Cathe Fans Part 5

Hi Ladies,
PT went well. I had no idea I was such a mess! some of my upper vertebrae were turned in the wrong direction. My upper ribs (below the neck bones) were all sticking out too. What a mess! So the therapist is trying osteopathic manipulation. She basically pushed the ribs back into place and for the vertebrae she did it by stretching my neck in a certain direction while she was feeling the vertebra she was working on and she said she could feel it turn back in the right direction. The session is 1/2 hour but she worked on me less than that. At the end she checked my range of motion it was pretty much back to normal.
The plan of attack for now is this osteopathic manipulation, then soft tissue and finally strength. She thinks that if I show improvement like I did today with one session I may be better a lot sooner than she expects. For now I have scheduled appointments into mid May! :brokenheart: That is a LONG time.
All my neck muscles are super tight and that keeps pulling the ribs up too. The fact that I have to prop myself up with pillows so I can sleep on my back is hurting because my neck is not in a neutral position and I can't get the pillows to put me in that position. It's a pain every night. I have so many pillows because I'm always in a search for "the right" pillow. No luck so far.
Anyway, I continue to like my therapist. Such a nice lady too! She didn't want me working out tonight which horrified me but I had the feeling she would say that after the manipulation she did. She didn't want me to undo things. So I asked if I could walk on the treadmill. I had to walk almost 60 minutes to burn about 400 calories. My heart rate stayed pretty low compared to what I've been doing lately. Friday is my second session and I'm sure I won't be able to do a Cathe workout.
Tomorrow is PT at the gym.
Tami and Laurel - I've not lost 3 lbs since last week. I've lost 3 lbs on the gym's scale. The loss is since the last official weigh in which was early March.

My baby Bella the cat has asthma! She started with these episodes since she was about 6 moths old but were pretty sporadic and fast that I could never catch her on video. Since last year the started to happen more often. As of last week they went to every other day. I got her on video and sent it to the vet since I was 100% sure it was asthma. Thankfully she has the coughing kind which is not fatal. She has to get steroids either in pill or a injection form . DH bought both because he didn't know which one I'd prefer to administer. When I got home I had started to wimp out about the shot which I know how to do but haven't injected a cat in over 2 years. Bella had an asthma attack soon after I got home and right away I went into mommy mode and gave her a shot. Turns out that the higher pollen levels are probably being triggers to her and that is why the attacks are happening more often and explains why she's had them more since last year. She loves spending time in our screened in sunroom!

MIchelle, enjoy your spring break! How exciting! Sorry about your trip to FL though. I'm sure you and your girls are going to have a blast!
I can't stand those videos where counts are off! Michelle, I don't think my jeans are going to be loose by the time I come back from Ireland. I just hope they're not tight! Now that you mention the pedometer I remembered that I took my pedometer with me last year too! I'd forgotten about that part! It would be awesome if you could include Scotland on your next trip! It really looks like a beautiful place too.

Laurel - Unbelievable workout today lady! WOW! Brutal is a good way to put it! :drinker: Those pikes are incredibly hard! Hopefully I'll be able to do them some day! I hope I learn the step choreography some day but if not as long as I keep moving and I get a nice calorie burn I'll be happy!

Tami - I'm glad you enjoyed last night's Insane-X class! Are you telling us Katy went merciless on the Biggest Loser Contestants? I thought she was going to go easy on them? Good for you for cheering that lady on at the end of the class.

I hope the little family reunion tonight is a lot of fun! Time with family is very important. My family is not here so when I have them with me I enjoy every possible minute I can have with them
I am feeling yesterday's ab workout today. I'll have to tell Sarah my trainer that we need to do more of those!
You really are lucky to have Katy as a trainer. She really sounds wonderful. Hopefully the other trainer will get better with the outdoor class!
Good night!
Thelma

Hi Ladies ~ This a.m. was Great Glutes and then went to Insane Abs at lunch. It was tough, but another great class. Katy came right up to me and wondered why I wasn’t at Spinning last night :laugh: she said she was going to come to my house but one of the ladies I work with told her my step son was in town for dinner. It was all in fun! Her way of saying that she noticed I missed her class since I rarely miss her classes. Last night was a nice relaxing time with Trevor and his girlfriend. It’s good to see that he is doing good and they seem happy together. We may see them briefly one more time tomorrow evening before they fly back to Alaska on Sat a.m.

Thelma: Sounds like you have a great PT to work with! I know that May sounds like forever to you right now, but I think the time will go by faster than you think & you will be healing your ailments properly so that you can then move forward in a positive way! Along with being comfortable when you sleep, what a bonus that will be! :flowerforyou: A friend of mine (the one that recently had a baby) has Scoliosis and for years she didn’t work out or do anything because of the pain it can put her in. She finally decided to see a PT and also do some “magnet” therapy on her spine. She now does Spinning/weights and loves it. She lost 20 lbs prior to her pregnancy & has hit it strong since her time off from that.
Be patient, your new fitness regime that you have been in will also help your body respond well to the therapy you will be doing because you are in better shape & stronger too. :bigsmile: I know it seems like a long time but it will happen, be patient. Sorry about little miss Bella and her asthma … sounds like good news though that it is a treatable kind and with her medicine she will be good. Hope she is feeling better soon. I would say Katy didn’t show a lot of mercy as far as the format for the class goes – however, she did go to the two ladies in front of me and offered modifications & when they were dying she told them to take a break. So she is good about that. I was glad for them & it was awesome to give them a high five at the end of class!

Laurel: Great combo today! :bigsmile: Those newer leg workouts sure are an easier format forsure …. But like you said, perfect for a “lighter” day. They live in Soldotna, AK. Do you know where that is? I guess it is a tiny little town. His girlfriend has lived there her whole life. We did enjoy our time, thank you. It is good to see him happy & doing well. He had some rough patches a few years back and then moved to Alaska so you sometimes wonder if he is really doing good or just saying he is. The confirmation of seeing him in person shows, so that felt good ~ especially to DH. He worries about him more then he says.

Hi Michelle

Talk to you ladies tomorrow ~ Tami

Morning Ladies,


This morning I woke up without needing that extra sleep which seems to happen after a fasted state and reminds me of the benefits of healing from within and facilitating the internal processes in our systems. I was looking for Rockout Knockout but found my TF 45 and decided to try again with Chalene. after Laurel's workout this week. I guess you can say my hate fest is over as I had a blast and thoroughly enjoyed the music and moves. Afterwards it was Ballet Beautiful Bridge series:noway: , geesh I love Mary but she kills it every time with those 32 reps per exercise. My youngest who does gymnastics joined me but after a few moves said, this is hard and she is super flexible. :laugh:


Thelma- Yikes on the diagnosis but your therapist sounds knowledgeable and great. I remember a few years back attending a PT session and it was definitely not hands on as you described. Sorry to hear about your kitty, hope she gets well soon.:flowerforyou:

Laurel- Sounds like a brutal workout as usual.:laugh: Well my periodontist said that as long as there is no personal discomfort to me I don't have to drive up there but I may have skipped the part about the loosen stitches also.:blushing: Unfortunately my hot cups of coffee loosened the plastic and probably the stitching as it is truly difficult to chew and keep every little bit of solid on only one side of the face.:grumble:

Tami- That is too funny with the instructor looking for you, I guess just like the exercisers who favor a specific instructor the instructor also looks for their usual person who "Brings It" to class.

It is rainy and dark here and after waking the girls with some caramel rolls, it will be a quiet mixed day of Wii and some schoolwork.


Have a great weekend!:flowerforyou:


Michelle

TGIF Ladies ~ WooHoo!!! :drinker: :drinker: Today’s workout was Supercuts (nice choice Laurel) :laugh: I always love this workout and I added the Core section with it. No Spinning tonight. I’ve easily made that decision based on last week. DH is cooking dinner for us (BBQd Salmon) and some NCAA BBall games are on.

