Cathe Fans Part 5

Morning Ladies,

After work I got in Burn Sets Biceps, and this morning was Jessica Smith Flat Abs Walk. Jessica is really good at getting in other body parts along with the abs.

Laurel, Great workouts. On that 80's style workout, does everyone wear the leotards? We all need those days of lower impact. Chris Freytag talks about how she only does about two days high impact and the rest is low or no impact. I can't have my step as high as Cathe does for the plyo workouts, and I step up step down, because I have missed the step before and never want to do that again. I guess for me it is the fear of injury that has me taking it down, because it seems that recovery from this last injury took a lot longer. I don't want to have to go through all that again. I was looking at some of the Jessica workouts that I have, and now want to incorporate them into my rotation. She really is good at getting the body sore in a low impact way.

Thelma, Sorry to hear that you and your DH had such a rough day at work. A rest day is a good thing when you know that your mind just can't handle it. I had a good time with Jessica this morning, and will probably add in some more of her workouts.

Thanks,
Laurie

Hi Ladies, Bulk chest tonight for me. Another long day at work but thankfully I have tomorrow off. DH and I are going out on a lunch date, then to the bank for a mortgage preapproval. That's exciting! I had a much better day at work which is good. I even got a bunch of xerox boxes for packing.

Laurie, great workouts! I love it how Jessica gets your abs while doing her cardio workouts. The standing leg work is also good.

Laurel, sounds like a great workout combo. You had me cracking up with Cathe getting confused with her own step workout! Made me feel better about getting lost! LOL
Don't feel bad about going with a lower step because you will still get a good workout. Better safe than sorry!!
I also step up/down. There is no way can do those jumps because I'm too scared I'll miss.

Tami, thinking of you.

Good night ladies and I hope you have a nice weekend!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! I have been reviewing Cathe Live workouts again on 2Lazy’s site, and whenever I do that, I seem to try some I never have done before. So it was another new-to-me Cathe Live lower body workout today, which was Legs with Weights and Barre. This was 35 minutes of moderate weight, metabolic leg work followed by 15 minutes of barre. I really enjoyed it, and it got my heart rate up quite well too. I added on the core work from Lean Legs and Abs also. So because my HR had already been up, I opted for a pretty moderate cardio workout today, which was Cathe Live Kick Punch Cardio. Good stuff. But I must say my body is ready for yoga tomorrow after this week’s workouts!

Thelma, great workout! I hope you are enjoying your day off and lunch date with DH. I am so excited that my DH doesn’t have to work tomorrow. This will be our first complete weekend together in a month. I don’t like that, especially in the summer time when we can actually get out and do things. Hope all goes well with the mortgage preapproval!

Laurie, more great workouts! I hope you have a good time at the party. Seems like forever since I have been to anything like a party to be honest. Kinda sad actually. Anyhow, I do love the human factor in the live workouts. Makes me realize that everybody has their on and off days, that’s for sure. But since you asked the other day and I forgot to answer, no leg warmers and leotards in Cathe’s 80s Style workouts. Thankfully. Regarding CCC, I think the cardio probably could be easily modified to lower impact. But some of those core moves.....I would just toss right out the window.

Tami, .

See you Monday.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Saturday was pilates for me with GHUTV Pilates Yoga Fusion, so some good core work with yoga. On Sunday I only did Burn Sets Back, because I was outside pulling weeds. This morning I did GHUTV Arms & Abs. We had a great time visiting with our friends on Saturday, and stayed out way to late.

Laurel, Great job on all the workouts! Nice that your DH is home for the weekend, I hope that you both enjoyed having that time together. I had to LOL about your comment with the CCC core moves, ya I remember those all to well. I do know a move to sub for that roll up move though! I can never do that one so why try. The workout I did this morning had a sub for that one, so now I just have to check out some of the other moves, and I probably will dust that one off.

Thelma, Great job getting the attic almost purged, that has to be a huge relief. Nice that you will be donating the clothes to a women's shelter. I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated. Awesome job with the workouts, you are really finding some good ones. One of the guys I work with got an RV that is really cool, it isn't huge and he and his gf love it. They have been traveling all around WI this summer with it. I will ponder what is the best way for me to get all my workouts in. Maybe a calendar that I can just move the workout to the space. Will think about that for a bit.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, tonight's workout was XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Arms, Jessica Smith Cardio Party, stretch. I really liked this JS workout!

