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Kathy36

Kathy36

Cathlete
Good morning ladies..

Last day of August. Wow! That went by fast..Today I am going to do one of the 4 day split workouts. I need some abs too. So, I will probably choose one of the workouts that includes an ab section..

Looks kinda dark here like rain is coming..The kids and I don't have any plans to go anywhere today. So, it will be fine with me if it rains..

Time to start our day..Be back later!
 
Hi Kathy, and all! Happy Monday, I guess......... which 4DS did you end up doing, Kathy? I'll bet HIS. I did HIS with only back work -- no chest. My shoulder is still bugging me. And, I went really light on the back work. Since I had woken up plenty before my alarm and I cut out the chest work, I did core and extra stretching, too. Nice workout after two days off.

Our power went out for about three hours yesterday -- I guess because of the heat. I couldn't do my mountain of laundry or bake cookies for Dylan's class until around 7:00, so it was a little crazy.

Hope you all have a nice day. Vilma, my niece starts her nursing classes today -- she's very excited. Hottie, how are you?! The fires aren't near you, are they? We looked on a map, but I was sort of looking in relation to my mom's house and forgot to see where it was in relation to you. Waves to Joanne and Chris!
 
Oh, p.s. I still cannot get that third combo, nor even the third blast! But, I think I have the rest of the step down finally......
 
HI ladies...

Beth: Great job with your workout..I love stretching!! I ended up doing LIS workout...I chose it because I wanted to do one with ab work and I wanted to put legs in between some of the upper body. So, tomorrow I am going to do bootcamp with the bis and tris and then stick legs in there before HIS..I took me a while to get HIS...

Ok, as I said, I did LIS workout with shoulder and calves and core work... Great workout for today. Not sure what the rest of the day will be. I want to get the kids out of the house and off monitors!! Maybe a nice walk or the pool..It was cooler this morning here and I loved it. Not sure how it is out now for swimming....

Gotta go get a shower!!
 
Man...I would have loved to do HIS today. But I'm still not feeling it. I'm on day...13 of my period though I think its going to end today or tomorrow. I was in an extreme amount of pain on Saturday. Ate breakfast and it never stopped. Just excruciating...there are very few things that push me into bed for hours and its was that. ::sigh:: so no workout on Saturday and lots of eating with a huge fire a couple miles north of us. The heat is just pretty bad. It was 85 degrees when I left in the morning. Going to shoot over 100 again. Evee is going crazy because we won't run her as much. Hey what food do you guys feed your dogs? I've been feeding her Natural Balance...but prefer the Natural Balance AMP stuff more and right now I'm weaning her onto a Blue Buffalo and Lotus blend. It's supposed to be good to change your dog diets seasonally too and I just want to try out a couple things to see which gives her the best results.

So, if I ever get off my computer I'm going to the school gym for some elliptical work and some weights. I feel so blech still! I'm sick of it! But yesterday was nice. IM3 first five intervals + IM2 last five intervals + Super Crunch slim down. My core feels a little bit today so i'm pretty happy. I also need to get back on the diet and exercise horse and I'm the opposite of Beth -- more cardio easier control of diet, more weights, less control of diet. I'm bringing back circuits into my life too because I miss them and because I'm afraid ya'll will push STS back even further -- but it looks like there's hope for the tower! I can't believe its on the west coast and I have to wait for it to come to NJ and THEN it comes back to CA. Grrrrr!!! I want I want I want!!!

Kathy -- LIS might be a good one to do if I'm home and still have energy later this evening. I have to stay later at work because I found a kid that wants tutoring instruction in molecular biology and he changed the time on me much later. But I may just do yoga instead to destress me...

Beth -- check up the pictures on FB for the fires. I have two freeways (the 210 and the 134) in the path between me and fires but we're still wary. It looks like a volcano at night when we drive up to our home. I prayed for the firefighters last night because I can't believe how amazing they are. As for HIS -- do you guys remember me hitting that third combo every day until I got it!??! I love it now and can even have an argument with Joe while doing it (though I would advise not to do that, it takes the pleasure out of the combo) because I know it so well. The third blast doesn't get me that much anymore...I know I can push through it. But that damned first blast of IM3! I use a pretty good modification actually...instead of the double hop jumps I revert to lunges and it stays with the same rhythm. I do the double hop jumps for two of the reps of the blast but I usually break by the third rep...I have to be careful about the feet that early on.

Must not munch...nom nom nom...must not munch...nom nom nom...
 
Hey People!!!



I don't know why I'm so behind this afternoon, I have just a minute now, will pop back in after supper.

I started 4DS today too! I did HIS w/ Chest & Back. Good workout! For some reason, I picked up on that 3rd Combo after a few dozen tries. It's still a little tricky with the feet , but it's cool when you do get it! ...The weight work was a little weird for me after doing STS last week. The music threw me. Not so much the MUSIC, but that there were people SINGING during the weight work. I think I prefer STS , where there is just basic music in the background.

Okay, I better get moving!!! Things have to go earlier tonight for earlier bedtimes!

Did I tell you it was the first day of school today???



BBL!!
 
Hottie, so sorry to hear you're still feeling so crappy! At least you got those imax workouts in -- very surprised to see you did imax 3 intervals 1-5 -- why wouldn't you choose 6-10 since you hate that first one so much? Just like to torture yourself, don't you?!

