Cathe Fans Part 5

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was LIS Back, Biceps and Core premix from Upper Body Trisets followed by Cathe Live Cardio Core Blast. Our internet is all wonky right now, so I am having to stream everything in low quality, but at least that is working this week. Last week....not so much. But I would imagine it was our internet speed causing my problems here. And, btw, we broke the record for the hottest day ever in October here in Huntsville with a high of 98. We are expected to hit 98 again today. Next week, fingers crossed, we may be in the 70s with a chance of rain. Boy do I hope so!

Tami, great workouts! I am glad to hear you are going to see your DH this weekend and that the fishing has gotten better for him. I was wondering if you got snow last weekend! Sounds like we are at opposite ends of extremes. You have already seen winter and summer here just won’t end! I did Ally Love’s Country Ride, and I love her music! I hope to do another of her workouts on Friday. Yesterday I tried a different instructor since I am still in my free trial phase, and I enjoyed him and his music too. His name escapes me at the moment though! I had no problem with the cadence because it is the same on my bike. As far as resistance, I just went with how I was feeling, trying to increase in the same proportions. Both workouts felt tough but fun! Glad you enjoyed the Lower Body Blast workout too. It is definitely a tough one. If I can’t get myself to do XT Legs (which is not my favorite workout), I may substitute LBB in for it once in our next two weeks phase.

Erika, glad you have enjoyed the rotation. STS Total Body and Tabatacise are two of her best workouts, no doubt. STS Total Body always kills me! Glad to hear the crown replacement went well. Having no memory of it is better than having a horrible memory of it for sure. Glad you found a good app to track your sons.....and that it serves a dual purpose. Knowing that your DS is aware he is being tracked not just for where he is but how he drives must give you a huge amount of peace of mind.

Thelma, glad to hear you continue to improve, even if slowly. Those kinds of injuries need lots of rest, for certain. I have fallen on my tail bone a couple of times when on ice. No fun at all. I can’t believe you have been there six months already!! Of course, we are coming up on a year here. I am trying to enjoy the heat for what it is and remembering I was living in Alaska a year ago is good for helping me do that. I try to sit on our porch every day for a little while and just enjoy the green trees (still) and fresh air. I would have given anything for that opportunity during the long winters I spent in Alaska. I am sorry to hear you are having internet issues as well. If you are like me, our internet service is getting a bit frustrating.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Just a short hello. We had a wonderful time in England. I will have more to say later, but just wanted to let you all know that we made it there and back.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, my sacrum is MUCH better today! Thank you, Lord! I can do stairs the normal way but a little slow on the way up while I hang on to the railing for extra support. Downstairs almost at 90% normal. The bending down is still a little problem and forget about bending down to lift a cat off the floor, this caused me pain today. Overall, much better. I will go to the restorative yoga class tomorrow. Hopefully, I will be able to get back up off the floor! Taking it easy has definitely been a good thing.
Low impact cardio today again.

DH and I had an awesome experience today. We didn't know this existed but I found out about it through Facebook. The traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial came to town! It arrived today escorted by what looked like 100's of bikers. We didn't see the arrival part but we got the memorial site right before the opening ceremony. It was a very sad and humbling experience. I lost it. Every time I see all those names my heart breaks and I just start crying.
We were there for the opening prayer and the show of colors? Laurel, is that it's called when they present the different flags?

Laurie, welcome back!! So glad you had a wonderful time. I can't wait to hear all about it! I hope Rocket is ok!

Laurel, that live class sounds great. I hope you don't have DOMS tomorrow.
OMG, it really is hot there! We had a nice cool breeze at our property during the morning into the early afternoon. It felt so good! None of the rain though. Being in the sun was a totally different story. The sun here is really hot!

I texted our builder our decision to not participate in the parade of homes. So he just thanked me. During this event, every room and closet in the house is open to the public! People use your bathrooms too! GROSS!!!
When we had our party there wasn't much to clean up as people spent the majority of the time out on the deck.