Laurie, awesome workouts! I'm so glad you had a lot of fun at the party on Saturday!
All those clothes and coats will really be appreciated by the women at the shelter.
The Jessica Smith workouts I've been doing are from her #Fitin15 series. I am glad your co-worker enjoys his RV. I would've never thought about an RV but I've been watching a show called "Going RV" and it's amazing how many people have or are getting RVs. It looks like a lot of fun and I can tow up to 6500 lbs with my Grand Cherokee!

Laurel, fabulous workouts! Glad you and your husband were able to play golf. I'm sorry your husband has to travel for several weeks this winter for work. I think getting a mood light is a great idea!
I started watching a show called Going RV and now I dream of us owning an RV some day. Hopefully, we'll be able to rent one for the move with the cats. We hope to get a dog once one of us retires. Check the RV show out when you have a moment. Each episode is 1/2 hour.

https://www.greatamericancountry.com/shows/going-rv/episodes

Tami, so glad you were able to attend your Bootcamp class! I hope it was a lot of fun! Thinking of you!

Good night ladies!!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Bulk Legs followed by Cathe Live Pedal to the Metal. This was a really tough spin class on tired legs! But I loved it!

Thelma, great workouts! I am definitely going to check out that RV show. Like Laurie and her DH, my DH really wants to take about a year to travel across the country. I do and I don’t, to be honest. Part of me thinks we've crossed the country enough already , but when I think about why those trips seemed long at times, it was all the unpacking and packing up of the car (and more often than not.....cars) every night into a different hotel. And since most of those trips were moving trips, it meant securing all the valuables we were carrying with us. But I have absolutely loved seeing the countryside and would love to see it without the pressure of time. So an RV trip may be ideal down the road (no pun intended ).

Laurie, great workouts. Isn’t that Lower Body workout good? I was going to try another one from that series this weekend (Barefoot Cardio Core) but ran out of time. Hoping to get it in this coming weekend before yoga. I love her workouts because you really can adapt them to your own fitness level. That’s very encouraging news about your in-laws. I really hope they can find something they will enjoy. No doubt it will be tough to move, but hopefully once they make the decision, they will both realize it was a good thing for them.

Tami, thinking of you.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

would be incredibly happy but I think I'm scared.
DH continues to train on the job for his next job which is fabulous. The potential employer and his partner were in town and met with him. They can't wait to have him on board. The owner was ready to take DH on a business trip with him tonight! DH is even thinking of starting to work for them p/t given that the work can be done remotely. I think that is a bit premature and potentially too much to handle.

Tami, I just saw your post! I am terribly sorry for your loss. So glad you were able to be by your mom's side when she passed on and that you spent time with your sister.
You are amazing! I can't believe you went back to work so soon and have decided to just push through the grief by jumping back into your life. Very brave of you. It is good that will allow yourself to grieve when the need hits you.

Next week is the last week of the BB Bulk rotation. The next phase is still one body part but with Muscle Meltdowns:

Sunday-Muscle Meltdown Back
Monday-Muscle Meltdown Shoulders
Tuesday-Muscle Meltdown Biceps
Wednesday-ICE Chiseled Lower Body Blast
Thursday-Muscle Meltdown Chest
Friday-Muscle Meltdown Triceps

Laurie, fabulous workouts! The lower body workout sounds wonderful. I'll have to try one of Jessica's leg workouts with weights.
Glad you were able to get a great workout using heavier weights and a lower step. Laurel, this one is for you!

How did your DH and his mother do with the senior living facilities? I hope she decided on the one near your BIL! Funny about offering your MIL to go clean your house if she has an urge to clean.
You should watch the RV show I posted about last night. You should see how many people give up their homes to go RV'ing full time just so they can travel. It's amazing how far RV's have come. They are beautiful and a some have dishwashers, washer, dryer, residential size refrigerator. The works! I like the idea of renting one for sure.

