Cathe Fans Part 5

Hi Ladies! Hope you enjoyed the weekend. Ours was really good. On Saturday we played golf. What a four hour slice of heaven that was. The weather was beautiful, the course was quiet....and we didn’t even play too poorly given that it has been over a year since we played. It throughly energized me. I took that into my workout yesterday, and when I finished that, DH surprised me by suggesting we put mulch into the garden areas yesterday. Had I known I was going to be doing hard garden work in 80 degree heat yesterday afternoon, I might have toned down the workout I did a bit! But...we got it done. And it felt good to be outside in the sunshine, even if it felt a tad warm for March.

For workouts, Saturday I did Jessica Smith Belly, Buns and Thigh walk followed by 45 minutes of yoga with Kristin McGee. Yesterday was Cathe Live Lower Body Barre Blend followed by Cathe Live Jabs and Abs. Today I did S&S Total Body Giant Sets Triple Upper Body premix followed by a 30 minute HiiT and Hills ride with Peloton.

Thelma, that sounds like a really fun day! What a great thing being able to see friends and do something active at the same time. I am glad your workout helped ease your tired body yesterday. I was feeling completely fatigued this morning but, like you, pushed through and feel better now for it. I hope my sister sticks with some activity. I am encouraged because she has been doing some of Jessica’s Walk and Talk walks, and asked me last night for some of her workouts that are a little more challenging. I think she will feel so much better if she just finds a way of adding a little movement to her life.

Laurie, sounds like a nice weekend, but I am sorry your are struggling with one of the projects. I hope you can figure out the issue but, regardless, I have no doubt it will look wonderful on Palm Sunday. You do such beautiful work. My husband has signed up with the Noom program, which sounds quite a bit like MFP. He was very shy at telling me his goals, but I kind of need to know since I do most of the cooking! He has reasonable targets, which is good. And I think he will have more luck monitoring his own food intake than he did when he was on Nutrisystems. While he lost weight, he didn’t really learn anything about making his own choices. But he mentioned that playing golf on Saturday has him more inspired, which makes me happy. It does me too! This last year has just been not so good for getting that kind of motivation. Speaking of motivation, I am glad to hear your Dad is determined to try to get back home. That is so encouraging.

Erika, great workouts! I am glad you are enjoying that rotation. I love both of those series! No doubt you are looking forward to Tucson next week. That weather will feel so good. Arizona can be so beautiful this time of year, though I admit we didn’t make it down to Tucson but once when my Mom was in Phoenix. The weather in Tucson can be very different than that in Phoenix, that’s for sure. But spring was always my favorite time to visit, especially for the fruit! BTW, I am with you on kettlebell workouts. I just never warmed up to any I have tried.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

This mornings workout was 30MTF Plateau Buster W1. Always forget how good this one is.

Erika, Great job on the rotation, and I'm glad that you are enjoying the rotation. I have looked at that one, so it may be on my to do list in the future. Hope your ds passes his drivers test in April, I'm sure that he has been practicing. Sometimes it is just knowing what to expect that makes a difference. We didn't get much snow at all, probably about an inch at the most. Of course it will be gone today. I think that Kelly goes more intense on the RAW workouts, because she knows that she really doesn't need to keep it intermediate. I always feel that the majority of her DVD workouts are more intermediate / low advanced.

Laurel, How wonderful that you where able to get out for golf, because it sure does sound like a great way to be outdoors. Nice job on all your workouts, and having the energy for doing that yard work. Can't believe that it is in the 80's. I would be outside working if we had that type of weather. I hope that your DH does really well on Noom, I have heard some really good things about that app. If the frontal isn't perfect for the Palm Sunday service, I will deal with it after the fact. I don't know how many times I have taken that thing apart.

Thelma, Nice job on the workouts, even though you had low energy. I love that you DH is giving you extra instruction before your pickle ball practice. It sounds like a great way to get moving instead of just walking, like most seniors do. You are right in just taking a break from something that is causing frustration. A lot of the people that I watch on youtube for quilting say that same thing.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Tuesday were Pickleball and S&S Total Body Giant Sets Lower Body. The pickleball session was another calorie burner which I love! We played for 1.5 hours!

