Cathe Fans Part 5

Hey I have just discovered Cathe on Youtube and her Lift It Hiit It workout program looks amazing. I love lifting weights and have been doing the Bodybeast program. Although I feel stronger the program is made for men, and I need a little more cardio i rekon. I love workout DVD's so I've asked my brother for the Lift It program for my September birthday. I am hoping Adding the Hiit component will get rid of stored fat and reveal the muscle ive been strengthening. I'm really excited and can't wait to start next month.

Hi Ladies. Shorter workout for me today since it is time to get my hair taken care of. Looking forward to that, that's for sure. I found out yesterday that we have set a record here in Melbourne, FL for the most consecutive days over 90. I can't say I love being a part of record-setting heat in places that are famous for being hot! Anyhow, time to get what little hair there is on my neck off of it. So for my workout, I started with Bulk Shoulders, then did XT Tabatacise and Core 1. Good stuff.

Thelma, great job with that tough Meso 1 workout!! So happy you enjoyed it this time. I found those Meso 1 workouts perfectly brutal after doing Meso 3 since they focus so much on endurance. But by the second week, they got better. Hopefully you experience the same thing. I am aware that the pre-order is up and running for Cathe's new workouts. Just haven't done it yet. On my list of things to do though. I am looking forward to them. Sounds like an interesting BB/H&C rotation. I don't have that Lucky Seven workout. I would be interested in your impressions when you do it, though.

the_summer_belle, welcome!! Glad you found Cathe on YouTube. I have been doing her workouts for about 18 years and she still finds new and unique ways to challenge me. Her Lift It Hit It workouts, along with the other workouts in the Ripped With HiiT series, are fantastic. I am currently doing Body Beast as well (second time through this program) and Cathe's approach is very different. I like the counterbalance between her style and the more 'masculine' approaches of Sagi or Tony Horton (P90X, etc). If you have any questions, please ask!!

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies, Slide & Glide for me tonight. I have mega upper body DOMS! When I was doing the warm up part of the workout Cathe does chest presses and those were painful! WOW! I can't believe the DOMS I have! My left side is better but my right side is still pretty stiff.

I recently purchased an insulated water bottle and it's working out very nicely during this hot weather for me. I find that I am drinking more water now that I have iced water all the time. The key to this bottle is to add cold water with ice cubes. As long as I start with cold water the ice cubes last a long time. Now I spend my days in air conditioned buildings so I haven't tested it out in the hot weather long enough to have a good opinion. I left it in the car while I went food shopping last Friday and it was very hot. The water remained very cold. LOVE IT!
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Laurel, another winning combo! You've had a heatwave! We were officially declared in drought watch yesterday given that we've had the driest 4 months in many years. It's been pretty steamy here too. You go out and you get hit by a blast of hot air. It's like walking into an oven.
I haven't ordered Cathe's new series yet either. I haven't had a chance to read about the series.

I really have enjoyed this meso 1 phase so far. It really is challenging because you're working on endurance so I'm finding I have to lower my weights a lot more than I thought I would in some cases. Specially when she does those 1.5 moves. I hope the soreness goes away soon. I am enjoying the Meso 1 challenge and I actually have thought about doing this phase back-to-back!
I'll have to go to that hybrid rotation site and rebuild the rotation I talked about the other night because I didn't save it.

Tami, sorry you missed your spinning class but great job working out at home!
I remember you ladies saying there were a lot of pushups in Meso 1 but I honestly thought there would be more than what it had. I nearly hurt myself doing the pushups on the ball though. I didn't know how to get off the ball in that position and my left leg just went to the side and I landed pretty hard on my knee. Thankfully I have a floating floor! I was worried about my knee but it's fine.
I got the BB/H&C rotation from that website we looked at before which has all the Beach Body programs. I got the Lucky Seven DVD free too but I haven't done it either.

Good night ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies ~ Nice evening at home last night. Felt good to not have much going on. A group of us from work were going to go see Bad Moms at the theater but it ended up being just 3 of us so we rescheduled for when more can go. This a.m. was Chisel Endurance and headed to Spinning after work.

