Cathe Fans Part 5

Hi Ladies! I hope you enjoyed the weekend. Ours was filled with errands and chores, plus a nice walk on Saturday. Yesterday DH mowed the lawn for the first time this season. It seems really early for that, but it was super long. In fact, most of our neighbors were mowing as well, despite the cold weather. I think the rain and sun over the last couple of weeks has really started everything growing.

For workouts, on Saturday I did Jessica Smith’s Feel Good Fusion and 30 minutes of yoga. Yesterday was 2.0 Body Part Shoulders with Bonuses and STS 1 Meso 3 Disc 29/Plyo Legs. And today was 2.0 Body Part Biceps with Bonuses and a 30 minute spin.

Thelma, great workouts. But I am sorry to hear your shoulder and bicep didn’t enjoy the yoga so much. Hopefully that improves with some gentle reintroduction over time. We had a ton of rain on Friday, and then it also rained on Saturday which was not forecasted. Yesterday was better though cool and windy. They are predicting temperatures in the upper 70s later this week (for a day) and I so hope that happens.

Laurie, so glad to hear you are feeling better. And it sounds like you picked a great workout to start back with. Good music makes all of the difference sometimes. These longer days are so welcome. Last evening was the first evening DH and I were able to sit outside on our new deck after dinner and be able to watch all of the birds and squirrels and bunnies running around the yard with our new, much less obtrusive railing. It was wonderful. Now we just need a few more degrees in temperature…..but just a few, not 40.

See you tomorrow.


Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Hope that my body starts getting used to this time change. It was really hard to get up this morning. I plugged in P30 Perfect Pump Lower Body.

Laurel, Love the workouts! Your weekend sounds like a very relaxed one, can't believe that the mowing has already started. I'm sure that DH will hope that our lawn doesn't start needing that done. How nice that you are able to enjoy your new deck. Last week DH and I saw a black squirrel in our back yard, they are not something we see around her to often. Since we have lived here, we have also seen an albino squirrel. We have not seen that one in quite a few years.

Thelma, Great job with the workouts! Crazy that you are having to experience that fire danger again. I'm sure that hardest part of getting back into using your shoulder/bicep is taking it easy. Today is going to be our hot day, and then the temps go back to normal.

Have a great day!
Laurie

There was a controlled burn on a mountain that we can see directly across the valley from our deck. The entire valley filled up with smoke and we could smell the smoke inside the house. The entire mountain range disappeared from the thick smoke. It was scary!

I had PT on Tuesday and I got inclined pushups added to the long list of exercises. They will help me get stronger for downward dogs. No downward dogs for me yet and there's no way I can go back to yoga in two weeks. I do think I'll be ready around mid-April. I had a female PT today and I really like her. She was excited to work with me so she could check on my progress. She was moving my arm around as she felt around the shoulder. She said that she could feel the shoulder moving quite well and that I hardly have any scar tissue. I massage my scars as much as possible during the day.

It was a long day! We left the house at 9:15 with the dogs for their physicals and got home at 12:15. I had enough time to get something to eat, change and run out of the house for my PT appointment at 1PM. My appointment with the surgeon is on the 26th, so we think that will be my last PT session. I'll go to that appointment with new instructions from the doctor and they'll be able to give me new exercises.

I was too tired to exercise after that long day, so I only walked and did my PT, which is now taking over one hour.

My 8# weighted vest arrived. I've yet to try it on. I hope to do so on Wednesday. DH brought the box inside and he said, the bricks you ordered came. I kept asking myself what bricks? What did I order? I'd totally forgotten what I'd ordered!

Laurie, it is always so hard to get used to the time change. Good job with that lower body workout!

It really is crazy that we're experiencing fire danger again after all the rain we've had. All the leaves sitting on the ground must dry up pretty quickly before they start decomposing.

Laurel, great workouts! Good idea to do something else instead of simulating jump rope. I can't imagine doing jump rope for more that 30 seconds! LOL
It really is hard to moderate my activity now. At least my PT doesn't think I've injured myself. I spoke with my regular PT and he said that now that I can use my arm more, I'm going to find that certain things irritate it.