Laurie, great workout! I love that Plateau Buster too!

I was glad DH worked with me on pickleball before our session. It did help and he actually noticed my improvement.
Hopefully your sewing problems will be resolved soon! I know it's probably bugging you but just take a deep breath!

Laurel, great workout combo!! I don't know if we had thunderstorms last night but we had heavy, steady rain all night and into this morning. Wednesday and Thursday will be bad and I heard there are chances or a tornado but I don't know exactly where.

No wonder you were fatigues too! You were doing a lot!
Thanks again for working on our rotation. It sounds really good even though I'm dreading the longer workouts. It will be a nice way to shock our bodies which is needed every once in a while.
I like the idea of the two weeks off before starting the next rotation. I love that we'll still have periods where we just work one body part. I think this rotation is going to be fantastic! Thank you!!

BTW, I hope your DH does well with his new diet plan!

Good night ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a tough but fun 45 minute HiiT and Hills ride with Peloton followed by a Barlates class called Bums and Tums. I felt like core work today....and I got it! But I really enjoyed this class....more so than the one I did last week. Many of the moves were familiar and I didn’t feel like it was as over-repped as the one I did last week. I definitely felt it, but it never pushed me into an uncomfortable range. She was using 5# weights throughout, but I opted for 3# and 1# weights, and aside from one move, probably could have used the 3# weights throughout.

Thelma, great workouts! I am so glad you are enjoying pickle ball! I hope you enjoy the next rotation. I think it will be a good balance between long and short workouts. We are supposed to get some serious weather here this evening, including tornadoes. I think it will pass your way tomorrow morning. I am not looking forward to it, but it seems like we are right in the path, though a little further south and west seems like they will get it worse. Hopefully by the time it gets to you, it is even weaker.

Laurie, great workout! Boy, you make me want to do a full boxing rotation! I bet it is great for your shoulders and core, I hope your DH’s doctors appointment goes well. You had fabric shrink when you sewed it?!? That would definitely be frustrating! I hope you can find some better fabric because that is ridiculous.

Off to take a walk with DH before the afternoon storms arrive. See you tomorrow.....if we have power.

Laurel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was 4DS Upper Body premix followed by Cathe Live Cardio Mish Mosh. I could feel that Barlates workout I did yesterday in my core today....which is a very good thing. We were very lucky last night in that the violent storms completely missed us. We had tornadoes both west and east of us, but here.....only rain. Lots of rain, but just rain. I am perfectly fine with that.

Thelma, great workout. I am glad you enjoyed the Barlates core. I saw she had one focused solely on the lower core region that I want to try sometime. I hope the storms missed you too. I was thinking today about our next rotation, and if the longer workouts are really something you don’t want to do, you can always do all of the workouts for the rotation as one-body part per day. So, for instance, one week you would use STS Meso 1 Discs 1-3 as one body part workouts, then the next week you would use one of the other suggested series (for example, the Muscle Meltdown workouts) as one body part. It would give you a ton of variety but eliminate (hopefully) the dread factor. Just because I am foolish enough at the moment to be determined to push through with another six month STS rotation doesn’t mean you need to!!! Anyhow, just some food for thought. I am going to try to type up the rotation soon and I will probably email it to you instead of posting it here. But I will let you know when I do that.

Erika, great workouts. I have really grown to appreciate that Yoga Relax workout over the years. It is not so much yoga as just a really good stretch, and I love that. I know that last minute vacation panic well! But I have come to understand that minus a few things like glasses, contacts and medications, everything can be obtained at the destination if forgotten. I hope you have a fantastic time.

Laurie, sounds like another great workout. Ah yes.....the menopause pudge. Not something I am learning to love I must admit. Like you, though, I know better food choices would help. DH’s diet maybe the thing that finally has me attempt to clean up my eating a bit. I have gotten really lazy over the last year with our evening meals, and at least I am feeling ambitious enough to start researching new recipes, which is good. At least it is a step in the right direction.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hello ladies - I wanted to pop in and say hi. I think it has been 3 years since I participated in this thread; I think of you all often when I do my Cathe workouts (right now, I do her routines at my gym because my dad has my DVD player).