Thelma: That is a great water bottle! I have seen the one Under Armour sells but the price of it is more than the one you got. They work amazing for keeping your water cold. On the ball push-ups are your referring to the “Elmo” push-ups as Cathe calls them? If so, until I got the hang of the balance of that I pushed the ball toward the wall so it wouldn’t roll quite so far. That is the same website I used …. It’s so good for Beachbody rotations.

Laurel: Another great day in your workout room! Yowsa ….. I don’t know that I would have wanted to do legs AFTER X41, but good on you for doing it. Sounds like your hair is the perfect length for all that heat/humidity you are getting. Can’t wait for mine tomorrow. We have some nice warm weather coming for another week and then it will cool down again. It’s been pretty mild for us with some scorchers mixed in.

Have a great weekend ladies ~ Tami

Hi Ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. We had a nice weekend and had scary thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. The storms allowed me to verify that my cats are NOT afraid of thunder! We got a lot of rain on Saturday night. Thank God!
On Friday I did STS Meso 1-Disk #3 Legs, Saturday Cross Fire and today spinning. I hadn't done Cross Fire in a very long time. Great workout!

Laurel, what a winning combo you came up with on Friday! I'm glad you also have to pause the videos from time-to-time!
I can never keep up when it comes to weight training. A 50 minute workout may take me 80 minutes if I have to keep adjusting my barbell and adjustable dumbbells.
The leg workouts didn't give me DOMS but that is because I did deep massage after the workout. I have a collection of Camelbak bottles but now that I have discovered the Temp Saver bottle I may retire two of those bottles.
I went out for a couple of hours on Friday and it was HOT! The temps were in the high 90's and I think it felt like 150 degrees. I left the bottle in my hot car while I went to the stores and the ice didn't melt. I think this bottle would be good for your needs on the golf course. What I am doing is keeping a jug of water in the fridge so I always have cold water. I add 4 cups of cold water to the bottle and fill up the rest with ice.
I know I have a haircut coming up and I'm going to say get it off my neck too. The difference for me is that it's more of a bob haircut with the short back. I'm not ready to go short, short yet. On the picture on your MFP profile you have shoulder length (or maybe longer) hair. How short is it now compared to that picture?

Tami, great workouts! Your rotation sounds really good! Hopefully you ladies will be able to go to the theater soon!
The water bottle is really good as long as you start with cold water and ice! It's been a learning process for sure. I love the size of the bottle although I can only add 24oz if I'm going to add ice.
Thanks for the pointer on getting off the ball! I think they're called prone pushups on the STS worksheets. I've never heard Cathe call them Elmo pushups. That's cute!

Hi smile_laughter. We'd love to have you join us! What is your real name? I don't have Power Hour but I'm sure it's great. This group is a great source of motivation so you've come to the right place!

Good night ladies!!!
Thelma

Morning Ladies,

I had a really busy week at work, but I can say that the interns are gone so I have my mornings back. They left a bunch of work for me to finish, but I can do that when I have the time. My workouts did suffer because I was working overtime, but I managed to get in some type of workout each morning. I tried a little running with Rocket, and it turned out to be pretty good. I'm hoping to have at least one morning a week will be running. This morning I put in ICE Rock'm Sock'm, and did the Tricep premix. I love the warm up in that workout.

Laurel, Great job on the BB workouts, looks like you are really increasing your strength from the last time you did them. LOL about getting the hair off your neck, can understand that since I did the same thing.

Tami, I saw that movie in the trailers when DH and I went to see the Star Trek movie, it looked pretty funny. Nice job on your workouts also.

Becky, Of course you can join in on the group, welcome! Love Power Hour, that one really torches each muscle in a creative way. Glad to hear that you are getting back on track with your exercise. Well my recommendation for a "set" is the ICE series. I love all the workouts, and premixes have a ton of variety. They would be good workouts for someone getting back to doing workouts.

Thelma, Fantastic job on the workouts! Good to know that the felines are not afraid of the T-Storms. When our furry friends have anxiety from storms, it can be heartbreaking to see them go through that.