Those fires are close to you -- haven't been on fb -- we've been having internet flakiness with the power problems. I wouldn't go outside if you can help it -- certainly not for exercise -- is the smoke blowing right to you guys?

Chris -- first day of school! Hope all went well. I know what you mean about the music in 4DS -- I really noticed it too (during the weights). Funny how we adapt.

Still not sure what I'm going to do workout-wise for a while. I guess I'm going to play it by ear......
 
Hey again!

Still off schedule today...

Kathy: I'm glad we started 4DS, I really liked it today. haven't done it "as is" since it first came out, I think! It was a GORGEOUS day here, and it's supposed to be all week. Sunny, 70's during the day. Cool, 40's at night. Not bad!

Beth: So your shoulder is still kind of sore? You don't think you'll follow 4DS this week?... HIS is kind of fun once you get it down, and I'm always surprised how my HR gets up there with this one. That sucks you've been having problems with the power!! Did you get the cookies baked? I had it in my head I had to bake for Alex for tomorrow, but it's WEDNESDAY, phsewww!!... So all enjoyed the weekend party? ... That's cool about your niece. Nursing is such a diverse profession. There is SO many things to do in it, from office work to ER work! I'm not an "ER" kind a gal. I don't like the unexpected so much. But I guess you grow used to it. .....

Hottie: Day 13? Damn! that sucks!!!.. I can't believe you did all thsoe intervals either, but that is a good way to break it up. The first blast in IM3 IS the WORST! :p I really enjoyed my month of circuits too. It's a good switch up! LOL @ being able to argue w/ Joe while doing HIS 3rd combo!!! I agree, though, it takes all the fun out of it if you're hollering! LOL!... Hope you start to feel better...!!! Those fire pictures were surreal!!! Does the smoke bother you guys?

So , are we all still on for starting STS on the 14th still?

Work was another pretty good night last night. Not as good as Sat, though. I had to be in charge, so I had to do a little more work and CARE a little more. LOL!.. The best part was that I was able to get home in time to see Al and Jake get off to their first day of school! Took pictures and all that fun stuff!! The boys all had a good day, now I have to fill out all that dastardly paper work! :confused:
 
Totally a masochist Beth! I keep on telling myself once I get that first blast down the rest of IM3 will happen. Actually this is sorta sad/funny. A week or two ago after I did IM2, apparently I came out of the gym room with a sort of weird look. Joe says to me, what's wrong? I say, oh, i just did ALL of IM2. Like I didn't skip any step or any jump or anything...even those evil plie jacks. Joe says, that's great! ::silence:: Joe says, you think its too easy now, don't you!??!?! Well, you have Imax3 at least!

I'm so weirddd.....

As for going outside for exercise -- tell my genius husband that one. But he's being smarter than previously...he's taking her running for 30 minutes but finishing his workout on the elliptical inside after that.

Chris -- first day! Are they excited or sad?
 
Yes, Chris -- I'm pretty certain it's injury, not just soreness at this point -- it's been a week now. I'm not sure what to do about it other than rest and maybe ice it. Any thoughts? So, I will try to do 4DS as best I can -- definitely won't do the shoulder work, and as I said, I didn't do the chest work today, but I have a feeling the bi/tri work won't bother me. It's a strange thing -- I'm not sure I can even describe exactly where it hurts -- sometimes it feels like it's near my clavicle, and sometimes it's just my shoulder.

I did get the cookies baked, though there's still some dough in the frig cause I got sick of the baking part. The party was a hit -- some swimming, and we set up a screen outside and projected a movie onto it -- that was pretty fun. We played miniature golf indoors (because it was so friggin' hot!) in one of those glow in the dark kind of places.

I know what you mean about the ER -- I sure couldn't handle it, but let's face it -- I couldn't handle being any kind of nurse!!

So you're doing kickboxing tomorrow, is that right, or are you going to go to LIS?
 
I'm taking a breather from all those damn school forms! ACK!

Hottie: Am I sad or glad about 1st day of school? hmmmm... hard to say today, because I slept during the l day and then saw the boys soon after getting up. I was excited to see them off this morning, and then get the rundown on their teachers and who's in their classes, etc. I'm also excited about Zach's Spanish and Algebra classes... I want to learn more Spanish! and I LOVED Algebra in school, LOVED it!!!... LOL @ thinking IM2 got "easy"!!! You do make me laugh! Yes, you will always have IM3, because I dn't EVER see THAT getting easy!! I'd bet you 'd really love the compilation DVD that Cathe has, of the IMs , and Low Max, etc. Do you have that one ? (

Beth: Oh, ouch on your shoulder. I think it's kind of late to ice it. I think you're supposed to do that right away. Maybe you could look online for some shoulder injury stretches/exercises? Or if it doesn't go away or get better in a week, see a *gasp* ,...Doctor! LOL!... Yes, KB from 4DS is on my schedule for tomorrow. But I have this evil desire to run too! Not sure I'll have time, anyways. I have birthday/grocery shopping/baking to do tomorrow. Ugh! I want to run!!..... The indoor golf sounds fun, we did that on one vacation last year, glow in the dark/haunted type of place! It was cool! The party sounded like it was a hit!!! Happy Birthday to your big 8 year old!!

okay, back to work....
 
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