40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Happy Friday all!

made it to the gym at 0530 this morn for my cardio session, happy to say 30 min at 5.5 on the TM was ok. I did slow down to 4 2x for water break.

Good luck Beeps - you got this! hopefully it'll quick in and out and the get the healing started so you can get back in the groove.

sdereski sounds like a nice family weekend - enjoy!! Hopefully it'll warm up a bit so you can go explore all that natural beauty.

alf - looking forward to getting stronger and hopefully leaner

Sucky, right??

To make myself feel better, I keep reminding myself WHY I went to Mexico in the first place, lol! So, here I am, in the beautiful warmth and sunshine, soaking up local culture/history (at the tulum ruins....):

Beeps - I see you just got back from Akumal. We usually go there twice a year (April & October) - we stay at the Hotel Akumal Caribe, or the Akumal Beach Resort. We've also stayed at the Gran Bahia Principe, and Sandos Caracol, up by Playa del Carmen. Where were you at? Those sea urchins can be nasty, I hope it heals well! Love the photo of you at the Tulum ruins - it's so pretty there, the beach below the cliffs is nice.

I love my vacations! Getting into that swimsuit is a great reason to keep in shape!

kellysue - planks are my least favorite part of Body Pump class - I'm finally getting to where I can hold one the entire time, and even do a side plank, but it took a long time to build up to it. They must be effective because they HURT! And - your reference to Jake - are you a grandma? I'm a grandma, my daughter has a 2yo girl and a 1yo boy, so much fun. I always thought I would hate it (like it would make me feel old) but I LOVE IT!

I actually thought I would hate them more than I do. I felt a realy sense of accomplishment this morning!!

Yes- I am a grandma. Jake was 14 months old on Sunday of this week. I love, love, love being a grandma!!

Kelly- awesome on your accomplishments this week. You are doing SOOOO good. That is such an empowering feeling to be getting stronger. I think it was hard for me to realize I was losing my strength but now I have realized it is a choice. I can be stronger now than when I was younger. And the bonus is I have learned to work smarter!!!

Sdereski - I want to see the ice caves sometime on Lake Superior. I do a lot of Kayak in the summer and would love to try it up on Lake Superior and do some exploring. They are talking cold cold cold here this weekend too. We thought about going snowmobiling but with a high of 2 that does not even sound fun. We fished in a couple tournaments here a few weeks ago and I caught nothing. I froze outside waiting for the raffles and it about ruined me for ice fishing. I don't think I will try the tournaments anymore; I am lucky to catch when the ice is not crowded.

Beeps - I love the pic, thanks for sharing. That looks beautiful there.

Whatabroad - hang in there. Remember sometimes when one door closes another wonderful door opens. Stay strong you will get through this.

I was able to knock off my last day of my week strength training workout this morning at 6:00 am. Yippee. I am so proud of myself. I have never been able to get up at 5:30 am to work out so this was a huge accomplishment for me. My jeans felt looser today, that was a great feeling. I am on fire!!!!

Hi All,

Certainly is a lot of activity this weekend! Good stuff!

Beeps, love the picture! thank you for posting / sharing. Certainly hope all went well wit your surgery.

Kelly - woot! woot! Great job on holding that plank! Good job overall with your workouts, and adding some strength training to your routine.

Alf - a 5 minute plank?!:drinker: Pure awesome!

Ruby - where do you live? I literally live on the north shore of Lake Superior. Lots of kayaking and ice fishing in my area. This weekend was brutal cold with temperatures dipping to -45C with the windchill. This morning it was -41C. WAAYYY too cold for me. I enjoy ice fishing in April when the temperatures are much milder and the sun is nice and bright.

Got my long run in today. Did a 12m treadmill run in 2 hours (with warm up and cool down walks). This is the first time in 13 years that I have done such a long treadmill run. But due to weather and snow, just couldn't do it outside. Too cold and there are no shoulders on the highway to speak of because of all the snow we have. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it certainly helps to be mentally prepared.

Relaxing and watching the Oscars now. :happy:

Have a great night all. :flowerforyou:

Yesterday I finished the c25k program This Saturday Im doing my first 5k.barring any snow ice or hail

I did a full front-stroke, with my right hand, through an (unseen) sea urchin's 12-inch long stingers.

The end.

Hey folks! New to the 'cool kids' forum and wanted to say hello. My wife and I are currently on a 3x a week workout schedule since the new years ( I started during my latest deployment and continued when I got back to the great U.S. of A) My wife is already 9lbs down and doing fantastic!

I wanted to share some reading I came across as it pertains so well to my wife and I:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/sisco14.htm

Other than that, hope you folks have/had a great Monday! See you at the gym

OH Beeps you certainly are a die hard! After that horrible experience, you still went out and lifted. I can understand wanting some sense of normalcy back after the week of vacation and post week of uncertainties.

Got my long run in yesterday. Did a 12 mile treadmill run. Wasn't as bad as I had anticipated. Once I had it my head I was going to run for 2 hours on the darn thing, it actually went okay. I did take a walk break after 1 hour and had something to drink, then back at it.

Brutal cold here this past weekend and it continues into this week. SO SICK OF THE COLD!!! I can handle winter, but not this gawd awful, bone-chilling cold. :noway: :noway: :noway:

Am staring to get the sniffles. I was so chilled when I came into work this morning. I had better not be getting another nasty cold!

My son caught 2 fish during the derby, but not big enough to qualify for prizes. he said the cold was awful, so much so, that it wore them right out.

At least the sun is bright out there. At least that's something.

Brutal cold here this past weekend and it continues into this week. SO SICK OF THE COLD!!! I can handle winter, but not this gawd awful, bone-chilling cold. :noway: :noway: :noway:

I friggin' think the WEATHER, the DARK, the neverENDING winter is causing EVERYONE TO GO STIR CRAZY!!!!!!!!

Everyone is in a rut, is sick, can't concentrate or sleep.

AAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

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Glad to hear from so many!!!! Hey, wait a minute, who jinxed our weather down here????? We went from high 70's to low 30's high 20's in less than 24 hrs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Talking about bipolar weather here!!! :
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Haha. That's karma for you.... All that bragging last week Bout 70/80 degree weather. LOL. Hopefully it'll be a quick moving front for you.

Welcome newcomers!

Good luck getting that glove off Beeps! Be careful.

Got w1d2 done of my strength training - felt good.

12 mile run sederski!! I'm impressed. I can't run longer than 15 minutes. I've done the c25k program a few times. I know I can probably do better but I get bored I guess. I'd rather do intervals.

Have a good night all!

Yes, somewhere, somebody is having fun at mardi gras....

It's a blizzard here.

Oh well! My calories are back-in-check. My workout helped me feel better (although I'm having some DOMs, not too, too bad, today....). I slept well.

Smiles all around, 40 +'ers!!

Happy Fat Tuesday! Such a funny name!! HaHa! It has been a busy few days for me. Took Jake swimming on Saturday. He did enjoy himself, but was very quiet and watched the other kids in the pool. He's such a people watcher!! Sunday we went and did some shopping. I wanted to go to the gym, but my husband had other plans and had places that he wanted to go.

Yesterday I did make it to the gym early in the morning and did my interval training workout and was able to run every time I was supposed to- Yeah! We then took Jake and our daughter- who's birthday was Sunday, to the National Museum of Play in Rochester. We had so much fun and Jake loved it there! There was so much for him to do and he was so tired by the time we got done!!

Today, I did not workout. My daughter is going to be taking a long term substitute postition for the rest of the school year in a school district that is about 40 minutes from where we live and has to be there at 7:00am. She had to go meet with the principal today at 7:00 and dropped Jake off to us a little after 6:00- which will be the schedule for us on Tuesdays/Thursdays and every other Wednesday. I am hoping this weather starts to get a bit warmer soon so that can walk on my lunch breaks.

Have a good day all!

happy mardi gras cool kids. Guess it's probably a good day for pancakes for supper.

Beeps, you are right - this winter is getting everyone down. I am now sick. Nasty cold got me yesterday, so no workout yesterday. Was feeling so awful. Today, no better. In fact, I feel even worse. I am going to head home right after work to REST.
I've been drinking hot tea by the cup fulls. A good way to get my water in when I am feeling chilled.

Kelly Sue - I agree with Beeps. Your daughter is very lucky to have you. I can relate, as I had family members here to help me when my boys were young as well. They were a GOD SEND!! It was so cute, as my youngest son, at 6, was telling a stranger how lucky he was because he had a grandma & grandpa; a nonna & nonno and a Mormor. Now, how wise was he to recognize how fortunate he was to have so much extended family living in the same town. :happy: Twenty five years later, we only have a grandma left.

Alf, great job on losing that weight. I know the last 5 lbs are always tough, but you seem to be on a mission, so you will get it done.

Nice - good luck with your surgery. You won't lose much in a week. There is this amazing thing called Muscle Memory. :happy:

Have a great day all.