Cathe Fans Part 5

Morning Ladies,

This morning was Rev'd Up Rumble. So love that workout.

Laurel, Great job on your workouts. Love that BH abs workout, will have to remember that one to add to my rotation for abs. I hope that the 12 weeks will be interesting. It will give such great variety, and I hope it helps me from getting bored with a rotation. I find that is what happens to me with some rotations. I'm going to try to keep all the workouts to 30-40 mins. also. I could probably do a year of workouts just doing some of the premixes. I can't believe that we may have spring soon. Winters are getting tougher and tougher to deal with.

Thelma, Great job with your workout, and taking the weight down to help your back. It is hard to deal with, but in the end your body will be happier. Hope it didn't rain to much. Thanks for the kudos on my rotation, I'm getting excited to try it out. I have all the DVD's that I will be using stacked up and ready to go. This is my attempt to weed out some of my workouts also. I'm pulling out a couple of Kathy Smith workouts that I have not done since the girls where little. Now that I know more about exercise, they will probably be some good workouts if I use heavier weights.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Morning Ladies,

This morning was a nice relaxing workout. I did Cathe's Stretch Max Segment #1. Felt great, and I have not done that one in a while.

Laurel, I'm really glad to hear that Cathe has gotten the issue fixed with the server. I had heard quite a few people complain about that. Nice job on all the workouts, and being able to finally do a kickboxing workout. Very encouraging that you arm is still cooperating with the recovery. Love the sound of the live workout, since it is so much like RUR, which is my favorite kickboxing workout. I'm sure that the Kathy S workouts will be way less intense. I know that the lower body workout in Lift Weight to Lose Weight had some really good butt work in it. I just have to work with the amount of weight I will need. I have her Kickboxing and Peak Fat Burning workout also. I never had any Firm, Jane or Jazzercise. My first instructors where Kathy and Billy.

Erika, Great job with the workouts! Even with every other day, you are still getting in what you need right now with your busy schedule. Glad to hear that your schedule will even out when the spring time rolls around. I'm with you on the weather. We are scheduled to have rain on Sunday. I think that Kelly's workouts can be tough it you pick the right weight, and really focus on the move when they are lower impact. I have had more of a calorie burn on some of her 30 min. workouts than I have had with a longer Cathe workout. I always found that interesting. Kelly has all her RAW workouts in sections, so if you want to do a circuit workout they are all in one section. It is handy having a smart tv or a tv that has an HDMI access.

Thelma, Love the sound of your workout, got to love those hip openers. Sorry to hear about the flare up, but it sounds like you are able to get some relief with the steroid. Our temperature this morning was 1 degree. I'm surprised that I still have those Kathy DVD's. I have a hard time getting rid of these workouts, probably because she was my first workout instructor. I always figured that if I ever needed an easier workout, then I would have it available. We will see if I keep it after I try it out in a few weeks.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies! My yoga classes got canceled because of the potential of freezing rain. The now didn't happen until the afternoon! I just read on FB that schools will have a 2-hour delay tomorrow. I'm not getting up early to go to my yoga class tomorrow. It will probably be icy because temps are going to drop into the low to high 20's overnight.

I didn't workout today. I was going to go to my yoga classes but the cancellation at the last minute threw me off. In the afternoon though I was in pain. The house felt cold and the cold was going through my bones. I had an "I feel sorry for myself" day. I hope I can do better mentally tomorrow. My back is much better. Almost back to normal.

It's a good thing I started today's dinner yesterday because I didn't feel like cooking.

I don't know if you eat pork but I found this Slow Cooker Beer Pulled Pork recipe and it was delicious!

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/235950/slow-cooker-beer-pulled-pork/

I had a small roast. It was less than 2 lbs and I only found Miller Lite in our bar refrigerator. We don't drink beer so clearly, it was there since our party last summer! LOL
I only needed 1/2 a beer so I decided to taste it and I actually liked the beer.

I made a nice salad for dinner and we ate an open-faced BBQ sandwich. I bought Ciabatta bread and it was amazing!

Laurie, sounds like a very relaxing workout!

I love those stretching, yoga classes. They are so good for our bodies. Somehow the instructors know what I need on a given day.
Wow! Seriously cold temps! I used to love Kathe Smith but I needed to make space for the new DVDs.

Laurel, great workout combo. I'm glad you're having a good experience with the Live workouts again!

I hope the flareup is temporary. I wonder if I was still under the effects of the previous med and that is why I thought the new one was working. My knuckles are definitely angry. I'm starting to feel the symptoms in my right hand too. We had big snowflakes and eventually it stuck to the ground and trees.
I hope it doesn't take more than 6 months to build those houses! Here it takes at least 9 months to build one of these log cabins.
There is one cabin being built up the road and it's been under construction for over a year!
Coordinating the workers at the time they're needed is really a problem. At least the shortage of housing should make a builder want to finish a house ASAP.

