Chinup Check In 8/1

Come on Briee!! But you must bring the gang. Boy, could we liven up that beach.;-)

Well, I have to decide on my final weight workout before departure. Plan on a full body w/o, maybe MM again, or MIS, or ME, or PH...what do you think? I don't want to do a circuit, enough cardio already this week.

Will wave bye bye later tonight.
 
Oh come on Melody... why not go out with a bang and do your first P90X workout.... chest and back. No, then again....you will NOT enjoy the beach after that one. I know my last few days hasn't been exactly enjoyable DOMS wise. My vote is for PH, a good, rounded, full bodied kind of a workout.

HAVE A GREAT TIME!!!!! What fun our gang would have - sniffle sniffle, we'll miss you!!

Briee
 
Briee, I have the same demons with YOGA X!!! If I can get thru the first 30 minutes, I really enjoy the rest. And when it's over, I feel so good!!

I agree, Mel should do chest and back!! It's unanimous!! I hope you have a wonderful vacation girl. You deserve it!!

I have a confession, I am now 2 days behind in my workouts this week. I did PlyoX on Tues and have not worked out since. I haven't had the best week :-( The heat and female problems (won't go into details) I am just doing my best to get thru the day! But I am planning to get back on track tomorrow. Back and Biceps!!

Catherine

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Passing on the P90X the day before leaving for a relaxing beach stay.

And Catherine, telling me to do P90X chest and back and YOU are 2 days behind? tsk tsk:+

In 5 minutes I'll do either PH or MIS.
 
Briee and Joanne, how cool is it that you may have run into each other in the past? Details, please.

Briee and Catherine, I think Yoga X is particularly challenging because of its length. Plus the first 30 min are nothing but sun salutations, all starting with leg raises and ending with lunges. Throw some push-ups between up and down dog, and you've got one hard yoga workout, especially since you've got another whole hour to go! I love the way he holds the poses for a fairly long time, too. (BTW, doing push-ups between up and down dog a la Bryan Kest and Yoga X, really helped me to increase my push-up rep count.) I'm really proud of you guys for biting the bullet and doing it when you didn't want to. You nailed it, Briee, when you described the calm, tingly feeling you get afterward. I find myself calmly breathing through my nose for a while afterward - great stuff! I beg to differ with you about it being harder than chin-ups, though. Put a bunch of regular exercisers in a room together, and all of them could get through Yoga X, but only a few could do a chin-up.

Melody, we might just win these guys over yet! You're going to have an awesome time at the beach, and the hot weather's letting up just in time! I've been wondering, since you have such strong abs, what are your top five favorite ab workouts? I did Ana Caban's Pilates for Abs this morning (still in NJ) and think it's great.

Joanne, Janie and HB - hi!:)
 
Briee and I worked out at the same health club about 20 years ago or so. I may have been one of her students in her class. How crazy! We also shopped at the same mall.

Joanne
 
Soosan...I DON'T believe a room full of people could get through P90X yoga. YOU ARE JUST PLAIN WRONG GIRL! - give it up! One little chin compared to a gazillion sun salutations - nope your wrong. It was torture (should I admit that I put my knee down through a few at the end and quite nearly passed out through that pretzelly "reach behind your back and through your leg and over and under and on and on" thingy that he does? No I won't admit that - would be too humiliating). Chins are quick pain and their done - I like that.

Isn't this cool...Joanne and I were buddies and didn't even realize it!!! We walked the same steps, through that big Chicago Health Club doors and to the left, a quick right and past all the big machines, Olympic, Universal, Paramount, Nautilus - I taught them all and did none of them!! (how sad - I don't think we even had a pullup bar on the women's side and the men had all the cool weights with that great Arnold picture on the wall - Brings back memories huh Joanne). I remember teaching 12 classes some days - women did NOT weight lift back then. We wore cute little outfits and after putting in the prescribed amount of aerobic time we moved onto circuits (which is probably why I hate the term circuit training to this day). But hey...we NEVER did yoga so it wasn't all bad!!

I used to play hide and seek in Randhurst mall when I was 12. I shopped at Woodfield all the time. I now have 6 kids and DON'T SHOP. No money left!!

Briee
 
I'm loving the Joanne/Briee memory lane.:) That's so cool.

Sooosan, I've never thought about a fave ab workout. I just vary it alot. I also have that Ana Caban ab DVD, her pilates/band DVD and they're packed for the beach along with my yoga DVDs and the P90X DVDs...:eek: Hey, P90X has some stuff DH and I can do with no equipment, should we totally lose our heads during R&R.

Catherine, did you get that...P90X...packed in my vehicle...:7

If I don't say goodbye later, GOODBYE AND I'LL MISS ALL YOU DEARS FOR THE NEXT 10-12 DAYS (not sure when arrival home will be, visiting mom a bit, if she didn't move w/o a forwarding address).
 
ALSO...(they wanted details Joanne - so don't yell at me for this one kay?), Joanne got in trouble for laughing while doing "fireplugs" in class with her older sister and I just want to say that THAT was not me who yelled at you. I had trouble keeping a straight face through all those doggie exercises too - I would have NEVER yelled someone in class. I promise!! (Those silly, endless fireplugs)

Briee
 
And Melody...I'm SO proud of you...toting the P90X on vacation.

So...are you wearing a bikini? Okay...I guess since you have those incredible abs, it might be a shame not too. HAVE A GREAT TIME!!

Briee
 
Briee, I said I had a strong core, not GREAT-LOOKING abs. But I'm working on it...stopped eating those donuts awhile back and have had very little chocolate in the last 3 weeks. Could that be why I've been a bit grumpy lately?:7

Catherine, I will never tell what I do or do not do of P90X. But I finally did MIS and abs from ME this afternoon.

Well, the car's packed, the boys are in bed (but not sleeping yet) and I'm tired. If the DSs ever fall asleep I'm falling into a hot bath and then bed.

Have a beautiful weekend and next week, lovelies.:)
 
Melody-Have a great vacation.

Briee-The club hasn't changed much. I was LOL about the "fireplugs"! You remember them and did them too!!!! Yea!!!

Joanne
 
Bye Melody! Hope you all have a GREAT time at the beach. We'll miss you!

Briee, so were you a certified aerobics instructor back then? If so, are you still? You obviously knew your stuff if you had the class doing endless fire hydrants.:p And I still disagree with you about the roomful of regular exercisers doing yoga vs. chins. Even if all of them couldn't get through Yoga X (which I doubt), most of them probably could, but most of them could not get their chins completely over the bar, which is what a chin-up is, no modifications allowed. Remember, yoga poses don't have to LOOK a certain way, they just have to FEEL a certain way. Compare the very flexible Shawna with the guy in front of her. If I took a poll at this site asking who can do Yoga X and who can do a chin-up, WAY more people would say they could do Yoga X.

I have spoken.}( :p
 
So...would that mean the room full of people would have to hit a dead hang or could the elbow show a slight bent?????:p :p :p .

Was I certified? If you want the truth, I walked into that club when I was 11 y/o and my mom was joining. I LOVED it there, it was ALIVE and I wanted to be part of it. I told the manager that I wanted to work there when I was old enough and she informed me that I needed to be 21 to work at this club. So....on my 15 birthday, I marched into the club and told them they NEEDED me as an instructor. The manager told me that they would need to check my drivers license, but handed me an application regardless. I pretty much talked my way into that position and they never did check my license which I didn't even have at the time. I LOVED that job - I would have paid them to work there at that point in my life. They thoroughly trained me and I did workshops on the equipment so for me it was quite valuable at that young age and I went on to work in several different clubs throughout college. So "no" I'm technically not certified by ACE standards and things have changed quite a bit. And more importantly and sadly...I don't think I ever did chins all through those years, so I must have been pretty stupid!!

