Hi ladies!
It is cold here too! Around 4 degrees Celsius and windy, though not as windy as yesterday. Brrr!
Late this morning I went for a walk with Mick to the local shops. Short walk, but long enough for him to fall asleep in his new Scandinavian Pram which is huge... he's all wrapped up in it, even with a duvet so all nice and cozy and of course coat, hat and clothes for all parts not covered with duvet. After we got back he napped outside for a couple of hours in our garden... we have doors right next to our kitchen dining table so we can keep our eyes on him, and the garden gates are locked. Way better napping there than indoors where he keeps thinking he is missing out on something so waking up.
Today's workouts included some new DVDs, Cross Train Xpress (CTX) Step & Interval, but only Step portion... then CTX kickbox, skipping warmup, but I wasn't feeling it so stopped it after 5 min. I then decided to try Greatest Hits Step Vol.1 which I have owned for years but never done because when I bought it I was not familiar with Cathe step choreography so it overwhelmed me. Anyways, I did timesaver premix 2, which starts with Step, Pump and Jump (SPJ) followed by Body Max 2 (BM2), then Drill Max and Athletic Step. The only one of these 4 that I am familiar with is BM2, so I did the first 30 min, stopping after BM2. I actually really enjoyed SJP, so I am glad I tried this DVD again.
Regarding all my new DVDs from the Black Friday Sales. I am quite disappointed. I can't believe I am saying that! I love Cathe and everything that I owned before, so more or less from XT onwards, but some of the older stuff, especially the cardio (step and kickbox) is just not my cup of tea. They seem unnecessarily complex which annoys me. I can't believe I am saying this, but I should have gotten Cathe On Demand instead, that way I would also have had access to Live which I Love Love Love!
Fortunately I do like the strength workouts so it's not all a waste... and boy that PUB that I did on Christmas Day, I am still feeling it in my UB today! I don't remember when the last time was that I had DOMs this bad!
This afternoon we walked to the other shopping center (so walking for nearly 3 hours!) to buy Christmas gifts for the kids. That's what we will be doing New Year's Eve this year... celebrating Xmas with the kids who spent it with our ex- spouses. We will have some good food, maybe Raclette, where you cook in small pans sitting at the table. The kids love that... choosing and preparing what they want in small portions. Perhaps we will play a board game or watch a family movie while we wait for the fireworks at midnight. We don't buy any, but there will be enough in our neighborhood to watch.
I saw 2lazy4gym had a review of another Yvette Bachmann of a Kettlebell cardio that sounds great. Hope to try that one sometime soon.
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