Goodnight ladies and have a great weekend!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Despite a restless night (seems to be becoming a habit at that moment) I ended up with a decent workout today. I did Cathe Live Awesome Upper Body followed by a 45 minute spin ride. My arm isn’t doing quite as good today, but after a few weeks of ‘cleaning’ the house pretty lightly trying to protect the arm, I attacked the cleaning yesterday and, for whatever reason, that is really hard on my overused tendon. But the upper body workout still felt pretty good. I am hoping since I know what the issue is and some stretches that really help it that it continues to improve despite being a little more sore today.

Thelma, I so understand the ‘feel sorry for myself’ day! Don’t beat yourself up over it. You have been through so much in the past year that you have earned the right for a day to just sit and be upset. You are so strong because you always get right back up again! I hope some of your soreness was caused by the weather. But you may be right about the medicine transition as well. We have sunshine today and I hope you are enjoying the same. It is cold but the brightness does wonders for my mood. Thanks for sharing that recipe. Both DH and I are big fans of pulled pork!

Laurie, great, fun workout! Yes, that Jane Fonda album workout was weird. If I recall, there was a booklet to show you the exercises and then, of course, the album was her voice calling out the moves and reps. What I remember is the side leg lifts (lying on your side and lifting your leg) for seemingly interminable reps. I was never into fitness or working out until I was in college when I asked for a set of dumbbells for my birthday (19 or 20, I don’t remember). Then, when I was 23, I got diagnosed with an ulcer and back then (1988), they still thought those were stress related. So the doctor recommended exercise videos, and I bought two the next day on my lunch break (jazzercise and one by Raquel Welch ) and the rest, as they say, is history! Kind of hard to think I have been at this for 32 years.

Enjoy the weekend!

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Weekend was really nice weather wise, but we are headed into some more snow. That's if they predicted this correctly. Saturday was Metabolic Total Body, and Sunday was Chiseled Lower Body Blast. This morning was Low Impact Sweat. This is my last week of this rotation, and then I'm moving onto the one I was talking about last week. Going to start it off with Kelly.

Laurel, I'm sorry to hear that your arm did fair that well, and that you are having restless sleep. Your workout sounds great, and I'm happy to hear that you where able to get through it. Dang on that housework getting to your tendon though. Well you have been at the workouts a lot longer than I have. I think that I started at about 87 with Kathy Smith. The Tae Bo workouts didn't come out until 98, so that is when I went all in for both him and Cathe. Interesting on that record and the instructions. I'm not a big fan of paper workouts, and that probably would have felt like that to me.

Thelma, Glad to hear that you had a nice weekend, and I'm glad that you are feeling better. Great job on your workouts, they all sound awesome. You and I will be the same age until August. Oh I have a very nice area for my workouts, but it seems to be limited when Rocket is down there. This morning he was in my way, and I was making sure that I didn't step on him. DH gave me this nice shelf that holds all my DVD's, and there are way to many of them. Hopefully I will be able to weed out some of these workouts that I don't do that often.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies! Hope you enjoyed the weekend here. DH finally had a weekend off, which was very nice. We didn’t do anything outside the norm of errands and such, but it was just nice to be able to spend the days together. The weather on Saturday was sunny but chilly.....but the sunshine felt fantastic. But.....back to rain again today. But knowing we are just a couple of weeks from changing the clocks back and getting more light in the evening has me feeling much more chipper than I was in December.

For workouts, on Saturday I did a 30 minute power walk with Jessica Smith followed by 30 minutes of yoga with Kristin McGee. Yesterday was Cathe Live Give Me More Legs and Core followed by a 30 minute tabata ride with Peloton. And today was ICE Muscle Meltdown Back....the x4 premix.....followed by Icy Core 2 and Step Boss IMAX 4.....the double blast premix. The arm feels really good, and I went heavier than Cathe in all but one move on the back workout today (the one arm pull overs, which, even when not recovering, I always use 12#). I think the aching I felt on Friday was probably a little DOMS and maybe some aches with the weather change that I am just super sensitive to right now. But it feels strong today which makes me happy.

Thelma, I am so glad to hear you are feeling better. This damp weather can really get inside the bones, that for sure. Great workouts! It must feel good to be gaining so much strength!! Happy Birthday!!! You have so much to celebrate this year with your new home and your ability to overcome all the hurdles life has thrown at you over the past year with your health. You amaze me!

Laurie, great workouts! I toyed with doing Low Impact Sweat today but opted for IMAX 4 instead. Hope the snow doesn’t hit you too hard. Seems to be a pretty consistent wave of storms coming across the country right now. But after this one today and tomorrow, we are supposed to be free of rain until next week.

Erika, sounds like a good weekend. Sorry to hear you weren’t quite 100% yesterday, but it sounds like you listened to your body, which is great. Yay for your workout results! Sounds like this new approach is really working for you. Yes, there are almost too many choices now with Cathe Live.....but I still enjoy the variety. Where her Live workouts really capture me is in her range of metabolic workouts which is far greater than anything I have on DVD. And as I age, I am finding metabolic workouts are far better for me than pure impact workouts. Hope you don’t have to do too much driving in the snow!

Hi Tami!

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies! Today's workouts were STS Meso 2 Disc 20 Legs and Barre. Today's Barre class was a killer leg workout. My legs were shaking! I have DOMS all everywhere I think. This is a tough STS week but I liked having been able to use heavier weights.

