Hardcore check in for June 2017

Today I did I Max 2, 55 minutes, 425 calories, average heart rate 147/ max 188. I then did a youtube Anita champion, rebounding abdominal/ab workout and added 3 minutes of bouncing to it. I bounced a bit when she was talking, 30 minutes, 159 calories, HR 115/167. This was tough. Who knew you could sit on the rebounder and bounce in all different moves on your gluteus maximus and really get the heart rate up? I had to take breaks or let my feet touch the floor a bit. I think my urban rebounder is not as springy as her Bellicon which made it difficult. I kind of liked the change and could definitely feel it in my abs. Total time was 85 minutes, 584 calories, 7,830 steps.

Jolie, I hope today finds you better and the trip to UCLA was good.

Roselyn, I just realized that I had stopped here when side tracked and never posted this. Have fun picking tomorrow's workout.
 
Today I am going back to the Chiropractor for another adjustment. I am starting to feel a little better due to taking anti inflammatory medication and Turmeric . I have a couple of bulging discs and Sciatica. I think after todays appointment I will be on my way to recovery. I have not been in this much pain since child birth! I will of course have to take it easy but the worst is over.

My son kicked butt at UCLA yesterday and might be getting an offer from them soon. That would be an incredible opportunity for him.

Roselyn and Diane Sue, great job on the workouts!!!!

Have a nice day.
 
Today's workout was Jari Love Extremely Ripped Lean Machine, 57 minutes, 317 calories heart rate avg. 117/max146. I forgot that this one is almost like 3 different workouts put together and there is no final stretch at the end of it if you do the complete workout. There is a stretch at the end of the first workout and then it goes into a total body weight program still compound moves but not as cardiovascular and abs workout at the end. I don't think I have done this one as much. I then did Kelly Coffey Body Design cardio and light weights + yoga, 29 minutes, 161 calories, avg heart rate 117/max 149. Total steps for todays workout was 4,326 and calories burned 478, 86 minutes. Yesterday I got in 10,494 steps. I have been getting in more than 10,000 more often lately. Probably due to changing to more active workouts from slower weight workouts

Jolie, I hope this trip to the chiropractor does the job for you. I just started taking Curcumin/turmeric capsules. I have been just using organic turmeric for a couple of years now and decided to try taking capsules instead.
 
Today I am feeling a little better so I decided to go for a walk. My doctor said it is better to move around than sit around. I went 5 miles at a slower pace and burned 582 calories. My heart rate max was only 125. On my way back my lower back started to spasm pretty bad so I really walked slow. I am feeling better now that I have rested a while.

Diane Sue, great job on all of your workouts this week! You have had some great calorie burns.

Roselyn, I am glad you are liking Cathe Live workouts!

My son did great at UCLA the other day. He came in number 2 out of 500 players. I was very proud of him.

Have a nice day.
 
Today I did Rapid Fire 4 with Susan's favorite mix that alternates the boxing segments and the kickboxing segments and finishes off with the core, 74 minutes, 459 calories. Heart Rate average 123/max 154. I usually have a bit lower heart rate and calorie burn on this mix than the one that does all the boxing then all the kickboxing segments that really kick it up. Not a lot different, but I seem to generally lose about 40-50 calories in the burn. I felt that I needed some extra stretching today and added 21 Day Fix Extreme Yoga, 29 minutes, 52 calories. Total time was 1 hour 41 minutes, calories 511, 5,649 steps. I wore my 1 pound gloves. 5's for the abs.

Jolie, I am glad that you are improving. Yes, it does seem that doing some movement would keep things from tightening back up and causing more immobility and pain. Take it easy Great that your son came in number 2 out of so many.
 
Today I did RIPT90 Fit Chest & Arms. I had a great workout, really needed this after last week. DH and I went to upper Michigan, love it up there! Went to Mackinac Island and St. Ignace. Had fun but the weather was rainy and cold. The day we went to the Island was beautiful, though, we walked the 8 miles around the island and I got 32,000 steps in. That is the highest I've ever done. My legs were ready to fall off that night.

This is the workout:
SETS 1 & 2 - doing these in circuit style going from one exercise to the next
Chest Press: 10/12 reps - 30's - I did 2nd set on an incline
Zottman Curls: 10/12 reps - 15's
Chest Flyes: 10/12 reps - 25's - I did 2nd set on an incline
Tricep Extensions: 10/12 reps - 25#
One Arm Press: 10/6 reps each arm - 20# first set, 25# 2nd set
Curls to Overhead Press: 10/12 reps - 15's

SETS 3, 4, 5 & 6
Super Set (no rest from one superset to the next)
Close Grip Push-Ups: 4 sets/10 reps
Triple 7 Curls: 12's - (these are Crazy 8's, only doing 7 reps instead)

Workout was 33 minutes, Avg. HR was 70, Max was 93, burned 58 calories.

Then I tried Ript Abs and that is a good one. This is what it entails:

Situps - 40 reps
60 Second Elbow Plank Hold
Oblique Twists - 40 reps - I held my 8# med ball
Knee to Elbow Plank - 40 reps
Situps - 30 reps
60 Second Elbow Plank Hold
Oblique Twists - 30 reps - I held my 8# med ball
Knee to Elbow Plank - 30 reps
Situps - 20 reps
60 Second Elbow Plank Hold
Oblique Twists - 20 reps - I held my 8# med ball
Knee to Elbow Plank - 20 reps

Good, solid ab workout, I'll be sore tomorrow. I hear there is a RIPT91 and I am going to check that out. :)

I also walked on my treadmill for 2 miles.

Jolie - I sure hope your back/hips are better. How frustrating. I hate to say this but you should not have walked 5 miles feeling that way. Maybe 1 or 2 just to see how it goes. 5 is a bit much when you are in pain like that. I hope you are feeling better today.

Diane Sue - Nice workouts last week, you are kicking it.

Roselyn - You are making me want to purchase Cathe Live. If I had internet in my workout room I would. I have no clue how I would do it otherwise. I have an old boob tube TV in there so I'd have to get a new TV as well. I hate looking at my tablet and my phone is way too small. Maybe I'll see if I can get a TV in there with internet. I'm sure my DH can do that for me. Nice job with those workouts!!!

Have great workouts today everyone!!!
 
Today I did Party Rockin Step #1 54 minutes, 348 calories, heart rate average 138/max 170. I then did Strong and Sweaty Bonus Abs 13 minutes, 55 calories. Total time 67 minutes, 403 calories. Today I have house cleaning to catch up on. I have spent so much time with the woodwork varnishing etc. that cleaning is priority.

Debbie, that was a lot of steps. I have gotten that many yet. That was a really good workout that you did today. Nice work. We went to Michigan a few years ago and had friends there take us sight seeing. We went down some steep sandy slope to the water and it was so much work trying to get back up. I bet I would have had some steps from all of the sliding down and trying to work myself back up.
 
Today I am feeling a lot better. I went for a long walk again, it is very hot here so it was tough to finish. I walked 6 miles, and burned 731 calories. It feels so good to go out and move again. I checked with my chiropractor and he said I can walk as much as I want, just no high impact workouts. Also, I will wait to lift any weights until I feel absolutely sure I can do so and it will be very light weight and high reps.

Debbie, welcome back! I am glad you had a great vacation! Great job on the workout today. The ab workout you did looks awesome. I am not doing any abs for a while now. I am not sure what triggered my back issue, the ab work or the high impact kickboxing. I will have to figure that you so I avoid any other injuries going forward. I have been dealing with this issue my whole life. A horse I was riding reared up and fell on top of me when I was a teenager. 2000 pounds right on top of me!!! Lets just say, I have never been the same since. Also, I had 2 C Section births and that killed my back as well! Can you get an internet router for our gym room so you can do the Live workouts? That is what I had to do.

Diane Sue, great workout today. I have so much house cleaning to do as well but just cant do it quite yet. I will just have to have a dirty house for right now.

Roselyn, Good job on getting your workouts in all weekend. Do you track your calorie burns? If so, post your calorie burn for the Cathe Live workouts.

Have a nice day.
 
I didn't get my download code today , but I did get my dvds :) I will doing Fit Tower workouts tomorrow.

Roselyn, which Lower Body Bootcamp did you do today? Did you get the Fit Tower Workouts too?

Jolie, that was a good walk. I had a cousin that had a horse land on her once. She was in the hospital for awhile. I think sometimes getting too aggressive with those kicks and punches can throw the back out and if you are like me you try to give it all as much as you can.
 
I looked at the Fit Tower workouts and after looking them over, I wrote down the exercises from the workout manager for the Total Body which is the only one that uses weights, and will do that one and maybe a premix from one of the other two. The legs glutes and core has a 19 minute core only or a legs and core that is 33 minutes. I am going to go back and look at the bootcamp mixes. These look good. Cathe really makes use of the tower and bands in the other two. The core work looks good on the total body. She does a lot with the band for the core and ab work. Booy camp has some higher impact segments between the band strength work. I see some areas where I think I would like to use ankle weights. I will have to see how the workouts are though. The manual will not be available for a few days yet. That is why I wrote down the exercises to expedite writing stuff down during the workout. Total body does use a barbell and dumbbells.
 