Have a great day!
Laurie

I had another pretty “quick” weekend but it was good. Saturday I had my hair appt. bright and early and then off to run errands, housework, etc. so no workouts on Saturday. Ended up going into work again yesterday, but before I did I made sure I got my workout in! I did another KCM workout which was “Strength & Stamina”, a good one that I hadn’t tried yet in my collection …. All of hers I enjoy. Tonight will be BootCamp after work and then back to my regular rotation tomorrow a.m.

Thelma: Sounds like the weather was just what you needed despite it being thunderstorms ….. rain is always good this time of year! Fabulous job with Meso 3 Legs and CrossFire + Spinning over the weekend. My rotation is a good one; I have changed some workouts here and there just because it continues to do the same few over and over of the 21DFX – XT. Which I like, just not over and over; all and all I really like this rotation; exactly what I wanted. I was thinking you were talking about the “Elmo” push-ups where you do them right on the ball, feet out behind you, hands on ball. Because you wobble so much is why she called them that! LOL

Smile-Laughter (Becky): Please feel free to join us! It’s such a great group of ladies here that love to workout and we all offer encouragement, check in about our workouts, questions, whatever is on our mind. All started with our common bond of loving Cathe’s workouts! Like Laurel said, between all of us we have pretty much every single program/workout she has put out! Even ordered the newest series coming out this Fall. Can’t wait!

Laurel: Sounds like another fabulous weekend of golf and workouts!!! WOWSA. Your stamina never ceases to amaze me! Great job going up in weight on BB as well! I will let you guys know when I see it; my BFF saw it with her sister and said she was crying in laughter!

Laurie: Hope you are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel! Good job getting in some workouts and even a run with Rocket. That’s great and feels great through a busy stressful time as well.

See you tomorrow.
Tami

Hi Ladies, tonight I did STS Meso 1, Disc 4 Chest, Shoulders & Biceps. LOTS of pushups! I did them all. I couldn't do them all full form so sometimes I did them on my knees. Again arms were pretty fried at the end of the workout. I really think I need to repeat Meso 1 5 times until I develop good endurance! It's amazing how fatigued my arm were!

Becky, we're happy to have you! I really hope you can stick around! I don't have any of those workouts. Sorry about your knees. I have to be very careful with mine and sometimes I do things low impact. My advice would be to play the video clips on Cathe's website of the workouts you may be want to buy. Cathe has a low impact series.
Can you do step or does the step bother your knee?

We are very committed to working out and we all motivate each other. I don't know if I'd consider myself tough but the other ladies are tough. These ladies keep me motivated and I have learned a lot from them.

Hi Laurie! So good to have you back!! Good for you for getting your morning workouts in when you were so busy with work! Did Rocket enjoy running? How is his training going? Love Rock'm Sock'm!

So far none of the cats I've had have been afraid of T-storms but I can see how it would be heartbreaking.

Laurel, you've been on FI-YA my friend! Great job! I don't have any of those Shock workouts. They must be tough! I hope you like the water bottle if you end up getting it.
OK so you do have some length to your hair. I was thinking you went for a boy cut! LOL. Thanks for clarifying!

Tami, great workouts! You had big burn from that Strength & Stamina workout!
We needed the rain badly! Of course it wasn't enough but hopefully we'll get a little more rain this week. I know what you mean about that beachbody rotation tool repeating the workouts over and over again! I noticed that the last time I was playing with that tool. I really need to start planning my next rotation.
Those Elmo pushups sound HARD! I don't think I've ever seen Cathe do those in any of the workouts I have. So I figured out why I wasn't able to get off the ball safely last week! I wasn't using the mat so the ball was sliding a lot more. MUCH better tonight with the mat!

Good night ladies!!!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today's workout started with Bulk Shoulders, which felt good. For cardio, I did Cathe's Party Rockin' Step 1 74 minute premix. The nice, long steady state workout really felt good after yesterday's HiiT craziness.

Tami, sounds like a good weekend. You are sure getting in some overtime now, aren't you? I will admit that I had to really talk myself into my workouts after getting home from Phoenix, so I don't know that I would say my stamina is all that great right now. It is more my stubbornness than anything. But this week I am feeling a little more energetic which is nice.

