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deanie

Cathlete
Good Morning :)

Today I did Cardio Fusion All Step and LIC abs. It was like a short Imax:) and I got a good workout in! I have read alot of complaints that Cathes new HIS is complicated and she should have a tutorial, but I thought the last series was to easy to pick up the new moves, and I'm looking forward to being challenged!!

Gin~ How did the observations go yesterday? Good luck today! How was your workout?

Marcy~ Great workout yesterday!! I really plan to push myself with the weight work too, since the workouts in PS are shorter. I don't have DOMS from PS legs today, but I was a little stiff at first this morning! Any DOMs for you from yesterday?

Tracee~ Did you get a workout in today?

Have a good day all! Its Clown day in my class, (we're doing the letter C ) and I'm wearing polka dot capri's. They are actually jammie bottoms, I hope no one can tell! LOL

Deanie
 
Good Morning!

Today was S&H Bis and Tris. I stayed with the same weight as Cathe for the most part, but had to go down on the 2nd and 3rd set of tricep kickbacks and stayed at 15# for all 3 sets of dbl curls when she went down to 12#.

Deanie--Glad you enjoyed DF and LIC abs. Clown Day, huh? That sounds like fun. What activities go along with it? The validator will be in my room today for an hour (during music, math and lunch). At least I know when she'll be there! I think everything went welll yesterday.

Marcy--What workout did you do today? I'm not as tired, but a little trouble sleeping and still having headaches. Doctor said to give a month.

Tracee--We missed you yesterday!

Gin:)
 
Hi Girls!

I did Kick Max today and had a great workout. My legs feel like jello after those leg drills. I think the first drill is the toughest. I managed to get through all the blasts but had to take a couple of rests in between. I don't know how Cathe goes through all ten without a rest. My heartrate just gets too high to keep going.

Deanie - No DOMS from yesterday. I liked PS that it was shorter but I'm still on the fence about it. I'll have to see what tomorrow brings. I agree with you - I'm glad Cathe didn't break down HIS or LIS. The last series was kind of boring for me with the choreography and too repetitious. I love a challenge. A lot of instructors do include a tutorial and I think it would be a good idea for Cathe to do this as it would be helpful to a lot of Catheites who don't do well with complex choreography. Have fun with Clown Day! It sounds like you're going to have a blast. I don't remember my nursery school teachers getting that creative.

Gin - I'm glad everything's going well with the accreditation. Good luck today! Glad you're a little less tired. Good work on the dbl curls. I have to admit the kickbacks in S&H are about the toughest I've done and they're usually not a problem for me.

Tracee - You were missed yesterday. Hope you had a nice day yesterday and a great workout today.

Marcy
 
Hi guys! I'm glad you guys were missing me yesterday, sorry I didn't get a chance to check in. It has turned out to be a very long day and a half. I didn't get much sleep on Sunday night so I didn't get up for a workout yesterday. Then I got a call from my 11 yr old ds's school that he wasn't feeling well. So I went to pick him up and spent the rest of the day with him. It seemed to be something emotional going on rather than physical but it is really hard to get him to open up to us. Anyway, he did fine until this morning when I went to drop him off at school. That's when I knew it was something going on at school. So several hours later he finally opened up and admitted he doesn't like one of his classes and he doesn't like coming home by himself after school. So that last one really has me stressed out because we don't have many options for where he can go after school besides home. We're checking into a couple of things but it's hard not to feel like a bad mother when you have to send your kid home alone while you're sitting at work, especially when I don't even like my job.

Sorry that was so long but this all came out about an hour ago so it's still really fresh for me.

I managed to do PS Back, Bi and abs this morning although I got up late so I had to cut down on some of the sets. If I get motivated I might go down and do another workout to make up for missing yesterdays.

Thanks for listening.

Tracee
 
Tracee - Sorry you had such a troubling day yesterday. Don't feel guilty or like a bad mom. I had to do the same with my kids. How long has DS been coming home on his own? Maybe he just needs a little more time to adjust. Is there a chance he can get his class changed? Is it the subject, the teacher or one of the students? Are there any sports or an after school center he can join? I guess I was lucky because my kids were only home for an hour before DH got home. I hope you can work something out.

At least you got to workout. I know that always makes me feel better.

Marcy
 
Tracee~ I'm so sorry about your son! At least he opened up to you, which is great. Is there a friend he can go home with, and then you could recipricate (spelling I know!!:) ) on the weekends? I have a friend who sometimes doesn't make it home on time, and her son comes here after school. I give them a snack, let them play, and then homework, when she needs me to. I do have to say about the school class, I understand this is the age bullying starts (I hope thats not it) and peer pressure, could that be the issue in school? Maybe you could partner with the teacher and find out? Keep in mind, the best part about this is that he is talking to you!!! That is huge. Im glad you got to work out, that is a big stress reliever.

Gin~ What a bummer you are still having headaches! Is not sleeping one of the side effects of the medication? Good job on the weights today!! Clown day was fun, but no activities went with it. Everyone wore a clown outfit or attire, and some girls even painted thier faces!! cute! When do you find out about wether you got the accredidation or not? (I'm sure you did)

Marcy~ I'm glad you liked KM. It is my least favorite kickbox of cathes. The leg work at the end is killer!! I will be doing PS next week, I like the shorter workouts (I can sleep a few min. later) and I just like PS.

Deanie
 
Hi Again!

I have a group coming over for lunch tomorrow, parent/teacher conferences, and 2 dr.'s appt on Friday. Busy week.

Marcy--KM,huh? I plan on doing that one tomorrow. I had forgotten how hard it is. Thanks for reminding me.;-) I am the one that would need the choreography tutorial. I have trouble with complex choreo., but also have very little space in my workout room! I once fot so frustrated in a step class that I walked out!x(

Tracee--Sorry about your ds. That IS good that he is talking to you. I know my boys had trouble opening up when something was on their mind. Marcy and Deanie gave you some good advice.

Deanie--The dr. said I would get used to the meds after 2 weeks, but then she had me taking twice the amt. so I feel tired all over again and then have trouble sleeping.x( The accreditation process is going fine. The validator was in my room today taking tons of notes. Hope it was all good!:eek: She will go over everything with the director tomorrow, but we don't know if we pass or not for 3 months!

Gin:)
 
Hi Again!

Gin - Hope you enjoy Kick Max tomorrow. My legs are feeling better now. My only complaint about this is I wish she would have mixed up the blasts and the combos. I think I would have had more energy that way. I'm sure everything went fine for you with the validator. I hope you have enough energy to get through your busy week. I don't know why Cathe doesn't show just a few moves in the beginning like she did on the Cardio Hits DVD - I think it was Step Fit where she broke down the flying angel and there was also one or two other moves that I don't remember. I would think there would be enough room for that on the DVD - it would only take a couple of minutes in the introduction. I guess you'll have to preview a bit more. I used to write down the combos and then I could say them in my head. Sometimes in my dance class I'm better off just concentrating and counting to myself than watching other people.

Marcy
 
Marcy and Tracee--We didn't have our usual Tuesday discussion on DWTS!!;-) AS usual, I thought Sabrina was great and Mark Cuban HAS to go. I missed Mel's dance, and then I saw that she scored a 29, so sorry I missed that one! Cameron has improved.
What did you think?

Gin
 
Hi Gin/Tracee!

I agree Mark has to go now. I'm glad he's having a good time but we have to get serious now. Sabrina was good. I really liked Mel's rumba and Jane's was good too. I felt bad about Marie fainting. She looked like she was struggling through her routine. I guess it just wasn't her week. I agree Cameron is definitely improving. I liked Helio this week but I guess the judges didn't. I also thought Jennie & Derek did very well. I think it's going to get tough after this week. Once Mark goes (which I hope is tonight), it's going to be a very stiff competition.

Marcy
 
Hi again.

Thanks you guys for all the support and advice. Marcy and Deanie you brought up some very good points and all ones that I'm going to keep in mind. We definitely have thought that bullying could be the issue with the choir class because before this he didn't seem to have any problems. It was never his favorite class but he's not one to complain too much about a bad class.

DWTS - I didn't get to watch much of the show and the part I did watch was showing Mark and then Jane so I wasn't too interested. I'll be crossing my fingers that mark goes this week and not Marie.

I was able to do an extra workout this afternoon so I did LIS. It was fun and I did the cardio portion only. The steps were not too complicated, I picked them all up after just a couple of tries. It didn't seem like it was making me sweat too much but by the end I was sweating and breathing pretty hard so I think it did the job.

Can't wait to try the other ones.

Tracee
 

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