Cathe Fans Part 5

Morning Ladies,

Well there wasn't much rain this morning, just a mist. We are going into the 80's this weekend, so I'm okay with these cool rainy temps. Makes me want to make some soup. My workout this morning was LITE Metabolic Blast. I stayed with the same weights as Cathe, my lower body is pretty sore so no need to add that extra weight. Looking forward to my Perfect Flow workout tomorrow.

Laurel, Great job on the workouts! I hear you on those 80's tunes, just love them. I'm following the Perfect 30 / LITE Rotation that Cathe put out in the user guide. I really enjoy LITE, and of course the P30 workouts are all in that 30 min. range. I'm hoping that she puts out more of the P30 workouts. If I remember she indicated that she would be doing that at some point. My first step workout of Cathe's that nearly killed me was I think called Step Max. If I remember correctly that is the one that she turns the step toward the camera for the plyo moves. Glad that you where able to find the fall item that you needed for such a great price. DH's Uncle moved out of his condo into assisted living, and he had a little wagon in his garage. Now I need to get some little hay bales to put in the bed of the wagon. DH has a scarecrow driving the wagon right now, with a bunch of little pumpkins in the back. Just seems that the hay would give some cushion.

Thelma, Love the workouts! Every little bit of rain helps, that for sure. Don't blame you for previewing those HiiT workouts, because I'm sure that you can find a great sub if you don't feel the workout would work for you. We did have some fires up north this summer, but they where able to contain them fairly well. One of my co-workers has a cabin that had the fire line stop almost right on his property line.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Thursday were Walking X2 and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day 14 Full Body Bodyweight & Dumbbell (Supersets). The full body workout was another killer workout that felt like another squatathon. There were a lot of compound exercises. I skipped the last couple of minutes because she was doing Makers. I did like that she hit the abs at the beginning of the workout.
This week was lower body focused and it look line next week will be upper body.

Laurie, great workout! I love that workout! I was thinking of adding soups to my monthly menu, but then warmer temps hit here too.

We got 1/10 of an inch of rain last night. Hopefully we'll get a little more sometime toward the end of next week. OMG I can't believe the fire stopped almost at your co-worker's property line! I just don't even know how a fire would be contained here. It's not like there's a huge fire department.

I am glad I previewed the Hiit workout because the name kind of scared me. She started doing low impact stuff. I'll modify whenever I need to.

Laurel, great workouts! Your body definitely will love the break from 2.0.

My body needed the break badly! Caroline's workouts are leaving me pretty sore.
I am really worried about the potential for fires too. People burn stuff around here all the time.
I'm glad you're on a forced break from picking up the nuts around your yard! Wouldn't one of those shop vacs with those nuts?

Have a wonderful weekend ladies!
Thelma

Morning Ladies,

This morning's workout was P30 Perfect Flow: Yoga Strength & Flexibility + Perfect Flow: Core Bonus. Felt great to stretch out.

Looking forward to a quiet weekend, I don't think that we have any plans to do anything but more cleaning up outside.

Laurel, Great job with that workout! You have done such an awesome job with this series, and totally understand needing to move on to something else. This rotation has me doing the P30 High Impact HiiT workout on Sunday, not sure that I'm wanting to do that one. I'm actually thinking of dusting off the Pyramid workout from the Shock Series HiiT. Most of those moves are easily made into low impact if I need to. Your extreme workout made me think of it as a sub.

Thelma, Awesome job with the workouts! I'm sure that your body will be grateful for the upper body work next week. At some point I want to do that full rotation, because I really did enjoy it. The workouts just got to long for me to do, and I was so tired. Most HiiT workouts give me the I don't want too's. Sometimes they just seem like overkill.

Winning4EJ, Yes we are Cathe fans, that's how we all got this thread going. We do other instructors, but for the most part Cathe is our instructor.

Have a great weekend!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, I hope you had a great weekend! Ours was nice and quiet. I was tired on Friday and there was no way I could do Caroline's Hiit workout, so I went with a Cathe workout. On Saturday I had a really bad headache all day long, so I didn't do much, but got two walks in.
I survived week three of Epic I.