Thelma, great workout!! SOO happy to see you enjoying these Meso 1 workouts this time around. Great job with the push-ups. That is so fantastic!

Laurie, sounds like the running is working for you right now. Boy, I wish I enjoyed running because it is such a good workout. I didn't realize you had gotten your hair cut that short! It bet it does feel good when working out. I still have to wear a head band to keep my hair out of my eyes. I imagine in a few years I may go even shorter, especially when I decide that hiding the gray just isn't what I want to be doing any more. But I have a few years before that.

Becky, there are four of us (now 5 with you!) who post here regularly. As everybody said, we support and encourage each other. I joined MFP 7 1/2 years ago (early 2009) with 40lbs to lose. I have kept it off now for 7 years due, in large part, to the support I get here. My diet......varies. I would say I eat well about 80% of the time but, like Laurie said about herself, I have a sweet tooth. And that can get me at times. Generally my actual meals are pretty healthy.....but I can go crazy with chocolate. So that aspect is a constant struggle for me. I don't work or have children so, in many aspects, I have limitless time to workout (which helps counteract those dietary 'indiscretions' ). So I do two workouts each day......one strength and one cardio. I workout six days a week (nearly always take Saturday off). The type of strength training I do varies depending on what program/rotation I am doing. Right now I am doing Body Beast (a Beachbody program) that pretty much has me doing one body part per day. But usually I try to hit each body part twice a week. (A 'typical' week for me would look like: Day 1-Chest, Shoulders, Triceps; Day 2-Legs, Day 3-Back and Biceps, Day 4-Legs, Day 5-Yoga or another Upper Body split like Chest and Back, Day 6- Total Body Strength or an upper body split like Biceps, Shoulders and Triceps). I have found as I have gotten older (I am 51) that strength training is really key for me being able to maintain my weight. I do cardio because I like to (even though I know science says it doesn't need to be done every day). For cardio, I pretty much do what I feel like on any given day, though I try to get at least two tougher workouts in (like HiiT workouts) during a week and also vary between step, Kickbox, etc.....just to keep the body guessing a bit. But when I was working full time......my workout regime looked nothing like this!! In short, I worked out five days a week and alternated between strength and cardio days. Hope that helps!!

See you tomorrow!

Laurel

Hi Ladies, tonight I did Hard Strikes. Great workout but there are a lot of jumping jacks very early on and my feet don't like that. I can tell it is because my feet ready for those early jacks. Once my body felt warm enough the rest of the jumping jacks felt good. We got a little rain today! YAAAY!

Becky, I was introduced to My Fitness Pal by a personal trainer 2 1/2 years ago. She wanted me to log my food using this tool. She nagged me about using it for a long time and I didn't think I needed to do this. Thanks to MFP, the support and encouragement from this group and daily exercise I was able to drop I think 20 lbs. So I have lost a total of 24 lbs.
Thankfully one day I decided to explore the MFP Community and discovered this group. Thanks to these ladies I've learned A LOT! I was introduced to rotations which I had never done before. I've injured myself left and right trying to keep up with these ladies LOL but I've bounced back because I listen to my body and slow down once I have an injury.
I log my food every day. I know I can never stop doing this. I measure all meals and we only eat lean meats at home. Everything is low fat around here. We eat lite bread, lite everything! We do our food shopping on Friday's, so on Thursday we plan what we'll eat the following week. We have a cookathon on Sundays for the week. A great source of recipes is the www.skinnytaste.com website. This lady converts unhealthy recipes into healthy ones and gives you Weight Watchers points as well as calories.

I am also guilty of having a sweet tooth. I think I'm the biggest offender here so I go up/down about 4-5 lbs when I go crazy for sweets and lose control. So I struggle with my weight always. I'm very short so 5lbs show like 10 lbs on me. Right now I'm trying to drop those pesky 5lbs because I'm going on vacation in early September and will see my very thin sister so I don't want to look fat next to her. Of course she is a couple of inches taller than I am so I will always look heavier. Talk about serious motivation! I'm doing good! So far I've lost 3 lbs.