Thelma: Fantastic on the 1.2 LBS and nearly at your goal! :drinker: Has to feel great even through your frustrations with your shoulder, etc.! That is so awesome :bigsmile: Yes, I guess she does notice that I’m there or not . . . pretty funny. We are maybe seeing them after work tonight as they drop off my Father-in-law’s truck to him (he let them borrow it while they were here) and then they will stop by before heading back to his moms. My friends back and her hip is what mostly bothers her; due to the curve it pulls sometimes on those areas – then hence the pain for her. But now she is doing so much better & did great through her pregnancy too because of being a good shape.

Michelle: Great job with the workouts! I do throw in the occasional TF workouts with Chalene, but haven’t for quite some time. The music and energy is always good …. It’s my dance/choreography skills that kill me! :laugh: :blushing:

Laurel: Great choice today! I knew we would do that again one of these days . . . Sounds like that was just your warm-up though! WOW-sa! Nice job with all the add-ons today, you rocked it! Did you just keep putting DVD’s in for the 100 rep challenges? That’s an awesome idea, but not sure if I would have the patience to continue putting DVD’s into the machine. :laugh: That’s awesome to hear Soldotna is so gorgeous. I know they both really like it and my step son being such an outdoorsman (like his dad) he loves the country and the people there. They talk about moving back to this area but we will see. Hope your weather stays nice for golfing! We have rain forecasted for quite a while. :ohwell:

Have a nice weekend ladies! Tami

Hi Ladies! I hope you all had a nice weekend. We did. Saturday was nice enough that DH and I got out and played golf. :drinker: It felt so good to spend that much time outside again! We both really enjoyed it. And my game wasn't too bad either! So walking the golf course was my activity for Saturday. No workout, though, as usual.

Yesterday I started with Lower Body Blast, and added the barre section to it. I followed it with XTrain Tabatacise and Core 1. Today was XTrain Burn Sets (upper body premix). I followed it with IMAX 3. The strange thing was at the end of IMAX 3.....I wanted more! :noway: That rarely, if ever, happens with that workout. But I ignored that feeling because I didn't want to push it too much after already doing 80 minutes of strength. So I opted to just do the core work from Cardio and Weights and call it a day.

Tami, great choice of workouts on Friday!! Regarding all those 100 rep challenges, I am lucky that I have a 5 DVD player in my workout room, so I loaded all 5 DVDs in before my workout, found the challenges and just kept hitting 'play' as I went through them. Having a multiple DVD player in my workout room the past few years has really changed my workouts, and I love it. Because, like you, I would never have the patience to feed them in one at a time. Sadly, this DVD player is actually meant for our family room as it is connected to a sound system. We just haven't been able to use it like that in our last two houses. I have a feeling DH and I are going to have some negotiating to do when we do live in a house again where we can accommodate this system.

Thelma, I am so glad to hear the PT went well and you are already back to some strength exercises!! That is amazing! No doubt your shoulder felt tired after not having been used for a few weeks. As far as my next rotation, I am going to move to Gym Styles next week and alternate them with Cathe's Pure Strength workouts for a few (maybe four) weeks in a similar fashion to what I have done XTrain (if I can figure out how to do this). With XTrain, I did each workout as is for the first two weeks. Then I did Double Trouble for week three. And for week four, I am doing all upper body work in the week (for instance, I did all of Burn Sets today, and will do both Chest, Back and Shoulders and Biceps and Triceps on Friday). I have really enjoyed the variety of this rotation, so I'd like to do something similar with Gym Styles/Pure Strength. We'll see!!

Enjoy the day!

Laurel

Hi ladies, good to see that you had a great weekend! DH and I went to see the movie Noah. I really didn't want to see that movie but DH did so I went with him. I walked out of that theater feeling quite refreshed after the nice nap I took! :laugh: :laugh:

I did Tabaticise today, the 5 tabatas and stretch at the end. I actually used my arms more than I have in a while and so far so good! On Friday I did spinning, Saturday Lean Legs & Abs and about 10minutes on the spinning bike, Sunday more spinning.

