Deanie & Co. :) Sunny Saturday :) 6/30

[TXGin]

Good Morning Ladies!

Today I did PH and then 30 min. on the elliptical.

Have you guys ever done Bikram or "hot" yoga? I have not but always wondered about the benefits. I picked up a brochure outside the Bikram studio yesterday and it says..."Why the heat? To bend anything , you must add heat. Heat allows for deep stretching because the muscles, fascia and connective tissue are more elastic. Warm temperatures allow for greater range of motion in the joints. It reduces chance of injury because muscles are warmed up. Stretching warm muscles burns fat more efficiently. Capillaries dilate, which increases oxygen and promotes waste removal. Promotes toxins to release from sweating through the body's largest eliminative organ, the skin.

Deanie--I think you told me not to buy Cardio Hits unless it was a good deal. Well, yesterday I made a trade on the vf trade for my Karen Voight yoga (don't use anymore) for Step Works and Step Fit (vhs). I think that is as cheap as it gets!
Did you take your kids to see Ratatouille? Is is still raining there? It is finally sunny here!

Marcy and Tracee-- Have a great weekend/ workout!

Gotta run!
Gin

 

[deanie]

Good Afternoon!

I'm so glad you posted! Miss not chatting on the weekends!

Today was a rest day, and I was happy to sleep in. I am looking forward to PH! It was one of my first Cathe workouts and I always enjoy it. I also like the warm up with the barbell. I wonder why she doesn't do that kind of warmup on any other workout?

I have never done "hot" yoga, although I would LOVE to! There is a studio that teaches it that opened up about 4 years ago, and 45 min. away, that I got the info. from. At the time, the times didn't workout for me (my then 4 year old at school inbetween the a.m. class) and then I stopped doing yoga daily, and now don't know about taking that as a yoga class. I think it may be more advanced.?

Congrats on Step works/step hits! Its fun step and once you learn a section, you don't have to remember it. I think Step fit is on the rotation this week. Maybe you will get it in time!

Are you doing the original Get ready for summer rotation or the updated one?

And finally, no we did not get to the movies yesterday. The kids had friends come over instead. It is supposed to be rainy tomorrow, so we will try again.

Hope all is going well with your mom. I am thinking positive thoughts for her.

Deanie

 

[TXGin]

Hi Again!

PH was also the first Cathe I taped from Fit TV. I like it, but don't really care for the form pointers in between. I guess you are able to rest then, as compared to HSC!

I'm curious about hot yoga, but don't think I will ever try it. I don't like saunas. I feel very claustrophobic. But, never say never! I sure wouldn't go if I had to drive 45 min. to get there!
:-(

I plan on doing the same rotation that you posted the other day. I think that must be the revised one. After that, I will have just 1 week until the road trip.

Thank you for the sweet words concerning my mother. She seems to be doing a little better every day I talk to her. She has fluid around her lungs and heart so they are trying to get rid of that. She thinks she might be able to go home on Monday. She has such a positive attitude and says that she feels so blessed.

Take care. It is raining here again. I feel as if I live in the tropics! We leave in a couple of hours and are back tomorrow night.
Gin

 

[volleyball life]

Hi guys. I probably missed you both but I wanted to get on here to say that I did HSC today. I actually had a good workout and realized that maybe it was a good thing that I missed two days of working out. I was able to match Cathe on weights except for the first round of biceps when she does 35lbs, I did 30. I also had to take a few extra breaks on the shoulder presses, those are always hard for me.

Sounds like you guys are having a good weekend so far. I'm not sure if it will be okay for me to do PH tomorrow since I just did HSC? I guess I'll just have to wait and see how I feel in the morning.

We had a good day of baseball and my son's team won both of their games. They have two more tomorrow and if they win both of those they play in the finals on Monday. I guess they assume everyone is taking the week off for the 4th of July? Ha!

Gin - good job on the trade. That's a great way to get more Cathe's.

Tracee