Friday - Walking X2, Gentle Flow Yoga and Perfect30 Low Impact HIIT.
Saturday - Walking X2.
Sunday - Walking X2, Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day 16 Back & Biceps. 80% of the workout was back. I was kind of disappointed. There were renegade rows and I can't do them to save my life! I used to be able to do them. I did 30-second-high planks and bent over rows.

Laurie, great workout!

People in one of Caroline's FB groups say that Epic I is her hardest program! Great and I had to pick that one to start! LOL. It is definitely a hard program. I just looked at the schedule and it looks like the workouts are going to get longer. I'm not happy about that. Those Hiit workouts are too fast.

Winning4EJ, Cathe Friedrich is our favorite instructor. We have the majority of workouts.

Laurel, great workouts!
Too bad you can't use the shop vac to pick up those nuts.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! I hope you enjoyed the weekend. Ours was pretty good. DH had to work until after midnight on Friday and then half the day on Saturday because it was the end of the fiscal year. So I took the time he was working on Saturday and did some chores inside and out. When he was done working, we ran a couple of errands and then took a really long walk which was nice. Yesterday was chores and errands. We are also revising our trip due to the weather forecast in Nova Scotia for next week and the owners of one B&B we were staying at coming down with COVID. But I think everything will still work out for a nice vacation…..I hope.

For workouts, on Saturday I did Cardio Party and yoga. Yesterday was 2.0 Upper Body and a 45 minute spin. And today was 2.0 Lower Body 1, followed by Cathe Live Low Impact Kickboxing, HiiT and Core.

Thelma, I am sorry you had a headache on Saturday. That is no fun. I am not a fan of renegade rows (or tricep kickbacks in a plank). I think your variation of plank and rows separate is perfect. Do you remember what format we decided on for our rotation? I think we decided three weeks of each one body part workout program followed by a week of circuits and maybe ending with each one body part program done for just one week then a circuit week for a total of 12 weeks. Does that sound right? And more importantly, does that sound good? I know we are weeks away from it, but I want to start giving it some thought.

Laurie, some day you will get a quiet weekend, but having your grandson is a really good reason for it not being so quiet. Great workouts. Thanks for the feedback on the Perfect 30 Upper Body workout. That is something to keep in the back of my mind as I move beyond 2.0 to make me think twice about what weight I am reaching for. Pushing myself is one thing but hurting myself I can do without. And I admit that 2.0 has made me pretty confident with some heavy weight because of those rests. Great choice of a HiiT workout. I love that segment.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

My workout this morning was P30 Perfect Pump: Lower Body. I stayed with Cathe's weight, because I didn't want to over work those muscles. I got a good workout in, again because she was moving so quickly I didn't want to think to hard about what weight to use.

Laurel, Love the workouts! Sorry to hear that you needed to revise the vacation, but I'm sure that you will have a wonderful time. Just getting away is a good thing. With you DH being so busy at work, I'm sure that he is looking forward to being someplace else. Glad I could shed some light on what moving on to other workouts is like. Again this one moved pretty fast, she's trying to get so much into 30 min. Of course doing those LITE workouts last week, I was able to go heavier. Then again in those workouts I think Cathe was going fairly light for her.

Thelma, Great job with the workout, and that you enjoyed it. Working on that balance is so important. Taking a longer break is probably something that I have to try more of. Sometimes I just want to get the workout done in my timeframe, so I tend to just let the workout roll. I do miss a rep or two once in a while.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Tuesday were Walking X2, Yin Yoga and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day 18 Dumbbell Chest & Triceps.

I've hurt my biceps, and my chiropractor says I have tendonitis. This means no upper body work for a while, which totally stinks. I've left a message for my doctor to give me a physical therapy referral.

I will continue doing Caroline's and Tracy's lower body and ab work. I am really crushed, but I need to make sure I heal before things get out of control. Lesson learned for me is that Caroline's 20-30 second breaks are way too short for me to be able to recover. Today's workout format was supersets, so there was no break until both muscles had been worked. The break was 20 seconds. I started to feel the little pain in my biceps, so I lowered the weights, down to 10 lbs.

Laurie, great workout and great job for staying with Cathe's weights.
I think it's OK to miss a few reps when you're able to keep going.

Laurel, great workouts! I hope you have a wonderful in Nova Scotia!