My injury seems to be on the recovery path. Thank God! I've been doing the exercise I was given on Friday with the 2lb dumbbells without any pain. I only got the ache/throbbing on Friday after the first time I did the exercise.
My PT session today started by doing stretch using a stretching strap. I stretched my pecs, arms and then planks on the underside of the bosu! :drinker: She had me do a couple of pushups too.:drinker: I was doing leg raises while on all 4's so my arms got a big workout and I feel fine. Now I get to do this little workout at home. The therapist was thrilled for me today. She can't believe I'm recovering so fast. I think the rest is paying off. The other good thing is that the vertebra she repositioned last week are staying in place! This is very encouraging.
My injury seems to be on the outer pec on the left side. Of course if the pec is tight it will affect my shoulder rotation and the bicep.

Tomorrow at the gym I'll be doing my final fitness assessment of the weight loss challenge.
We got a lot of rain between Saturday and this morning. We had a minor flood in the basement in my workout area! What a pain! DH was wonderful about drying up the place for me since yesterday. At least I was able to use the spinning bike. I had the treadmill too but spinning burns more calories! When I got home tonight DH had already put my workout area together for me. He's such a sweetie!

Laurel, I can't believe you and your DH already played golf this year! Sounds like a lot of fun! Great workouts too. I still can't believe you don't need a nap after your killer workouts! :laugh: It's great that you already have your next routine planned out.
The 5cd changer is a great idea Laurel. I wanted to get one a while back but couldn't justify buying another player given that the one I have now is was fairly new at the time I wanted the multi disc changer. I'm sure it makes a huge difference in your workouts. Now I understand why you include pieces from multiple DVD's in your routines! I also remember that there weren't too many 5 disc player choices when I looked into them.
How are those arms looking now? I'm sure your arms are already showing serious definition.

Tami, you did an awesome workout selection this weekend! Way to go with reorganizing your closets! I need to do that with our linen closet. I also need to start putting away my winter and fat clothes to make space in the closet for spring/summer clothes. I need to go shopping in the attic again! LOL
I hope you had a wonderful dinner with your in-laws. 51 year wedding anniversary! WOW!!! That is just amazing! :flowerforyou:

I am thrilled about my PT progress Tami. Now that I think about it I think the fact that the therapist put vertebrae and ribs back in place made all the difference in the world. That is really when I started to feel better! I just love my therapist. She's the most positive and cheerful person! Last week she even showed me some stretches for my hip flexors that got really deep which is what I needed.
I bet your friend uses the Nikken magnets. There have been studies on those magnets and I can attest to the fact that they work.

Good night!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! I did today's workout in two parts again. The early workout was XTrain Cardio Legs Blast, and I added on the 100 Hip Thrusts and Core 2 just for fun. The later workout was Kick Max, which hit the legs a little more. Both workouts seemed to fly by today.

Tami, I hope you enjoyed the anniversary celebration with your in-laws! 51 years is a long time. Sounds like you had a great weekend of workouts. I will have to remember the Leaner Legs/barre combo. I love Leaner Legs, but haven't done it in forever. We did some spring cleaning this weekend too! Still trying to clear out before moving. DH focused on the basement. I had a much more appealing job in the living room.

Thelma, I am so happy to hear you continue to improve!! Sounds like your therapist is as well. I hope the final assessment goes well! Actually I have no doubt that it will given how hard you have been working. Sorry to hear about 'Noah'. How long was it? DH and I watched 'The Wolf of Wall Street' on Friday, and I was stunned it was three hours long. :noway: So glad we watched it at home. My arms.....look the same to me. But DH did comment on them this weekend, which was nice. Sorry to hear about the basement flood. What a pain. :grumble:

Michelle, I am so sorry to hear about your knee! I know some people had issues with their knees and Turbo Fire. I think she moves so quickly that there isn't enough time to properly set the feet before some moves. I hope it feels better soon. Yes, Saturday was nice with temps in the 60s. But we are still getting down below freezing at night. Yesterday we had 75 mile an hour winds and it is supposed to snow on Thursday. So winter isn't done with us yet.

