Cathe Fans Part 5

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Cathe Live Fight For Awareness 2 and STS Stability Ball Abs.

Thelma, great workouts. Your bread sounds so good. I hope you got some rain. We did. It started in the middle of the night and lasted for a few hours. I am hoping we get more, but it doesn’t look like we will. But I will take the half inch or whatever we got. Now we have to prepare for the cold…..at least for a few days.

Laurie, great workouts. I like doing beginner yoga and Pilates workouts sometimes because I find I can get a good workout without any dread, especially since I use them for recovery. I hope your weather doesn’t get too bad.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

We have a chilly one today, and if they are correct we will be having snow tomorrow morning during rush hour. Oh well, guess that comes with living here.

DH and I where not able to get in our workout. DH was helping his friend with the hood on his car. Guess it wasn't lining up correctly. So by the time he got home it was to late for a workout. Of course DH said, guess we are doing a workout on Friday. This morning I did a Yin Yoga workout with Travis, it was Release Tension for Neck and Shoulders. Guess you don't realize that you are carrying tension until you do a workout like this. Felt great afterwards.

Laurel, Awesome workouts! Interesting title for that live workout. Glad to hear that you had rain, I'm still hoping that your area gets more. I've been trying to get in some different workouts in my morning sessions. Kind of nice to see what I like and don't like. Still need to get in more boxing, and of course kettlebells. Sure do miss those two. Maybe tomorrow I will pull out one of my kettlebell kickboxing workouts. Those had a low impact option.

Thelma, Love the workouts! Dang on the biceps, but it is good that you are so aware and working on the issue. Nice that the workouts will be in our hands soon. I saw that she has a downloadable workout if you purchased the calendar also. You are doing so well with the bread making. Seems like all the cardio workouts that Caroline puts out have a bit of dread factor. Of course once we are done with it, we both agree that it was a good one.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi ladies, Wednesday's workouts walking and CG Iron Day 7.
My biceps feel much better now that I can sometimes fix mt forward rolling shoulders.

The rain stopped this morning at about 3, but it was also lightly raining at 9 AM. It turned very windy in the afternoon and temps started to drop.

For the first time in probably 25 years, I was able to fix my scapula by doing some of the exercises from Caroline's Iron Day 7 and others I've seen on FB.
I came across a YT chiropractor who talks about forward rolling shoulders and he agreed with my chiro, in that it was a postural issue. YT chiro got into more detail and said it was trap weakness and specifically lower trap weakness. I have to agree with that because when my scapula pops out, I can feel it on the lower trap area. Now I get that the reason why CG's workout helped so much is because she targets the traps in the workout.

This is the chiro talking about forward rolling shoulders. He has a warm up workout for shoulders called Shoulder flossing. I did it before my workout, but I'm not sure it did anything.
Shoulders rolling forward are ax postural issue due to lower trapezius weakness
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/KukV5degaKJzqcwe/

Shoulder flossing - pre-workout exercises
https://youtu.be/v5SmgfsBdO4?si=sLidnaVoEyrMpl59

Exercises for uneven shoulders - Very good and can be done while standing with forehead against a wall.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/qvU9oioWSNtbhkQW/

Posture correction - this guy has amazing mobility. Notice how his articulation, that is key with the scapula I've found.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/8AKk6gurTMsXjsDb/

Laurie, Gheat job doing the Yin workout. I'll have to check that out! Good for your DH for wanting to make up the missed workout on Friday!!

I've had too many injuries not to have learned awareness! LOL
OMG, my bread came out amazing. I made the full loaf for the first time and it came out so tall! More flour would do that! LOL

CG's cardio workouts come with a dread factor. She loves her burpee type moves.
Commute snow is never fun. I hope it's not a big storm.

Laurel, great workouts!
I'm sorry you only got 1/2" of rain. I don't know how much we got, but we definitely didn't get more than 1".

I can't believe you are having postural issues too! I posted above the videos I found helpful. That guy Igor has other videos, too.

Have a great weekend!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was LITE Rev’d Up Rumble with the calorie Crush and Abs 1. I love this workout.

