6 month alumni, Wednesday

[FourAM]

Hey to all...This is just a quick note to get us started early!
Maybe just to Cendrine. I know school is about to start and summer is about to end so everyone is really busy! I do not have kids so I just can not imagine the mad dash it is to get things done before school starts!

Cendrine-I wanted to say thankyou for all of the suggestions and advice. I think it might just be the latter. I think I might have overdone it a bit. With our work schedule and only having one day off and on that day trying to prepare meals and clean house and do laundry...Well I don't think it counts as a day off. This morning when I went into my workout room, I dug out step jump and pump and was just going to get through it...Then I realized this is not how I normally approach my morning workout! So I turned off that dvd player and did some relaxing yoga instead. And now I am starving! Which I have not been in days. I read in an article once that over training could cause lack of appetite, so maybe with the addititon of work that is what has happened. It is sad that I am about to be 33 and I am just now starting to listen and really learn my body!

I will try to check in after work!

Rachel

 

[cendrine]

Hi Rachel,

I did my run this morning and had a good breakfast but am already hungry again now....
I am so glad you chose to do a gentle workout for yourself to give your body some rest! Great job listening to your body! Maybe until your workschedule eases up you could do a gentle workout in place of one of the cardio ones to give your body the recovery it needs. I didn't know that one of the symptoms of overtraining is lack of appetite.
Don't beat yourself up about being 33 and only just starting to listen to your body. I'm 33 too and I am still learning and growing in hearing and understanding what my body is trying to tell me. I'm getting better but I am still needing to learn more! So let's be in this together and really focus on what our body knows is best for us and do it!

I'll check in again later, have a great day and hi to all if any have time to check in!

 

[FourAM]

Wow Cendrine, I had no idea you were 33. So now I know I have a workout buddy that is my age so we can compare hormones.

We had a very mental day at work today. Nothing went how we thought it would which is always the way so I have no idea why we try to plan anything. We are at the mercy of so many other things! Today it was the chillers for the hospital. They have not got them regulated yet and so they kept shutting off making the whole hospitals air go off. This made a very humid environment and it was making condensation on our vinyl. Vinyl does not do good with moisture so we could not lay any flooring all day. So we are going in really early tomorrow to try and beat the generator people so the air will be constant and we can get the floor in the MRI room before they deliver the magnet. I know this is sssoooo interesting.

Anyway I went ahead and did tomorrows workout today which was 4 day split kickbox. I do not believe I have ever done that whole workout. It was really fun to do the legs after kickbox.

Well I am off to watch Joan Rivers get roasted! This should be funny and bad!

See ya tomorrow!
Rachel

 

[cab0899]

Hi Cendrine and Rachael, thanks for keeping our group going

I had just sat down to post last night and my mom called. She's still pretty down from her friend passing away in May. They spent so much time together and she's very lonely. I find that she is phoning just to chat quite often now.

Cendrine A little info about CLX. (Chalean Extreme). It's a Beachbody product same as P90X, Turbo Jam, Insanity, etc. I've done P90X before and I just received my Insanity workouts yesterday

CLX is the same lady (Charlene Johnson, I belive) that did the Turbo Jam workouts which I don't have. She is very chatty in the workouts and there are usually 4 other people in a aerobic studio setting. It comes with a plan to follow for 12 weeks. The first 4 weeks is called the Burn phase, then the second is the Push phase and the 3rd is the Lean phase. Each week there are 3 weight workouts and they change each phase. So week 1-4 you do Burn workout 1, 2 ,3 and then for week 5-8 you do Push 1, 2, 3. etc.

This first phase is all compound movements so upper and lower body together like squats with biceps curls. You are supposed to go with a heavy enough weight to be able to do 10-12 reps. I think in phase 2 it's single not compound movements. There are 2 rest days and the other 2 days are cardio workouts which stay the same the whole 12 weeks. One is like a circuit, pylo moves alternating with light wt/endurance exercises. The other is just pure pylo. There is 2 ab workouts both about 10 mins and one stretching/yoga workout.

So Phase 1 looks like this:

Mon. Burn Circuit 1 38 mins (weights)
Tues rest
Wed Burn Circuit 2 42 mins
Thurs Burn Intervals (cardio circut 46 mins) and ab burner (10 mins)
Fri Burn Circuit 3 (32 mins)
Sat Burn it Off! (pylo cardio 28 mins) and Recharge (yoga/strech 20 mins)
Sun rest

It seems to be a well rounded program and the workouts are quite short. 30-40 mins and I feel them!! I'm adding one run in each week to get some more cardio.

I borrowed it from a friend as I had heard good reviews but thought they might be too easy after Cathe but they're not!

Back to school is sneaking up! My kids are back till Sept 8th so a few weeks yet!

Rachael Good for you for listening to your body!! I'm 40 and haven't learned to do it yet If your appetite doesn't return soon it would be a good idea to check in with your doctor. Is it still really hot there? Does the heat affect your appetite?

Kim

 

[cendrine]

Kim, thanks so much for your detailed info on the CLX! I found that very helpful! I have a much clearer picture now. The compound work probably allows for the workouts to be tough and short at the same time since it makes you multitask... Do you know if the second phase has longer workouts because of working single muscle groups?

Rachel, so sorry to hear that your job could not get done today...
THat is very annoying! I hope you guys can beat the other guys tomorrow and get in and out!
I had an annoying day, at least the first two thirds of it. Ds was supposed to get picked up for a playdate at 8:45, by 10 I decided I waited long enough and went and did my errands. I got a 10.- card in the mail from Kohl's advertising and I swung by there to go spend it. I found some nice things and was standing in a long line to pay for it only for the guy to tell me I can't use that card unless I open a store charge card! I was so ticked about that that I ended up not buying anything at all. As you can tell, I'm a principle driven person and it just bugged me that I had to apply for credit in order to be taking advantage of the card.... I so felt like going to starbucks or something and have something unhealthy....LOL, but I cooled off and didn't! So that is when the day started turning better, because I was actually encouraged that I overcame my negative emotions (doesn't help that I was hungry, was still ticked about being forgotton by the play date mom and that I had a mayor diaper clean up issue with dd that morning who stubbornly is completely uninterested in potty training...) Ok, more info than anyone wanted to know... sorry....

I'm looking forward to doing 4DS kickbox tomorrow! So Rachel, are you going to do cardio tomorrow or take a day off?