See you all tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies!
My assessment went pretty well today. According to the gym's scale I've lost 12 lbs since we started in early January. Today I definitely lost a little bit everywhere including my thighs! My BMI and body fat and heart rate recovery time have improved too.
I didn't do the pushups but thankfully they'll use the same number from last month for that. I'll get a final report next week.
There was another trainer doing an assessment on her client and she started bragging about her client having lost a total of 10lbs. So I told Sarah you can start bragging about me any time now! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: and SHE DID! LOL
I really hope my team wins. Since our team is the largest of 4 our chances are pretty good IF people were good.

My left arm is a little stiff and it's throbbing. I guess I did too much yesterday between the PT and my tabatacise workout! I think it's more what I did during PT, planks on the bosu, a couple of pushups.
I'm going to a conference locally the next two days I'll eat my own breakfast and snacks. I hope they have a salad in their lunch offerings and hopefully there will be some type of healthy chicken. It's in a hotel if they don't have anything I can eat I'll go the hotel's restaurant to buy a salad! The breakfast for the conference: pastries and coffee! Talk about giving us a sleeping pill right out of the gate with all that sugar!
I must've eaten a little bit too much over the weekend because now I have one lb to lose by Thursday. I don't know if that will be a happening thing but that's OK I know it will happen by next week if I don't make it this week.

Michelle, great workouts! Sorry about your knee! When my knee bugs me is because I have caused myself a muscle imbalance. If you don't have one of those big foam rollers I highly recommend you get one. I use the roller every day after my workouts and that is how I've been staying away from knee problems. The other thing I use is a silicon pastry roller! I actually bought this roller a while ago when I was going to PT for my knee and the therapist used a big foam pastry roller like thing. I am always able to roll the tightness on my cuads and IT bands with these two rollers. For me when my IT bands get tight my patella gets pulled out of place and it's not fun.

The Noah movie may be fine for the girls Michelle. This was movie is not what you'll get on Sunday school though because they added a lot of fiction. I would say read the reviews.

Laurel, great leg workouts! I'll have to agonize till next week to see if my team won the assessment. I'm not sure if I've had a setback with my arm. I think the shoulder/bicep/pec areas affected are in a little bit of a shock from everything I did yesterday.
Was the movie The Wolf of Wall Street good? For some reason DH hasn't said anything about this movie. I can't remember how long Noah was but too long for my taste.
I think you should believe your husband about your arms!!! Thankfully for us the rain stopped and the basement dried up without a major flood like we had in 2010 when everything near us was flooded.

Tami, I'm so glad dinner with the in-laws went well. 52 years!!! That is amazing! Funny about fighting for the dinner check. We go through that every month when we meet with my brother-in-law and his wife. Usually my DH wins but now the sis-in-law is trying to get to the waitress first. Last time she told the waitress when we were ordering our food to give her the check!
Great workouts today Tami! I'm sure Insane-X will yield a huge calorie burn! We also had a beautiful day today.

Right now the arm feels like I had a little bit of a setback but hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.
My hubby is really sweet and takes good care of me. You must be relieved to have tackled the closets. I'm sure it's one of those things that can easily go on the back burner. Good move for staying with your husband to make sure he didn't get rid of too many things. I have to do that too!

Good night!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Tough workout today. I started with XTrain Supercuts, then did all the 100 rep upper body challenges and my own 100 push-up challenge. I followed it with the X77 premix from Cathe's X10 DVD. My arms are tired, but the whole thing felt good. I recently changed my diet a bit, and I am amazed how much more energy I have right now for my workouts. Nothing significant (more protein, less carbs), but it is an improvement.