Thelma, great workouts. Thank you so much for all of the shoulder information. I think this will definitely help me since I struggle with bicep tendonitis as well. There is some great information there. We are sunny but cold and windy here. I need to mow, but not today. It might have to wait until DH comes home if the wind doesn’t die down. I’m afraid to spend too much time under the trees when it is blowing like this. We get too many branches down.

Laurie, great workouts. How did your DH do with that ab workout? Sorry to hear about the bad commute. It always amazes me how people cannot drive in snow in snowy places. And the tire situation is another thing that makes me crazy. So rant away! But hopefully this is your last winter with a commute. I enjoy boxing more than kickboxing these days as well, which is exact opposite of how it used to be.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was STS Meso 3 Disc 30/Shoulders, Biceps and Triceps and a 30 minute spin. My workouts felt really good this week, which is always nice at this age.

Laurie, great workout. I like your idea of using cardio with a guy doing it and modifying. Whenever there are men in Cathe’s live classes, I really appreciate seeing them and it reminds me that men and women, on the average, really do move differently when it comes to cardio. No doubt your DH would appreciate the modifications. We are now under a freeze warning, so I am going to hold off on mowing until next week. DH will be home, so either he will do it or I can knock it out when he has to go to a meeting on Monday. We are supposed to be in the 70s that day, and that sounds so much better than the 40s we have right now for being outside for two hours.

DH will be off all next week (minus the meeting on Monday), so I may not be back until then Tuesday after Thanksgiving. So I will wish you both a very Happy Thanksgiving!!

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

We had a very nice weekend, and I made a loaf of raisin bread for DH. He was so happy. I will not be able to eat any of it until after tomorrow. I have a colonoscopy tomorrow.

Our workout on Friday was Fuel Day 10 Hard n Higher Intensity Workout. We tried out one of PJ's workouts and did one that had her husband in it. She refers to him as loving husband, and both DH and I where laughing during the workout. Loving husband has some interesting comments about the workout. We did Building a Better Butt, and she did a lot of standing work. DH could see that an average man really doesn't have the type of flexibility as women, but he got through it. Both of us felt the butt working. This morning I did Upper Body Weight Training with PJ. I don't think that I will be working out after work, since I will have to start the prep for tomorrow.

Laurel, Nice job on the workouts! Don't blame you for putting off the mowing, not fun in the cold. One of the things that I liked about the workout that we did with PJ, is the fact that DH could see another man being tortured along with his wife. Enjoy your time with the DH and Happy Thanksgiving!

Thelma, Awesome job with all those workouts! I love that you did a test drive with the rolls, and of course that they turned out great. Thanks for the recipe. I will have to check out that video. I probably will not be on tomorrow, but will be around on Wednesday.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi ladies, Tuesday's workouts were walking, Yin, and Iron Day 7 Shoulders.

Laurie, I hope everything went well with your colonoscopy.

Cathe announced on FB that pre-orders will start shipping by the end of the week!

Happy Thanksgiving!
Thelma

Morning Ladies,

We had a very busy but fun Thanksgiving/Weekend. My family is doing pretty good, my Mom was having a hard time. My parents anniversary was on the 27th, it would have been their 65th. Mom is doing really well with her hip, she uses a cane and it can be difficult to get out of a squishy chair.

Don't know how our workouts will go this week, we have the grandson with us. DD's house is having the hardwood floors redone. They are staying in a hotel, so the young man will be with us for the week. He is at that age where he doesn't stop moving.

This morning I did a Leg workout with PJ. I did receive my Cathe DVD's while we where gone, so I have not had a chance to view them.

Thelma, I'm so sorry to hear about your Uncle. Will have your Aunt, cousin and you will be in my prayers for comfort at this time. I'm sure that was difficult to keep up a happy face. Sorry to hear that your cat was having such difficulties, but that she is in recovery mode now. Great job with the workouts, you did a lot better than I did getting them into your day.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi ladies, it's snowing in Blue Ridge tonight! It's just a dusting but I read that schools would be closed on Tuesday. It's been freezing around here. My chickens decided to start molting this week! One of them is pretty bad. There's a big naked spot on her back. I've never had a chicken molt this much.
My kitty is doing better. I'll be taking her to our vet next Monday for a follow up to make sure the infection is gone.

Thank you both for keeping my aunt, my cousin and I in your prayers.

I did my first Lift, Move & Restore workout and I'm in love! I did the Functional Upper Body. I am thinking of doing a CG upper body from my CG rotation tomorrow, then the Functional Lower Body, and the following day CG Lower Body. I want to see how alternating these workouts feel.
Even though the Functional Upper Body workout uses light weights, I still felt a little burn and my arms.
Does a User Guide come with this workout? I've not seen one.

Laurie, I'm glad you had a fun family weekend! I'm sorry about your mom having a hard time with your dad not being around anymore.
I'm glad your mom is doing well with her new hip. Will she always have to use a cane?

It wasn't easy having to play hostess during Thanksgiving. I sure wasn't feeling very sociable.
I made my first sweet potato casserole, and it was delicious. I followed a Skinnytaste recipe, so it was lite.

Laurel, I'm so glad you had a nice busy week with your DH.

Awesome workouts! You did much better than Laurie and I did! I can't wait to try the Functional Lower Body workout!

My kitty thankfully is doing better.

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Rockout Knockout followed by Lift, Move and Restore Functional Pilates Fusion, and I added on the bonus workout from this disc which was Foam Rolling Lower Body. I feel a little mixed about both of these workouts, mostly because I was hoping for more genuine Pilates in the first and more genuine foam rolling in the second. But the first felt more like a total body movement workout and the latter was more like a barre routine using the foam roller as a balancing tool. And neither of those descriptions are fully accurate. Anyhow, they were fine, just not what I expected.

Thelma, great workouts. I am going to try that upper body workout tomorrow. I am feeling the lower body workouts from yesterday today, so it did hit places I am not getting with the STS workouts. I love your idea of alternating with CG workouts. I think a User’s Guide for the new workouts is going to be published on-line soon. She usually gets the guides out about the same time the workouts get out On Demand, and they weren’t there last time I checked. I can’t believe you got snow there! They thought we might get a hint of snow, but we didn’t. It is just cold. I hope your chickens are okay.

Laurie, no doubt the little guy is exhausting. I’m glad he is a good little one, though. That makes it so much better. My nephew at that age was a tyrant, and my poor sister didn’t have a minute to herself. Luckily he grew out of that.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a fun 45 minute spin into LMR Functional Upper Body with the Balance Disc bonus. I really enjoyed this upper body workout. I used Cathe’s weight and will probably adjust a few of those upwards next time, but I liked that the moves really were functional and unique. The balance disc segment was all about balance and core on the mat. These balance discs are a surprisingly challenging addition to my workout regime. I need practice on them for sure.

Thelma, great workouts. I was thinking about you when I did the foam rolling segment yesterday because I remember you expressing disappointment in Cathe’s STS 2.0 foam rolling workouts. Cathe does explain at the beginning of the workout I did yesterday that she is going to show some traditional foam rolling moves but it isn’t a traditional foam rolling workout. I think about five minutes was spent on foam rolling. I get the sense Cathe doesn’t like foam rolling which is why she has never done anything more than show examples of how a foam roller can be used in what otherwise could be foam rolling workouts. Anyhow, I agree with you on the cold weather. It is a little painful on the body for sure.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was 4DS Low Intensity Step into the Low Impact Cardio Bonus from LMR into the LMR Functional Mobility Fusion. I really enjoyed both of these LMR workouts. I can’t gage how intense the cardio would be on its own since I was pretty winded going into it, but I think it makes for a great add on and probably a good workout on days where short, not too intense cardio is what is on the books. The moves were simple, familiar and easy to perform. The mobility workout makes for a nice compliment to the P30 mobility workout. The warm up for the LMR mobility is very similar to the feel of the P30 workout, but after that, the LMR is a more dynamic total body workout. My body really enjoyed the combo of movement and extension. This was my favorite workout of the series so far.

Thelma, great workouts. I completely agree about the LMR Upper Body shoulder moves. She does a lot of shoulder opening in the mobility workout as well, and it was really good. I didn’t feel my upper body today like I did after the lower body, so I probably will up the weight a bit next time. One thing I am noticing from this series so far is a lower body focus, and I suppose that makes sense because of the focus on functional movement. But after four days straight, my legs are a little tired. But I am hoping to get all of the workouts done (maybe minus the core workouts) before I start back up with STS next week so I am going to press through. Your new ankle and wrist weights sound interesting. I’ll be interested to hear how you like doing yoga with weights. I have never thought about doing that.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Sorry that I have not been online the last few days. I took the afternoon's off to babysit the gs. DH had a couple of appointments in the afternoons. The little guy has been a really good boy all week.