For the first time this year I have finished strength training programs which I was never able to do before. I finished Body Beast and gained a lot of strength and proper form which helped me with my injuries. While I was doing Body Beast the ladies moved on to Hammer & Chisel so I had to do that next and completed the program too! I don't know how many false starts I've had on Cathe's STS program because I kept injuring myself early on in the program. Now I am 2 1/2 weeks away from completing the 12 week program. The rotation I'm doing consists of 3 STS workouts a week and cardio every other day.
I workout 7 days a week most of the time. I usually do my spinning bike on Sundays while I watch tv so it's an easy workout. I have work so I can only do one workout a day. Now that I've been doing these strength training workouts my workouts plus long stretch routing can take up to 2 hours. I have to stretch and massage my legs with massage balls to prevent knee injury. When my IT band and quads get tight my knees let me know about it!

I am married and we don't have children but have 3 fur babies. Our cats are our kids.
Where is home Becky? I live in MA.

Laurie, sorry work got busy again! Great job running! Does having young Rocket help with the running? I wish I could run but my knees can't handle it.
I have some of those Gym Style workouts but I haven't done them in years. Great news on Rocket's training! I hadn't thought about the snow covering the flags so it has to start visual at first with the flags! I pass a house every day to/from work and I notice they have a lawn sign that says "dog in training" but I don't remember seeing the little flags.

Laurel, I love Bulk Shoulders! That is really good for for strengthening bad shoulders like ours! Party Rockin' Step another good one! OMG that is a LONG premix! Good for you!
I've only been able to do this STS routine because of your suggestion to start with Meso 3. That was brilliant feedback! Thank you!

Tami, sounds like you actually enjoyed the non brutal BootCamp class! What's wrong with you my friend? If it's not brutal you're not satisfied! LOL. Great workouts at home!
I used to do The Firm VHS workouts too!HAHAHA!

Good night ladies!!!
Thelma

Morning Ladies,

No workout yesterday after work, was another late day of working. I had a conference call that lasted longer than I though it would. Oh well, I'm bound and determined to get one in after my hair appt tonight. I only need to get a color, so it shouldn't take to long. This morning was Jillian's Extreme Shed and Shred Level 1. Have not done this one in a while, and it was nice to visit with Jillian again.

Laurel, Love the workout mix! I have been surprised at how much I'm enjoying the running, but I think that I need to keep it to 1-2 days a week or I will probably get bored with it. I do still have that nagging knee problem, but my running shoes that I purchased seem to be doing their job. The only thing I have to do with my hair when working out, is to put a couple of bobby pins on the side to keep the bangs out of my face. My dd did a great job with cutting my hair so short. I too still have a few more years before I'm totally gray, and will be nixing the coloring when that happens. I'm hoping that I have my paternal grandmothers hair, it was a beautiful white. So far most of my gray's are actually white.

Tami, Sounds like a great class, and nice change of pace from Katy's torture. I too really enjoyed getting the overtime on my check these last couple of times. It will help pay for the little extra $ we had to spend on the car breaking down while on vacation. Now I really do need that workout of Kelly's, just because you mentioned the kettlebell swings. I have her Slim Sculpting, and really enjoy that one.

Thelma, Nice job with the Hard Strikes! I agree with you on the jumping jacks in that workout, my feet feel it after a while also. Probably why I avoid that one more that I should because it really is a good workout. Rocket isn't the best running partner, but he isn't as bad as Cami was. She always wanted to stop and sniff stuff. I just tell Rocket not now, and he listens. I'm sure the more I run with him the better it will get. Interesting that the dog in training doesn't have the flags, that is what we used before his collar was activated. We have taken our sign down, guess everyone in the neighborhood knows what the flags mean.

Becky, Awesome job with the S&H workout, and your hot Pilates class. I have never done a class hot, but I can see where it would kick your butt. The class sounds like it would be a good one. I do yoga, but pilates has not been one of my favorites. Fortunately the fiance is a good guy, and DH and I really like him. He has been dating our daughter for 4 years, and has put up with her mood swings. Anyone that can do that is extra special. Rocket and I usually get out early in the mornings for our walks/runs, because he doesn't like the heat. I understand why you can't do that until the heat in your area comes down, kind of like here when it is below zero. I will walk the dog in the mornings, but I don't think I'll be running. Just way to cold!

