Damage Control . . . Week of 2/20

[LauraR]

Still no one on today. Maybe I can get caught up on personals.

Lori--Just so you don't think I'm totally crazy, I should probably clarify what I meant about the electricity and the massage! If it were a matter of no power or no water, I'd definitely choose power and water over a massage!! Any day. As it is, our back up systems almost always manage the outages so that our "normal life" isn't affected. It's only occasionally that we have big outages that really mess with us. But . . . that said, what I MEANT and didn't say clearly was . . . if we have to deal with the inconvenience of power and water shortages, at least we have the up-side of cheap massages. Doesn't totally balance, but it provides a little bit of payback. Sounds like you have fully recovered from your weekend and are back to your crazy-long mish-mosh workouts!

LauraT--Hurray! for your productive weekend. I LOVE getting stuff done. And yes, 7 weeks is not much for getting-stuff-done for our trip! Hurray for your clean eating yday and today. Sorry about the knee. I always have issues with my knees if my IT band is tight. I also sometimes have issues if I go heavy after not going heavy for a while. Almost as if I need a light warm-up set before the heavy set. Hope you figure out what your issue is. Knees are NOT something to mess with.

Wendy--Glad DH had success in AC. Hope you get over whatever crud you've got and that it doesn't progress! No worries about the missed workouts and indulgent eating over the weekend. We all NEED those down times!

Diana--I hope your loads of water and cardio have helped you get back on track for your weigh in. I also hope the new shoes help with your foot issues. Your boot camp circuit class sounds fun.

Still on a "high" from that run this morning.

[rmrmr]

Happy Hump Day,

I'm going into the office today instead of working from home, my normal Wednesday routing. There is a lot of activity and I need to be there.

This morning will be BM2 cardio blast. I'm debating weighing in today or tomorrow. I'm up about .5 this morning but it may just be worth having a gain this week and start fresh tomorrow. Just mind games yah know.

LauraR-congrats on your 30 min run...no walking. WOO HOO!!! You followed a program and are reaping the benefits! Have you checked out Cathe's February rotation..it's a lower body blast rotation but Cathe always keeps her rotations well balanced. I'm actually considering doing it.

LauraT-I definitely hear yah on missing the heavy leg training. Nothing really gets the hamstrings like hamstring curls. I haven't actually been to my gym near work since Nov/Dec. Now that my foot is healed I really need to make it a priority to hit the legs with heavy training at least once a week and use Cathe for secondary leg training. I want that definition too. Nice job on the clean eating, I'm back on track too.

Wendy-Oh No...PG. Whatever will be will be! I'm sure that's not it, but if it is....I want you to have a girl! Two of my nieces recently had babies and they each had a boy. We have a lot of boys in my family...we need some girls to even the score.

Lori-you must be busy training someone this morning. Can't wait to hear what kind of crazy mish mosh you came up with for today.

Have a great day everyone!

[Fit_mommy]

Finally got in a work out this morning! YAY me!

RS (skipped challenge for time)
MIS abs

Good stuff! I feel like myself again. Whatever was wrong with me passed during the day y'day and I was left just feeling very tired. I laid down in my bed at 6:45 with my laptap and the tv on and hung out til 9 when I shut out the light and went to sleep. Still didn't want to get up at 4:30 but I did anyway and I'm glad. The longer you put it off, the harder it is to get re-started! Tmrw is dreaded Disc 9 again!

I think my issues were related to exhaustion from the weekend as well as the onset of TTOM which I actually started to see signs of y'day so no baby girl! Sorry Diana! LOL

BBIAB with personals.

[rmrmr]

BM2 Cardio Blast premix done!~!~

Just wish my HR monitor was working 'cuz this w/o is big calorie burner for me.

bbl

[Poochy]

Morning ladies .. crazy insane at the asylum .. UGH ... is it still a full moon?????? yikes!! NO DOMS from heavy weight .. WTH??? BUT .. DOMS from my mish mosh class: shoulders, lats, obliques and calves I did some side plank work I havent done in a while b/c of my shoulder .. so far so good (knock on wood) .. they are sore .. but not hurting!!

LauraR - WTG on the run ... woot woot!!! I knew what you were talking about on the massage .. ya a cheap massage would be NIIICEEEE!!!!

Wendy - glad you are feeling better .. and glad it is not the PG thing (I think that is a good thing) .. .. it was prbly just exhaustion ... and if the casinos are like MS casinos FULL OF SMOKE .. could have something to do with it!!

