Cathe Fans Part 5

Morning Thelma,

DH and I did a Full Body Stretch for Flexibility & Mobility with PJ. DH did okay, we really do need to make stretching a regular thing for us. This morning I did Power Yoga with Chris Freytag.

Oh I do feel for you with that prep for your tests. Hope everything goes well for you.

Congrats to your DH! I'm sure that is a relief to see that approval.

DH and I will have to try Caroline again at some point. I was having to much knee pain when doing her workouts. I'm sure it was because of the many lunges that she does.

Thanks for the link. Just glancing at the finished food looks delish.

Have a great day!

Laurie

Morning Thelma,

DH and I did the Full Body workout with Cheryl again. Both of us felt is was tough going through the third round, so we both must have had tired muscles from the previous workout.

Good job keep yourself busy. For sure it is tough when you are hungry. I found coffee helped me with the hunger.

I will have to check out the knee guy. If I don't do lunges to often, my knees feel so much better. I also just make lunges non weight bearing. That has help so much.

Have a great day!

Laurie

Morning Thelma,

We had a very nice weekend. I took off Friday, just didn't want to be at work. Spent the day sewing. Saturday I was baking for a celebration of Easter with DH's brother & SIL. The girls where there, so it was a good time.

On Friday our workout was PJ's EMOM Bodyweight Workout. We didn't workout on Saturday or Sunday, just to busy with me baking and then Sunday we didn't get home until after 5pm.

So glad to hear all went well with your procedure. I had that same experience with the solution at that time of the morning. It took everything I had to get through most of it. I basically said I can't drink anymore of this stuff. 😀 Interesting that they where pushing you out so fast. They had me in a room and DH was there. They wouldn't let me go until I ate something, and then they made sure I was able to walk. Of course the most interesting thing was they had a police incident when I was waiting for the procedure to start. Some guy was running around the outside of the building with a gun. I had forgotten about that.

Good job getting in a workout.

Have a great day!

Laurie

Morning Thelma,

Our workout yesterday was PJ's Back & Biceps Workout. This one was a drop set, and I went as heavy as I could handle. This morning was power yoga.

Great job with your workouts!

How wonderful that your yoga family gave you such a warm welcome back, and giving you such support in your grief.

Nice job with the hidden veggie in your recipe. 😉 I would have to do the same thing with my DH, he doesn't like radishes either.

Love the warm weather, we had 60's yesterday and today is in the low 40's.

Have a great day!

Laurie

Morning Thelma,

Great job with your workouts! I had that same thing after yesterday's workout, just hungry.

DH and I did PJ's Chest & Tricep Workout. This one was another drop set, and those triceps where really worked good. Of course I used as heavy as I could handle.

Can't believe that you are already done with this rotation. I'm sure that the next rotation will be a nice change of pace. I'm looking at what DH and I will be doing come June when we have more time to spend on our workout. Of course I'm looking at the food also, just need to change things up for us. I want to get away from the last meal we have being heaviest one of the day.

We are finally seeing some growing plants, and those daffodils just might be here for Easter. Of course it is still pretty dang cold here, so everything is coming up slowly.

Yesterday the grocery store just to the east of our building had a fire. It started with the garbage and pallets, but because of the wind it got onto the roof. They did get it under control, but that really could have been much worse.

Have a great day!

Laurie

Morning Thelma,

Great job with the workouts! That isn't many workouts left, and don't think that the full body will be missed. Hope your glutes are okay today with all that work.

Our workout yesterday was PJ's Inner & Outer Thigh Workout. This one was a good one. This morning was Kelly's Trim Down Boxing Drills Premix.

The headache season is starting now that things are starting to bud around here. Of course we had the wind like you did so who knows what was getting picked up in that also.

It is so nice to start seeing some green around here, it seems to be so long that we haven't seen anything but brown. 😂

Have a great day!

Laurie

Hi Ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. Ours was nice and busy as always.
The weather was beautiful. We were in the 80's, but it was not hot or humid. There was a slight cool breeze. It felt more like 70's to me.

There were two fires in our county over the weekend. One was about 40 acres. The forestry department and neighoring fire departments had to get involved. The forstry department provided fire trucks and a helicopter to dump water over the flames. Some houses started to catch fire, but thankfully the firefighters saved them. So scary! There's no sign of serious rain n our forecast, only showers here and there.

My workouts on Friday were walking, yoga and Barre Sculpting.
Saturday - walking.
Sunday - walking and CG Iron Day 25 Shoulders.

I'm back at wanting to get CG's up to do her new workouts after Iron.

My endoscopy/colonoscopy biopsy results came and everything was normal.

Have a great week!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! We are back from our wonderful vacation, and I hated to see it end. We actually got back on Thursday, then spent Friday and Saturday planting new plants and doing yard work. Easter was pretty quiet, and yesterday was our 35th anniversary so we spent that buying a new dining room table. I am really happy about that!! I can’t wait to get it.

I didn’t do any workouts while we were gone, but we got long walks on the beach every day we were in the coast, and long walks in the hills when we were in Asheville. It felt good to give my body a break. Asheville is still showing significant scars from the floods last year. We were both stunned at the damage. I cannot even imagine how horrible that experience was for everybody there.

My workouts since we have been back were random Cathe Live workouts on Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday I started with the ICE program. I did ICE Chiseled Lower Body Blast with the Blizzard Blast and Muscle Meltdown Shoulders. Yesterday was Low Impact Sweat, Blizzard Blast and Muscle Meltdown Back. Today was a 30 minute spin into ICE Chiseled Upper Body.

Thelma, I am so sorry about your kitty. That is so sad. I am glad you got some good support from your yoga group. I am also happy to hear everything went well with your procedures. On our way home from Asheville, the highways in Chattanooga were shut down because of an accident so we ended up coming through Blue Ridge. Such beautiful country! Even though it took an extra hour, we really enjoyed that trip. We lost power for about eight hours the second night we were gone, so most everything in our fridge needed to be replaced (again). But, thankfully, we had no damage from the storm that caused it. But when we came through northern Alabama on that trip home, we saw lots of damage in addition to signs of fires. Thankfully it has been raining for the better part of today, because those fires scare me, especially when this is supposed to be our wet season. Great workouts!! I am toying with doing that 2.0/LMR rotation again. I still haven’t quite talked myself into it yet though.

Laurie, I know you said your DD would be having a C-section yesterday if she hadn’t already gone into labor. I hope she is doing well and all is good with your new grandson. Great workouts over the last two weeks. I had a lot of mental conversations with myself about my workouts while we were gone, and I have promised myself to spend more time doing recovery workouts (like stretching) than I have been doing. My body really needs it for sure.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Yes my DD had the big/little guy on Monday. 😀 He is 8lb 15oz and 21" long. He had to spend the last two days in the NICU, because with a c-section he wasn't able to expel all the fluid from his lungs. They had him on oxygen for 24 hours and then another 24 with breathing on his own. He is with Mom this morning, and they will be going home tomorrow. So I have not been able to hold him yet, but that will be something that happens this weekend. 😁

DH and I have been lax on our workouts, because we have been sitting the oldest. He is a handful, but a very good boy. Takes both of us to watch that he doesn't get into everything. 😀

This morning I did Kelly's Trim Down workout, and did the Kelly's Favorite Premix.

Thelma, Sorry that I just fell off the thread for a bit, just so much going on with Holy Week, Easter and the new baby. Glad to hear that your test results came out great. Grief comes out of nowhere sometimes, so don't feel bad about having that experience once in a while. Very scary about the fires. We have had a lot of rain, so that isn't a factor for this area. I was wondering about that aspect, since we didn't have a lot of snow this year. Are you going to be doing another round of Iron, or looking into the app? 😉

Laurel, Great job with the workouts! Glad you had such a great time on your vacation. To bad about the food in the fridge, but glad to hear that your home was okay. Getting in those stretching workouts is hard, just doesn't seem like a workout.

Have a great day!

Laurie

Hi Ladies! Wednesday's workouts were walking and Tracy Steen Hiit.
We got a little more rain on Wednesday night.

Laurie, congratulations on the new grand baby. He's big! I am so glad he's able to breathe on his own now.
Did big brother meet him yet?

I have not decided what CG program I will do next. Decisions!

Laurel, great workouts!
People are so cruel sometimes. At least the rooster looks OK.
I hope you got some rain too!

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was ICE Rock’m Sock’m Knockout with the Blizzard Blast, Muscle Meltdown Triceps and Core 1. I am really feeling these ICE workout this week, but I am also enjoying them.

Thelma, great workouts. We got rain on and off all day yesterday, and it is still gloomy today with some sprinkles. But we are due to dry up over the weekend. We have some chance for rain all next week as well, but it is pretty low. But it also the time of year we can get those heavy pop-up storms. I just keep hoping for more and more rain right now.

Laurie, great workouts. I think I like yoga over stretching because it flows. I find with stretching, it is like ‘do this, then do that’, and with yoga (even yin) it feels like there is more cohesion in the moves (if that makes any sense). I think that is what makes it feel more like a workout to me than just a series of unrelated stretches. But that might just be me. 🤣 I hope you DD and grandson are doing well. No doubt it will be an adjustment for the new big brother.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Our workout yesterday was PJ's Shoulder & Abs Workout. Another really good workout, feeling the shoulders. This morning was Yin Yoga, guess all the talk about stretching got into my head. 😀

Laurel, Love the workouts! Glad that you had enjoyed this week of ICE. The ICE and CTX are always good workout for that purpose. Of course the ICE cardio is better IMO. I think you are correct on the yoga vs stretching aspect. I really want to do a daily yoga routine once I don't have to be at work anymore. I have always loved yoga, but don't feel like I have the time for it and doing a workout. My DD said that so far so good, but I'm sure that there will be some jealousy. He is in the terrible twos after all. 😀

Thelma, Awesome job with the workouts! Not that far until you are finished with the Iron workouts. Glad to hear that you area received some rain, and hope that more is on the way. We have been having rain on and off all week. Tomorrow they say is going to be a nice spring day. Of course 50's with sun is a nice spring day. LOL about your rooster, that is interesting that stuffed toys will take care of that issue.

Have a great weekend!

Laurie

Hi Ladies! I hope you had a nice weekend. Our rain total for last week was .8". I hope we get some rain next week.

We had a good weekend. We introduced the hens to the rooster. It was scary at first because I didn't know there would be pecking order confrontations. I freaked out because our rooster is a fighting rooster. The girls defended themselves quite well and let him know they were in charge. LOL

The rooster and one of the hens have fallen in love. They are inseparable now! It is the sweetest thing! He follows her everywhere. That was my exciting weekend! LOL.

My workouts on Friday were yoga and walking.
Saturday - walking.
Sunday - walking and CG Iron Day 27 - Glutes.

I am going to try a Cathe STS 2.0 Single Body Part this week to try to figure out what I'd like do next.

My repaired shoulder has been bothering me. I know my main issue is my scapula. Always the scapula! It has been a problem for years now. I can't seem to estabilize it and it makes my shoulder roll forward and it affects my internal rotation. I think I need PT to make sure I don't hurt myself. For now I've found some exercises that seem to help, but I still have the internal rotation issue. Things like chest flies bother me the most, followed by presses. I'll go back to light weights for now.
I've read that shoulder injuries are very common during menopause. Frozen shoulder is the most common injury.

Laurie, great workouts! How is the new grandbaby doing? What about big brother? Is he jealous?

Not far from finishing Iron. I was going to get the app, but not now that my shoulder is bothering me. I need to correct my body mechanics before doing that.
It's funny about the rooster and the stuffed animals. I don't even know how the lady who told me about it came up with the idea because she had just gotten her rooster and knew nothing about chickens.
The weather here was beautiful.

Laurel, Great workouts. I'm glad you had a great workout week!

I feel bad for the yoga studio owner because she is losing her regular clients due to the new instructor. We liked her in the beginning because it was a different way of teaching, but now we miss the old instructor even more.

My hydrangea bush is full of flowers! I can't believe it!
I hear you on everything looking so green and healthy. We have chances of rain at the end of next week.
The stuffed toy idea was genius and funny. I hope the stuffed toys will satisfy our rooster when he is mating like there's no tomorrow. Right now they're all a happy little family.

Have a wonderful week!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Sounds like you both enjoyed the weekend. Ours was busy but good. We took advantage of the nice weather to do some work in our front garden. We decided to replace a few plants, and it looks so much cleaner now. Yesterday was spent mulching the garden and doing lawn work. It felt good to be in the sun for a while for sure.

For workouts, on Saturday I did 60 minutes of Peloton yoga. Yesterday was RWH HiiT Circuit Lower Body and Core 2. Today was RWH LIHI Cheat, Shoulder and Triceps followed by Low Impact HiiT 2.

Thelma, great workouts. I am sorry your shoulder is giving you so many problems still. Hopefully you can get some PT exercises to help. Almost every woman in my family (including myself) has had frozen shoulder, but mine came from injury not age. But no matter what, it is no fun at all. I am super aware of my shoulders these days, but I suppose that goes with the territory. I am glad your rooster/hen meeting went well, and your little rooster has a girlfriend. I hate that he was abandoned, but I love that he found a home. So cute.

Laurie, I am so glad you were able to spend time with your grandsons this weekend. I am also glad your DD is doing well post-surgery. That has to be tough with a toddler. You are right about CTX, because the upper body work is really good. For quite some time my favorite upper body workout was the combo of all of the workouts into one 60 minute long workout. So good. I might have to revisit that one soon. I am just doing workouts that sound good at the minute, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see me reaching for Pure Strength. Like you, those workouts (and Maximum Intensity Strength) were my first heavy strength workouts, and even 25+ years later, stand the test of time. I am still not sure what my next rotation will be, to be honest. So I am just going to keep doing what I am doing until I find myself wanting more structure. Great workout this morning!

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

DH and I did a really good low impact workout last night with PJ. It was a Ladder HiiT Cardio workout. She did four moves for 60 seconds, then a short break into those same for moves for 45, then 30 then 15. It wasn't a long workout, but really got the hr going. This morning I did a workout that Kelly recently put on yt called Box & Squat #2.

Laurel, Great job with all your workouts! Nice that you where able to do some landscaping. Getting that yard looking nice is always something that I love seeing. Right now I can see weeds growing, so if this week's temps continue to be as nice, we will be getting some yard work done. Everything needs to be cleaned from the winter debris. Oh yes MIS was another one of those workouts that I was always doing. Doing workouts that you want to do sounds like a great thing to me.

Thelma, Good job with the workouts! Hopefully you will get some good news with the shoulder. LOL about you needing to resort to the stuffed animals, hope that it is a good distraction for him. I would be totally into the cauliflower recipe, it may be a hard sell for DH. Of course I could make them for myself, and make him a different veg. Our youngest is going really well. She had a day with her sister yesterday and sent us a pic of our oldest gs with a straw mustache he made. My peonies will probably be blooming in June. 😉

Have a great day!

Laurie