Cathe Fans Part 5

Hi Ladies, XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Legs, Walking on Treadmill, stretch. I went up on a couple of exercises which is awesome! Our temps our going to drop into the low 30's tonight. I'll be lucky if it's 30 degrees tomorrow morning.
Ladies, my aunts arrive on the 10! It's going to be a busy weekend getting their room ready and washing all the clothes they keep here because they've been stored in the closet for an entire year.
I stayed late at work and the stress level is low so it was a good day.
Ladies, I was looking for the XT worksheets as you know and I ended up during a search in one of our favorite websites: 2lazy4thegym.com and found that Jessica Smith is there too. Lots of good stuff!
Love the name of this workout: JessicaSmithTV: Kick Butt Kickboxing
https://2lazy4gym.com/2017/11/01/jessicasmithtv-kick-butt-kickboxing/

So I didn't find the worksheets but this 2lazy4thegym site lists all the exercises in each workout so I'll just make my own worksheets. Next week I'll do Meso 1, then the next two weeks I'll go for the shorter XT workouts.

Laurie, awesome come back after being sick!!! Great job!
OMG I just love Jessica's dog Peanut! She cracks me up. She's the cutest thing! Definitely try her standing ab workouts. They are really good. So far so good in the stress department this week.

Tami, so happy you're feeling better! Great choice to skip BC class and great job getting back into the workouts today! I just want to keep going with these BB workouts a little longer. Years ago apparently there were XT worksheets online but they're no longer available. I think it's because Cathe sells the workbook for $8.
You're so sweet! Thanks for offering to make copies and emailing them to me! I just need Total Body Trisets so I'll make it based on the STS worksheets I made in Excel. Thanks so much for offering to copy it for me though!

Laurel, great job pushing through the 'whines' and pressing that play button. Great combo! I think we all make such a great team because we help motivate each other and cheer each other on during the hard times. Such a great support system!
I am so glad you're exploring the youtube workouts. I hear what you're saying about the quality of the video production. Home workout or fancy Cathe production? The PopSugar Fitness workouts are also really good. lots of variety there too.

Good night ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! If you can believe this, in our little tiny town......I had about 200 kids at the door last night Trick or Treating, I have never seen anything like it. The road in front of the house looked like a parade route with cars lined up in a one way fashion bumper to bumper as kids ran door to door. I figure that people from the more rural areas brought their kids here because we are one of the few true neighborhoods in the area. It was actually pretty fun.....but I wish I had bought more candy! I had a bag of 175 pieces that was gone in the first hour. After that, I resorted to my bags of Dove dark chocolate that I keep around for my chocolate cravings and some candy we had brought from Florida with us (I think DHs students gave it to him before we left). I thought I was going to have to start handing out canned food! I shut the lights off at 8:00pm because I didn't want to do that....and, finally, by 9:00pm it was quiet outside. Crazy! While I enjoyed it, standing in the doorway for two hours handing out candy like that kind of wore me out too. So today's workout didn't get my full energy unfortunately. But I did Bulk Shoulders followed by RWH Low Impact HiiT one into Cathe Live Low Impact HiiT Circuit.

I am just going to toss this out there as an idea I was mulling yesterday, and based on something Thelma said above......is anybody else up to extending these Bulk workouts out another week or two? It just seems we are all enjoying them right now, and I know for me that even one more week will probably result in some good improvements since it was just last week where I first started feeling the difference in strength. Another reason is (and this may sound strange) I was hoping Circuit Month would get us through the holidays since that is such a busy time and circuit workouts are, simply put, shorter. Right now we transition from circuits to Slow and Heavy on New Year's Eve. Not impossible, of course, but shorter wouldn't be bad either. Just a thought. I will go with what you all say......but wanted to toss out the idea.

Thelma, another great workout. Yesterday after I posted I got to wondering.......are you looking for worksheets for the XTrain workouts or the Low Impact Series Total Body Trisets workouts? I know when I responded, I was referring to the XTrain book. Unfortunately, I don't have any work sheets for the LIS Total Body Trisets either. But if you are searching for XT, maybe searching for LIS would lead to something. Just a thought. Anyhow, stay warm! Woke up to a dusting of snow this morning, but, finally, the fog has lifted and there is sun! If it takes snow to get sunlight, I will take the snow!

Laurie, great workout! I hope your appointment goes well and your DD likes her sweater! No doubt she will!! Being asked what you are making while making it is better than being asked after you have made it what it is. And, trust me, if any living soul besides me had seen the one lone sweater I knitted, that would have been a valid question. Horrible. Unfortunately, I did see on Facebook this morning that Cathe used a gliding tool in one of the new workouts. Anymore, though, I find there are ways of avoiding using it if necessary. Hopefully that will be the case for these workouts as well.

Tami, hope you are well.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies, tonight I did XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Arms. I am definitely feeling stronger and loving the BB Bulk workouts which is the reason why I vote to extend this part of the rotation by two weeks as Laurel suggested. I feel that I need to do it a little longer so I can increase my weights again. Tonight I screwed up and did arms instead of shoulders. Extending the rotation will workout perfectly for me in order to go into phase II. If I continued two more weeks doing BB Bulk that will cover me for one of the weeks my aunts will be here. Then the first week of phase II I could do LIS Total Body Trisets and start STS on week 2.
Laurel, you are right for some insane reason I've been thinking that Total Body Trisets is part of the XT program. I did search for LIS total body trisets and found nothing. I think this is by design as Cathe is controlling the distribution of her workout sheets for free.
Even though it was 30 degrees when I walked out of my house it didn't very cold. Someone told me that the temps will be in the 70's on Friday!

Laurie, great job! I hope you have a great time with your DD and that she likes her sweater. I really like that 2lazy4thegym website. I think I'll try that kickbox workout on Saturday. I will be taking 4 days in the two weeks my aunts are here. 3 days (I think) week one and 1 day on week 2 because we get 2 days off for Thanksgivings.

Laurel, OMG I can't believe you got so many children! Too funny about the candy. Now you know next year you'll have to seriously stock up on candy. How cold was it? We don't get any kids. The first year we lived here we got a few kids, the second year maybe 2 and none since then. I've heard that there are certain neighborhoods in this town where people take their kids trick or treating. Great job getting the workouts in!
I know why I keep thinking that Total Body Trisets is part of the XT program: I was having a senior moment based on what I remembered you'd said about what workouts I could use instead of P90X:
"Regarding Month 2, you could use the XTrain (Discs 1 and 2) workouts, though I am not sure they are much shorter than P90X. Do you have the LIS Trisets workouts? The premixes from those workouts (Chest/Shoulder/Triceps, Back/Bicep/Core and Legs) are all under 40 minutes and all would meet the bill for higher reps/lower weights."

So I remembered XT and something about Trisets! LOL

Tami, great job getting your workouts in! Glad you had a good time with your DH watching the game.
Since it sounds like we are extending the BB rotation I would love it if you sent me copies of the XT (this time I do mean XT! LOL) workout sheets. No rush. OMG snow already? I guess for me it seems early but maybe not for your neck of the woods. The '2lazy4thegym' site is really great.
I just love having all of you ladies in my life because you've been so helpful and inspirational. You keep me accountable and I have learned so much from all of you so THANK YOU!

Good night ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Well, it sounds like we are all on for another two weeks of Sagi! Yay! I know I will be ready to move on after that, but I am loving these workouts right now and the very positive effect they are having in my body. I finally feel like I am returning to pre-Alaska levels of fitness, and that makes me very happy. And I have you Ladies to thank! So thank you!!!

So today I started with Bulk Arms, which felt really good. For cardio, I did Cathe's Intensity thru the low impact HiiT....and then repeated part of Tuesday's workout with Cathe Live Cross Fire Quick Fix and Core. I think I am going to do that workout a ridiculous amount of times. It reminds me of a Blizzard Blast with a great core section.

Tami, so glad to hear you are back to normal! Great workouts, as always. Hopefully you don't get hit with too much snow. They are predicting something like 5" here tonight/tomorrow morning, so our world is definitely turning white again. But I saw a report yesterday that the Artic is about 50 degrees above normal right now, and I can attest to that. That we are still hovering around freezing is crazy. This is the time of year ten years ago we dipped below zero......and stayed there until March. So I really shouldn't be whining and cranky!!

Thelma, I am happy that extending out this portion of the rotation will help you get ready for your aunts and for part of their visit. And that feeling stronger feeling is so good too! That is funny about the LIS Trisets. Actually, since I recommended both XT and LIS, I, too, was confused in what you had decided on!! So you are not alone!! It was about 30 degrees here for Halloween this year, and that might be one of the reasons so many kids were out. As I told Tami, we are very warm for this time of year. It was fun to be able to see all the costumes without scarves and coats and such......and since most parents were driving along, the kids could hop back into the car if they needed to warm up.

Laurie, that's too bad about the sweater! But it gives you and your DD an excuse to get together again. You are right about figuring out yarn weights because, without question, I chose the worst yarn to use for trying to make a sweater. It was thick and cheap and not at all soft. Like I said.....horrible! Glad you are okay with extending out this part of the rotation a bit as well. It seems to be clicking with all of us right now. Love the new pic!

See you all tomorrow!

Laurel

Hi Ladies, tonight I did XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Shoulders, treadmill. I am so happy you're all willing to extend the BB Bulk phase of our rotation because I am definitely getting stronger. I went up today on a couple of shoulder exercises which makes me want to continue doing the Bulk workouts for another month. It's like this is the stronger I've ever been so I wonder what can another month of BB Bulk can do for me. I'm excited!

Laurie, fabulous job with your workouts! I hope you liked the standing ab workout! Sorry you forgot to put your DD's sweater in the car. At least you know have another excuse to go see her! So happy we are all in enjoying the BB Bulk phase!

Laurel, sounds like you did a really fun combo today! Great job! I just love that we found each other through this group. Great support system! Sounds like you guys are going through a heat wave! I'm glad you're in a much better place mentally about being in Alaska and about your fitness level!

Hi Tami, great workouts! Rain and snow! Not a good combo. Stay safe!

Good night ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies & Happy Friday! We did get a little sciff of snow but it is still just spitting out and cold. Definitely Fallish/Winter here in the Northwest. So I was able to get in BULK Arms last night after work, which was great to be caught up to our rotation however DH came home late and started visiting with me and I could not go back to sleep for a while. So hence after midnight sometime I fell back asleep. No early a.m. BUILD Legs for me so again, tomorrow will be my makeup LEG day and Yoga. NO overstretching this time. I am loving have a couple leg days a week by the way and again, YAHOO for us continuining on in BULK with Sagi. I will be going to Spinning tonight though after work .... so a little cardio for me today.

So my good day yesterday involved our office manager meeting with me and telling me how happy he is with me being a part of this team and how glad he was that he hired me 3 years ago. Along with that, in the dept. that I work most of my day they are going to start increasing my responsibilities which will also give me the opportunity to learn more and move up if I want. This will also be a raise at the first of the year!!!!! You guys I can’t even tell you the joy I feel of having a company want to help me succeed and also compensate me for it. I also am having an extra week vacation added on just because and also because I am seriously the only one who doesn’t use my 5 sick days. So yahoo for all of this! The only sad part is the other dept. that I am very part time, they will have to tell her at the beginning of the year what is happening, I know she will be glad for me but sad for her, since I have become her “help” when she needs it and is gone or something. Not that I won’t but it won’t be a daily thing. So anyway, its all quiet until January but I wanted to tell you guys ….. my cheerleaders and friends I speak with daily.

Thelma: Great job with your workouts and sounds like our extension of BULK will work for you as well! Yahoo. No problem at all I will bring my XT booklet to work either over the weekend if I come in or next week and make copies of the workout sheets for you. Happy to do that. Roads are good so far because it is cold but not freezing the roads cold and slick.

Laurie: Too bad you forgot the sweater for your DD but true, now you have an excuse to get together very soon. I am sure it was so nice to see her and have your hair prettied up. Funny how hair dressers always have the “gossip” … that’s how my BFF is. She will tell me stuff and she says it is just what people do when they sit in those chairs, start talking like its therapy or something. LOL YES we were very happy about the outcome of the World Series, what a series it was. For not really caring as much when it started I thoroughly enjoyed the games.

Laurel: and THANK YOU for suggesting it on our rotation! I am feeling more strength and something about his workouts makes me really concentrate on form; PLUS l love the muscle fatigue for each body part being worked on each workout. That CF Quick Fix + Core sounds amazing, just the name of it I know I would like it. I love the BB’s and anything with good core work is so great. YAY that you found another keeper. YIKES on your 5” of snow. I think in the mountains we got quite a bit and outlying areas but here in town it was just a skiff. More is scheduled to come, nothing like you guys though. I can’t even imagine going through that with the cold. Well, actually I can imagine because we have had very long winters in years past as well but not below zero for that many days. Here’s hoping it is not like that this year for you guys.

Have a great weekend ladies ~ Talk to you on Monday!
Tami

Hi Ladies, what a busy weekend! I've done so many loads of laundry that I've lost count. I've been refreshing all the winter clothes my aunts have here and also washing towels, sheets, blankets, quilts. The works! I also made a workout out of vacuuming the quilts by doing butt kicks while vacuuming them on the bed. I vacuum the quilts for cat fur before I wash them. I have 3 king size ones so it was a little workout. LOL
I'm pretty close to being ready for my aunts' arrival. I have one more load of laundry to do. I also need to need to dig out the gifts I've purchased for my family and label them so my aunts can take them back with them.

I was really tired on Friday and I just could not get myself to lift weights so I did Jessica Smith Cardio Bootcamp Boogie + Abs, Stretching. On Saturday I did Jessica Smith Yoga for Back Pain + 10 min Total Body Stretch. Today Vacuuming 3 king size quilts while doing butt kicks, XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Chest, Jessica Smith Abs, Jill Miller's Yoga Link: Shoulder Shape-Up.

Laurie, great workouts! I am really loving Jessica's ab workouts. Glad you enjoyed Jessica's workout!

Tami, great job getting your workouts in! YAHOO for us continuing on in BULK with Sagi!
OMG on your job wonderful news! CONGRATS!!! I'm so happy for you Tami. You totally deserve the recognition, the raise and the extra vacation week! That other lady is going to be sad for herself but very happy to see you get such a nice opportunity to advance your career. I can't believe you've been there for 3 years! Wow!
Thanks so much for getting those XT worksheet copies for me!

Laurel, awesome workouts and congrats on being stronger. What a wonderful feeling!
What did your husband say about the commute on the snowy roads?
It does feel good to be getting stronger. My shoulders are not back to 100% and from time-to-time they bother me but with a little help from Jill Miller I feel better.

Good night ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! We had a pretty snowy weekend here. The temperatures are still up in the 20s which has everything so slick. We had quite a few errands to run in town on Saturday, and at one point we went over a bridge and then slid into an intersection. Nothing too scary, thankfully, but unusual for up here. Yesterday I decided to stay cozied up in the house and worked on Christmas projects. Much less stressful!

Saturday's yoga was Eoin Finn's Power Yoga for Happiness Magically Hips routine. It has been years since in have touched these DVDs, and I don't know why. Such a fantastic yoga workout, and he says such goofy things he makes me smile. Sunday's workout was Bulk Chest followed by Cardio Core Circuit. I did modify a couple of the core moves in this workout to be more in line to what she does in her live workouts, and I enjoyed to so much more that way. Today was Bulk Back, and I was able to increase the weight throughout, which I am really going to try to focus on these next two weeks. For cardio, I did Cathe Live Sweat, Jump and Pump, which is such a toughie.