DI - ok .. you are sounding like the people on BL .. LOL .. manipulating body and scale weigh ins .. LOL .. but hey whatever works to motivate you go for it!! Yes working legs is a MUST for that great definition .. about 1 time a week is good for me too .. but nothing like that HEAVY leg curl and extension that gives you the nice CUTS!!!

Lori -my lululemon stuff is due to arrive today {{{ doing the happpy dance }}} I cant wait .. I will let you know how I like it .. I wasnt sure on the sizes .. b/c I was really in between the 6 and 8 but all the comments said to buy larger .. so I am HOPING I made the right choice .. we will see today .. woot woot!

Ok .. gotta jet ... no class tonight ... I think a walk at lunch is in order it is just too pretty out 70 degrees and sunshine then tonight I may rest .. or I may go and hit STS TB ... we will see what the rest of the day brings on!! have a great one!

[Poochy]

yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaayyyyaeeaaeaaaaaa .. my lululemon stuff is in doing happy dance all over asylum!!!! will try it on tonight .. looks awesome!! woot woot!!!

[LauraR]

LauraT--Yay for new workout clothes. From my experience, new workout clothes make you jump higher!

Diana--Yeah, I saw that rotation, and it looks amazing. I'd love to try it. Crunch time before furlough is not the right time, though. Way too time consuming. Also, I want to do my runs. But I was drooling over it when she posted it!

[gidget1978]

Hey Girls,

Can't believe its my first time here today. I did hardly any studying today. I tried but wasn't interested at all and started getting lazy! So I opted to workout! Big surprise there! I planned on studying after lunch and I didn't do that either. Soooo, I should be able to buckle down tomorrow and get a nice bit done. I am going to get my workout over with early and the only other workout I have tomorrow (in the day) is at 1:00.

My workout was Kari Andersons abs, 4DS shoulders and bics, 6 miles on the TM in 50 mins and GS legs. Oh...i think that dvd is one of Cathes toughest leg workouts. Those low pulse lunges are hard!

Diana** Did you weigh in? .5 isn't to bad after being a bad girl There is my mish mosh for today. I think my legs will be sore tomorrow, or atleast I hope! LOL

LauraR** That's funny that you explained that! LOL I forgot all about that. I was thinking "what is she saying". Can you some how keep up your current rotation while adding a extra day of legs in there?

Laura** How is it?? Does it fit? I buy a size 6 in that stuff. I know a 6 in the tops are good for me but I could probably use a 4 in the bottoms. In the meantime the 6 bottoms fit well so I just keep ordering 6's. I can't wait to hear what you think of it!

Wendy** So ya thought you were with child huh? LOL I can only imagine what was going through your head. I think I would crawl into my bed and cover my head with the sheets! LOL I couldn't handle it right now. I think DS is getting harder to deal with all the time. He keeps asking for things...then something else...then something else...drives me crazy!!!!

Tomorrows workout is just gonna be cardio and abs. Nothing exciting tomorrow! Sorry girls! LOL

Lori

[LauraR]

This morning's workout was B&G. I did the regular, original version (no premix, in other words). Usually I want to cry through that workout, but with all the talk from folks that enjoy working legs, I decided to be tough and really umph it through the workout today. I used 5s (like she does) but a 30 pound bar (hers is 35). I determined to use good form, lunge deep, and not cheat. For the most part I did well. I had to pause a couple times to get the heart rate down when the cardio factor took over. And on the 2nd set of one-legged lunges, I used no weight because I really wanted to sink into the reps without cheating and knew that even the 5 pounds would prevent me really going deep.

The place I'm really feeling it this afternoon . . . hip flexors! They really need to increase in strength and flexibility. They are often my limiting factor. I have been working hard to improve their strength and range of motion, and I've come a long ways. But they are still tight and weak. I'm hoping to keep improving.

Overall, celebrating a great workout.

[gidget1978]

Good Morning,

Up early this morning and I didn't really care to get out of bed I am debating working out now or after I drop DS off at the sitters. I will probably wait. I didn't realize that it was 8 already.

I have some nice DOMS going on from yesterday's leg work. I knew I would b/c when I was in bed last night I could feel it creeping in.

LauraR** Nice workout. I was lunging pretty deep yesterday as well. I am starting to enjoy leg work more and more. I use to avoid it.

O.k...I will bbl!

Lori