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Wednesday were Walking X2, Gina B Low Impact Cardio and Gentle Flow Yoga. It was my rest day, and it was badly needed. My pecs are really sore from Tuesday's chest work.

I was able to get my PT referral, but unfortunately the place I wanted to go to is suffering from staffing issues like everyone else around here. Their first eval appointment was in November! I called my doctor's office and had them send the referral to another place. I have an eval appointment on Friday at 11, BUT there's a catch to me going there. In order to get treated I have to take their 7:15 AM appointments! YIKES! That's a little too early for me, but I have to take what I can get if I don't want to go out of town for treatment.

Great workout! I hope you had fun at your hair appointment. Did she do your hair at home or at the salon?

It really is a bummer to not be able to lift heavy to prevent myself from making the injury worse. Thursday's workout is total body. I'm going to do it but I won't do anything heavy for upper body. I think my injury happened during chest work. Next week's schedule is lower body focused which is great. There's a shoulders and core day, so that workout is questionable right now.

Laurie, I had no idea the Canadian fires were still burning! Wednesday was a pretty hazy and DH thought it looked like the smoke we'd gotten before, and he was right!

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Thursday were Walking X2 and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day 19 Full Body Bodyweight & Dumbbell.
The full body workout was mostly lower body with some compound moves with upper body. I didn't do the upper body parts. Next week is mostly lower body focused, so I don't knon if I'll be able to do that.

Laurie, great workout!

It makes sense to have your hair done at the salon. Congratulations to your DD becoming an Elite stylist! Why didn't she want to do it? More responsibility or maybe because her clients may not be able to afford her anymore? Does she want to have her own salon some day?

Have a great weekend!
Thelma

Hi Ladies, I hope you had a great weekend. Ours was good and busy as usual.
My workouts were as follows:
Friday - walking X3
Saturday - walking X2
Sunday - walking x2 and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day 21 Dumbbell Lower Body.

I had my PT evaluation on Friday morning and the PT said that tendonitis is caused by overuse. I totally overuse my arms. I move my arms like crazy when I'm doing my walking too with side and overhead raises, punches, etc. The plan for now is to rest my arms, no side or high raises, just normal walking arms as well as gentle movements to prevent me from losing my range of motion. I have to ice, apply heat and gently massage the bicep area where the tendonitis with ice. DH bought a little ultrasound machine years ago when he had an injury and I used it around the upper bicep and shoulder are and it made a huge difference. I am feeling a lot better. I have to go for PT twice a week. I can't lift weights needless to say. I thought I'd be able to use at least 12.5# dumbbells for lower body, but the PT said no because I'd be stretching the bicep, which we don't want right now.
I got a great lower body workout with Caroline with 3# dumbbells because she does so many reps.

Since I can't do upper body stuff I'll focus on lower body, abs and cardio for now. I realize that healing this injury is all up to me, so I will follow the PT's instructions and that includes following the PT's instructions.

Laurie, great workout!
What a special weekend you have planned! I can just imagine how emotional it will be when your dad meets the baby! I hope everyone had a great time!
Hopefully you didn't get any snow!

Our nighttime temps have been in the upper 30's, so fall is definitely here. We're starting to see a little bit of foliage colors across the valley, and we have lots of dead leaves on the ground.

I'm sure your DD wanted to wait till it felt right for her to go Elite. I'm sure she'll continue to do a fantastic job and she'll be able to keep her current customers too. Does Ulta send her out for training? I'm glad she likes the benefits Ulta offers.

It is frustrating not to be able to lift, but I have to make sure I heal before Laurel and I start the new rotation. I know that I will have to start with small weights too and that will be the most frustrating part for me.

Have a great week!
Thelma

Morning Ladies,

Sorry I wasn't on yesterday, just was really busy and then forgot. I didn't workout yesterday, just was very tired. This morning was 30MTF Power Splits Upper.

Had a really good time with my parents, and my dad was very happy to see his great grandson. Baby was busy playing with dad's ear, so that was funny. My mom is doing fairly well, she has pain in her hip from arthritis. She gets her cortisone shot this week, so that should give her some relief for a time. Even with that she was constantly moving.