Thelma, wow! That's a lot of work!! And you even made tough work tougher by making it a workout! Fantastic job. And I am sure the hard work will be appreciated. DH hasn't had too many problems on the road, but he is taking my Subaru which is not only is heavier than his car, but is AWD and has about the best snow tire you can find. We survived up here last time with just regular all-season tires but, as I mentioned, the temps were so low that things weren't too icy. But his all seasons on his Mazda were just not working. So I have his car if I need to get to the grocery store and such, and he has my car for the longer commute. We are supposed to (finally) drop below zero next week and hopefully a good covering of snow will make things less slick for the winter. Who ever thought I would think below zero would be good news? But I wouldn't mind getting my car back if I want to go into Fairbanks.

Laurie, I actually had Bob Harper in the DVD player on Saturday but decided at the last minute I felt like something 'quieter'. Eoin Finn was perfect. Thank you, again, for introducing him to me so many years ago. I am loving Yoga Saturday beyond all reason right now because it is, without doubt, reintroducing me to how good this type of workout can feel both physically and mentally. Yay for the weight loss! I haven't weighed myself since before we moved. Someday I will step back on the scale but, for now, I am satisfied with just going with how I feel. Less pressure and let's me be delusional.

Tami, hope you had a good weekend!

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies, tonight I did XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Back, Jessica Smith Standing Abs, Stretching. OMG I woke up with calf and hamstring DOMS from the butt kicks! I really wasn't expecting this at all!

Laurie, glad you enjoyed your weekend! Awesome workouts and congrats on upping your weights! Jessica's huge variety of workouts offers a lot of good add on workouts. I knew vacuuming could be a workout and on Sunday I decided to find out for myself! LOL. You are so right about Jessica getting your hr going without doing super high impact!

Laurel, OMG sliding out of control when the roads are slick is so scary! Great idea to stay home on Sunday!
Wow awesome workouts lady! I have some type of hip yoga workout too. I should probably give it a try one of these days. I'm so glad your DH has been taking your Subaru to work. I knew you would love the Subaru. They really are great in the snow. OMG wow! I definitely would never think of being happy about temps dropping below zero! Your DH is just going to have to trade his Mazda in for a Subaru!

Tami, glad you had a good weekend and good job on those wonderful workouts! Weekends are never long enough! I bet Bernie loved going to work with you. Will you still continue to work on weekends now that you won't be helping in that other department? BTW, you should continue to feel happy about the recognition at work. It will be a nice change of pace to be able to just focus in one department.

Good night ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! A rare day lately of sunshine and blue skies! So energizing!! So today's workout started with Bulk Legs, and I went as heavy as my legs would allow. It felt really good though my legs were shaking at the end. So once those shakes wore off, I did my cardio, which was IMAX2 followed by the abs work from Cardio and Weights. I have a feeling I will have some serious DOMS tomorrow, but for now everything feels really good!

Tami, glad you enjoyed your weekend and were able to catch up a bit at work. No doubt that makes Monday more tolerable. How funny that Bob Harper found a way into three DVD players this weekend. I do enjoy his yoga and look forward to actually doing it soon. Eoin Finn is more 'stereotypical' yoga (quiet music, relaxing voice, etc) but he actually is pretty fun to listen to. And he offers all levels of yoga in one workout because, boy, some of the people truly are pretzels! But he is really good at instructing all levels which I like.

Thelma, great workout! Wow on the DOMS!! Sounds like you definitely hit some untouched muscles! Yes, both DH and I are super impressed with my Subaru. His Mazda is a nice car, gets better gas mileage and is easy to drive. But my Subaru is definitely the better vehicle. I hope I get it back from him.

Laurie, love the sweater!! Looks like it would be perfect for both dressy and casual days. You have two beautiful daughters, without question. Yay for upping the weight in Bulk Legs. You really are doing amazing post-illness! Good stuff. Yes, Eoin's dog makes me smile......especially his little mat. And Eoin really does hit those hips better than anybody else I have done for Yoga. As I age, that is one area that is getting tighter, so it felt really good.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi ladies, quick post. I've been having email issues and I've spent a long time troubleshooting and I still can't figure it out! So frustrating! My workout tonight was X10 w/u, BB Bulk Legs, Treadmill, stretch. My DOMS are gone thank God.

Laurie, great workout and so happy both your girls loved the sweater! It really looks nice! Congrats on upping the weights and the weight loss! Those DOMS were unexpected but I think it's because I didn't stretch afterwards.

Awesome workout Laurel and congrats for going as heavy as possible. I wasn't too energetic tonight so I didn't up anything! I definitely used different muscles with the butt kicks. I have serious doubts you will get your car back this winter! Hopefully he'll let you drive it next summer! He really needs to get a Subaru. I finally made DH get one about 6 years ago and he loved it while he had it.

Tami, great job with your BC class! Glad you enjoyed that killer workout! Sorry you have to go to the dentist on Friday but hopefully it won't take too long. You're going to lunch after the dentist with your mouth still numb?
I bet you are looking forward to having a short week after working over the weekend. We don't get the holiday but DH does. I hope you still get paid OT with this new FT job if you still have to work weekends!

Good night ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! I started today with Bulk Shoulders. I find shoulders the most difficult body part to increase weights on, partly because of my shoulder problems and partly because of the muscle itself. So today I told myself to just strap on an additional 1lb weight on each wrist and go with that until I couldn't....and I made it through the workout with the weights still on. It was enough of a challenge that I felt it but not too much (like the standard 3-5lb jump) that I couldn't finish the reps. Maybe next week I will try it with my 2lb weights. For cardio, I pieced together the cardio only sections from two Cathe Live boxing workouts for a fun 60 minute cardio kickboxing challenge. Surprisingly, while I am a little tight in my legs, for the most part they feel fine, so I was able to go longer and harder today than I expected.

Tami, sounds like a really good BC class. Another one where there is so much variety that it is hard to get bored. Yep, I don't know what I was thinking doing Legs followed by IMAX, but, thankfully, I am not paying for it too much! I am sorry you need to go to the dentist on your day off but hopefully it will be short and painless.

Thelma, glad to hear your DOMS didn't last long. Good job getting your workout in despite being somewhat low energy. I think (hope) I will get my car back after the winter. We traded cars in the winter last time we were here, and I got my car back. But, of course, back then he was driving the nicer car.....and now I am. Hmmmm.....maybe I should be worried!

Laurie, sounds like a good workout. I wish there were more cardio-only BC options to be honest. It sounds like a combo I would like with the BC. I hear you on the 'talking' shoulders right now. Those weighted gloves for boxing today felt really heavy! It is funny about my legs, though, because I hopped right out of bed without any problem. The first I really felt them was doing my Cathe warm-up before Bulk Shoulders when she started pulling those legs up and I was like 'Yep, I worked those yesterday!' Hope the DOMS don't kick in tomorrow.

Enjoy the day.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

No workout last night, we where moving the furniture back into place after having our carpets cleaned. Rocket was having a blast with all the space, and of course we found a lot of lost toys. Those tennis balls seem to hide really well. This morning was Bulk Arms, and I tried a few exercises for upping weight. Only about a pound, but it felt great.

Laurel, Awesome job with the workouts, it really makes a difference with just that 1lb. I have some 1/2lb weights that are small enough to put in my hands, and even that makes quite a difference. That KCM workout would be a good one to get, it is intended for adding onto a workout. So that Cardio Bootcamp was probably around 15 min., but it got the hr up. There are 6 of these workouts, and they are Cardio Bootcamp, light db Cardio Sculpting, Upper Body Strength, Stronger/Leaner Lower Body, Kickboxing with light dbs, Yoga Flow Stretch. Not that I enable at all. I to hope that it isn't a case of the two day DOMS. I have had that happen when doing STS workouts.

Thelma, Great job getting your workout in even at that late hour. Sorry to hear that there is a lot going on at work, but I'm sure that you will have a good time with your Aunts when they get here. Dang on the app not working, I don't know what I would do without having my e-mail on my phone. We are suppose to get those temps today with snow, so our winter has started.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies! Today started with Bulk Arms, and I focused on trying to up the weights on triceps. I was successful! I even was able to increase the weights on those last sets of biceps. I feel much stronger this week than last, and chalk that up to sleeping better now that DH is back. I think I've grown used to him being home all the time because I used to sleep better when he was away! But I guess this is a good thing. Anyhow, for cardio, I went back to the 1990's and did Cathe's Max Intensity Cardio. Still tough and still gets me sweating buckets. I really have to talk myself into doing this one, but it is one I never regret doing because it gives me so much energy. Good stuff.

Thelma, sorry to hear about the long day. Again, I am amazed at your ability to workout that late. No doubt your aunts visit is causing some stress. No matter how much I love seeing people, I still find having houseguests completely exhausting. Here is hoping the snow stays away and milder temperatures return soon.

Laurie, moving furniture is a workout! But it is so worth it for clean carpets. Good job with the workout this morning. It really is amazing how much difference a pound can make on some exercises. Thank you for enabling me! When you all were talking about KCM's pre-sale, I went browsing on her sight. But I would imagine my reaction was the same as many going to Cathe's site.....where do I start? But I am going to look into these. I used to go to my Shaun T. workouts when I needed a little time away from Cathe cardio, but I don't think my body is going to handle those for too much longer. So I am looking for a challenging Cathe alternative that isn't brutal. This might be a good place to start looking.

Tami, great workouts! Boy do I wish my shoulders were the strongest part of my body!! They are the link to so many other muscles. But mine like to dislocate, so...... . I am sorry to hear about your friend's father. That is difficult news. I am sure she will appreciate a day with a friend right now....and a hug. Hope all goes well at the dentist.

DH is off tomorrow for Veteran's Day, so I probably won't be checking in. Enjoy the long weekend. And, Thelma, I hope your aunts trip goes smoothly, and they arrive safe and sound.

Laurel

Hi Ladies, tonight I did XT CBS B/T w/u, BB Bulk Arms, Shape-Up, Stretching. Today was yet another very long day at work. It seems that lately my normal is to start my workout at around 8:45 tonight. I was able to up my weights on one of the exercises. On the EZ bar curl I went up 2 1/2 lbs! I think that is my max. I'm up to 33 1/2 lbs and it got hard on the last set. I went up a lb on the first exercise which was also a curl. Don't know how I had the energy to workout but I had the energy.

We had a killer frost last night. All the plants died. That is kind of sad! Tomorrow will be even colder. It will start warmer and the temps will drop throughout the day. By the time we leave the airport after 1AM it will be in the low teens! This is insane right on time for my aunts' arrival.
Laurie, great job with your arm workout and for going up on the weights! Funny about Rocket loving all the space and you finding all his toys under the furniture. Same thing happens here with the cat toys.

My mail app started to work last night so it was a server issue! The good thing is that I could get my mail through my phone and the browser but of course answering email with the is frustrating because I'm a fast typist

Tami, great workouts! It really is a lot when you're expecting company. So glad you will be able get OT pay! Your mouth will be OK by the time you eat lunch after 2 1/2 hours for sure. Just don't get soup or you might need a bib! LOL

Laurel, awesome job upping your weights! I think the feeling of feeling so much stronger with this rotation is the reason why I want to stay on Bulk as long as possible.
Honestly I don't know how I get myself to workout that late but it's a good thing cause I've been trying to talk myself out of working out and yet I still go downstairs to workout. Notice how I didn't say 'drag'. I couldn't agree with more with you about having houseguests being exhausting. Of course I have to go into entertaining mode the minute I get home from work. I'm only working 2 days each week for the next two weeks but I'll worry about work falling behind. So I'll probably call my team in the morning for our daily stand up meeting. I have to prepare a report so I'll try to do that while I'm off. I know it stinks but I have to do it. I hope the temps warm up for use for sure.

Good night ladies!
Thelma