Cathe Fans Part 5

Hi Ladies! Tuesday's workouts were walking, Yin and CG Abs.
It was a beautiful fall like day here and temps by tomorrow morning could be in the high 40's! No rain though.

Laurie, great workouts!
I hope you have a wonderful grandma time with the boys! You and your daughter are lucky to live close to each other.
I love fall weather too!

Laurel, great workouts!
We've been lucky with the cold fronts this summer. We had another cold front too. I love it! People here are calling this weather "fake fall".

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies. It was a very sad day at our house. We had to say goodbye to our elderly female dog. She was very old, almost blind, incontinent and senile. We loved her and took care of her every day. I miss her.

I was too sad to lift weights, so I didn't. I went to yoga and walked.

I had lunch with my friends and there was a lot of gossip about the studio owners. We don't think the studio is coming back. They got evicted and the husband hasn't paid the instructors since June. He is the reason for their failure because he's not good with money. She works really hard. He doesn't work at all. She's still hoping to have some online classes. I heard she wants to do her sculpting class, but I didn't hear anything about yoga classes.
I don't see how they could possibly rent another studio when they got evicted for not paying rent at their current space.

I'll be trying an Iyengar yoga next Wednesday at the BR Arts Center. I love the idea of learning proper alignment and precise technique.

This Lesser-Known Yoga Practice Is Arguably The Most Accessible

Iyengar is a form of hatha yoga that focuses on proper alignment and precise technique. Through slower movements and an emphasis on quality over quantity, Iyengar yoga combines asanas (poses) and pranayama (breath) to build strength, stamina, and flexibility.

Travis Eliot has a 30-day power yoga rotation that I may do. He also has lots of Yin classes.

The weather was perfect today. It was a perfect early fall day. The temperature was 50 degrees at 8 AM!

The weathermen are saying that the winter here in GA will be cold and dry. I saw that AL will be mild and dry too. I am not crazy about the dry part because I'll be worrying about fires.

Laurel, great workouts! I'm sure the cooler weather helped you enjoy those workouts.

I'm glad you're having beautiful weather too. I discovered new curly hair styling products this summer, so my hair has been very well behaved. LOL

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a 45 minute spin and core and yoga from Peloton. The spin was from two years ago and is my favorite class on the Peloton platform, so it was a super enjoyable workout. After all those endurance rides I have been doing for months, I needed a spin where I could just lose myself in the music.

Thelma, I am so sorry to hear about your puppy. That had to be a hard decision, but no doubt you made the last years of her life wonderful. I’m also sorry to hear about the yoga studio. Like Laurie said, you can’t build a business without paying the bills. I feel so sorry for the owner in that it wasn’t her that lost the business. She must be so frustrated. I don’t know how I feel about a mild and dry winter. I think I would prefer mild and wet or cold and wet or dry. Mild and dry sounds like all of the bugs will stay alive and that isn’t good.

Laurie, great workouts. I am glad you enjoyed your time with your grandsons and had great weather for it. DH and I are going to tackle the windows this weekend. My sister has decided to come visit for a few days in a couple of weeks, and I would be embarrassed if I didn’t do something about them. They really are bad. 😎 But since it is a long weekend, we will still be able to play golf. 😊

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was 2.0 Giant Sets Total Body, Cathe Live Cardio Core Express and Peloton yoga.

Thelma, great workouts. I really hope stopping the supplement makes you feel better. I am so hesitant to take medications for the reason you are suffering. I hope you start feeling better soon. We have had a lot of cicadas this summer. One morning I went out to feed the birds, and there was a dead one on the deck steps. Or at least I thought it was dead until I reached out to try to sweep it off the step (it was HUGE), and it woke up with a scream and flew away. Scared me to no end and it was so loud!! I prefer they stay in the trees. 🙂 It does sound like your pup was ready to go if she stopped eating. She sounds like a sweet dog. I am sorry your yoga instructor is going through this. But if she has been with her husband that long, well…..but I still hope things work out for her.

Enjoy the long weekend!

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Our Labor Day weekend was very nice. The weather couldn't have been more perfect. On Friday we went up north for the internment of my Dad. That was Saturday morning, and then afterward my Mom invited people for a lunch. We left there about 1PM and got home after 6. We spent Sunday on what we wanted to work on. Me sewing and DH working on his car. Both of us where tired from the travel. Yesterday we went to the oldest and spent time with them and the youngest came there also. Of course it's always my pleasure to be with the grandbabies. They are both growing way to fast.

