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My husband (mid 60's) has been working out with Cathe for over 25 years. His doctor asked him about his workout routine and couldn't believe it's all done at home. Thank you Cathe! My husband recommended Cathe to him. She's an incredible example of how to grow older and stronger. He has...

I have been using the A360 for several years now. I love it. Get the H10 transmitter. Mine never misses a beat. It doesn't have any of the random spikes of earlier versions. When it starts having problems, change the transmitter battery. I have been changing my own battery for years. You...

I have my downloads on 2 1 TB external hard drives. My primary drive is plugged into my DVD player and I use it everyday. My secondary drive is for back up purposes just in case the first drive fails or a file becomes corrupted. I just switched the back up to an SSD drive. I almost always...

It sounds like Vantage isn't sampling the HR as frequently. Maybe Polar is trying to preserve the battery. It would ruin a workout not to have accurate readings. At this point, I find it difficult to workout without a HRM. I need those numbers! I've tested the A360 when I first got it using...

I want to second what DirtDiva said. I love my Polars, all the ones I've used over the years. I'm still using my A360 right now. The new H10 transmitter is a massive improvement over the H7. I had 2 H7s and they would periodically give a HR spike or a wrong reading. I've been using the H10...

Could you please add an extended warm up as a bonus? It would be very helpful particularly before the HIIT workouts. I know the focus of this series is on 30 min workouts but many of us will use them as mix&match modular workouts to create longer sessions. It would be great to have an...

The two that I buy from repeatedly are: Wellington fragrance company and Fragrance Buddy. They have gift certificates. They have good prices and consistent high quality EOs and FOs. I prefer to use FOs in soaps because they are safer than EOs. I've tested >500 different samples from more...

My suggestions for cookbooks: 1-America's Test Kitchen: The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook. If you only want to buy one book, this is the one to get. An alternative would be their Mediterranean cookbook. 2-Martha Stewart Living: Meatless. 3-Kaushy Patel: Prashad at home and Vegetarian Indian...

What an inspiring post! Thank you for sharing. Good luck with next year's challenge. I'm sure you'll crush it. I avoid workouts that are promoted using before and after pictures. They are based on distorting the truth and making unrealistic promises. I know people who developed permanent...

The article about the stroke risk needs a correction. The sentence that reads "One study found that a ratio of potassium to sodium in the urine greater than 1 is linked with a 47% higher risk of stroke" reversed the salts. I think it should read a ratio of sodium to potassium in the urine...

Right now, I'm using the Polar A360. I wrote about it in the HRM thread. I got it to monitor sleep mostly and ended up using it as a watch/HRM/activity tracker. There is a new version the A370 and a new transmitter the H10. I use the A360 with and without the transmitter and it is pretty...

Your numbers are almost identical to mine. Your blood pressure has nothing to do with your calorie burn. The number of calories burned during a workout is dependent on the zone you work out in (ie intensity) and not your HR. The zone is indirectly measured using the HR. If you used the...

I have used Polar products for decades and they are the only HRMs I recommend. I can't workout without them. I bought the A360 few years ago and I use it all the time. It tracks activity and sleep and functions as a full featured HRM. It gives me the flexibility of using it as a HRM with or...

I can't do planks holding dumbbells because of wrist pain. I've tried 2 different WAGs but neither size worked for me. I went back to using yoga blocks. I have them on top of my exercise mat which is covered with a thick carpet. This combination works the best for me. My wrists leave small...

I have 3 suggestions for you from what I use: 1- Mark Lauren Mobility RX. Use it to try new movements and then incorporate them into your workout (after the warm up and at the end of the workout) once you figure out which ones address your issue. I've reverted to the old days of doing some...

You can get the watch battery changed at any store that does that like (JC Penney) if you don't want to do it yourself as long as you don't need it to be waterproof. DH started changing mine and his after sending it to polar several times for ~$40 each time. The transmitter is easy to change...

The BL show is a reality show which by definition brings out the worst in people to attract a type of viewer. It's all scripted and not worth watching or getting upset about. Unlike other reality shows, BL ended up having some utility because it tested one approach to dealing with the problem...

I ordered too. I'm waiting for the new Cathe's. I thought we would have a preorder already. New Tracie's are most welcome in the meantime. We'll probably get them before the end of June.

Mountain Rose is a reputable company if you are looking for smaller amounts. Glory Bee is also a good company. Plus they have great honey. For essential oils, you can also get excellent quality oils from Liberty Naturals for a fair price. They tell you where their oils come from and they...

We need to be careful not to generalize the results of the BL contestants to regular people trying to lose weight rationally. I think the NYT article was not balanced and turned a scientific study into a human interest story. In the process, the author made it look like obesity is a life...