Laurel, great leg workout!
If your DH wants to travel in an RV for a year I would make him promise that there wouldn't be work involved! LOL
This RV trip would be different for you hopefully. It will be full of beautiful places to see and lots of golf all over the country!
Speaking of securing the valuables during the travel trip. How did you do that? I have thought of us renting a moving truck so we could move some things ourselves. I worry about the truck screaming valuables inside while we spend the night in a hotel!

Good night ladies!!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Bulk Shoulders followed by a cardio combo of X10 Cardio Blast into Cathe Live Cardio Fusion. Good stuff.

Tami, I am so sorry. I absolutely cannot begin to imagine how internally exhausted you are right now. But I am glad you were able to make it to LA and spend time with your mom and your sister. No doubt you are in shock with how quickly this happened and probably feeling (or wanting to feel at least) almost numb. I love that you know what you need right now.....normalcy and routine. But keep listening to yourself, and as my sister described it after we lost our mom, please be gentle with yourself. Huge hugs my friend. Anyhow, as Thelma pointed out, next week will be our last week with Body Beast Bulk, and then we go on to one more month of one body part a day. I will be using the Muscle Meltdowns for at least one of those weeks, but I also know I am going to opt for Gym Styles for one week since I have a short week because of a little weekend getaway DH and I will be taking. So jump in with whatever sounds good to you.

Thelma, like Laurie said, we lost part of your post! I love that things look so positive for your DHs new job. That has to be a huge relief for you. Regarding our valuables when we traveled, we kept all our computers, my jewelry, important documents, and non-replaceable keepsakes with us in our cars. Our cars have alarms so we didn’t empty them every night. But every night, we took in my jewelry and our important documents (and smaller electronics).....plus our luggage, of course. We both have covers in our cars that block out the truck space, so the remaining stuff in the cars weren’t openly visible. When we moved all our stuff in the u-Hauls (to Florida), we chose hotels wisely, always parked the truck in lighted areas, etc. But, to be brutally honest, with things like this there is no way to be 100% secure. It is definitely one of the stresses of moving and, so far, we have been very, very lucky.

Laurie, great workout this morning. Again, I hope that your in-laws can find a place, and it sounds like that one would be so convenient. But that is bad news about your DH’s uncle! I hope he can heel from that. Anyhow, I find that spinning after my leg workout really prevents DOMS. I would have thought it would be the exact opposite until Cathe mentioned in one of her workouts that spinning was a great treatment for DOMS. Unlike her, though, I struggle spinning the day after a leg workout, but if I do it the day of the leg workout, I get more from the spinning and I barely feel I worked my legs the next day. Definitely a win-win for me! I will be curious if you have a similar response from the elliptical. I will keep you posted if I do that JS workout this weekend. I have not done the Foundations workout yet, so let me know how you like it.

So DH comes home last night and tells me he got a call from a good friend of ours from his time in the Air Force. He runs a military retirement facility and had talked to DH when he retired from the AF about working there, but the timing never worked out. But now he seriously wants to hire DH to come work with him. . In Florida. My head is spinning too quickly to know how I feel about that. But DH needs to look over everything and decide if it is a job he would want. Me? I’ll be in the corner eating chocolate for awhile.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies, today one of my teammates was coughing all over the place so by the end of the day I was feeling sick. I had the sniffles and kept on clearing my throat. I really felt like something was brewing inside my chest. Amazingly I still tried to workout! I attempted a leg workout but my body was not cooperating so I gave that idea up. I ended up walking with Leslie Sansone today again. She was what I needed tonight. I felt better after my workout and a nice shower.
We got the mortgage pre-approval today! YAAY! My boss, mentor, and dear friend announced his retirement today. This is a huge loss for us. Things could take a turn ugly for us without him to be our buffer. Apparently, our company requires a 3-month notice for retirement so he will work until mid-November.

OK, so I really missed part of my post with my copy and paste job! Here is what you missed:

I worked from home on Tuesday because I had an ophthalmologist appointment. In the morning I walked with Leslie Sansone and at night I did XT CBS w/u, BB Bulk Shoulders, Treadmill, Stretch.

Yesterday we had another meeting with our financial advisor and I've been given the green light to retire next February. You would think I would be incredibly happy but I think I'm scared. DH told me that the fact that my boss is retiring really solidifies my decision to retire. He is right of course.

Laurie, great job with your workouts!
Glad your MIL liked the facility they visited on Wed. I don't blame for being worried about $ though. Sorry about your DH's uncle's fall! OMG, I hope your DH doesn't have to deal with his uncle too!
DH is really getting excited about the new job because he has the possibility of a non-traveling job if he starts toward the end of the year I believe. So this is a new plan!

Laurel, great combo today! It really is hard to protect valuables when having to spend the night in a hotel. That is the reason why I want to rent the RV. DH thinks we could make the trip from Boston to Blue Ridge in one day. I think that would be insane!
I understand what you mean about spinning after a leg workout prevents DOMS. That is the same thing I experience when walking on
the treadmill.
OMG with your husband's new employment possibility! Like I said he has good luck getting jobs!

Tami, great job listening to your body. The Muscle Meldown rotation should be fun. Glad you'll be able to join us.
We are definitely a few steps closer to our new location.

Good night ladies!!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout started with Bulk Arms. What I have been doing these past few weeks is randomly selecting a warm-up from a Cathe Live upper body workout (in place of Sagi’s not-very-adequate warm-up), and when I feel like it, doing the core work from the same workout after I finish my Bulk workouts. Usually Cathe’s core work in these workouts is pretty short.....but not with the workout I chose today. It was almost 20 minutes long. It was good, but somehow it left me not having a clue what to do for cardio. So after walking in circles for awhile (literally), I just selected a random Cathe Live cardio and went with it. That was Cathe’s Birthday Blast. Not sure it was exactly what I was feeling like today, but I think I would have had that reaction to any workout I chose today.

Tami, I am glad you are listening to your body and getting some extra rest. No question the grief, shock and pain will hit you without warning. I always think of it as a wave hitting me. I still experience it, to be honest. And, for more honesty, there is no question in my mind that one of the reasons I reacted so very negatively to our move out of Florida was that my DH first hit me with the news of moving just a few months after my mother passed away.......and all I wanted at that time (it was also two weeks before Christmas, which was hard enough already) was normalcy, routine, security and home. So please give yourself a lot of time to heal. Anyhow, yes DH and I are going to Homer, Alaska for Labor Day, but no RV for us this time. And four weeks from tomorrow night.....we fly to Hawaii! About the possible move to Florida, it would be in a different part of Florida (the panhandle). But, yes, if we are going to do that, we so much more easily could have done the move without it being via Alaska. Sigh. I don’t know what we are going to do, so I am going to pretend we are doing nothing. I used to have a mug that read ‘Denial is My Happy Place’. So true!! Anyhow.....I am glad next month’s workout plan sounds good to you!

Thelma, wow on the news about your boss! When I read that, I thought it is such a good thing you already have a plan in place to retire! I know your boss has provided you with a lot of needed top cover. I know the idea of retiring is scary, but hopefully it ends up being the best possible thing and the best possible time. That being said, I would not recommend making that trip down the east coast in one day. I am sure you are enough familiar with how bad the traffic can be to know that, but if you are moving anywhere close to spring break......the highways are a mess! Granted, we were more south than where you are the times we were traveling through there, but we found some of our heaviest traffic in South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. We had an easy 8 hour trip take over 10 hours, so I can’t imagine how long your 17 hour trip could become! Anyhow, good job in finding a workout that worked for you yesterday. I hope you aren’t coming down with something. I know around here, everybody is having significant sinus issues.....myself included. I chalk it up to the change of the seasons, but that dull headache I had all day yesterday was no fun. Take care of yourself!

Laurie, great workouts! I really like the sound of the metabolic workout. I am so happy to hear your in-laws have found a place to move. Hopefully your uncle follows along as well. Like I said to Tami, I have no clue what we are going to do about moving right now. DH confused the heck out of me over breakfast this morning between talking about the job in Florida vs staying with his current company vs moving somewhere else entirely. If I hadn’t just made the bed, I would have crawled right back in to it. I figure I will give him some time to work things out in his mind and then we can talk about making a decision. This took him by surprise too, so I understand his mind (like mine) is flying. Mine just wasn’t flying quite as quickly as his at 5:00am this morning while eating my oatmeal!

Until tomorrow.


Laurel