I am horrified about the high fire danger conditions we've been having. We had a beautiful sunny day. What was being called rain for Friday is now showers, so we might not get a lot of rain.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was 2.0 Body Part Legs with Bonuses, a 30 minute spin and 10 minutes of core focused yoga.

Thelma, that sounds like a very long day. If your PT takes more than an hour, I think it definitely qualifies as a workout. I am glad they don’t see any sign of reinjury. I know that slowing down on the yoga may be a little frustrating, but if you are able to do incline pushups, you are well on your way back. That fire sounds scary! I suppose it is good they are doing controlled burns, but that doesn’t make the situation less alarming for sure.

Laurie, great workout. I love how much she packed into the P30 strength workouts. When I first started doing the 1.0/2.0 rotation, I was starving. That has calmed down, but I am still getting pretty tired from them. I am trying to moderate my cardio because of that, and some days I am better at that than others. Ultimately, my goal is to shave off enough cardio that I feel comfortable skipping cardio in part (if not in large part) if I choose a full 1.0/2.0 rotation. I think I will need all of my energy for the strength work if I do that. I just have to get over the mental hurdle I have when it comes to skipping cardio. But I’m taking baby steps.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

This morning I did a rebounder workout with Kat Gates-Buettner, it appears to be her first rebounder workout since it was labeled #1. I then did a 10 min. Ab session with Michelle Briehler. Overall I really enjoyed both workouts. The rebounder workout was nothing difficult, but you sure do burn the calories. I put my watch on jump roping, and it said that I was at a moderate pace.

Laurel, Great job with the workouts! It is very hard to get into that mental state that you don't need to do cardio every day. I know that I had to struggle with that for a while. The biggest part was my body just didn't cooperate with the things that I thought I could still do. It has been a journey trying to find the right workouts for me. So glad that my dd bought the rebounder. I can get in some really good cardio with it, but don't feel like my knees are going to stop working.

Thelma, Love the workouts! Good for you getting that weighted vest on for your lower body work. I do use mine if I want to lift heavier than the weights that I have available. 10lbs is probably a good weight to get, that way you are not trying to calculate just how much weight you lifted. I can't imagine running with the vest on. Congrats on the driving!

Hi ladies, I slept for about 3 hours last night, which explains why I was so exhausted. I sat down on the recliner with my book, and I think I only had time to put the book on my lap before I passed out.
My workouts on Thursday were walking and mobility.

We're expected to get some rain on Friday. It will start raining right before my haircut appointment! Nice!

Thanks for your advice on getting the 10 lb. weighted vest. It looks like most companies sell weights in increments of 4 lbs., so I wasn't able to get one from the same company the 8lb was from. It should be here on Sunday. I hope it gets here early, so I can use it during my lower body workout.
Do you simply add your vests weight to your total dumbbell weight for weight recording purposes?

Laurie, great workouts! I keep forgetting to ask the PT if I can jump now.

I can imagine running with a weighted vest on, but not hiking with one. I can't imagine hiking during a hot day wearing that thing. It would be very extraneous and hot!

Laurel, great workouts!
I think I would be OK walking outdoors with the vest. Did you ever wear yours during a kickboxing class? I can't wait to be able to try that with the weighted gloves!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was 2.0 Body Part Triceps with bonuses, a 30 minute spin, and Cathe’s Live class from last week which was Weight Plate Core. It was a solid 25 minute core workout using plates, but I subbed in dumbbells instead because of the kind of plates I have. It was a surprisingly tough workout having me very thankful when she announced there were only two exercises left. But, like Thelma, I only slept a few hours last night and was rudely awakened this morning by a violent thunderstorm, so that may have had something to do with how that workout felt after two other workouts before it.