Goodnight Ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. DH and I had a good weekend. The temps were much cooler and Saturday in the late afternoon we were out on the driveway and we were cold! LOL

The Restorative Yoga class did me a lot of good. I asked the instructor to focus on the sacrum area and she did!
Unfortunately by Friday night, I was having an RA flareup. My right foot was hurting; which caused me to walk with a limp. A couple of fingers were hurting too. This continued through Saturday.

Laurel, I can't imagine writing a thesis on the Vietnam war. I don't think my heart could take it. There are some people in BR who had relatives fight in Vietnam. One of my yoga friends, in fact, had a brother who died after the war due to agent orange. It's nice that the men and women who died after the war due to agent orange are being added to the wall. The wall will be here until Tuesday.
This is its schedule in case you want to go see it.
http://www.travelingwall.us/schedule_of_appearances.htm

Goodnight ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Hope you had a nice weekend. We ended up with more record heat on Friday and Saturday, but that didn’t stop us from playing golf on Saturday. But we didn’t have much company! In fact we were on the 17th hole when the Marshal came out to see how we were doing because we were the only people on the course!! It was 2:30pm. But a combo of heat and college football apparently kept everybody home. We sure enjoyed that we were alone though! Yesterday was cooler, finally and today.....rain. So needed.

For workouts, on Saturday I started with Jessica Smith Walk Strong 3 Barefoot Cardio Core to warm up my body then did a 45 minute beginner yoga from the Peloton App. Absolutely loved the yoga routine! Yesterday was XT Legs (the 67 minute premix) followed by To The Max. Today was XT Chest/Back/Shoulders followed by Cathe Live Kickboxing Plus Core.

Thelma, I am happy the yoga helped your back! But I am sorry you are still battling the RA flare-ups. I am glad you are enjoying the cooler temps as well. It is still a little too muggy here to open windows, but I think that will change in the next week or two. Looking forward to that for sure. Thank you for the Vietnam Wall schedule. Part of my thesis on that war in college involved interviewing some vets. This, of course, was long before I met DH. Their stories.....unbelievable. I am so thankful their sacrifices are continuing to be recognized and honored.

Laurie, welcome back!!!! I am SO glad you had a good trip, despite the long and late plane rides. Some day I will share our experience going to Hawaii and how we ended up being seven hours late getting there. Not a fun story. Sounds like you saw so many wonderful places!! I am glad you got to Salisbury. That is one of my favorite places in England. Yay for losing weight on vacation!! Love that you spent so much time walking. No better way to see a place than on foot, for certain. Great job getting back into your workout routine!! Sounds like you managed the jet lag okay.

See you tomorrow!

Laurel

Hi Ladies, for some reason today my tailbone was hurting. I did the Beginner/Gentle yoga class and forward folds were problematic.

Laurel, great workouts! I am glad you're finally having cooler temps! Your thesis must've been amazing! I can't believe you got to interview Vietnam vets! What an honor!

Tami, glad you had a great weekend with your husband! I hope you get to stay a few days with him next year during his fishing season.
Great workouts!

Goodnight ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a Peloton 45 minute Tabata Ride followed by Ellen Barrett’s Pilates and Yoga Blend. This latter one was an older workout I found on YouTube, but I really enjoyed it.

Tami, so glad you enjoyed a nice weekend with your DH! I am glad your weather was good as well as the fishing! Bet getting back to the workouts feels good, though. Thanks again for introducing me to Ally Love! I have been enjoying my Peloton rides for sure.

Thelma, sorry to hear your tail bone is sore again. Hopefully a few more days of rest will take care of it.