It was fun to read all of our fitness journeys again!

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, tonight I did STS Meso 1, Disc 5 Back & Triceps. Great workout! I am so happy to tell you that for the first time ever I was able to really do the seasaw pushups! I really felt them! I was also able to do the tricep push ups on my knees but I did them. I always have a hard time doing these pushups because I can never get myself in the right position but tonight it just happened. On the seasaw pushups what helped is that I was using the mat. I'm not sure I've used the mat before so the ball is more unstable.
The only exercise I didn't like was the seated double arm row horizontal. All those seated moves such as lat raises I find dangerous for my shoulders so I do them standing.

Becky, awesome job getting two workouts in today! OMG I would die if I had to workout in such a hot room but I can see how it would be good for yoga and it sounds like a great class.

A rotation is a workout schedule that last a number of weeks. These schedules are good because the thinking about what to do on a given day has been planned ahead. Cathe has a e-newsletter and once a month she sends a rotation out. Of course you have to have most of her workouts to do this. When you buy a workout program it will come with a workout schedule for the period of time that it will take do do the program. For example, Cathe's STS has 36 workouts and you do 3 discs a week so it will take 12 weeks to complete the program. I do cardio every other day. Normally you workout 6 days a week in these rotations and take a day off.
Body Beast I think is also a 12 week program. The rotations will have a purpose too like fat burning, muscle building.
http://cathe.com/cathes-january-2016-workout-rotation

AZ is too hot for my taste. Could never live there.
The weight loss became easy once I started logging my food. That was key because you don't realize you're eating too much. I was already exercising so why wasn't I losing weight? It was a little too much food.
BTW, my DH is thin and he is very disciplined about food. He says he exercises but a few minutes on the treadmill and and few minutes of weights a workout does not make as far as i'm concerned. His doctor told him once that he had to weigh 180lbs for his height and age. Well that is all he had to hear. He makes sure his weight is 180. I think he is way too thin but he feels good that way and that is all that matters.

Laurie, great job getting a workout in! I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way about Hard Strikes. I thought it had to do with the plantar fasciitis I get sometimes.
I'm sure Rocket will get better at running once he gets used to it. I saw the dog in training flags today! It was weird. The were very close to the house yet there was more front yard.

Laurel, what an awesome combo! Love that Low Impact Hiit premix!
I don't know if I'll ever be able to go gray. There are some women who look amazing with gray hair but it has to do with the color of their skin. I met a lady at the ophthalmologist office last year who looked great with her gray hair. She recommended that when was ready to go gray I should cut my hair really short like a pixie. I used to have a pixie style over 13 years ago. It was soooo easy!
I sometimes say that I'll go gray as soon as I retire. I seriously doubt it. My friend who is very petite and has short hair decided to go gray at 63 and she looks so much older now. Not a good look.

Laurel, if I didn't measure my food I'd be in 24 lbs heavier. I'm so glad your DH is doing Nutrisystem! He is doing good!
I have a lot of little plastic containers for my work meals because they help me with portion control. Before we cook any meats my food portions are cut to the right weight so I can log the right portion in MFP.

Hi Tami!

Good night ladies!!!
Thelma

Morning Ladies,

My hair is now minus the gray hair, but will have to go back soon because I will need it cut. DD cut my hair about 2 weeks ago, so it really didn't need a trim. I didn't get my workout in, got home and I was starving. Felt like I could eat everything in the house. This morning was ICE Rock'm Sock'm Kickbox Timesaver #4, that one has to be my favorite Timesaver of the series.

Laurel, Great job on the double HiiT, and challenging yourself with the increase in weight. Congrats to your DH for losing that weight, I will have to mention that to my DH. I don't know if he would be willing to give up certain things for the weight loss though. His passion for cheese comes to mind. My first workout VHS was TaeBo. Would love to get those tapes on DVD, because those early workouts are awesome. Now that DD is in the cosmetology profession, I have her look at my head. She says that I have way more "normal" color, than I do gray. I would rather not color, but that in-between stage just doesn't look good.