Thelma, great workouts. I imagine I will be like you when I pick up my book later today. We had quite the storm very early this morning and buckets of rain, but it looks like it is clearing out now. Hopefully you got the rain without all of the theatrics. I have never tried my weighted vest with cardio. I definitely would never use it for impact because I think it would hurt across the tops of my shoulders. I am very cautious of my back since I have had so many back injuries, so the idea of shifting weight on my body while I am jumping around scares me a bit. But I could see using it for a purely boxing workout for sure.

Laurie, great workout. Like you, I am so thankful I am close in age to Cathe. She is definitely leading the way for me in letting me know it is okay to cut back. When I do her older Cathe live workouts, especially pre-COVID, I really can see how much she has slowed down. And yet she is still in great shape and putting out great workouts. Sounds like a great workout plan ahead. The LITE Pyramid Pump (upper and lower) are both slightly under 45 minutes as well, so those may work too.

Enjoy the weekend!

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Dang cold this morning, in fact we had snowflakes coming down. Had a really nice weekend. Saturday we went to a brunch, and there where a bunch of people from DH's work that where retirees. DH was having a blast talking to all of them. I new a few of the people, so was able to chat with them.

My workout this morning was P30 Perfect Pump Upper Body.

Laurel, Great job with the workouts! Sounds like a really good core workout. Sorry to hear that you had your sleep interrupted from a storm. I had forgotten about the Pyramid workouts, I will add them to my list of workouts. Pyramid work is always good to add into a rotation, plus is uses the stability ball for added balance.

Thelma, Sounds like a nice weekend, and getting to the zoo is an added bonus. They had a free day at the zoo last weekend, and they had so many people want to attend. They didn't have enough parking. Good thing DH and dd did a Monday visit. Awesome job with all those workouts! The low impact kickboxing should work good. It really works well if the workout does a lot of lower body moves like squats and up/down moves. You really do get your hr up for that.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi ladies, my workouts on Monday were walking, standing abs and mobility.
It was freezing here on Monday! The wind was brutal at times. My shoulder ached the entire day. I don't think it likes the cold. It will be much colder on Tuesday morning. I was miserable all day long.

My weighted vest arrived. I can't believe I feel a big difference between the 8 and 10 lb. vests.

Laurie, I'm glad you had a nice weekend and that you were able to enjoy yourselves at the brunch. We clearly have the same cold weather you're having.
Great workout!

We didn't go to the zoo; I meant our own personal zoo at home. LOL
I think a KCM kickboxing workout should be a good choice to do with the weighted vest.

Laurel, I'm glad you had a quiet and relaxing weekend. Great job with those workouts. It was definitely weird for you to pick a barre workout on Sunday, but what a nice change of pace!

You must be relieved to not have to worry about any of your plants freezing. There was a controlled burn scheduled for Monday, but I don't think it happened because the wind was blowing like crazy.

See you tomorrow,
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was STS Meso 2 Disc 17/Legs, a 20 minute spin and 30 minutes of Peloton Pilates. I have to admit, as I continue to reduce my cardio lengths, the more I look forward to my workouts. I don’t know if I would feel the same way if I wasn’t doing such tough strength workouts, but I can figure that out another time. This is great news for me and my joints.

Thelma, great workouts. It was cold and windy here all day yesterday as well, and we got down to 26 last night. But the warming up is already starting, thankfully. It is the first day of spring, and I find it weird to be wearing a winter coat to feed the birds, at least in Alabama. I’m sorry your shoulder was bothering you with the weather. Hopefully it will feel better today or tomorrow.

Laurie, great workout. I really love that one. Nothing to dread in it at all. I was thinking about the LIS Trisets workouts as well. You could also make a series out of the Pure Strength workouts doing the Chest, Shoulder and Tricep workout (about 40 minutes IIRC), Back and Biceps (no core), Standing Legs and Floor Legs (splitting the lower body workout in half), and doing the Back, Biceps and Abs work….whenever. It’s just an idea, but Pure Strength, after all these years, still stands the test of time. I hope your DH has a good weekend, even though your friends are coming in for a funeral. I don’t like missing too many weekends with DH, but sometimes it makes for a nice time to catch up on girl movies and whatnot.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel