Hardcore Fitness Maniacs December 2025!

Hi,

We got home around 11 pm, I didn‘t get to bed before midnight. Woke up at the crack of dawn, just couldn‘t sleep. Suitcases are empty and everything is put away.I did a live belly dance. I didn‘t do the intermediate class. I am to burned out. Than I wanted to do short Pilates class to loosen up my hips/legs. Now I could take a nap.

Debbie - when we landed in Atlanta, people are so rude that work at the airport. TSA rushes you too the scanners like crazy, I ended up leaving my backpack behind. I noticed once we went to concourse, had to return. I put a small water bottle in the backpack for Sadie. They waited for me to be present so they could open the backpack. I told the TSA lady I forgot to take the water bottle out, it was Sadie‘s water. She tested it for explosives…than handed me the water bottle for Sadie. She didn‘t had to do that, it was nice she gave me the water bottle which was not open. Great job on your workout.

I will be back tomorrow.
 
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Saturday's workout was Cathe's STS Meso 1 Disc# 2Back and Triceps
Sunday- rest day visited my mom
Monday- 3 mile walk which was hard because my ankle hurts. I have an appointment with my Chiro on Friday to get it adjusted.
Today- Cathe's STS Meso 1 Disc #4 Chest, Shoulders and Biceps

Great job on the workouts everyone!
 
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Yesterday I did CDorner Old School aerobics Low Impact 31 minutes, 191 calories., heart rate 127/154 heart rate, 3,688 steps. I finished with Jessica Valant Back Stretch, 11 minutes,19 calories. I was in a hurry because I had a lot to get done since I hosted my ladies group Christmas gathering. I did lots of baking. No workout today.
 
Well, this morning I started out doing RAW Tabata Boxing and I don't know what it is with this workout, but I have started it like three times and was never able to finish the workout. I either ran out of time or something else. Well, this morning my internet went out right in the middle of this workout. WTF?? So I hopped on my treadmill and just finished on that.

Total workout time was 46 minutes, burned 289 calories, went 1.46 miles on the treadmill, did 4670 steps and HR was 121/159. Frustrating.

Belinda - How frustrating at the airport. OMG. I'm glad I don't travel much. I went to Italy once to see my relatives with my mom and dad but that was back in the 80's when travelling was fun. The restrictions they have now are understandable but really irritating for everyone.

Jolie - Great job keeping up with your workouts!

Diane - You must be busy lately! Nice job with your workouts. Hope you had fun with your ladies group. How have you been feeling lately?

Have a great day everyone!
 
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Today I did CDorner Hiit all Standing 28 minutes, heart rate 117/140, 153 calories, 1,843 steps, light dumbbells. I then did Lift Move Restore Barre Fusion, 48 minutes, heart rate 94/135, 125 calories, finished with CDorner Post Workout Stretch 24 minutes, 46 calories. Total time was 1 hour 40 minutes, 324 calories. I may not be working out Friday if we can get my husband's Bronco in for a recall. We have some other stops we need to make as well.

Belinda, traveling sounds rather miserable to me. It has been years since we have flown anywhere. I hope you got some rest and feel more yourself today.

Jolie, nice job on Cathe's Meso 1 back and triceps Day 2 and Meso 1 chest shoulders and biceps, along with a walk day and a day with your mother. I hope she is continuing to get better.

Debbie, nice work on Raw Tabata Boxing and finishing with the treadmill. It is frustrating when the internet goes out in the middle of a workout. Things have been busy, and we are doing Christmas at my daughter's this Sunday. I am not getting enough rest and am tired. I think I did something this last week that set off my neck pain with some of the new moves. I am thinking maybe getting the face pulls at the right height with the tubing and doing it correctly. At first it felt like I was working into the traps. Ladies group was fun. We did the gift thing where you can steal other's gifts and Christmas bingo gifts. Lots of snacks. I ate way to many sweets. I feel blah! today.

Roselyn, good job on cardio abs day.
 
This morning was a weight day and of course I had no plan on what I was going to do. So I was going through Kelly's 2025 workouts and saw RAW 21's Strength and thought I'd give it a try. It was just ok and some of the moves felt dangerous. I did her weights at first and then dropped. She does 3 sets, I ony did 2. I feel like such a wimp anymore. :(

3 sets (I did 2) - 21 reps (just like Cathe does 21's with biceps)

Elevated Deadlifts: 20's/15's
Elevated Goblet Squats: 30#/20#
Shoulder Press: 12's/10's - Kelly uses 15's, not sure how she did that!

One Arm Row: 20# (I hate one arm rows, I wish she'd find a different type of back exercise to do in her workouts)
Plie Squats: 20#
Knee Lifts (Abs)

I added:

Bicep Curls: 12's
Chest Press: 15's
Hammer Curls: 12's

This was a burner, the 21's using different muscle groups was interesting. I might do this one again, it wasn't horrible. I just felt it was a bit much for my low back with the deads.

Workout was 42 minutes, burned 225 calories and HR was 109/133.

Roselyn - Great job on cardio and abs!!

Diane - Great job with you workout. I'm sorry you aren't getting much sleep, I know how that feels. Lately I've been getting good sleep as the cats are behaving now. Yes, it is frustrating when the internet goes out but the weird thing was, it didn't. Everything else worked fine, it was just my TV in my workout room. It was ok today. Glad you had fun with your ladies group, sounds like a good time!!

Have a great day everyone!
 
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I did portions of some CDorner workouts for 24 minutes, 106 calories. One was a dance workout with hip hop music and too much twisting my knees around and called All I want for Christmas- lil Jon (I have no clue who Lil Jon is) So, I tried 20-minute Hiit Step and stopped during the warmup walking in and out on the hands. I finally went to LMR timesaver functional mobility warm up and bonus Low Impact Cardio, 21 minutes, 124 calories and finished with Jessica Valant 5-minute upper back stretch and 5-minute lower back stretch, 12 minutes, 20 calories.

Debbie, good job on Raw 21's. I am more careful than I used to be with the pressure put on the spine. I don't go very far down with deadlifts. Just enough to feel it in my hamstrings and not so much low back.
I kept getting a crazy colored tv screen like neon green and pink and sometimes unviewable. We bought a new television hooked it up and I got the same thing. It ended up being the Fire Stick so the tv was not broken after all.
 
Hi

Sorry for not checking in yesterday, I fell asleep :( I did Pilates UB and belly dance. Today I did pilates abs for 30 min plus another belly dance. We are learning to dance to a Christmas’s song. So cute!

Starting next week I will start Cathe Live again. I miss her. My shoulder/biceps are not getting any better. I will see how it goes next week. I feel like I am falling apart.

Diane - sorry you are not getting any sleep.Jet lag is kicking my butt. I traveled to Germany 3 years ago, no problem. Not sure what is going on? Maybe people are missable during Christmas. I am fine during the day, around 6 pm I fall sleep, lol. Hopefully in a few day‘s I am my old self again.

Debbie - things changed since you flown. People are so rude and not friendly at all anymore. There where a few that were nice. I do understand all the restrictions.

I will be back tomorrow.
 
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Well this morning I did RAW Tabata Boxing and was finally able to do the entire workout. It is a good one, I like it and the music (sort of). This is a 30 minute workout so when I was done I walked on my treadmill for a time.

Total workout was 47 minutes, burned 345 calories, went .74 miles on the treadmill, did 4103 steps and HR was 131/162.

I seriously need to stop eating so much. I am hungry ALL THE TIME. And I am choosing bad things to eat, especially here at work when everyone brings in cookies and chocolates. My will power to like gone. WTF?? Makes me mad. I need to pull myself together and stop doing this. I feel miserable, too, because of the crap food I am eating.

Diane - Great job with your workout! I HATE workouts that have the warmup doing the walking on your hands. I just don't do that anymore. That is so strange about your TV. Wow, too bad you had to buy a new one for no reason. Did you have to replace the Firestick?

Belinda - Sorry to hear about your shoulders and biceps. Damn, that is frustrating!! Hope it gets better soon. How have your knees been doing? Nice job on your workouts!

Have a great weekend everyone!! See you Monday! One more week and then I'm off for Christmas break!! Woo hoo!! I love this job.
 
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Debbie - I really don‘t know what is going on with my shoulder/biceps. My right knee is very swollen for the last few weeks. I can‘t get the swelling down. It‘s from the flight and lots of walking. It‘s just my right knee. I am icing it, put creams on it. I am trying to avoid taking meds. Glad you enjoyed your workout and music.
 
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Hi,

Yesterday I also went for a nice long walk. It was 42 outside, sunny.

Today I did another belly dance to the Christmas song “Deck the Halls“ Egyptian style, lol. We are having a Christmas party before Christmas where we performing this song. I missed 3 weeks of practices, need to catch up. I am getting ready to do a live Pilates Circle class. No walk, it‘s freezing cold and we have snow.

Roselyn - great job yesterday.

Diane - where are you?

BBl
 
Google Afternoon,

Back to coming home from work and just sitting so my hips are starting to complain again, I did Raw Slim In 10 trying to work the core again. I came home from work yesterday and told DH I hate people this time of year and I don’t like having to work with incompetent coworkers.

Debbie-we bought a 2026 Chevy Trax we wanted to downsize from our equinox but it’s only 6” shorter but I love it.
 
This morning I did RAW Upper Sculpt/Lower Tone and I had an excellent workout. I really need to get 8# ankle weights but I cannot find any. She said hers are either 8 or 10# on each leg and when I look for them, they say they are 10# but it means 5# for each leg. Where on earth did she get those? When I do this one, I have to strap on my 5# ones and a set of 2# ankle weights. They hurt my ankles and are not comfortable to use. I really need to find the heavier pair.

This was 50 seconds on/10 off although toward the end Kelly shortened it. This is how it went:

3# dumbbells - did right side, then left:
Jabs
Hooks
Upper Cuts
Speed Bag -I used 1.5# egg weights for this

Standing legs using 7# ankle weights - did right side, then left:
Shin Blocks - 7# ankle weights
Knee Pull - 7# ankle weights
Back Kicks or Lifts - 7# ankle weights

Above Jabs, hooks, upper cuts, speed bag but faster - first right then left side but I used my 3# weights for all by the speedbag and used my 1.5# egg weights for that

Above Shin Blocks, Knee Pull, Back Kicks but faster - first right, then left side - 7# ankle weights

Jab/Cross (each side separately) - 3# DB
Hook/Up (each side separately) - 3# DB

Leg work on the Floor:
Glute Kicks - 7# ankle weights
Alternate Fire Hydrants - 7# ankle weights
Repeat

Above Jab/Cross and Hook/Ups but faster (used my 1.5# egg weights)

Leg work on the floor:
Up & Out - 7# ankle weights
Leg back, heel up/Toe to floor raises - 7# ankle weights

Jab, Hook, Upper, Squats - 3# DB
Repeat other side

Leg work on floor:
Cross Over, each side separately - Skipped due to time
Alt. Knee In - Skipped due to time
Hamstring Curls, each side separately - Skipped due to time

Alt. Jabs, Hooks, Ups, Squat - Skipped due to time
Same without weights - skipped due to time

Holy crap, the lower body part was HARD!! I will be feeling this tomorrow!

Workout was 44 minutes, burned 306 calories, did 1732 steps and HR was 128/149.

Great job with your workouts this weekend.

Yea, where is Diane? Hope you are ok Diane. Jolie - you too!

Good seeing you post Roxie! Get up and MOVE!! :)

Have a great day everyone!
 
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Hi,

Today I did CL# 571 Complete UB plus Pilates UB.

I hope Diane and Jolie are doing well.

Debbie - glad you had a great workout with Raw Upper Sculpt/Lower Tone.

I will check in later. Have a great Monday everyone.
 
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My laptop is on the fritz! I hope that I get a new one for Christmas. Some of my keys are not working all of a sudden so typing is a pain in the ars! My mom has been doing well on some days and not so well on other days. This is all I can take and I am so ready for the New Year with new possibilities! Pulling Christmas off for my family will be a complete miracle if I actually do it LOL! What is everyone making for Christmas dinner? I need some ideas; I am sick of what we usually do and want to try something different. I was thinking healthy Greek food with all of the fixings. Kabobs, beef and chicken, tzatziki, hummus, pitas grilled olives and a Greek salad. I want to get my eating under control so I was thinking healthy food. I have been snacking a lot due to stress and no time to make meals. I live on hamburger patties with pickles and deviled eggs. At least I am not gaining weight, but I am not eating complete meals. I am also starting my parasite cleanse today to get rid of all the critters in our body that cause diseases. Most anything that goes wrong in the body is due to these pesky bugs and I am going after them good with the Ivermectin and Fenbendazol. I hope to be healthier in a month or so. Hopefully I do not get too bad of a die off period, I hate the headaches and nausea.

Saturday- 2 mile walk in the am, 1 mile walk in the pm. My ankle is still hurting but it is starting to get better.
Sunday- Cathe's STS Meso 1 Disc #5, Back and Triceps. My triceps are very sore today!
Today- 2 mile walk so far, I will walk more this afternoon.

Great job on the workouts everyone! I want to come up with something new to do for my wok outs for the new year, any suggestions?
 
Good Afternoon,

I did Raw Kettlebell Kickboxing an older one that was always my favorite even though she had to stop early due to electrical issues.

Jolie-sorry can’t be of any help I am having my first Christmas this Sunday a youngest DD wants to go bowling. We are going to oldest DD on Christmas Day
 
I have been busy. I took 3 days off this week. Tuesday I hosted my ladies group Christmas, Friday my husband and I went to the eye doctor and ran errands early. Saturday I did CDorner Fast Basic Step and Abs, skipping the crunches and oblique crunches, 47 minutes, 267 calories, heart rate 122/152, 3,825 steps. I also did Jessica Valant Scoliosis work, 50 minutes, 89 calories. Sunday morning was family Christmas at my daughter's house and no workout. I spent a lot of time making pie and deviled eggs.
Today I did CDorner All Standing Upper and Lower body workout (biceps, triceps, and shoulders) 39 minutes, 154 calories, heart rate 101/135. Lift Move and Restore low impact cardio bonus, 14 minutes, 87 calories, and Jessica Valant Shoulder Mobility and Gentle Full Body Stretch, 25 minutes, 53 calories. Total time 78 minutes, 294 calories. My shoulder has been hurting for several days. I lightened up compared to what Chris was using.

CDorner All Standing Total Body upper with lower
45 sec work
warm Up
squat/curl 10# dbs
squat pulse 10# db
squat press 8# db
squat pulse with calf raise 8# db
stationary lunge/with curl 12# dbs
stationary lunge pulse 12# db
stationary lunge pulses 12# dbs
reverse lunge overhead press alternating8# dbs
crossback lunge overheead triceps extension 5# db
wide squat overhead triceps extension 5# dbs
repeat all moves second time
 
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