Briee (more confessions - stealing donuts in church and fibbing about my age. I'm really still 28 - ha ha)
 
Briee, how great that you were so fitness minded at such a young age!! I just got into fitness in the last five years, a bit of a late comer. Better late than never. Oddly enough what inspired me to workout were my patients. I was working in family practice at the time. When I would counsel people on the benifits of healthy eating and exercise they would ask me what I did. Well Uh,.... The world is full of enough hipocrites, so I decided to do something. The other thing that inspired me was watching older people get out of a chair. I took all of their effort. They didn't just use their legs, they use their whole body and it's a strain to watch. I thought, I don't want that to be me!! What about the rest of you? What inspired your quest for fitness??

Oh BTW I have worked out today. Back and Biceps. Man this one is tough. My chinup numbers sucked!! I knew they would for one it's been over a week (OMG!!!) since I've done any and secondly doing chins between doing heavy bicep work is hard!! But it's gotta be good for me, even with the low numbers right?? I must confess, I still have to do Ab Ripper X or as Kathryn called it on another thread Ab Skipper X LOL!!!! Briee, I know you'll love that one!! I may do some negatives later,.... or maybe Kenpo X in order to try to catch back up.


Catherine

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Thanks for sharing that Catherine. Watching old people ALWAYS inspires me to keep trying! I just looked at my Wheaton College alumni book that they send around periodically and there was this 82 year old alumni woman who just tried sky diving for the first time. HOW COOL IS THAT!! She has done some marathons in the last year too. Makes me WANT to grow old!

Let's commit to checkin in until we are 82 and beyond okay??? So Catherine...what do you do for a living? This is becoming quite interesting? (Oh yes...I know you administer Botex :7 :7 ). How neat that you are now teaching people to be physically fit by example!! I LOVE these accounts of your lives...so interesting.

I've now worked out for 12 days in a row, no rest. I think, at least for me, I can't take breaks. On a "rest type" day...I need to do a little stretch or Turbo Jam or something, other wise I loose it. I was encouraged to hear that you missed some days Catherine, as I know this will happen to me in the future. Don't stress the crummy chin day, I have them all the time and try HARD not to get bummed about it. I'm set to do Legs and Back tonight (right?) and my back is so achey right now...I can't quite comprehend doing it. Oh well....bite the bullet right. I've done Ab skipper X twice this week and again tonight.

I LOVE THAT DESCRIPTION OF ABX, nice one Kathryn.

Briee
 
Briee, I am a Nurse Practitioner. I worked as a NP in family practice for 6 years and now for the last year I've been working in Dermatology and I love it!! We actually do very little cosmetic stuff. Too busy taking care of skin cancers, rashes etc. But I did get trained to do Botox last month and would love to do more cosmetics. Prior to that my career as a nurse was spent in pediatric oncology. I was the bone marrow transplant coordinator for our hospital. I have to say being a nurse has made me a much better person and I certainly have learned to appreciate the simpler things in life!!

We must definately check in beyond 82!! What an inspiring woman: marathons and sky diving at 82!!

Thanks for the encouraging words about working out. We all have not so good days and things happen, we miss workouts. I have learned not to get stressed over it. Cause I always jump back on board in a few days. Well, except may that ab work LOL!!!
Catherine

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Wow, what a background Catherine, how interesting. Pediatric oncology - I can just imagine what a blessing you were to those children. I have to say that I have met the most wonderful people here on Cathe's forum.

Soosan, what do you do? I know you're involved with the YMCA and that sounds like a full time job - anything else we should know? Besides your modeling position I mean (yoga pinup girl of the year, probably nominated by Brian Kest himself ;) ).

Melody's basking with the sharks as we speak so I won't ask her.

Janie?

Joanne - I don't think we discussed what you do for a living or for fun (besides exercise).

HB does chinups full time - we all know that!! (but feel free to add to that HB).

I'm yacking and I'm supposed to be in the basement doing legs and back - BUT, I'm tired....this may be a rest day (after my speech on not taking breaks up above x( x( x( )

Briee (Catherine - I usually go to NP's for all my medical stuff which is hardly ever, I have an incredible fear of doctor's - we NEED more good NP's!!!!!Wish you were closer)
 
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