I quickly read through the last few threads - it looks like you all are doing reasonably well. While I know I am not active with this thread anymore, you each inspire me to continue to be strong and lift heavy things.

Becky

Laurie, I hope you see this. This would be me!
http://quiltingdigest.com/watch-this-hilarious-account-of-learning-to-sew/

Hi Ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. We had a great weekend. On Saturday we played pickleball in our driveway and today too. We also started deep cleaning in places we normally don't look at like above eye level. We have vaulted ceilings so I had DH get his ladder and clean places not easily reachable. No one but me would look up there so closely but once I see a spec of dust or a little cobweb I can't get it out of my mind. He did half of the open concept area. He has the highest point of our ceiling to do. Hopefully next weekend!

We went out on our first date in a year. We decided to go out to dinner at my favorite Cuban restaurant. I can't believe it had been a year since we'd dinned in a restaurant! Now we can't wait go out to eat again.

My workouts on Friday were: 4 Day Split Lower Body and Bodycombat. On Saturday Pickeball and on Sunday Pickleball and a Barlates thigh workout which killed my hip flexors and outer thighs.

Hi Becky! How nice to hear from you! I'm so glad you're doing well and continue to do Cathe workouts! Did you finish school yet?

Laurie, that KCM workout sounds great! I have to keep it in mind for those days I feel very tired like today! I wasn't planning on playing pickleball today but now that we know we can play in our driveway DH wants me to keep practicing which I totally appreciate but I had spinning on my schedule for today. The good thing about pickleball is that it is a good cardio and lower body workout.
I don't think I had ever done a Les Mills workout but I am having fun with them now that I've discovered some freebies on youtube.

Laurel, great workouts on Friday! You really killed your lower body! I don't think those Barlates workouts will ever get easy. The one I did today was only 25 minutes but it was 25 minutes of torture! OMG!

Have a wonderful week ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Hope you had a good weekend. We were busy this weekend, but it was good. Saturday was spent doing some more work in our garden. Yesterday I spent time cleaning the floors while DH worked on our lawn. Then we went for an extra long walk, which was wonderful.

For workouts, on Saturday I did Jessica Smith’s HiiT Walk from her Walk On series followed by 30 minutes of yoga (hip focused) with Kristin McGee. Yesterday was Cathe Live Cardio Fusion into Cathe Live Legs, Cardio and Core Galore, for a fun combo. And today was XTrain Burn Sets Upper Body premix with Core 1 followed by a fantastic 30 minute HiiT and Hills spin with Peloton.

Thelma, sounds like a great weekend. I am so glad you were able to go out on a date with your DH. The pickle ball also sounds like a lot of fun. I agree about the Barlates workouts. There is no way they will ever feel easy to me, that’s for sure. Great workouts this weekend.

Laurie, sounds like more great boxing workouts! And yay for the waist measurement! I haven’t measured my waist in years. I definitely want to do some slimming down before I do that though. Anyhow, I am glad you were able to finish the paraments this weekend. I bet that eased your mind quite a bit. It is hard to believe Easter is only a couple of weeks away. This year is flying by.

Enjoy the day! See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

This morning my workout was RAW Day 1 Strength Back & Biceps. The back work was done 5 sets of 10 reps, and the biceps 5 sets of 8 reps. She ended the session with an ab move.

Laurel, Sounds like a very nice weekend. Awesome job on all your workouts too. I have decided that when I start a rotation, that I would take my measurements. This is the only way that I can truly determine that I can see if what I'm doing is actually helping. I have really been happily surprised that this rotation has been so effective.

Thelma, Great job on your workouts, and getting the thigh and glute work. I'm impressed that you don't have those balls rolling down the hill all the time. I'm sure that I would be chasing those things all the time. I did play first base in softball, but I'm sure that this is a little different. Since I have been working through this whole year, my view of all this is so different than a lot of people. I was ready to ditch all of this months ago. I have to say the mask is really starting to wear on me.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Tuesday were Zumba and STS Disc #17 Legs. I really like this trisets leg workout. My inner thighs are still hurting! I can't believe it! The plie squats didn't help the situation today! LOL

Two years ago we arrived in Blue Ridge with the cats after driving all day long from MA. I can't believe I've lived here two years already! DH's permanent move happened on 5/23/19.

Laurie, great workout!! How are your parents doing?
Good idea to measure yourself before starting a new rotation!

We weren't hitting the ball hard and the couple of times I hit it hard the ball almost went downhill but the ball stopped on the dirt before it got to the driveway.

Softball is different than pickleball. I am sure you've been ready to ditch this lockdown and masks for a while. Since I've been mostly under lockdown this entire year I've never gotten used to wearing a mask. I can't imagine having to wear a mask every day and all day long! It looks like we'll be wearing them for a long time though.

Laurel, great workouts and thank you for putting the new rotation together. I appreciate your recommendations too.

Good night ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a 60 minute spin with Peloton followed by 45 minutes of Pilates with Kristin McGee. Good stuff.

Thelma, great workouts. I love those triset workouts too! They are my favorite of the STS lower body workouts by a mile. Speaking of which, I emailed you the first part of the rotation earlier today and will send out the other two here shortly. Let me know if you have any questions. I can’t believe you have been in Blue Ridge for two years already! I feel the same about Huntsville, but having ‘lost’ a year probably doesn’t help since we haven’t really been able to do anything here for nearly half the time we have lived here...just like you there! It’s crazy.

Laurie, great workout. It is fantastic that Kelly uses her workouts to talk about things like menopause. I know Cathe is definitely slowing down and doing much less impact, but aside from her sharing that some days are better than others and such, she doesn’t go into anything like body changes. I am hoping doing a solid, focused program like STS again.....in a similar format to how I did it originally....will educate me on what my body is going to respond to most. Instinctively my body seems to prefer strength training, but the real question for me is how much cardio can I cut out before I start seeing any negative effects....if I do. I hope I find out in the next six months.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

This morning was RAW Day 3 Strength Shoulders & Legs. Again this one was the 5 sets of 10 reps, and boy I was at failure on the last round of shoulder work and I only had 10lb weights . This time she inserted abs between the shoulders and legs. In this workout she mentioned that she inserts ab work into all her workouts, but they are exercises that you don't realize that you are using your abs. I'm liking the fact that these three workouts had abs in them, so that I don't have to do any additional ab work afterward.

Laurel, Nice job on the workouts! I like your plan on the STS rotation. Everyone reacts to workouts in a different way. I was noticing that my body just stayed the same, so when Kelly mentioned the boxing and the fact that I really love that type of workout, I was saying why not try it. I think that you have to try something, and then determine what is working. Of course you also have to determine how long you want to try it for also. Is it two weeks or 1 month with a rotation. I know that I have nixed some rotations after a couple of weeks, sometimes it is just because my body just couldn't take the punishment.

Thelma, Great workouts, and finding what your body needed. Guess that is what we all need to determine as our body's go through the week of workouts. That is the other bonus about Kelly's workouts. Her RAW ones do tend to go longer, but she usually is under 50 min. on most of them.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Thursday were Zumba, Vinyasa Flow and Perfect30 Upper Body. I love the yoga instructor. I get such an amazing workout from this class. My abs were hurting afterwards. Sadly I don't know how long the owner will be able to continue with the zoom classes now that people are going back to their pre-covid lives. I've been thinking about joining my old studio but they moved out of town to a small studio. The instructor I used to take private classes with has now a small studio in town so I may try those classes.

The storm caused a lot of damage here in GA. We were under tornado and flash flood watch for a while. It rained pretty hard for a while. People are saying that there are downed trees everywhere, some people lost power but nothing like last time. There are floods all over the place though. Thank God we didn't buy our house near any body of water. I don't hear rain anymore so I think the storm is out of here.

We are going out to dinner with our neighbors tomorrow night. I can't wait! Pickleball on Saturday afternoon!

Laurie, great workout! I love that Kelly sneaks abs in her workouts.

We do need to listen to our bodies and I'm glad I did because I felt much better today. I didn't realize the RAW workouts were a little longer but that is not too bad.

Laurel, great workouts! Sounds like you had the same weather conditions we had. There floods everywhere from what I've seen posted on facebook. I feel bad for the people living near rivers and creeks because a lot of homes are flooded!

Have a great weekend ladies!
Thelma