Thelma, Sorry to hear that you have to limit your arm movement, and I'm sure that you will heal in not time. Great job on all your workouts! We are having those lovely cold temps, it really was cold up north. We had temps in the low 30's. I just asked the youngest dd about training when I was at my appointment. She said that she has been to training, and they do some of it online. They had stopped a bunch of that during covid, so I was curious.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Wednesday were Walking X2, Gentle Flow Yoga and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day 23 Dumbbell &Bodyweight Glutes & Upper Abs.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Thursday were Walking X2 and Tracy Steen Inner and Outer thighs.

My arms are feeling much better. Yesterday I had a new PT and she is great. I am allowed now to go through the motions of an upper body workout without weights. I did use 5# for the lower body and a 10# KT for sumos.

Laurie, sorry you've been so busy at work. Great workout!
Accents and mumblers are definitely a challenge! LOL

Have a great weekend!
Thelma

Morning Ladies,

What a wet and cold weekend we had. I took the day off on Friday to take care of the grandbaby. So getting on line was a bust. He was getting over a cold, so wasn't to happy. I did purchase a new sewing machine on Saturday, and they gave me an upgrade at the same price. DH and I calculated that they gave us the machine with over $1500 of extras. With zero percent financing for 72 months, I couldn't pass up this deal. This machine is a tank, and I will be able to handle any size quilt. I will be using it a lot for small to medium free motion quilting projects. I'm going to sign myself up for some classes, to learn as much about my machine as possible.

My workout on Friday was 30MTF Weights 2, Saturday STS 2.0 Mobility 1 and Sunday was a nothing day. This morning's workout was 30MTF Build & Burn Upper Body.

Thelma, Great news with the PT and your continued healing. Awesome job with the workouts! Oh how wonderful to have a massage, I'm sure that did feel so good. Congratulations on winning the massage. Sounds like you where tired after that massage. When I have had those, I'm usually pretty tired afterward. Guess you had that wonderful cold and rain. It rained here on Friday all day, and didn't stop until Saturday late in the day. Sunday was windy and a bit cold, but at least it was sunny.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Monday were Walking X2 and Caroline Girvan Epic I - Day 27 Dumbbell & Bodyweight Triceps & Abs. Day 27 was mostly body weight, so lots of push-ups in every possible way imaginable. When weights were used, I used 5# and went very slow while keeping in mind the mind/muscle connection.

Between Cathe's STS 2.0, the macro diet and Caroline's Epic I program, I am the smallest I've been in a long time. I also think I'm in the best physical shape I've been in decades, minus the bicep injury. My flabby abs have shrunk considerably and are starting to look good. I look forward to doing ab work now, and you know how much I've hated ab work all these years. I love that Caroline incorporates abs into her workouts. I even bought little exercise shorts and tops a la Caroline. I showed DH my new exercise outfit and got a big wow and thumbs up out of him. LOL. He also said I looked great. My standard workout attire are sweats and big t-shirts! No wonder DH was shocked! LOL

Monday was a very cold, drizzly, and raw day. I had my dental cleaning on Monday morning and that office is kept as cold as a refrigerator. I felt that even my bones were cold. It took me all day to warm up. We've gotten 1/10" inch of rain between the weekend and Monday.

Laurie, send some rain our way please! Sounds like we had some of that cold weather here too. We haven't had much rain at all. At least the ground is got wet.
Congratulations on the new sewing machine! I think you would've been crazy to pass up on that amazing deal! Good idea to take some classes to learn about your new toy!

Great workouts!

The massage felt good. I haven't had many massages in my life. I am sure it's less than 5, but this one was the best I've ever had. I need to reschedule next week's massage, which is my rest day.

Laurel, welcome back! I am so happy to hear you had a great vacation and that everything went smoothly. Nova Scotia is a lovely place. You did a lot of walking! Good for you.

Great workouts! Great idea to do the metabolic workouts.

Thank you so much for offering to wait for me to start the rotation. You are so sweet and thoughtful! I hope that I'll be OK by December, even if I can't lift heavy. Thank you so much!
I have been thinking about our rotation and how I can modify it so I don't have to exercise the upper body every day, and all I can think of is doing the mish-mosh split set premixes.
I definitely irritated the biceps with the workouts this week. All I've been doing PT wise in about a week of treatment is mobility stuff. Hopefully on Thursday we can start some strengthening exercises. I've already checked YT for exercises, so I will incorporate some of those into my routine.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma