Hardcore Fitness Maniacs for Fri Dec 22

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Morning Fit Ladies-

I'm just getting going here. I'm going to do LIC Total Body and then add ons for Legs from Legs & Glutes & Mindy's All About Legs. I'll be back.

Diane Sue - I wanted to answer you regarding the Gliding Discs. I have the ones for carpet and they work beautifully. I really like them. I've been adding them into my leg routine lately. At first, I got sore but now I'm getting used to them. The good thing about them is that you can get lower into the movement making it harder. There are only a few workouts that come with them....so you don't have tons of options. The cardio that comes with them is for beginner to advanced. Mindy shows various options and has one person doing advanced, one in between and one low impact. Your HR doesn't climb sky high like in other aerobics, but mine seems to stay moderately elevated. She does cardio on the floor and then segments of leg work with a cardio factor called "strength sets" in between the floor cardio. Sometimes, I just put music on and keep doing the aerobic glide (you'll learn that) and just keep going until I feel like quitting. I've yet to find a Gliding DVD that does a ton of aerobic gliding and does it quickly. However, that being said, in previewing one of my DVDs that I haven't done yet, I noticed she did a lot more of that.....so I'll have to break that one out soon. I hope this helps. Also, yes, the Gliding Discs work wonderfully for the TLT's and they're are even a few spots in P90 X where he uses the paper plates and you can use your discs.

I'm going to go take my vitamins and get ready to work out.
 
Good FRIDAY morning maniacs!

I managed to squeeze an abripperx in last night, I needed something after being in my car for 4 plus hours.

Got home to find Zeus had grabbed both loaves of bread off the counter and only left pieces of bag laying around with my whole grain bread...he obviously didn't like my bread, only the white LOL

It's friday..yeah..I think I will only work a few hours today. I have to go to sams, we are having the entire clan over on Christmas eve, so will be about 25 people. I'm making a prime rib roast...never made one before...and I don't eat meat...so that should be very interesting. Any suggestions???

Legs and back tonight then kenpo tomorrow..I love both of those and actually look forward to being sore, I'm such a masochist.

p90xers I have no idea what our recovery week is going to be like...I do know Core synergistics is a mother of a core workout and that is in there someplace. I almost fear doing that one again.

Lora..great going on the job search..probably seems to be going at a snails pace for you, but really in today's market having an offer within a couple weeks is excellent. Maybe DH has cooled off a bit and things will become easier for you..I hope.

Char..great news that your offer should be coming, I hope they don't lowball you.

Suz...I love Sarah..mirrorball is an oldie but goodie, I didn't know she had a christmas one out, I will have to check that out. Great pictures by the way, I want snow!!! and yes great relief from hearing I have nothing to worry about. I actually slept like a baby last night for the first time in a month.

Jeanette...that crane? I wish I had a mirror on the floor, I'm so tall that I don't think my form is great, but I can get up there, not for long...it has to be a crack up.

Meg..I hope your boys feel better for santa..what a bummer.

Randi, I used that transfirmer step too for about a year, you will love your new step. I still haven't received my calendar..I wonder what's up with that.

Weren't we supposed to get our replacement DVD's soon too?

Diane sue..i bet your grandkids love having the pups around. Zeus cries when DH's boys leave for school. it's pretty sad.

Hi to anne, I'm sure you are counting down..did your doc's tell you to get a mammogram before you get the new ones? I have to tell you that was invaluable to my surgeon recently when looking at my recent abnormalities. My plastics doc made me do it, even though I was only 30 at the time.

Ok...I have to make my lists..love shopping at sams..

Hi to all I missed, will check in later as well.

Amber
 
Suz...were you talking about Chevy Chases' Christmas vacation. I LOVE THAT show...cracks me up, watched it twice last sunday. The grandma wraps the cat up as a christmas present. I could watch that movie 100 times, much to DH's dismay. Dh's boys think I am insane..so what heh?
 
I ended up doing LIC Total Body Sculpt, Legs & Glutes from the Standing Leg Extensions thru the lying inner thigh work with ankle weights (wore both pair of my ankle weights for this), and then I did Mindy's All About Legs Tubing Segment and the Gliding Segment came on next and since I love Gliding.....I ended up doing that one also. I also did Namaste Yoga Firebird. Total workout time was 2 hours and 20 minutes and I burned 460 calories at the end of the leg work.

My legs are feeling pretty worked right now. I'd like to get some cardio in later today and I should try to do some Pilates ...but we'll see.

Have great workouts everyone.

I forgot to mention that our house we've been trying to sell for over a year finally sold. We didn't end up making any money on it though, but at least were finally rid of it.

Re: the job I've been thinking about this and the way I'm basically looking at it right now is this way. I'll start this Real Estate job and not get too comfortable and move in per se. I'll see how I like the job. It's better than getting half of my pay like I would get on unemployment. If I end up liking the job and think I'm being paid fairly, I'll stay, but if I end up hating it or even thinking that the job is too much work for the measly pay....then I can start looking for another job. I don't really want to break "my word" if I told her I would not do this, but if I'm unhappy, it's not like I signed a contract or anything and it's my life.

Right now, it seems like the DH is going to resent me forever for taking this job and I don't like that...but such is life.

Last time I listened to my DH and did what he said, I ended up regretting it. He once told me to leave a job cuz I fought with the office manager all of the time, but other than that it was a good, secure job. The only thing I didn't really like is that I was doing transcription (not my favorite thing). Anyway, I left there and took a job closer to home doing transcription and after I was there 2 years, they outsourced their transcription and I lost my job. I often think back that I could still be at that one job and should have never left. I had medical insurance, profit sharing, a 401 K, raises, and a fair wage. Oh well.
 
Hi Amber, I'm just drinking coffee and reading before I do Legs & Back (AbX tonite). I watched the last 40 minutes of CC's Christmas Vacation last night. Love that movie too.

Cracks me up about Zeus eating the bread. Years ago, I'd frosted and decorated some cupcakes for one of the kid's parties at school. Left them on the kitchen table overnight. In the morning, ALL the frosting was licked off by our dachshund.

BBL,

Jeanette
 
Good Morning Maniacs!!!

Today is leg work from P90X and the beloved Ab Ripper X! I got to go get the oil change in one of the cars and get dh some sexy jeans. I bought him ones that are buttonfly and he fussed up a storm. I don't think most men like dealing with a bunch of buttons. My son is off of school now so maybe he will want to go with me. I have ebay to do too. Gonna throw some dye in my hair before I take off...looking kinda ragged.

Tony cracked me up yesterday...like he is specifically talking to me...he says towards the end...now, this is yoga, you can't just leave. I am thinking..I want to. he he.

Lora,

Maybe I am putting my foot in my mouth, but maybe your dh just wants you to be happy. He probably realizes the same thing you realize about the money. He knows you like to spend so he might just want to make sure you have enough to make for what you want to do too. Just sounds like he wants you to be happy. Damn, I just want you to be happy to so your right...go and do the job, see how you like it, and if you don't, get another one. Be free my dear...free like a bird! Stay away from that ball and chain. BTW, nice workout.

Amber,

Ab Ripper is tonight. You gonna do it again???? lol. I did the crane position for dh last night. He just laughed. I showed him "happy baby" too. he he. Yeah, these people might offer us something too low. We won't take..sorry..not cheapo's here. Give us all your money or go away!!!!!! LMAO!

Netta,

Dogs are something. I can't leave anything on the table or it will be gone. Speaking of dogs, off to go let them out now. Have a great workout with the leg work and ab ripper. My abs feel tighter now. Now my shoulders are sore. Good stuff!


Charlotte~~
 
Good Morning,
Today I will do Kickboxing for cardio and Amy Bento All Pump X Chest & Shoulders split (not the abs I did those yesterday) and maybe a leg workout. My legs and glutes are sore this morning. May have been the hills on the treadmill yesterday.

Lora, thanks for the information on the gliding discs. I think I will have to get them. I would really like something for the TLT's and that would be nice. I think you being happy where you work is important when you choose your job. I wish you the best on this.

Amber, LOL that your dog was picky about which bread it ate. Not into healthy eating huh?

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Morning ladies. I tired. I did 20 on the treadmill and called it a night last night.
I am down another 1-1/2 #. HAppy dance. It must have been the wine, because i don't eat bad...
Amber i had a mamogram about 6 weeks ago. i laughed the whole way through. The girl will remember me. It was like you gonna put this little what in what.
I am on the countdown. I gotta stop watching videos. Scaring the crap out of me. It is like oh, my god. This is gonna hurt.As long as no complications,i will deal with the pain.
I roared...
I read an apple a day can help prevent breast cancer.Interesting...
I am going to try to get a good w/o in tonite. I have another fricken headache on the other side..GRRRR...WTF. I haven't had headaches in a while like this.

My advice on the roast is season it. Bake it at 325 for like 6 hrs. It has to cook slow to be tender(from my restaurant years).The ends will be more well done. Inside med ro med rare. Use a meat thermometer..

Gonna go ctach up and i gotta get to work.

Anne
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Hi all,
It was Legs & Back from P90X today, will do AbX tonite. I upped my pulldown weights on the Bowflex (from 55# to 60#), piddly compared to Diane Sue and Suz. I am a weakling but an improving weakling. Love seeing my stats increase (weights and reps). Hopefully not my personal weight and inches, that would not be the goal for me.

Suz, oh Suz, I did Cardio Coach #2 last night, burned 283 calories. Maybe the big PlyoX calorie burn was from when I had a slight blip on the HRM and it spiked to 266. I'll try to get that link for the 1# gloves on Amazon for you. I'm hoping they arrive soon. They also come in 1.5#. Oh yeah, I listened to a clip of Sarah McLachlan and loved it. Which CD's would you suggest. I really liked what I hear of Wintersong. See she has sheet music too. You should be able to hammer out her songs pretty soon, don't you think?

Lora, you had a good workout as usual this morning. My upper body is really responding with definition nicely to P90X, lower body is slower (my problem area for sure). I think I will probably need to add some more work to it. Lora, don't ever feel like you are locked into a job. Sure, they don't want to have to retrain anyone else, but hey, you have to do what's right for your situation. You may really like it, but keep your eyes open for something else too.

Amber, I've never cooked a Prime Rib roast myself but I hear it's not hard and also, you don't have to do the packed in salt thing either. Someone at work made 2 of them last week for our luncheon and they weren't packed in salt. Just seasoned on top. They baked them for around 4 hours or so. Turned out delish & tender. Have you tried out Core Synergistics yet? I'm looking forward to recovery week.

Anne, what's up with the headaches? Way to go on being down another 1 1/2#. The scale just does not budge for me yet. Hardly fluctuating at all now that I'm drinking water all the time.

Char, I can't do crane yet, just with my toes touching. Think your core has to be pretty strong, besides the arms. Maybe I will get there, maybe I won't. Not a big deal to me.

Maeghan, B&G is sure a gem. I like it the best of the new series cuz it gets me where I've never felt it before.

Got to run and get ready for work now. I'm off all next week. My sister was supposed to be here with her family and bringing up our Grandma. She called yesterday, she has the flu and an infected tooth. They will postpone coming up until Easter. Boohoo, but better that they not come.

Jeanette
 
Hi Ladies
Today was Core Max 2 , cardio fusion mixed cardio, and b&g stretch. I love the stretch on B&G it is so relaxing:)
Have a good day bbl
Randi
 
Mornin'!

Even though I stayed up late I got my tush out of bed so I could get my workout done. I hate putting it off all day long. I sit around unshowered and feel gross. :) So I'll workout and then shower. Legs and back and then maybe a Cardio Coach depending on when I get off the computer. I posted a couple of DH's pics of the snow. He's SO much better at it than I am. But of course the sun had come out by the time he took his.

Lora - Did you see where I posted my caution about your real estate job - where the woman warned you she could be difficult to work for? That may be a red flag you might want to check out. Maybe talk to others in the office? If she's willing to say that it may be a worse situation than your last. If it's just hard work, that's one thing, but if she's pshyco that's a totally different story.

Amber - Yup - that Christmas vacation. My favorite part is him in the department store with the gal behind the counter and all the stupid things he says. But then the whole movie cracks me up!

Jeanette - That's funny about the frosting. Hehehe. Good job on CC. I saw your post last night. You know I was checking on you! Good job on the pulldowns! I'm still doing those b/c of my shoulder. I like them and I think I'm seeing definition. Of course it's hard to see through all the carbs (read: Christmas cookies) I've been eating. The only thing of Sarah's I've ever heard is her Wintersong album and it's AWESOME. But Amber is familiar with her. Sheet music? I'm gonna check it out. My new little piano teacher from the UK and I have become quite chummy. He's funny. He e-mailed me his Christmas card with his dogs and cats on it. I'm actually playing stuff already. I like his style of teaching. Much easier to learn.

Storm - I wonder if you're just getting too stressed out with working so much, Christmas and your upcoming boobs. Maybe that's why the headaches???

Randi - Good golly - great workout!!!

Off to the basement...Tony's calling. :)

Suz

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." - Anatole France

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Suz - There's really nobody to ask but her....and what's she gonna say? She wouldn't really be trutful. The way I see it is that it's better than unemployment and I can always look for another one. I also think ALL women can be difficult to work for......especially when under deadlines and at certain times of the month. I think I'll be okay. I've been in enough difficult places....although I know what you mean ....it could always be worse. I would certainly hope God has other plans for me this time though!! :p
 
Suz..Netta..Yes I have many fav's of Sara I will pull those cd's (remind me plz) and give you a review, the piano in her music is wonderful suz..you will be inspired.

I keep forgetting to tell you, well brag, well not really, it's a little embarrassing at times but I took lessons for over 10 years. I actually got quite good and won a state competition with Fur Elise..a beethoven song when I was 15. But back when I was a kid it wasn't cool to be playing classical music. But, now I look back and think how stupid was I? I hardly play anymore, much to DH's dismay because we just moved my big upright piano when my house sold.

I have looked for sara sheet music and it's not easy to find. I think I have found a couple, but again, with the madness of my life right now, have not even sat down to play the piano. Suz you got me thinkin about it though.

Ok..enough blast from the past

Did you all hear about TAZ the dog..who saved his owner, a jogger who fell over a canyon. I was just about bawling my eyes out this morning listening to the Today show about it. She broke her pelvis in several places and couldn't crawl too well and decided to sleep, he kept her warm all night long and then led the search people to find her. Oh gosh..I'm welling up again.

I must get out of here and head to sams bye for now.

Amber
 
I'm finished with Legs and Back and Ab Ripper X. I was going to do a Cardio Coach but now I'm lazy. :p

Lora - I think she IS being honest with you since she already mentioned it. I don't think all women are difficult to work for. And I happen to be very lucky that I don't suffer from PMS, so I don't go nuts on people during certain times of the month. But she warned you and I just think that's worth noting. You might just ask her what she meant by that and how you two might be able to work on that together. Better to go in with open eyes than to go in blind. I know that you're afraid you might not find anything else so you might be ignoring her comment to you. You just came out of such a bad situation and I hate to see you go back into a worse one. That's all.

Amber - So...you have this talent that you have been keeping from us??? You're not bragging. That's quite an accomplishment. I can't believe you just quit playing. I think you should get back to it. I was reading something about how it really lowers your stress level to play the piano. I'd love your reviews on Sarah's music. After Christmas I'm gonna need some more CD's I think or I might make people at work crazy with Christmas music (and then I'd qualify as "difficult to work for" Lora). I love listening to piano music. I have lots of piano CD's.

I didn't hear about Taz. How sweet. People underestimate animals.

Suz

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." - Anatole France

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Hi everyone! Great workouts you are all having! Today is my rest day, I'm delivering Avon IN RAIN AGAIN!!!! Where is the snow? Where is winter? I'm SO SICK of this warm weather and RAIN!!! I wish I was where Suz is right now or Denver!!!

Rant over....
 
I AM SO FRIED. I did BM2 double UB. I matched Cathe's weight, except the second shoulder presses I dropped to 10#. I thought the military presses were going to kill me. I managed every bicep one matching her weight (15#) except the last few concentration curls on the second round. I also did the abs. I wasn't expecting them to double each one of those moves too LOL! What a surprise. i thought it would be regular ab work one time thru. NOT! So I am fried, commpletely.
Stuffing face now.

I love Sarah Macghlaclan (sp).


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