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CeciFifi, I'm in the U.S.. Did you ask because of my user name? I've been studying Mandarin Chinese for five years. That's why "I'm here for my brain"! :) Two months ago I was getting tired too quickly, but I already feel much better. Good evening! :)

I did cardio, core, and rotator cuffs. I hope to begin one of the upper body workouts soon. I bought and I'm looking at GS, Pyramid and High Reps.

My weight hit a 7-year low today. :) I celebrated by increasing the resistance on my machine, now 14/16. I played with egg whites for the first time. I just gently cooked up a solid slab of white, put a slice of cheese on top, and called it an omelette. A little while later, I imagined it...

Thank you CiciFifi. Bless you, mothers and busy people. <3 Cardio: 30 minutes as usual (forward). Also, going backward (to work some more muscles) hadn't felt right to me, but today I found a position in which I can "dig in"; I held the lower, non-moving handles, held the body straight and...

I am having a nice evening, thank you. I finally bought some dumbells today, the inexpensive traditional adjustable kind. Then I spent a few hours studying the shoulder again. I'm satisfied that I understand this aspect of it, enough. (I decided to lump the teres minor with the infraspinatus...

I did the same few things today, making steady progress. Good evening! :)

Good afternoon I did my cardio today. I cut it to 30 minutes and I intend to stick to that. The other muscles I'm starting to work are not sore at all today, so I could either work them much harder or work them every day. Continuing to be cautious with weight and intensity but working them...

Hi everybody! I'm moving core to #1. Core: Ab Hits #2 again. Of my Cathe ab videos I like this one for now. It's half planks+supermans and half crunching. My form isn't right yet but my shoulder blades are coming up farther than they did last week. Cardio: 40 minutes Rotator cuffs: 3...

CeciFifi: That's for being in my aerobic range on the elliptical for 40 minutes, according to a heart rate monitor and heart rate based calculator like this one or this one. The elliptical says 300 calories but it doesn't have weight or age or heart rate inputs.

Cardio: 600+ calories My abs weren't sore at all today, a huge improvement already! See you tomorrow! :)

Cardio: 600+ calories Core: Ab Hits #2 Of the twelve Ab Hits videos, this is easily the one with the most variety; it is the only one with all three of planks+supermans+crunches. It's only one minute longer than the beginner's Body Fusion ab routine but a lot harder. Pull-ups: 10...

Total Body Stretching Basic Stretch (no ball). I'm taking a rest day, my first in six weeks. "Can we talk?" :) I want to trust Cathe as much as I can because I don't have time to research every detail myself. Also, I don't want to start doing more than I'm willing to keep up with. So, for...

Cardio: 600+ calories. Core: Body Fusion Abs (beginner). Mercifully, I'm adapting to this very quickly. When my form is better and I think I can do it for 20 minutes I want to try Core Max. Back: 10 partial pull-ups- 5 *gently pull myself off of the floor* and 5 *hop up and try to hold...

Sunday elliptical: 600+ calories pullups: 10 assisted (working much harder this time) rotator cuff: front lateral raise, arm weight only. I just warmed them up a little. CiciFifi: I would be happy to share everything I think about it, sometime.

Saturday elliptical: 600+ net calories (according to heart rate monitor and heart rate based calculators). Obeying a heart rate limit makes the elliptical much easier! abs: resting back: 30 assisted pull-ups (bouncing on my toes). I bought a doorframe pull-up bar and some tubing to pull...

Thank you for the welcome. Thank you to whoever opens the thread every day. :) elliptical: I started on the elliptical five weeks ago and it's surprising how much it has helped already. Wanting to reduce soreness so I can gradually do more Cathe videos, I decreased the resistance and speed...

Two days ago I did my first Cathe video. It was the beginner's ab workout from Basic Step + Body Fusion. I've done some walking and hiking in recent years but this was my first exercise video ever, and was the first time I have *exercised* my abs in some decades; I'm sure it was the first...