Laurie!!!! So good to see you!! I have both DVD's. I love Cross Fire and highly recommend it. It starts with basic (but intense) cardio moves (no choreography, just drills), goes into a tabata (with Firewalker band), then into cardio/weight drills, another tabata and stretch. There are also bonus tabatas and a fabulous core workout. Challenging and flies by. To The Max is also very good, but if you are still shying away from step workouts, it relies heavily on the step. But if you are fine with the step, Cathe uses it at 8 or 10 inches, and there is a lot of jumping up and down off the step. I enjoy the workout (which has a steady state section, tabatas, HiiT, and core), and find it very challenging, so I recommend it as well....if you are okay with the step. So that's my take. Hope you are doing well. I miss you!!!!

Tami, glad you enjoyed your dinner with the in-laws. How sneaky of your MIL to plan in advance like that! Sounds like some great workouts. Noticed you did the 100 rep bicep challenge. These 100 rep challenges are no fun, but having done them for the past four weeks, I must admit.....they are making a difference. I am actually a little surprised by that. :noway: So I am thinking of sticking with them throughout this next rotation to see what happens. No news on jobs yet, but we expected that. There are a couple other jobs in the running right now as well, so I have all my fingers and toes crossed that we will have something settled in the next few weeks. I really hope so because that would mean we could both sit back, relax, and enjoy our last month with the Air Force.

Thelma, I am glad your assessment went well. I hope you are proud of that weight loss total! I think that is amazing! I am sorry to hear your arm is bothering you more. Hopefully resting it a bit will take care of that. I didn't care for The Wolf of Wall Street if I am being honest. I thought it was about twice as long as it needed to be as there was really nothing to the story. Leonardo DiCaprio was very good in it, and there were some funny parts. But it was just completely over-done on so many levels.

Enjoy the day!

Laurel

Hi Ladies,
I did my spinning bike while I watched TV. Did it for 50 minutes which was great. I was tired from the conference. Glad we were given the opportunity to do this conference/training because it's really good. The bad thing about it was the food. It's a good thing I took my snacks because I would've had to starve and I practically did starve. Breakfast I knew I was on my own for as well as my snacks. Lunch was an issue. They gave us a menu with 5-6 dishes to choose from and there was nothing good in there for me. I asked if I could just buy a salad myself and they said they'll see what they can do about getting me what I needed as part of the $$$ we paid for the training. I got maybe 1 cup of mixed greens and 3oz of grilled chicken. That was my lunch! By the time I got home I could've eaten all the bad food I could've gotten my hands on. I had my banana and couple of pita chips then went to do my workout. At least I had my snacks but no one else did! We didn't even get coffee in the afternoon! Thankfully there was nothing boring about this training!

Laurie, I recently got Cross Fire and I love it so I highly recommend it.

Laurel, you really amaze me every day with your workouts! Interesting that your diet change has made so much difference in your energy level! My day today unfortunately included too many carbs but I had no choice. I couldn't take any snacks that needed refrigeration so I took an apple, 1/2 cuke, Skinny Pop and some almonds.
I really am proud of my weight loss and also that I consider my workouts a top priority no matter what now. Tonight I was pretty close to talking myself out of working out and that is when I went for a spin. Tomorrow is my "at home" weigh in day so I needed a good burn!
My arm was bothering me when I woke up this morning so I iced it (I should've iced yesterday too!) and thankfully my arm feels pretty good now.
That Leo DiCaprio movie didn't call my name at all when we watched the previews and thankfully it is not something DH would want to see!

Tami, what a killer workout you had yesterday! How wonderful that the newbie from last week returned to class today! I'm sure you had a lot to do with that. You cheered her on and made her feel safe! What a great thing to do for her Tami!
Nice workouts today too! I can't wait to read all about your outdoor class tomorrow! I hope you have a beautiful day tomorrow!
We had a nice day today and we had daylight till probably 7PM!
I'm so excited about my assessment. Now I can't wait till I get on the scale tomorrow morning!
I really think my arm was shocked yesterday from everything I hit it with on Monday. Of course I should've iced yesterday but I was lazy about it. Today the ice made a huge difference. I know Sarah had talked to the owner about all the hard work I'm doing and she's told them that I'm the most motivated person there. The reason why I told her to brag is because the woman the other trainer was bragging about is the one who won the "client of the month" award in January and I am convinced that honor should've gone to me but they didn't wait till everybody weighed in before they made that call.