Unfortunately no workouts all week.

We are going to be in the 40's this weekend, it will be a nice break from the teens that we have been in this whole week.

Laurel, Great job with all the workouts! Thank you for giving all the details on the new workouts. I'm hoping to try them out next week, and I think that they will be good morning workouts to compliment our evening workouts. The grandson is very busy, so you do need to keep your eye on him. DH bought him a new red wagon, and he pushes that thing all over the house. I think that is why he goes to bed so well, he has walked a lot for such a little guy.

Thelma, Awesome job with your workouts! Sounds like you are really enjoying the new workouts. Thank you for the information on the shoulder surgery. Fortunately the shoulder that she has problems with is her non dominate. I will for sure be making her some shirts like you suggested. Any other information that you can give is very helpful.

Have a great weekend!
Laurie

Hi ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. We had a nice one, and not busy for a change. The rain started here at about 10PM on Sunday night. It's been raining hard, and the wind is pretty strong, too. We need this rain badly. There was a fire along the highway in BR.

My workouts on Friday were yoga and walking.
Saturday - walking.
Sunday - walking and CG Iron Day 13 - Glutes, Hamstrings, Back.

Laurie, I'm glad you're OK and that the grandbaby was a good boy all week.

The most helpful thing I got for my shoulder surgery was my Polar Ice Therapy machine. I was attached to that machine all day and only unhooked it when I had to move around.
https://a.co/d/2oqRklS

Another helpful thing will be to have a handheld shower. She's going to need assistance with bathing. Liquid body soap in a pump was very helpful. The most important thing was to have a recliner for her to sleep in. I tried sleeping in bed using one of those bed wedges and it was hard as a rock. The recliner is the way to go.

Laurel, great workouts! I am glad you liked the LMR Total Body workout. I'll have to remember to take the dumbbells to the floor for the ab work. She probably kept putting the weights away so she can be getting up/down as a mobility move.

You keep your house cold!!!

Have a gret week!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! I hope you enjoyed the weekend. Mine was quiet but good. Saturday was a beautiful day and I spent a good part of it raking leaves. They are so late in falling this year and after last night’s rain, I still have much more work to do this week. But I enjoyed the time outside. Yesterday was gloomy, so I spent it reading and working on a puzzle. It was nice to have a quiet day before the holiday madness kicks in when DH gets home.

For workouts, on Saturday I did LMR Functional Yoga Fusion and the bonus Restorative Yoga workout. Yesterday I did Step Moves into LMR Functional Barre Fusion into the bonus Upper Body Foam Rolling workout. I really enjoyed the Barre workout. It is kind of a bootcamp style workout where you do rounds of lower, upper and core exercises throughout. I used Cathe’s weight and band color, and while I will probably adjust the weight a bit in the future, it was just a nice total body workout but definitely not intense. The foam rolling workout was like the lower body foam rolling bonus on the Pilates disc in that it starts with a few rolling exercises then goes into a short (mostly core) workout using the roller as a prop.

Today was back to STS, so I did STS Meso 1 Disc 7/Chest, Shoulders and Biceps into a 30 minute spin.

Thelma, great workouts. Like you, we had rain all night, which was fantastic. I think we may still get a little more over the next couple of days before we dry out again. I do keep my house cold at night for sure. I hate having heat on when I sleep because it has a tendency to give me a headache, so that is why I turn it all the way off. It just doesn’t usually get that cold here!

Laurie, great workouts. Glad you chose a good workout to ease back in after some time off. I think you will like the new Cathe workouts. I will say that my one kind of petty complaint for a couple of them is all of the equipment change outs. So have the equipment needed handy because even though she isn’t moving rapidly, there are quite a few changes. But I definitely think these will make for good morning workouts. Going back to STS today after a week of them made clear that these really are light work/restorative workouts, and that is a good thing.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel