Hardcore Fitness Maniacs for April 2022!!

Today I had a great workout. I did Cathe's X-Train Bi's and Tri's which is a slow and heavy workout, no repeat and most exercises are X 16 reps. I could have gone heavier but since I have not done this workout in such a long time, I chose to go a little lighter but next time I will up the weights. I forgot to wear my watch, so I have no calorie burn to note. This workout is 9 rounds of a Bicep exercise right into a Triceps exercise. I loved it and will do it again next week.

Simultaneous Bicep Curls- 12 x 24 reps
Triceps Ext.- 12's x 16
Incline Curls- 12's x 16
Lying Triceps Ext.- 12's x 16
Seated Concentration Curls- 15# x 16
1 Arm Kickbacks- 10# x 16
Bicep W Curls- 12's x 16
Close Grip Chest Press- 15's x 16
Incline Hammer Curls- 12's x 16
Seated 1 Arm Overhead Ext.- 10# x 16
1 Arm Preacher Curls- 12# x 16
Lying Cross Body Triceps Ext.- 12# x 16
Slow Mo Curls- 12's x 24
Lying Triceps Ext.- 12's x 16
Incline Reverse Curls- 10's x 16
1 Arm Kickbacks Palm Up- 10# x 16
Bicep Crazy 8's - 12's x 24
No Dips- Triceps Cable pull Downs- 30# x 24

I was lying in bed last night reviewing a ton of Cathe workouts on YouTube and realized that Cathe is not thin anymore, no like she used to be. As we age our bodies change, now I see I am not the only one. I really struggle with no looking like I used to, but I need to come to terms with the fact that I am going to look different than I did 10 years ago. I adjusted my kneecap myself and my knee is 70% better so that tells me it is not a tear. I will go to the chiro as soon as I can get an appointment to have my leg and knee adjusted. Thank goodness, I was starting to get worried that I would be side lined for a long time.

Debbie, I am so happy that the service was beautiful, but I feel so bad for your husband and you of course. Good luck with the knee issue, I am getting really sick of mine and hope to get it fixed ASAP. You know me and my walking, this injury has screwed my walks up big time.

I will be back later to read the posts for the day. Have a great day.
 
Good morning,

IRON Series 30 Min Hamstrings Workout - Hip Extension & Flexion | Day 16 is done.

I am not sure if I mention it? I saw the dermatologist on Friday. A few weeks ago, I noticed a lot of hair loss. When I wash my hair, my hair is just falling out. I am afraid to brush my hair. When I saw my Rheumatologist I mention it to him, he also noticed my hair loss :( It's hard to pin point why I have hair loss? I had covid ( a lot of woman loss hair after having covid), medications can cause hair loss ( I take high amounts of immune depressed medications) I am on prednisone for the last 5 month. I am having a lot of RP flair ups due to the vaccine, change in immune medicine, covid and steroids. I can't catch a break from RP. I just started on another 2 month high does of steroids to stop the flair ups. Hopefully this time it will go into remission. Ever since I got the vaccine I had severe pain in my rip cage (inflammation) and in my air way. I hate taking prednisone, but have no choice put to take it unless I want RP to attack the cartilage in my ears, noise, throat anywhere in the body you have cartilage. My team of doctors are keeping a close eye on me,especially my Rheumatologist.I have an appointment with the pulmonologist soon. I am short of breath lately too. I also have an appointment with Penn State Uni for a study for RP in June. The dermatologist ( I had 3 doctors look at my hair) said my body is in stress mode, dah? Go figure! They recommended I take Rogain foam 5% twice a day which I been taking since Friday. Jolie if you have any recommendations on hair loss please let me know. I really appreciate it. I need a break from RP.

We will fly tomorrow. I will check in depending on how I feel. I do plan on getting my workout in at some point. We will stay tonight with DD in DC, we fly out early in the morning.

Debbie - my hearts goes out to you and your husband. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult times. Glad you like your new new refrigerator.

Waving Hi to everyone that checks in after me.
 
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I didn't do much over the weekend - I wanted to get out on my bike but it was really windy - gusts up to 60 mph. We didn't get the boat out because of the wind either.

This morning I did the 2nd workout with Casey Gilbert on IFIt and this trainer is good. He did a killer circuit of back and chest (push pull) and I was really challenged!
 
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Today I did Michelle Briehler Total Body Strength Supersets. I liked it. She hit it all. She finished with a 4 min Tabata that wasn't totally high impact moves, so doable for me.

Good workouts everyone!
 
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I did a 45 minute ride with Yuri H this morning on Ifit - part of the White Rim, Utah series.
 
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Hi all, this morning I walked on my treadmill again for about 1.5 miles and stretched my legs again. I haven't heard back from my PT yet, I guess I'll have to call.

Belinda - I know a few people who have had Covid and are losing hair. It will come back if that is what is causing it. That must be scary to see that, I sure hope you can get to the root of the problem.

Jolie - Nice job with Xtrain, I love those workouts. I wish my DVD player would work properly, I miss doing those workouts. I should probably just buy another DVD player. I noticed Cathe's body was changing, Kelly's is as well. It is sad that we can't just be like we were. I was in the best shape of my life when I turned 40. I'll never see those days again and that is very depressing for me. My mid section is flabby and I hate it. At least I don't have the "roll" yet but it's getting there. :( I'm sick of my knee issue, too. Actually, I'm sick of all the issues I have - elbows, shoulders, upper back. Sometimes I just want to quit working out altogether to see if it just goes away. Frustrating!

Gotta get to work, I am extremely busy now until May 26. This next month will fly by.

Have a great day everyone!!
 
Today I did an easy 2.3 mile walk on my TM, time was 40 minutes and I burned 308 calories. I am going to my Chiro today to have my knee adjusted as well as my leg, I am looking forward to getting this issue under control. My knee is 70% better since I adjusted it myself, not knowing what I am doing, so I can only imagine how good it will feel when a real Chiro adjusts it. My low back is sore again today, it has to be either my mattress or the position I sleep in. I cannot lay on my back; it hurts my low back and knees. I might try a foam wedge pillow to see if that may help a bit.

Debbie, enjoy your rest week. Also, great job on doing your kitchen yourselves. I am glad you like your new fridge, what a difference a new appliance can make, right?

Belinda, I would have to say that the med and the steroids are most likely your issue with the hair loss. All of this medication has a severe impact on your body, and I am sure it is it's way of saying NO More! I have never been on many meds but even when I have to take a muscle relaxer when I am in a really bad situation with my back, I can see a huge difference in my skin, hair and nails as well as my eyes. I sure hope you are taking a supplement to help your kidney and liver out, they are trying to tell you they are struggling with all of this poison they are trying to filter out of your body. I would be on high doses of probiotics, Milk Thistle and a Kidney Bladder supplement ASAP! Enjoy your time with your family.

Doreen, we have had some high winds as well lately. Nice job with the workout today.

Roselyn, way to go with the workout yesterday.

Cam, great job with the Super Set workout yesterday. I do not know this instructor; I need to look into new one's since there are so many out now and for free.

BBL to read the other posts for the day. Make it a great day.
 
Today I did Cathe Low Impact Challenge to refresh my memory on it since Cam mentioned it. This was 52 minutes,, heart rate 115/151, 221 calories, 4,233 steps. I then did CDorner Full Body Stretch mobility 27 minutes, heart rate 86/105, 56 calories, 80 steps. Total time was 79 minutes, 277 calories, 4,313 steps. I won't do a workout tomorrow as I have those two appointments with the arthritis doctor's office. I am pretty sure they will do blood work as well. My shoulder and neck really hurt last night. I think I did some of the PT exercises longer when there and the stretches were held longer and a bit deeper. It actually felt like stinging like an aggravated nerve. I took Curcumin and Boswellia and finally took Advil before I went to bed. I hate taking Advil. It is way better today, but during the step workout my left knee hurt. I forget how all of the turns around the side of the step can hurt if I am not careful to keep lifting my foot. Same with crossover step things. It still aches around the back of my knee. So, no lower workout today as I had planned.

Low Impact Challenge was a bit hard on the knees. I now remember it as there is straddling and around the step moves with squat thrusts and push ups. I remember the 32 rep moves that have the quads burning. I used to do the lower body mix that had some of those blast moves repeated all over again. My legs need some endurance because I felt my legs were on fire and was pushing to get through it. It did not used to be hard. I did not do the bonus, but it uses light weight and gliding discs along with the step. Gliding discs for only one move. The rest is step. The bonus can be done by itself and is 21 minutes.

Belinda, I am so sorry about the hair loss and all of the meds you are having to take. I hope that the Rogaine helps. My heart goes out to you. Praying that this gets better for you. Have a nice trip and enjoy your time with your daughter and your son. Nice job keeping up with the Iron series.

Jolie, nice job with Xtrain bis and tris yesterday and the treadmill walk today. My wedge pillow with the lumbar pillow that straps around it helps my low back at least till I find myself sliding down the slope. I hope that the adjustment will take car of all of it. I think that we all have ups and downs on how we look. Strict diet and hard work makes us look thin and trim, but as we age we really do need some extra weight to be able to mend when illness hits or other problems. Plus it really is not healthy. I hate watching age show on myself and do my best. I need to clean up my diet and can't wait till it is safe to hit more weight work. All of this surgery and recovery stuff sure has done a job on all of my work, but I am sure I am recovering better than those who do not take care of themselves and work out. I also think a time comes when we have to realize our capabilities to avoid injury as we age since joints wear down. Cathe still looks great. I do find that it is younger women on youtube that are the thin trim women with lots of muscle definition.

Doreen, nice work with the ride with Yuri H. It would be really difficult to do a bike ride with that kind of wind. It has been windy here a lot and even my little car feels pulled against the wind.

Debbie, I hope you hear from your PT soon. I was thinking last night how I wish I could find a arthritis doctor/rheumatologist closer to me that is not so busy. I almost always have to call them and leave a message even to get an appointment. I can set one on time, but even when I put specific day and time they will give me something else and then I have call to change it or just cancel it. This last thing with the doctor, mri, etc and waiting weeks for info and call backs was pretty irritating. There just is not many places around our area. In fact the whole city seems to have two centers and one is downtown and the other is where I go which is better than going downtown OKC. Also I went through some of the waiting for call backs with the surgeon as well and had to call them myself. Always we cannot come to the phone. I thought they hired those people in the office to do all of that. Just frustrating.
I have have not gained weight with age. If anything I have lost, but the thing that bother's me is loose skin with wrinkles. All of that work and can see muscle with loose skin. It stinks. After surgery I was shocked at how my surgery arm looked once swelling left I saw saggy loose wrinkled skin like you see on little old women. My husband would remind me that we are old people. It is looking better as I work on the strength. I am hoping to fill some of those loose areas up with some muscle. It is much harder to get when we are older. I won't give up though as it also is for health. I just learned to be more cautious.
 
Today was a cardio day. I did XTrain Low Impact Floor & Step (I don't like the disk part). I then did half of Perfect HIIT Low Impact. That was a pretty decent cardio workout. I was breathing hard. Cathe does low impact the best, imo. I am always a sweaty mess afterwards. I don't like grandma low impact moves.

Hope everyone's aches and pains get better. I can join the crowd and say that my neck was achey today working out. That's a first since before my surgery that I hurt exercising. I hope I didn't mess anything up. I have had a week of acheyness. I think I have been working at my desk with my head down too long during the day but I don't know. I haven't done any heavy weight workouts in awhile. I felt pretty good this morning thats why I think its my ergonomics. Tomorrow I am using my standing desk. I am feeling better now. I see my ortho in a couple weeks and I am anxious to have an xray.

Good workouts! We all keep moving, and that's a good thing.
 
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I walked on my treadmill again today. I was actually going to do mobility workouts for my knee this week but I'm afraid to make it worse. I do have a PT appointment for tomorrow morning so I'm looking forward to that. Maybe she can give me some exercises to do to work on this issue. It is the weirdest thing because I can walk fine, no pain while walking at all. Going up the stairs for the most part is ok, but there are times when a sharp pain shoots through my knee. Going down is better than it was but I have to use the railings to not use all of my weight to go down stairs. Doing pigeon pose is a big no no, as well as childs pose and anything that bends my legs. It also swells sometimes if I'm cooking and standing still for a long time.

Jolie - How on earth did you adjust your own knee? Be careful with that, dang! I wouldn't do that. Yikes!!! Hope your chiro can help. Why do we have such issues all the time?

Diane - Sorry to hear about your neck and shoulder pain, I hope it's better today. I still have issues with all of that. Right now my left shoulder clicks when I rub it. WTH?? I remember those around the step workouts. Fun stuff!! Straddle taps were always fun for me but I doubt I am coordinated enough to do them now. I don't know what it is but I have no balance anymore. I need to get back into yoga. I was able to balance very well when I was doing that. I have to wait for my knee to get better for that, though. Great job with your workout yesterday, you are doing great!

Doreen, Roselyn and Cam - Great job with your workouts!!

Belinda - Hope you are doing better. Hugs girl!!!

Roxie - Where are you?

Have a great day everyone!
 
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Well - full confession here - I have gained about 10-15 pounds since say- the start of covid. I think stress and long hours at work and more virtual meeting means less moving around during the day. Even doing extra walks with the dog hasn't been staving off the extra pounds. I'm going to need to get more serious and on point with my diet now to make some progress! Up to recently I could eat whatever and keep the scale in check.

But anyway- I keep on with the workouts so this morning was Casey's Level Up Series workout 3 - arms and abs and I really like how he put the workout together. And with 15 seconds rest between moves it keeps moving. Then I took the dog out on the bike for a quick 20 minute ride around the neighborhood. We didn't see any rabbit or deer so he did a great job of running beside my tire!!
 
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Today is a rest day. My Chiro fixed my knee, it is 80% right now, but once the inflammation goes down from the kneecap adjustment, I think I should be good. My doctor said I did a great job on fixing my own knee, it is amazing what you can find on youtube and I have watched her work on me for years, so I had a good idea on what I was doing. If I do have a tear, it is getting much better. I have very little pain now; the laser treatment helped a lot. I also got muscle tested and found out that I have heavy metals, some Mercury, I got a heavy metal flush from my chiro and will take it the next 2 weeks. Heavy metals can make the body go nuts, it can interfere with so much and can cause havoc in so many ways. I also had my low back lasered on the Mercury setting and by the time I got home, my back hadn't felt this good in probably 6 years. It is amazing what our bodies will tell us if we just ask.

Debbie, good luck with the knee issue, I am sure your PT will figure it out. Ask her to see if the kneecap is tracking correctly. Adjusting your kneecap is a simple push or turn, you do not even feel it and it makes such a difference.

Doreen, I hear you about the weight gain since Covid started. I have gone through the same thing and last year started intermittent fasting, and the weight came right off along with all of my walking. I eat from 7am to 3pm (4pm at the very latest) I was surprised how fast the weight came off as well as stabilizing my hormones. I also cut out as many carbs as possible, I am a chip and cracker snacker, and that made a ton of difference too.

Diane Sue, I am going to try a wedge pillow to go under my knees and see if that helps me sleep on my back without pain. I hope your neck feels better today. If it is not one thing, it is another right!

Roselyn, nice job on your workout. How is your mom doing at her new place?

BBL to read the other posts for the day.
 
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Hi ,

we flew to TX yesterday. Sadie did She was phenomenal . All the stewardesses love her. They ask me if they could hold her . I had Sadie on my lap the entire fights. The stewardess came by just to play and hold her. They all had dogs. We had no idea how Sadie would do on an airplane.

I was tired when we arrived in El Paso yesterday. I skipped my workout. which was an upper body. I did lower today. I will do the upper body tomorrow. Tomorrow is a rest day, I will catch up. We also took a nice long walk today. I have to get used to the dry heat.

Jolie - thank you for your advice. I will check it out. I know all the meds are not good for me. Unfortunately I have no choice, RP attacks the cartilage in my body. There is no cure for RP. All the doctors are doing is slow it down. It’s a progressive disease.


Debbie- thank you. How are you doing and holding up?

Thank you, Diane. I hope my hair is growing back too. I really need a break. I need to get RP under control. I need to get off from the prednisone. How are you doing?

Cam, Roxie and Doreen, great job.

Roselyn- glad your mom is doing good.

Good night.
 
Today I did DC Fit 40 min. Full Body Dumbbell Strength No Repeat. This was a great low impact strength workout. There were some different moves that had a Cathe flair to them. I got a good workout. I am lifting a little lighter, as to not put too much strain on my neck. I feel pretty good today.

I wish the weather would warm up. Only in Wisconsin is it 40 one day, 80 the next and today it's in the 30's. Its May next week! I really want to walk more.

Take Care Everyone!
 
No workout today. I got through my doctor visits and tests. They were pretty quick about getting info into my portal on bloodwork. My doctor asked if I needed an injection for my neck and I said no. I am working with it and if I do not sit at the computer or doing paperwork for long, I am better. That will be a last resort if it gets unbearable for too long. My shoulder is decent today and knee is still hurting and swollen. I wore jeans today and they are tight around that knee. Still not sure what is up with the knee.

Cam, I am glad that you feel pretty good today. I cannot look down reading anything for more than a few minutes before neck pain hits. It all has to be at eye level.

Debbie, some mobility moves can hurt. When I was doing mobility yesterday, I think the move is called 90/90, where you hold your hands up and sift bent legs side to side. I could not get my hurting knee down at all. Usually I can, but no way. I was hoping the mobility would make it better. I may do a walk workout tomorrow or something milder and not on the step. I hope the PT helps you out tomorrow. I feel my left shoulder and am working the scapular area and rotator like I am doing to strengthen the right shoulder. I just hope I don't get more bone spurs like the right had. I like to do balance work. I think it is important. I don't usually have a problem with CDorner's step and moving around it. It is more the pivots around the end of the step where one foot stays on the step the whole time you are turning. If I don't pick it up as I move it pulls on my knee cap. If the move is slower, I am better about doing the move without twisting the knee. I never noticed it before till I had the torn miniscus and I could really feel it when doing it.

Doreen, I could see a dog or rabbit becoming a distraction with the bike ride. We have so many people out riding bikes and taking walks with their dogs here. I think Gertie would go nuts and my arm would get a workout keeping her in check.

Jolie, how do you get metals in your muscles? I never heard of muscle testing. I am glad your visit to the chiropractor helped. The knee wedge helps my back. Oddly at first it seemed to be bothering my knees, but now I think it was something else as I am fine with it. I try to keep chips and crackers out of the house. Unfortunately, my husband will ask for some and I try hard to not have a late night binge on them. If I can keep myself focused on something I do better at not going for the junk. It is so easy to sit and mindlessly snack.

Roselyn, nice work getting Iron hamstrings done.
 
Today I did Cathe's X-Train Chest, Back and Shoulders and had a great workout. I did not lift heavy and still had a great workout. I need to start back to walking more, but I am giving my knee some more rest before I really jump into it next week. My knee is now 95%, just a tiny bit of discomfort but I am so happy to have it getting back to normal. I have to stop being a Clutz, I swear I do more damage to myself tripping over things or hitting my head on a shelf ect. I am my own worst enemy. I did not write the workout down because I am short on time today.
 
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