Good night!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today started with XTrain legs and XTrain Core 1. I followed it with Intensity (including the Bootcamp portion). Good stuff!

Tami, sounds like a tough class! Great job getting through it AND encouraging the new class member!! I bet she really appreciated it. I completely agree with you about little challenges at the end of workouts. I am usually 'whatever'. So like I said yesterday, color me surprised when I can tell these 100 rep challenges are working! :noway: I have always struggled with endurance more than strength, but, amazingly, I feel an improvement in both! I could really tell it during yesterday's X77 workout. I thought my arms would give up at about the 40 minute mark, but they didn't......and I even went up in weight in some areas! Crazy. About the diet, I think changing things up a bit now and again is good. I certainly fall into habits, eating the same types of things over and over and over.......so sometimes I think I need to do better. And seasonal changes, for me, are good for that. Of course, today doesn't look like we've had a season change because it is snowing! :grumble:

Thelma, I am sorry to hear about the conference food. It is such a pain sometimes trying to find healthy food. I remember going to a luncheon once when I was trying to lose the weight, and the lunch was a croissant sandwich. I sat there and mentally calculated the calories to be about 1500 for the entire plate of food. For lunch!! That was more than I was supposed to eat in an entire day! Really bothers me.....still. So I am glad you went prepared with at least some snacks.

Michelle, I am so sorry to hear the knee is still bothering you. Glad you are finding some workouts that are working for you. I hope it gets better soon. Like Thelma, I do recommend a foam roller. It worked miracles on me when I was suffering from a sore hip last year.

See you tomorrow!

Laurel

Hi Ladies ~ Great Spinning last night! Today is all out Insanity. :bigsmile: I went to the noon Insane Abs class and headed to the new “outside” Insane-X after work. The “usual” peeps will be there and she is excited to start. She said she will be doing some T25 moves and not a bunch of craziness! We’ll see. :huh: I have my long tights, t-shirt, long sleeve and thin jacket if needed. We have lucked out so far, we have another nice day. Hope the wind doesn’t pick up! We should be good.

Thelma: So awesome that you stuck to your own menu & brought your snacks. Very smart. Glad to hear the training wasn’t boring, also a plus!! They can sometimes be a yawn fest forsure. I was happy to see her back at class as well and I know it always feels good no matter what level you are at to have encouragement! So far so good on the nice weather so we should be pretty good outside. Our evenings are getting longer and longer …. Love it! :bigsmile: Tomorrow I may opt for a dog walk when I get home. Get Emma in that harness again. Well I think Sarah should be bragging about you forsure and I hope you receive the client of the month award very soon!

Michelle: Darn it on the knee pain! :frown: I’m glad you are staying aware of it and making different choices until that twinge goes away. Great job with the Upper Body Circuit & Zumba. I’m glad Zumba doesn’t bother your knee. Sending good vibes to your daughter! :flowerforyou:

Laurel: Another great combo of workouts today!! :drinker: Nice job. It was another tough one forsure and as I said to Thelma, I think the encouragement helps her not only to continue coming but feeling like she’s a part of the class instead of the “new person” as many do at times I’m sure. Well it sounds like all the things you are currently doing are definitely working! Your endurance is there I would say!

Erika: Great to hear from you! More SNOW?!?? :grumble: That’s awesome you have found an indoor track nearby to get some walking in. That’s awesome the Fitbit is giving you so much motivation. Keep up the great work friend ~ Hang in there with your busy schedule and the boys.

Talk to you ladies tomorrow ~ Tami

Hi Ladies! Today was the last day of my XTrain rotation. I really enjoyed this last month of working out. So I decided to go out with a good workout! I did XT Chest, Back and Shoulders, followed by XT Bi's and Tri's. Then I added on Core 2. For cardio, I did my Hard Strikes/Rockout Knockout cardio combo and finished with the conditioning drills in Hard Strikes. A very long workout, but I enjoyed it!

