Petagenarians & Beyond: W/B 1/1/2012!!

[fox2star]

Happy New Year!!

[garance]

Hi Deb and any later posters--

This morning I did Turbo Barre (74 min.).

Deb, I went to the Sports bras, yoga clothing, womens sportswear, athletic apparel - Title Nine website but couldn't find the shorts and tops I bought about 5 years ago, but they do have a sale on and some of the tops are very similar to mine. Thanks so much for the workout sheets. Have not looked at them yet, but I'm hoping for some breakdowns on the premixes, which I really have not used at all.

So now we are the PETagenarians? Does this mean we must have pets?

I am totally partied out after last night. The first party opened champagne at 6, which is when they celebrate bonne annee in Paris. It was the smaller, more intimate party and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The second party was thrown by our veterinarian, and it was a bit too much for me. She even had fireworks going off that were rather spectacular, and I wondered if the local police would show up. I'm very proud of myself. I had a small meal at the first party of ham and a really scrumptious kohlrabi salad and had a small slice of cake for dessert at the second party. Overall, two glasses of champagne and one glass of pinot grigio, spread out from 5:30 to midnight. Have lost three pounds this past year, although I think most of them have been the result of doing Cathe for two straight months with all her cardio.

Happy New Year everyone!

[fox2star]

Hi,

LOL about the title of this week's thread. You can see where my fingers are going, along with my brain I guess.

Garance: I have a break down of the pre-mixes in WORD which I just e-mailed to you and Valerie. Anyone else wants it, let me know and send me your e-mail address if I don't have it.

We are going to my brother's for dinner, it should be a nice evening. We were in bed by 10:30 last night, real party animals!

Take care,

[Traildoggie]

I was in bed by 8;30.... beat you all! no party animal here. got awakened a few times by the neighbors and fireworks but overall not bad. Admirable restraint, lynda. I would have had more champagne. love the bubbly stuff. maybe that's why I haven't lost 3 lbs!!

thanks for those sheets Deb. I printed the whole document( many pages) and didn't have a chance to look through it, besides which I haven't done all the workouts. I like anything that has the steps in order, on paper, so I can write down what weight I use or if I need to modify anything. Makes things go so much smoother especially when you don't have the workout locked in memory.

planned on skiing this morning but drove up to crummy, nasty snow so bailed without even putting the skis on and did a 2 hour river walk, easy but pleasant. yesterday we did a trail run so this was a pleasant change.

Title 9 has some nice things. I find I do better on mail order for exercise things. Again I'm sorry I posted a big showy ad from roadrunner. I use them for some shoes, socks, pants, etc for both DH and myself. pleased with the capris I got. I got some wind block tights for cycling from them that are nice too. capris on sale for $35 approximately.
the basement is pretty cool. shorts are fine in summer but like a little more cover in winter. plus these are very firm and supportive. I really like them. I've had trouble with the flare legs of my old pants getting caught especially on the spin bike so this is a nice change. they also cut friction on the bike seat.

Josie, hope you had a good ride(s). we hope to ride something tomorrow.

[fox2star]

Good morning!

Off today, ( Yay!), so hopefully will get my butt downstairs to get a workout in, and do some stuff around here. Have to put away the Christmas stuff, mostly wrapping, stockings etc. We didn't do a tree so there is really not much to put away. it' still a hassle dragging all the boxes etc to the attic. Then sometime today I have to get to Baby's R Us to get a shower gift for my godchild's shower that is this coming Sunday.

Did I mention here that John did get his bike that I gave him money for? He wasted no time researching and then going out and buying the one he wanted. It's a Trek, but I don't have the model etc. He even took it for a spin around the neighborhood one day last week when he was off. He loves it. I hope it gets him to be more active. I know the kind of fishing he does requires a lot of walking, but he only gets to do that once a week or so, even in good weather. He wants me to look at them and maybe get one too. I said I would in the spring.

I think I will go down and try one of the new K-C-M's I just got. Really not in the mood for one of the LIS ones today.

Valerie, you asked about the Tri-sets, I have only done pre-mixes on that one, lower body, and one of the shorter upper ones I think. The thought of the whole workout overwhelms me...I could probably do it. but it's a mental thing for me.

Well, have to get my butt downstairs, or it won't get done!

Will check back later to see who is around,

Take care,

[fox2star]

Well I did KCM's "Your Best Body" workout #1 of this new set she just sent out, and it was just "meh". I hope the other workout is better, and the Step Boxing one is ok.

Garance, don't rush off to order this set. Not as good as some of the other "30 Minute to Fitness" ones she has done in the past. There is one DVD in the set called "Start Here" which is for those that are trying to get back into workouts, or those just starting out. I thought I might like it to get back into the swing of things, or if it is a little on the easy side, I may try to talk my friend into using it, she has never picked up a db in her life.