We had temps in the 50's and it was a very rainy day. It's been raining heavily since mid-afternoon and it will continue the entire night.

Laurie, very good workouts! Congrats on finishing up the rotation this week! Be careful driving in that snow! I love that we'll be the same age for a little while! I have an entire bedroom now as my workout space but my DVD space is the same space I had in MA which is limited.

Erika sounds like a good weekend except for feeling blah on Sunday. I'm glad you gave your body a break.

I'm so happy you've found a good workout frequency for your body! Congrats on the lean and muscular look! I just don't know that I can keep my workouts to just 1/2 hour. I love my classes at the yoga studio and they are 1 hr long. Cathe's workouts can also be pretty long. I ordered the book but I am not a big reader. I've not even attempted to read it yet. I really need to make an effort to read it though. It sounds very interesting.

The weather here is crazy! Freezing rain is terrible and the roads are not treated here. I don't even think the county was a snow budget. I hope you find a way to get out of your funk soon. I was glad my "I feel sorry for me" day was short-lived.

Laurel, I'm glad you were finally able to spend a weekend with your DH! We're as usual having the same kind of weather! I wish we could do away with daylight savings time! I can't wait to have more light in the evenings!

Damp weather is not my friend! It really feels great to have gained so much strength. I'm feeling like we normally do when we do Body Beast. I don't want to stop this STS rotation! LOL
Thanks so much for the birthday wishes. I am so thankful for everything I've been able to overcome. Living here in Blue Ridge is wonderful and we're very happy here. Definitely, a lot to celebrate! Thank you!

Tami, congrats on surviving that challenging task of handling 3 different jobs in a week! WOW! I am so happy your good work is finally being recognized! You're amazing! I can't believe you still had the energy to workout! Great job!

Goodnight ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout started with ICE Muscle Meltdown Biceps (x4 premix), which felt good. For cardio, I did a 45 minute HiiT and Hills ride from Peloton and then did 20 minutes of yoga with Kristin McGee.

Thelma, Happy Birthday! Sounds like you did a brutal workout yesterday so hopefully today you are taking care of yourself and doing something fun. I still marvel how you can do STS Legs and barre in the same day. So since you mentioned you don’t want the STS rotation to end, I thought I would mention a little of what I am planning next. It will be 12 weeks focused on heavier lifting, but rotating style/intensity every week. The three programs I will be using are Burn Sets, Slow and Heavy and STS Meso 3. So it will be one week of Burn Sets, one week of Slow and Heavy and one week of Meso 3 repeated four times. I am hoping the rotating of weeks keeps me from getting bored with any of the programs which I am prone to do, especially with Slow and Heavy and Meso 3. In the first two sections of this rotation, I added a second upper and lower body workout each week and, as much as I could, tried to match the style of lifting for that rotation. So since the first section was high reps, I included, for example, the workouts from the LITE series. The section you are repeating focused more on muscle building, so that’s why Ramped Up Upper Body is there. In this third section, I think the second leg/arm workouts will be more contrasting in style to the strength.....so more high reps and shorter workouts. I think this will provide a nice break from the longer, slower workouts as well as provide some ‘shock’ value to the body. Does that sound any good to you? I couldn’t remember if you had Slow and Heavy but if you don’t Body Beast Tempo workouts (which I believe you have) or any Body Beast workouts would be a great substitute. Anyhow, just thought I would let you know. I am hoping to start this on March 22, but if you want to get going earlier, let me know and I will post what I have planned.

Tami, good to see you!! I am so glad you survived your 3xjobs week at work!! And I am really glad you got recognized for your efforts and how well you handled all that was expected of you. Great job getting workouts in during this time. As I said to Thelma above, I am planning on kicking off the last section of this rotation in about a month if you are interested. Let me know what you think. But I will completely understand if you say ‘nope!’, especially to Slow and Heavy. Those are long, boring workouts for early in the morning. But any of Body Beast would work well if you want to substitute.

Laurie, great workout! We have pulled out the same discs the last two days.....but I am just doing the Muscle Meltdown sections! Glad to hear the bulk of the snow missed you, though I understand the frustration with the weather forecast. March was always the snowiest month in Colorado, and I never developed a liking for those heavy snow falls, especially when it came to shoveling.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

This morning was LITE Pyramid Upper Body. Such a great workout.

Laurel, Great job on the workouts! Even doing those ICE one body parts with lighter weight that usual has to still be working the muscle really good. Your concept for the rotation sounds like it will be shocking the body pretty good. I'm with you on the Slow and Heavy getting boring. I understand that lifting at that pace really helps the muscle, but the workouts do drag. We will see how this weather turns out. Even though we have only had a dusting, the sun has not peaked out this whole week.

Thelma, What an awesome birthday present! Happy Birthday by the way, I forgot to say that yesterday. Great job on your STS workout, so glad that you are enjoying them. Maybe when I finally retire, I will enjoy the longer weight workouts that STS has. I just don't want to get up any earlier than I do in the mornings. How cool that you have your DVD's all set up for your rotation. This year has been a little light on the snow, but even with all the warmer weather, we still have snow on the ground.

Have a great day!
Laurie