My workouts where yoga and XTrain All Out Low Impact HiiT. Not one of my fav's but I did it. No workout on Saturday, on Sunday I did yoga and the last workout 2.0 Total Body Stretch. I have decided that I will work out with Michelle Briehler this month. My first workout was yesterday and it was a Total Body Strength workout and this morning was Standing Cardio Core & Floor. I enjoyed both workouts, and also the yoga before each workout.

Laurel, Nice job with the workouts! Glad to hear that you are really enjoying getting back into the spin workouts. I hope that you had a chance to get in some golf this weekend. How fun that your sister is coming to visit. I was shocked at how dirty our windows where. You don't realize until you clean them and then look out the window from the inside.

Thelma, Great job with all your workouts! I'm so glad to hear that you are able to eat again. Interesting how those supplements can disturb your bodies function. That had to be a relief for you. I'm sure that you will feel the presence of your pup for a while, she sounds like she was a great dog.

Have a great day!

Laurie

Hi Ladies! Tuesday's workouts were walking, yin and CG Abs.

Laurie, great workouts! I'm so glad you had such a great weekend.
It is a huge relief to have figured out what wa upsetting my stomach.

Laurel great workouts! I'm glad you were able to play golf both days.

I am thankful to have figured out what caused my stomach upset.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! I went to try the Iyengar yoga class. It was different than anything I've done before, but I liked it. The 84-year-old instructor is amazing and doesn't look like she's anywhere near 80. I got some pretty good stretching during the class.

Wednesday's workouts: walking, yoga and Tracy Steen lower body. I was too tired to do a CG workout.

We got two 1 minute long passing showers.

Laurel, great workouts!

I did enjoy the weather. It was perfect!

See you tomorrow!

Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was 2.0 Trisets Total Body, X10 Low Impact and hip focused yoga from Peloton. When I talked to DH this morning (he is away), he told me he has started a 28 day chair yoga rotation. I have no idea where that came from, but it makes me so happy that he is giving it a try. His flexibility is an issue for sure.

Thelma, great workouts! I am so happy you enjoyed the new yoga. Having an instructor in her 80s is so inspirational. Like Laurie said, I am so glad I have started doing yoga regularly. I hope I can be doing it in my 80s as well.

Laurie, great workouts. I am so glad your DH’s surgery went well. Hopefully the spasms ease up. I have had some of those, and they are painful. Hopefully after Friday he can get on the road to full recovery.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a 45 minute spin, yoga and lawn mowing. 🙂 While it is pretty warm here, it isn’t nearly as humid as it was last time I mowed so it felt far less brutal. But it was still 12,000 steps, so I count it as a workout. 😎

Thelma, I’m sorry you hurt your back. Hopefully it feels better soon. Great workouts even if gentle. We are very dry here, so I envy your rain. But we may get storms later today and some rain tomorrow. I hope so. Everything looks a little dead right now. I was so shocked when DH mentioned the chair yoga. But he has been doing some stretching every morning recently before he does a quick workout, and I think he has noticed a difference. I also think playing golf has reminded him how important it is to stay flexible, especially through the core. No matter the cause, I am just so happy he is thinking about stuff like this.

Enjoy the weekend.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

We had a very nice weekend temperature wise it was into the low 50's. Spent a lot of time outside just getting everything cleaned up. No walnuts yet, but I'm sure they will be falling soon. We trimmed back some of the dead things and cleaned up some weeds. DH catheter has been removed, but he still isn't feeling everything is working correctly. He has a call into the doctor right now, and hopefully they can give him some information that will help. Hopefully he doesn't have to go in for any more surgery.

I didn't workout on Friday since I had to drive DH to the doctor, and then we spent time at the oldest dd's until DH had to go into his next appointment to see if he was doing okay without the catheter. Saturday and Sunday where just yoga and gardening. This morning was Triceps, Biceps and Abs.

Laurel, Great job with all the workouts. Nice that your DH is doing the chair yoga, it will help for sure. I have a friend that is doing the chair yoga and she really enjoys it. I think that DH isn't having the spasms, he is just having to push to urinate and he doesn't think that is what should be happening. I don't know so hopefully the doctor can give him some information.