Tami, I am really anxious to hear how the first outdoor class went. Hopefully the weather held for you.

Erika, so good to see you!! I am glad your workouts are going well!! Sorry to hear about the snow, though. No, you aren't alone. :grumble: But I keep telling myself we need the moisture. :ohwell:

Thelma, congratulations on reaching your goal!!! That is fantastic!! I agree....small goals from now on are good. I am sorry to hear about your foot. Hopefully it is okay today.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Laurel

Hello Ladies,

I'm actually sitting on my butt watching some Tony Stark! We are going to see Captain America later, so just getting in the Avenger mood. We have been super busy (at home, and at work). I have been doing a rotation that includes three total body workouts, one of the workouts being a circuit type. Have been getting some great results from it. I'm including some short and long cardio, and of course getting in way more yoga and stretching. That is something that I have avoided, and now I know I need to make the effort to include it in my rotations. I really want to do the XTrain 30 day Strength rotation, but with getting such good results from this current structure, I'm scared to change things up.

Today my workouts where XTrain Hardstrikes Premix 16, and Met-Rx 180 Stretch & Refresh.

The girls are doing really well, youngest is taking a nap right now. :yawn: She just got back from an indoor track meet, and she did really well. Her three relay teams got one of each type of metal. She was the anchor on the 4 lap that came in first, so she was a very happy girl when she got home. She is also still in dance, and will be going to her Junior prom next weekend.

Oldest is having fun at an indoor water park this weekend.

I'm hoping to get online more, so I can keep this improvement going.

Have a great weekend!
Laurie

Hi Ladies! I hope you all enjoyed a good weekend. We had a bit of a crazy weekend, to be honest. We found out last week that we may be headed to Florida--permanently--this summer! :drinker: My husband was unofficially offered one of the jobs he interviewed for while down there a few weeks ago. Of course, nothing is official until the paperwork is signed, but things are looking good right now. So we spent the weekend coming up with a course of action for moving and, of course, clearing out more things from the house. We are making quite a bit of progress there!!

So Saturday was my day off from working out, but I was back at it yesterday. I started with Lower Body Trisets, and then I did Insanity's Max Interval Sports Training. This is the first Insanity workout I have done in probably 18 months. Shaun T........how I missed him! It felt fantastic. I hope to start adding more Insanity workouts to my rotation as I may end up doing a full rotation of some combo of insanity, T25 and Asylum while we transition. Today was Gym Style Chest and Triceps followed by 100 reps of push-ups and lying tricep extensions. :noway: I followed it with Workout 1 from Core Max and Cathe's Greatest Hits DVD for cardio.

Laurie, glad to hear everything for you and your family is going well. I completely understand about being afraid to change rotations. I just finished up a 4 week XTrain rotation (one that I made up) and I really had great results from it. But I also know if I don't shake things up, those results won't be so good. So now I am on to Gym Styles and Pure Strength. Hope you enjoyed Captain America!!

Kira, I have had that moment!! And I know exactly what you are talking about. I am so happy to hear you are getting such great results from STS. That program transformed me. Some days, when I look back at pictures of myself six years ago, I think it took 10 years off my life....or at least 10 years off the way I looked.:blushing: You are so right.....the journey never ends. But, boy, is it a fantastic journey sometimes. :flowerforyou:

Thelma, glad to hear your foot was feeling better. Step Works is definitely tougher to follow. I actually think of it as Cathe's last workout before she stopped breaking down her step moves, so it right in the cusp. But it is a good one too. No, I didn't take any photos of my arms. I get too embarrassed. :blushing: But I do think they are improving. Of course, cleaning up my diet helps. :ohwell: Thanks for asking about my DH. We are both excited about this possibility in Florida right now. It is just so helpful to have some inkling of what is next.

Tami and Erika, hope you are well!

See you tomorrow!

Laurel