Laurie, great workouts! Good luck with every day Ab work! I will be interested to hear what benefits you feel from that. I try to do core work 4-5 days a week, and I have been wondering if it is enough or too much! One of the reasons I am enjoying these yoga-ish workouts I have been doing is because they work the core differently than the average Ab section from a Cathe. Even two weeks in I am feeling my body is a bit more open and balanced, and I credit those workouts for that. Oh yes....the no window screens of Europe. And those spiders! I remember those. One of my worst experiences with no screens was a cat jumping through our window when we lived in Italy. I think the poor thing was just slightly more surprised than me to find himself in our dining room. I am sorry you got caught up in the British Airways strike. No fun on what is already a long trip. Our issue was caused because our plane broke....in the air. It was funny because as we were leaving Seattle, I was looking out the window and had the question go through my head ‘I wonder what happens if you have a mid-air emergency over the ocean?’ I have flown over the ocean quite a bit, so I am not sure why that came to mind. But it put a jinx on us because 30 minutes later the pilot says we had to go back to Seattle for a maintenance issue. He explained the landing would be ‘normal’ but we would be coming in low, heavy and fast. And we did.....met by all the airport emergency vehicles! Alaska Airlines was really good about it and got us another plane as quickly as they could. But it made for a bit of an adventure....one I could have done without.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies, I did a low impact Jessica Smith's workout today. The tailbone hurt for a few hours today. Not happy about this.
We were supposed to get rain today but we didn't.

Laurie sounds like you had a wonderful vacation!! So glad you had such a great time! Great job jumping back into your workouts!
I bet Rocket is thrilled to be back home. Too bad he lost a little weight though.

Laurel, fantastic workout!
I hope a few more days of taking it easy helps my back. I'm getting tired of this but at the same time I know I can't afford to hurt myself again.

Tami, nice workouts! I hope your DH has enough free time on his calendar to allow for a longer visit next time.
My house WON'T be part of the Parade of Homes event. There is no way we 1000 people (or more) parading through our house for an entire weekend. The builder was disappointed.

Goodnight ladies
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was XT Bi’s and Tri’s followed by Cathe Live For The Love of Cardio. Fun stuff today.

Tami, great workout! Bet it felt good to get back to it. I really enjoyed the Tabata ride because the time went so quickly. Can’t wait to try more.....which is a good thing. I like being excited about working out again!

Thelma, I am sorry about the continuing pain, but good job with Jessica. She has so many good workouts that are easier on the body.

Laurie, great workout! Got to love a good boxing workout. No, I don’t have a Peloton (yet ). But based on a recommendation I saw on Cathe’s Facebook page, I downloaded the Peloton App and am using it on my spin cycle. While I don’t have all the bells and whistles of a Peloton bike, I have no problem doing the workouts. Since I added a second spin day per week for this six month rotation, I wanted a little more variety than just Cathe’s spin classes. So far, so good!! Yikes on your plane experience too! Our pilot was very calm as well, which is a good thing. Actually, I was impressed by everybody on the plane that day because they sequestered us for a couple of hours at a gate in the terminal until they knew when we would be leaving, and everybody was calm and patient. Of course, we were headed to Maui, so it wasn’t like a plane of business travelers or people trying to make connections. Your description of the English countryside makes me miss it so much. Love how peaceful and scenic it is.

Until tomorrow!

Laurel

Hi Ladies, I did beginner/gentle yoga today and it was more of restorative yoga class so it was great. I also attempted my first sculpting fusion class. That didn't go well with my tailbone. We were doing ab work on the floor leaning back on a squishy ball and that felt like I was sitting directly on my tailbone. Not a good feeling to say the least. So I did old school abs on the floor instead. I finished the class but modified a lot and kept moves small. I wattled out of there because my sacrum area felt tight. I came home to a session with the heating pad and it helped.
No rain again! The sky looked like it was going to rain but nothing happened. Temps are definitely getting cooler and 60's feel quite cold to us now. It's no longer humid, it was cloudy and we had a little bit of a NE wind. A friend who moved here from FL told us that the first couple of years here he felt very cold. I think that is exactly what is happening to us. We live in the mountains so temps will definitely be cooler here.

Laurie, fun workouts!!! That New Forest place sound like a place DH and I would love to visit someday!
I hope the tailbone starts feeling better soon too but I imagine this type of injury takes time to recover from.

Laurel, great workouts!!
I'm so thankful to have these Jessica Smith workouts!

Erika, glad you're enjoying the Indian Summer. Happy 19th wedding anniversary! Glad you had a great date night!

Thanks for the get well wishes! I am going through the up and down days with this injury for sure. I was convinced I was going to be OK in class today but I was wrong. Moving and stretching do help but it has to be the right move!

Hi Tami!

Goodnight ladies!
Thelma