Deanie & Friends.......Tuesday 8/28

[deanie]

Good Morning

Today was Gauntlet cardio only for me. Its Imax 2 (6 cardios and blasts) alternating with BC cardio (6 of them). I enjoy Imax 2 much better this way and its a great workout. I can't believe I woke up in time today, we spent last evening at the ER. My younger DS threw his baseball bat up in the air and it came down and hit him on the head! Took him to the ER, spent 3 hours there!!!!! got a CAT scan and he was fine. Still had to wake up at 1a.m. to nudge him, and DH nudged him at 4:30a.m. and he's fine. Part of me wanted to go to the ER to get an official "he's okay" from the dr., but when I was there (for 3 hours!!!) I felt I was wasting our time. Of course I forgot my cell phone at home, and DH got home and was worried where we were (felt sooo bad I couldn't call) atleast DS is okay Oh~ and they both had great first days!
First day of school (in-house for teachers) today! Looking forward to it. Its breakfast with the Rabbi (bagels, oj) and then a working meeting.

Gin~ Glad you had a great birthday and first inhouse day at work! Was it fun seeing the other teachers after the break?

Marcy~ What did you do today?

Tracee~ Hope your boys are enjoying the last week of their vacation!

Later~

Deanie:*

 

[TXGin]

Good Morning Ladies!

Today was IMAX2. Your favorite, Deanie!;-) I wanted to do Stretch Max, but maybe later. Have to get used to getting ready for work again!
I had a great b-day. Thank you for the sweet b-day wishes. I even got one from Cathe herself. Well that just made my day!!:+ :7 And Tracey S. sent an e-card!! What a great day!

Deanie--I am so sorry about your 3 hour ordeal at the ER, but so glad that your son is fine. I can imagine that was stressful for you. The Gauntlet sounds really gruelling. Don't think I will be putting that one on my wish list.}( }( }( Enjoy your in-house day. I did have a good time seeing and visiting with all of the teachers. I like the others that I work with.

Marcy and tracee--Have a great day/workout!

I did post last night.

Gin

 

[volleyball life]

Hi ladies. Today I decided to do Kickmax since I missed it last week. I've never done this one before so it was all new. I didn't have enough time to get all the way through so I was bummed about that. I wish I would have skipped a couple of the combos so that I could have gotten more of the blasts done and tried the drills too. Oh well, I'll have to remember that for next time.

Deanie - Sorry to hear about your sons injury and your long ordeal in the ER. I bet he had one heck of a headache from that! Hope you have fun on your first day back.

Gin - Glad you had a great birthday and how cool that you were send birthday wishes from those "special friends". Glad you enjoyed your first day back.

Marcy - hope you had a great workout today.

Tracee

 

[marcy]

Good morning!

I've been real busy this morning so this is my first chance to post. I haven't forgotten about our one body part a day rotation and am a little more than halfway through. I have to say Cathe's new catalog was a big help. I guess we all did something different than the rotation today. I had to dig into some more of my virgin workouts so I did Kelly Coffey-Meyer's Step Boxing. I burned 296 calories. The whole workout is 55 minutes. Everyone was right when they said this goes at a very fast pace. It got my heartrate right up and kept it there. She doesn't do much breakdown but I got about 95% the first go around. The only thing she does which is a little annoying is when she does basics, she does a step tap each time. There is also a sculpting portion which has compound movements like side lunges with lawnmowers, lunge onto step with bicep curls, squats with tricep kickbacks, and squat thrusts with pushups while holding onto dbbls on step. I didn't know this portion was in there, so I just used 3# weights but I could've gone to 5#. There was also an ab segment which I didn't do because I wanted to get to Stretch Max. All in all, I liked it but I can't say it's my absolute favorite.

Deanie - Sorry to hear about your DS's accident but I'm glad he's okay. Glad both DS's had great first days of school. Hope your first day goes just as well. I haven't done the Gauntlet in a long time. Maybe I'll have to do that soon. How long was the cardio?

Gin - So glad you had a great birthday. It's nice when you can just keep on celebrating. That was so nice that Cathe and Tracey sent you wishes as well.

Tracee - I have good news for you. I have included the Kick Max Blast Challenge in the new rotation so you'll be able to do it then (that is if you like the rotation.)

Question for all of you: Do you have all of Cathe's strength training series? Before I finish the rotation, I'll try not to include what any of you don't have. For the cardio, I'm just taking chapters or premixes. I think we'll be doing a lot of premixes we haven't had the chance to do. I'll still be looking at what Cathe's got cooked up for September's rotation and then we can decide.

Marcy

 

[volleyball life]

Marcy - Are you asking if we have all of Cathe's weight lifting videos? I mean only the ones that are pure lifting not combined with cardio? Thanks for including the KM Blast Challenge, I may regret asking to do it. Ha!

Tracee

 

[marcy]

Tracee - Yes, the pure lifting - Pure Strength, Pyramids, MIS, S&H, GS, etc. You might have to PYGFO for the Challenge. Just make sure to get plenty of rest the night before}( I'm trying just to do short, intense cardio to get the job done in the shortest amount of time.

Marcy

 

[TXGin]

Good Afternoon Ladies!

Tracee--I did KM on Sunday and my legs and glutes are still sore from the leg conditioning drills!}( I don't think I had done those in a while.

Marcy--Thanks for working on a new rotation for us! Can't wait to see it. When my newly ordered PS comes in the mail, I think the only strength dvds I don't have are Cross Train Xpress.

Deanie--Hope your first in-house day went well. Were you able to work on the room or plan with the other teachers?

Gin

 

[deanie]

Hi Everyone

I am exhausted!! So just a quick hello. I enjoyed the day, thank you But it was long!! Got there at 9:30, had a meeting and brunch about 10ish, then started putting the room together, everything was all over because they painted, and they were finishing up painting the hall and doors today.finished at 2:45!!!! Whew! Tomorrow is a 9-2 day, and the director got someone to come in an give us a 'make over" with estee lauder makeup!! Which would be great, but I don't wear makeup LOL!! Anyway, I think we get some lipstick, and I do occassionally(sp?) wear that

I hope everyone had a great day, and yes Marcy, I have all Cathes dvds, except her beginer ones! Can't wait to see what you've cooked up!!


Deanie

 

[marcy]

Just a quick hello,

I'll hopefully have it done by tomorrow. Hope you guys like it. There won't be any CTX in it. I don't have that one either.

Deanie - Have fun with your makeover tomorrow!

Have a good night.

Marcy