Today I did Cardio Coach #1 and had a pretty good workout. My knees have really been bothering me. When we were walking around that Island for 8 miles they were really bad. I had to stop several times to rub them down, not sure what is going on there. I just iced them and they feel a bit better. Weird

Workout was 38 minutes, ran 2.62 miles burned 266 calories (TM said 347) and went 5346 steps. M average HR was 118 and Max was 163.

Jolie - Glad to hear you are feeling better, that is great news. And HOLY CRAP on the horse, you are lucky to be alive. How scary that must have been. Internet isn't really the problem in my workout room, it's the TV. It is literally a boob tube - one with the big tubes in them. There is no way to hook up anything to it. I'll have to get a new TV in order to get internet in there. Which really wouldn't be a bad thing. :) We'll see, maybe soon.

Diane Sue - It is hard walking in sand, I can just imaging trying to get up a steep hill like that!!

Roselyn - How exciting on your new workouts, I love getting new workouts!!!!
 
Today is a rest day because I want to go and watch my youngest son at a football passing tournament this morning. I have been doing so much with my oldest son lately I feel I have not done enough with my son Nick!:oops: I slept horrible last night, experiencing muscle spasms in my lower back. I iced it this morning and it feels soooo much better. I think its because I went off all of the Aleve and anti inflammatory medicine. I went back on the medication for the inflammation because that is what causes the pain. I don't like taking medicine but in this case I am going to have to suck it up!!! I ordered a neoprene back brace to wear when working out and walking. It should help with back support until I get back to normal. Also, I was reading about my bulging disc, which is anterior, and the worst thing you can do is work abs! That is what I have been doing all month long. No wonder I ran into this issue with my back. Believe it or not, I should be focusing on strengthening my lower back vs my abs. This happens due to being unbalance and my lower back is lacking.

Debbie, do you have a laptop you can view the Live workouts on? That is how I do it and I believe that is what Roselyn is doing as well. Nice cardio workout today. I hope your knees feel better soon. Try something for inflammation, something like a natural supplement. Boy, getting old sucks!!!!!!!!!

Diane Sue, let us know what you think of the new workouts!!! What else besides Tumeric is good for inflammation? I think MSM is but I am wondering what else I should add to my vitamin regimen.

Roselyn, I hope you enjoy the new workouts today!

Have a nice day.
 
Today I did Fit Tower Total Body Advanced which took me longer because I had to stop and adjust where the tower was sitting etc. , I had the barbell clips on the wrong side and had to stop for that because I kept hitting them with the bar. Anyway, I will get used to where things should be. This took me 55 minutes, 242 calories. I then did Fit Tower Advanced Legs, Glutes, Core, timesaver 2, legs and core express, 29minutes, 68 calories, and the bonus abs 12 minutes, 30 calories. Total time was 96 minutes and calories burned 340. 2692 steps so far today. I just do not get the calorie burns with strength and conditioning work. I will do better when I get the weights and tower usage correct. I think a few things I could have gone heavier. I used my latex free green band because it is harder to pull than the latex one they sent with the tower. Also I did the firewalker loop band option on the legs, glutes and core workout.
Total Body started out with the step which had 3 risers on it
uneven squats 16 reps right 16 reps left 20# they used 15#
deadlifts 12 reps 50# barbell they used 45
elevated lunges 16 reps then 15 and 1 count 15# me (12# Cathe)
bench press barbell 45# 16 reps set 2 with a different rep count
close grip bench press 30# 2 sets done the same as the bench press
break to remove bench and clips
drops sets push ups moving the bar on the tower down each set
triceps dips with tower at level 4 2 sets cathe crosses leg on right the first set and left the second
triceps kickbacks straight then bent arm kickbacks with band and tower 2 sets
static lunge with one arm lateral raise 8# 2 sets of 16 reps on each side
band pulls over 100 reps that I counted. Cathe says she didn't give an amount
dumbbell touch down overhead press 12# 2 sets
barbell push press complex(clean, press 3 times, deadlift, upright row) Cathe 20#, me 30#
biceps curls barbell 30# 16 reps varies on how the reps are done 4,4,4,4
biceps front leg raise bicep curl 12# Cathe 15# me second set she does a W curl
crossback lunges 15 r, 7 and 1 twice, 3 and 1 4 times, singles
1 arm row 25# 16 reps 2nd set 12 reps
seated lat pulldown with the band and tower 32 reps
pull ups
vertical pull ups with a different count

Debbie, nice job on the steps and workout this morning.

Jolie, I have read that people too often want to work the front muscles that they can see in the mirror and ignore a lot of the back ones. I try to make myself do a lot of planks and the superman type moves for the low back even though I do not like to do them. I think much of it is keeping things in balance. If I could I would skip chest work altogether but I would be off balance with the heavier stuff I do for the back. Take it easy. I hope this improves for you quickly. I hope the brace helps. I
 
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