Thelma, Congrats on the push-ups! That is a great accomplishment. Wonderful job making the workout yours, totally understand standing vs. the sitting with the shoulder issues you have had. That is interesting that the flags are so close to the house. One of our neighbors only lets their dog be in the back yard, so the fence is very close to the house also. We let Rocket have the run of as much of our yard as we could. He likes to run around after his toys to much.

Becky, Nice job on the yoga! I really love yoga, but don't schedule it enough. I love math! My youngest dd was the one who had problems with math, and of course my DH was the one that had to help her. Our brains would think differently, but with my oldest it was easy. I found that interesting that each child's brain looked at the same thing in a different way. Yep that Extreme workout is Jillian Michaels, she is one of the may instructors that I like to workout with. Her workout is probably why I was so hungry, she works you good. I'm glad to hear that you have some good inlaws. Mine are very nice people, but they are in their 90's, so getting to that age when they need DH to help them more often. It can be very stressful at times.

Tami, Hope you had a great day!

Have a wonderful day!
Laurie

WOWSER …. I missed one day yesterday and I have so much to catch up on with you ladies! Lots of posts …. It’s great  I was really busy at work yesterday and didn’t get a chance to check in. Tuesday evening’s Insanity class with Katy’s sub was pretty good. She did a workout she found on Pinterest where you do exercises that she lists with each letter of the alphabet. So for example: “T” was 50 jumping jacks, “A” was 40 squats, etc… After we went through our full name a couple times she had us do a bunch of line running, abs and burpees. No workouts yesterday, I had an appt last night so I missed Spinning. REST day. This a.m. was 21DFX XT Dirty 30 XTreme followed by Chisel Abs. Tonight is my ususal “no pm” workouts at the gym. We are going to dinner with some friends.

Thelma: Great job getting in Hard Strikes and then with STS last night. Congrats on the sea-saw push-ups! See, all that strength you have gained is paying off nicely. Great job doing what works for your shoulders to prevent any injuries. I did actually enjoy the class Monday night. I think mostly I enjoyed the non-marathon running portion of the BootCamp class. Tues night I was missing Katy again forsure! The Pinterest workout was just "so-so" and I ended up doing a lot of jumping jacks. I mean a LOT. Which got kind of repetitive. Just how my alphabet fell in the list of exercises. To answer your question you posted to me on the thread about Dirty 30 XTreme. I really enjoy this workout, one that is repeated a lot in this rotation I am doing but I do like it.
3 rounds of 2 exercises -Focuses on the shoulders, lats/back second. You do squats with shoulder presses and balance moves; curtsy lunges. Whole body gets in the act. Even renegade rows. Each move was 1 minute long w/ 10 second break.


Becky: Congrats on getting in 2 workouts yesterday, nicely done! Slow & Heavy is a great workout forsure. I’m sure you had “noodle” arms at the end. That hot Pilates class sounds intense with that heat. I am sure it is a fantastic workout! The BootCamp class is usually indoors but in the summer they sometimes have us go outside and do a lot of running and/or body weight work on the outdoor tennis court just outside the gym. Hammer Power is a workout that is in the series from BeachBody called: Hammer & Chisel. So the Hammer workouts are usually strength based and the Chisel workouts are more endurance. Both are a great combination of workouts. Earlier this year I did the rotation of just Hammer & Chisel workouts and really loved them. Then did Body Beast and after that I decided on re-vising some of the Hammer & Chisel workouts along with the 21DayFix Xtreme workouts as a combination rotation. I do love playing Volleyball. Unfortunately in our area there isn’t a whole lot of beach volleyball. I live in North Idaho and our beaches are by the local lake, which is beautiful but very rocky-sandy, unlike true sand courts that don’t hurt your feet as much. I noticed you mentioned living in AZ! WoW … that is truly a hot part of the country this time of year. I have been there a few times for visits and really enjoyed it. But was happy to get into the AC when I could. Kudos to you for helping with the math and being good at it. I have always struggled with math and often thought, what would I have done if I had kids at home that needed help. Hired a tutor forsure! LOL

Laurie: Katy’s replacement this week was a nice change of pace on one hand but always makes us miss Katy. She will be back next week and I am sure turn the torture dial up a notch just because she was gone. LOL I think you would really enjoy that KCM workout. It’s similar to others, but still different enough to not feel like you are doing the same workout with a different background. Don’t you hate days like that when you cannot seem to get enough food in you? Hopefully you finally satisfied your body. I have had many days like that and don’t know why it randomly happens . . . LOL Great job getting in the Rockm/Sockm Timesaver!

Laurel: Fabulous job in the workout room yesterday and today! I am laughing OUT LOUD about the Jane Fonda tapes. I didn’t ever do hers but I can picture the cover of them with the leg warmers. I did a little bit of TaeBo as well … you and Laurie were talking about that. But then I got so into Cathe and the others, they were quickly history! Another crazy combo today as well for you! Nicely done.
Congrats to your DH on the 13 lbs down. That is so awesome. I think I mentioned to you all after DH’s knee surgery he gave up some things in his diet. Well, he has lost 16 lbs since his knee surgery in March. He gave up drinking any alchohol, no caffeine and is trying to be more conscious of what he eats. Sort of … recently (I think I mentioned) he has been on an ice cream kick. I told him the other night it is better than the whiskey and cokes he was drinking before. LOL He said, if I gave up ice cream I would probably really lose some more lbs. He hasn’t hardly been doing therapy anymore at all, so no extra exercise, but amazing just changing it up like that how much his body responded. I knew it would.

Enjoy the rest of your days ladies .... I will talk to you tomorrow! Tami

Good morning ladies - So, yesterday I was unable to get a workout in......grrrr......but, my son really needed help with fractions. So, one of my colleagues helped him. I did get some squats in and got my 10,000 steps in for the day. For today, after I drop by kids off at school, I will be heading straight to the gym before work so that I can't get "too busy" at work. I am looking forward to it because I could feel my energy levels dropping yesterday from not working out.

Laurie - Great job of getting the Time Saver workout in. You all keep mentioning all these workouts, and it is so exciting! There are so many out there that I need to research. You mentioned VHS TaeBo - I loved that workout! Me and some college friends would do TaeBo in the dorms.....brining back some memories with that one! Ha...

Laurel - I bet that it is overwhelming trying to get your mom's estate in order. My dad is a CPA, so if you have a question, I might be able to ask him for you. Plus, since her estate is in Phx, my dad is here too......he can help with AZ stuff. That is great that you got your workout in. Bulk legs sounds intense, and workouts like these don't allow outside thoughts to interfere.

Tami - I am afraid to miss a day of posting and get too behind. it's like missing a day of math class, you can't! Holy cricket on your Insanity class! I think my knee would have been screaming "What did I do to deserve this from you!!!" Great job on going through it and your other two workouts. Chisel abs is another one I need to look into. I definitely had the noodle arms after Slow and Heavy. I am trying to convince my husband to move to Idaho. I visited once and immediately fell in love with it. I am tired of the color brown that is surrounding me in Phx.

Thelma - I loved the fitbit post......laughed out loud because I do that. My kids made me run in place last night so that I could get my 10,000 steps in. So, all of us were standing in a circle running. Glad to see you got a low impact workout and abs in. That's great that you tried to make as high impact as possible......when the workout is occurring, do you add extra jumps (or whatever) to make it more high impact?

On Monday, I start teaching again. I am hoping to continue to keep up with posting every day, but I fear that my schedule will get in the way. I may miss a few days and will do my best to keep up with everyone. I am thinking about creating a spread sheet with some of everyone's info. I am still trying to keep you 4 straight.....I sometimes mix up who has Rocket, who lives in Florida, etc. Also - I have no clue what "DD and DH" mean.....I am bad with texting lingo when people don't spell out words. I just learned what "btw" means. You can totally make fun of me for that! My college students tease me all the time for how "behind the times" I am......oh well.

Have a great day.....here's to another fit one. Becky