Thelma, Nice job with the workouts. Glad to hear that you didn't injure you back. Good to hear that your area received some rain. I really hope that DH's issues clear up for him, he really needs to get back on the exercise bandwagon.

Have a great day!

Laurie

Hi Ladies! My yoga studio owner started online classes via Zoom. I was the only one online today, so I basically had a private class. It was a nice vinyasa flow, pretty much like the one she does in her warm power yoga. I had a space heater on, so it was warm on my end. She has one class everyday Monday through Friday. I don't how long this will last if only a few people take the classes. She's not making money from me because I have the yearly membership.

I hardly slept on Sunday night. I got up early to do the yoga class and I was on the go the rest of the day. We are making the six hours round trip to UGA with our cat for a follow-up appointment. I spent a good part of the afternoon baking for the veterinarian because she's been really good to us. I don't know if she's allowed to receive gifts though.

My workouts on Monday were walking and yoga. I probably won't get more than a short walk in tomorrow.

Laurie, great workouts! I'm glad your DH had the catheter removed. He shouldn't have to push in order to urinate. Hopefully, it's only a matter of time before he goes back to normal. He had a catheter in for a long time.

Laurel, great workouts! Good job deep cleaning! I need to do that too.

The weather here has been beautiful too. I'm starting to see dry leaves around the driveway. The dogwoods go first. Our first chance of rain is next Tuesday!

See you tomorrow!

Thelma

Morning Ladies,

I'm really tired today, and only had the energy for yoga.

Yesterday I had to take DH to the ER. They put the catheter back in, he has a bladder infection and blood clots from the surgery. The ER doc said that he shouldn't have had the catheter removed. While we where driving back home, DH started to have itchy ears, eyes and throat. He was having an allergic reaction to the antibiotic that the ER gave him. So we went to another ER that was on the way home. DH is allergic to penicillin and apparently this antibiotic. They gave him what they normally give to some one suffering from a reaction. After all this we finally got home after midnight. It took a while to wind down, and I was very late getting up this morning. I can admit that I'm a bit crabby today. 😉

Laurel, Great job with all your workouts! Glad your area received some rain, but those temps are hard to deal with. We are headed into the 70's which isn't all that bad, but after this wonderful coolness it will be warm. Sounds like you are getting the lovely fall mornings with the cooler weather. Sounds like you where a busy lady getting the deep cleaning done.

Thelma, Awesome job with the yoga! How fun to have your own class via zoom. You are so thoughtful to give your vet something. I'm sure it will be appreciated by the staff. DH will have the catheter in until Monday of next week. He had an appointment this morning, and they said he will need to take the new antibiotic also. Hope your trip is a good one, that is a long time to be in the car.

Have a great day!

Laurie

Morning Ladies,

This morning was yoga and Shoulders & Thighs. Nice workout!

Thelma, Nice job getting in the walking every little bit helps. Glad to hear that the vet and nurses enjoyed the bread you made. We usually pack a lunch when we go on those long drives. I like stopping at the rest areas just to enjoy being out of the car. DH is feeling much better, and no reaction to these antibiotics. I'm very happy to be around him again, he was so crabby.

Have a great day!

Laurie

Hi Ladies! Wednesday's workouts were walking, precision yoga and Tracy Steen lower body. I was too tired to get my rear end kicked by CG.

I was so tired this morning that I didn't want to go to the yoga class at the arts center, but my hips were hurting, so I went. I walked out of there feeling like new! I still can't believe that lady is 84 years old.

Laurie, I'm so glad your DH is feeling better.

Great workout! Did you hear CG posted one of her new workout programs for free in YT? It's called Iron Pro. I believe it's her latest program too. The one in YT is only six weeks. The one in the app is 10 weeks.

We couldn't afford to stop at rest stops. We never imagined the appointment would be super long.

Laurel, great workouts!
Thank goodness the hospital is big, and I had the length of the building to walk. They really appreciated the bread. I wish I'd baked other goodies too.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a fun 45 minute spin followed by core and yoga from Peloton.

Thelma, great workouts. I’m glad your yoga class felt so good. Some days it really is a struggle to workout, but I find that those days are often the ones I get the best benefits from.

Laurie, great workouts. I’m happy your knees handled that workout. Between my knees and feet, I have good days and bad days for sure. But I still try to do most everything just to see if it still works. Enjoy your day with your family!

See you tomorrow.

Laurel