Off to get more done on my "list"..then to Babies R Us.

[Traildoggie]

Deb, DH & I both have Trek road bikes and like them a lot. It's a common brand, seems like most bike shops carry them and work on them. We've had ours a couple years and are very pleased with them. nothing ever wrong with either. we take them in about once a year for adjustments of the derailleur and brakes. can't get info about doing that yourself. by the time you buy all the tools and supplies ( not to mention know-how) it's better to take in to a bike shop. John may need to take it in for adjustment after riding it for a few weeks when all the cables etc stretch out a little, just for fine tuning. it was complimentary where we bought ours. they want you to be happy with your purchase, and nothing is more aggravating than a bike that won't shift.

We were amazed at home much you get for the $$ in a "baseline" bike. a good sport you will enjoy too but probably not until it warms up some. 50 is about the lowest temp I'm happy with.

Went out this morning intending to do some birding but loads of hunters out. the duck season goes another several weeks and they were out in force today. found a another snowy owl right off this morning, only a couple dozen yards from the parking lot. so ended up not much exercise. sometimes lots of walking. this time, no. so I'll be doing a workout later. will do a little wood chopping this morning so that will cover the upper body.

[garance]

Hi Deb and Valerie--

This morning I did Slide and Glide (52 min.). I modify some of the burpees because there are TOO MANY of them. I either do more jumping jacks or the skating routine, which I really like on the disks.

Deb, thanks for all of the worksheets. I will probably use them to figure out if some of the premixes are appealing. I have never done the lower body workout on the trisets, nor the bonus step on the cardio supersets. Nope, not buying more KCMs right now--I did look at some of the clips and they look, as you said, meh! I have been somewhat intrigued by the discussion of the Les Mills stuff. It's Body Pump, and the clips have outrageously good music. I would love to get just the weight stuff, but it looks like you must buy a whole shebang of equipment. (I had friends in high school who constantly picked up dumbbells and in a couple instances, married them.)

Valerie, I am not a big fan of fireworks, probably because I had appendicitis on the fourth of July in my 20s, and they seemed to intensify the pain. I like my title nine shorts because they have a kind of v-shaped waistband and are really not binding in any way. It sounds like you like more spandex than I do.

Off to see Mission Impossible tonight. I will let you know what I think.

[fox2star]

Good morning!

So tired today, didn't feel like getting up to do a workout, but then could not get back to sleep. It's 15 degrees here now, lovely. The weather says the high today is going to be 12...huh.?..

Valerie, John got a hybrid bike, 27 speeds. I couldn't handle 10 speeds on my old bike, what do you do with 27? He said they are a lot easier to use now, and I will see when we get his out, or I go look for one of my own. He also gets to take his in after a bit of riding to have it adjusted, included in the price. I am sure he will do the yearly check up too. The place he bought it is big on bikes. Yeah, I think you can count chopping wood as an upper body workout!

Garance, I was looking at the Les Mills thread and other stuff too, would be interested in seeing clips of the workouts, more than what is on Beachbody. Crazy that you have to buy a barbell and plates etc to get the workouts. I can't imagine what the shipping must be. I will keep an eye out on Ebay to see if people list just the DVD's for sale. did you see a regular clip somewhere of the workouts? I am one of those people that has numerous sets of weights, some from old boyfriends, then I bought some, John had some when we started together etc, and of couse, I had to get the Troy Lite set that Cathe uses....lots of bars and plates in my basement. I should really get rid of the old ones that are hard to change plates on. I never use them anyway. I just get capri type sweat pants at Dick's or other sporting goods stores, don't like to pay a lot for stuff I never go out in anyway.

Hi to Josie, the vacationing Joan, and Cathy,

Take care,

[garance]

Hi Deb, Josie, Joan, Cathy, and Valerie--

This morning I did After Burn (54 min.).

Deb, over at Videofitness there is a Les Mills thread that includes some youtube clips of the Body Pump workouts. I love the Aussie accents and the music--and the light weights. There is also a discussion of the shipping costs. I wish you could just buy the dvds and not the barbell, because like you, I have two barbells and don't want another. I did buy some firewalker bands because my band from Brazil Butt Lift was beginning to shred. Now, I realize how much more resistance there is in the green band by Cathe, which I used yesterday. The pink band is what she uses in Turbo Barre, and it's about the same as my BBL band. It's only 15 degrees here today as well, and it's supposed to go down to 0 tonight. Brrrr!

If you like a thrilling rollercoaster ride of a film, the new Mission Impossible is really fun. There's one episode of Tom Cruise climbing the tallest building in the world in Dubai that will give you vertigo it's so realistic. He's using a special kind of glove, but then one of the gloves begins to fail (Oh NO!) and things get pretty crazy.