio, kick boxing, etc.) Just let us know, you've come to the right spot. Laurel has every one of her workouts, I have almost every one of them. We can help!


Hope you all had a great weekend! :flowerforyou: Talk to you tomorrow ………. Tami

Hi, I am looking for low impact, i do some high, but my knees are not that strong with a lot of jumping. I have no trouble with jumping jacks though or "jump rope" without going too high. I can jog too, but jumping and deep lunges hurt.
Now, I am using Jillian's 30 DS, Biggest Loser Last Chance workout, Jillian's boost your metabolism, Kelly Coffey, plateau buster,(least favorite) pilates and a Jessica Smith Power Walk (cardio intervals)
I've lost 30 pounds and have 15-20 more to go, but need to keep variety or I stall. I definitely would have some new moves judging from the clip I saw of Cathe's DVD. Seems very fast paced...not as used to that.

I am looking for cardio or cardio with some strength. I have all strength DVD's and have done it for so long, I can do a lot of that on my own.
I will invest in the sliders if she has other DVD's using them but I wanted to try it out first....it should be here tomorrow I hope. I bought it because the video clip looked good. I've sold older ones I didn't like at a consignment shop to make room for some new blood. : )

Hi Ladies ~ BootCamp was good & tough, as usual! I was wondering if we would be outside the whole time or not. The “runners” in our class always vote for running the whole time. So we did 3 minute drills inside and then she would send us outside to run around the bldg, then inside for 3 min drill then outside, etc. I don’t know what it is about all this running, you would think I would get better at it, translation: enjoy it more:grumble: :laugh: Glad I complete it I will say. This a.m. was DrillMax which was lots of fun & tough stuff all in one. Sure like this one! Tonight will be Insane-X. We are doing a typical Insanity style workout from what she mentioned last week.

Laurel: Looks like we are absolutely on the same wave length!:bigsmile: :laugh: Your combo with Drill Max sounds like a great one! YOWSA. The Tri-sets Legs is such a quick workout, would be good with lots of them. You have done some great workouts, way to work!!!! Next week or whenever you have time is absolutely fine …. Of course! Thanks so much in advance:flowerforyou:

Debra: Huge CONGRATS on the 30 lbs!!!!! :drinker: That is so great and I love it that you’re setting your goals for more variety so you can keep at it …… I think variety is the key to motivation with workouts! Here are just a few thoughts off the top of my head for suggestions just from what you said. . . .
AfterBurn is a great low impact workout from her Low Impact Series. This is cardio and some light weights mixed in. Also Total Body Tri-Sets is a super fun full body workout that can be split into upper only or lower only. The cardio factor is there on this one because it moves along quickly! It’s one of my favorite total body workouts.

XTrain Supercuts or Xtrain All Out Low Impact HiiT – this one is a great HiiT workout that is low impact. If you’re looking for cardio and want to try some HiiT training this would be a good one to look into. You can do as many of the HiiT’s that you want for your time frame or how you feel that day.

XTrain Hard Strikes has a 30 min cardio section and a 30 min strength session. If you are maybe thinking of trying out any kind of kicking/punching type DVD this would be a great one to start with. It isn’t complicated punching at all and has a great cardio factor. Hardly any kicking. Jumping jacks are probably the highest impact move you do in this one and a few plyo squat jumps near the end.

Circuit Blast – This one comes to mind because I just did it recently and it’s a good combo as well of cardio and cardio with weights.

Forgot to answer you earlier about the discs. I have wood floors and use the discs just fine on there. Before I had those though and she would say “get out your paper plates” I used wash cloths (because of the wood floors). Plastic plates on carpet would work great I think. You would be just fine and not need to order the discs.

jlhill: Hello & Welcome!! :flowerforyou: I hope you love STS. As Laurel mentioned, we have done a few rounds and startng another very soon! Join us here for questions, encouragment, etc...

Erika: Great to hear from you again! Sounds like you are doing some amazing things with the pups and teaching the boys! So great. :drinker: :bigsmile:

Talk to you ladies tomorrow! Tami

Hi Ladies! Today was XTrain Bi's and Tri's, and I double troubled it! I followed it with Kick, Punch and Crunch. Lots of fun!

Tami, I am with you on running. For whatever reason, it is just a form of exercise I have never warmed up to. So you are definitely not alone. But kudos to you for keeping up with the class despite the running. Sounds like this was a challenging session. Love your recommendations for debraran! You are wise! I will get to the STS rotation early next week. I am going to be overwhelmed the next few days with stuff here AND the fact I am having 30 for dinner on Sunday! :noway: Really wish I was a confident cook and hostess! :blushing:

debraran, I hope you enjoy Afterburn! It is probably my favorite in that series. Let us know how it goes.

Enjoy the day!

Laurel

Hi everyone, I was tired, but couldn't resist trying After Burn when it came. I liked it a lot, but being the first time, I was a bit disjointed so to speak doing new moves and anticipating what was next. The plates worked out fine, the burpees were harder with them, but my dog was trying to steal them at one point. lol (must have thought I was strange walking on food plates)
My HRM was not acting correctly, it's a Polar F4, I know I was working hard and it was dropping a lot. I used gel the last 2 times instead of water, maybe I was supposed to use both? It's only 2 months old but has been fine except this week.

I like that she is encouraging and would like to try another low impact DVD in a few weeks...any suggestions?