Hardcore Fitness Maniacs January 2025

Wednesday, I took the pup for a 3.6-mile walk. Yesterday was Cathe Live All In Upper Body and I went lighter with the weights because I sort of tweaked my low back taking out the trash cans the day before. Today I took the pup for a 3.2 mile walk. I am going to the Chiro today to have my low back lasered to see if I can get the pain to go away quickly. Man, why do I always do things I should not do, like lifting really heavy things!!! My fault completely but I am paying for it right now.

Great job with the workouts everyone. Tomorrow is a rest day for me and on Sunday and Monday we are supposed to get rain!!! We have so many fires raging right now, the rain will be a big help to getting them out.
 
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This morning I did STS 2.0 Body Parts Back and had an excellent workout. I upped my Pendlay rows again, I really like that exercise.

This is how it went - 1 minute (for the most part) rest between exercises

Straight Arm Banded Pulldown: 15# bands - 2 sets/12 reps
Double Bar Inverted Rows: I did overhand band pulls - 50# bands - 8 reps
Single Bar Chin up: I did underhand band pulls - 50# bands - 8 reps
Double Bar Inverted Rows: I did overhand Band pulls - 50# bands - 8 reps
Single Bar Chin up: I did underhand Band pulls - 50# bands - 8 reps
R/L Kneeling One Arm Row: 30# - 10 sets
R/L Kneeling One Arm Row: 30# - 10 sets
Barbell Pullover/Band Pull Apart superset: 30#DB/20# band - 2 sets/10 & 12 reps
Barbell Pendlay Row/Shrugs: 50# for both exercises - 3 sets 8 & 10 reps
Band Close Grip Pulldowns: 45# bands - 2 sets/10 reps
Seated T-Band Pulls: 15# band - 12 reps
Superman swimmers: I actually did the swimmers but was very careful

Workout was 45 minutes, burned 178 calories, HR was 96/130.

Belinda - Glad your surgery went well! Hope your eyes heal fast.

Diane - Nice job getting a workout in!! I hope you can figure out your cell phone issues soon, that sounds very frustrating. I think I'd go to a different carrier.

Jolie - Great job with your workouts. Hope your low back is ok. The dumbest things can put us in pain. Hope you guys get rain, I hear the fires are heading north now.

Have a great weekend everyone!!
 
Evening,

I am feeling much better, no pain or nausea. I saw my surgeon today, I have 20/25 vision in my left eye. It‘s wasn‘t even 24 hours ago I had cataract surgery. I haven‘t worn my glasses all day. I can see without them. My right eye on the other hand is slow as heck catching up :( It was my worse eye. Doctor said, we have to wait a month to see where I am with that eye. He is happy for both yes.I probably need a light prescription for my right eye. We have to wait and see. I probably need another surgery in the future if I don‘t want to wear glasses at. I have options. I can actually read without glasses.I am so happy. I wore glasses since I was in first grade. I have another follow up appointment next week for my eyes.

Diane - thank you! I hope your pulmonary function test went well today. Reminds me I need to schedule mine. I had to cancel my mammogram, I can‘t have pressure in my eyes or right shoulder/biceps. I hope your cardiologist appointment went well yesterday. How do they test for calcium score and chemical stress? Sorry you have to go through so many tests.

Debbie - thank you. I am already feeling better after the surgery. It can take 6-8 weeks to fully recover from surgery. Great job on Body parts back.

Jolie - great job on your walk. Wished I could just go for a walk. It‘s to cold and icy.

Roselyn - thank you so much. We still have a lot of snow and ice too. Getting tired of it.

Good night,
 
This morning, I did LMR Functional Total Body. this was 53 minutes, 215 calories, heart rate 106/132. I finally did my hair color today. I was having a hard time finding time. This evening, I spent time with Verizon again. The woman working with me and making our account easier (I hope) for me to deal with said she will call me tomorrow at 10 after she works on it so I do not have to sit on the phone while she does it. I got my results 2 hours after I got home from the pulmonary function test and the doctor called and said it all looked good and we would just continue with what we are doing. Which is?? I guess use inhaler if needed, use acapella device, and take prilosec which I only use if I have reflux acting up. I still have the Chest CT to do.

Rest Move and Restore Total Body
warm up 8# dbs
suitcase squat 10# dbs 12 reps
suit case squat 12# dbs 10 reps
suitcase squat arm up 12# dbs 10 reps
squat upright row biceps curl combo 10# dbs
suitcase swing 10# weight plate 12/8 reps
biceps curl arnold press combo 8# dba 12 reps
underhand grip row 15# dbs instead of barbell
lunge press tricep extension combo 10# weight plate 12 reps
side lunge 12# db 12 reps
side lunge overhead press combo 10# db
squat swing tricep extension 8# db
overhand grip row 15# dbs
clean & press skipped
rear lunge bicep curl 12# dbs 12 reps
deadlift calf raise combo 15# dbs instead of barbell 12 reps
press & pour 5# dbs
single leg deadlift 15# db 6/6 angled reps
walk out plank did some of it
thoracic push ups doing the kneeling option
kneeling side bend 10# db
chest press close grip press combo 8# dbs 12 reps
plate crunch 10# plate 10 reps
chest fly leg abduction 5# dbs 10 reps
opposite hand to knee plank (used the forearm plank option) 16 reps
seated twist 8# db 16 reps
bus drivers 10# weight plate
stretch

Jolie, nice job on the walks and Cathe Live All in Upper Body. I think we hurt ourselves because we are not so careful when we feel good. Caution leaves. I have tweaked my back many times putting large packs of water in and out of the trunk and shopping cart. I hope you got the rain.

Debbie, nice work on STS 2 Body Parts Back. I am hoping we get things working correctly. It is a big savings. with the internet added which is working fine. I am exhausted from sitting up night and day trying to make things work myself. Everything says go to your My Verizon which is no help if I cannot get into it. Then I get AI to talk to which is not help. I feel like it is arguing with me.

Belinda, that is great that you can see to read. Maybe the other eye will improve some with healing. Glasses are so uncomfortable. I can barely make out letters unless they are large and dark. I had glasses since I was 7 then had the surgery and saw great for a lot of years. It has been only recently that I wear my glasses most of the time. My glasses were so thick that the lenses would stick out of the back of the frames. I would try to get wire frames and they could not get the lenses to stay in them. I am wearing progressive reading glasses the last two years.
Calcium score they attach wires to chest area and sometimes other areas and you get a CT scan to check for plaque in the arteries. I asked my daughter about the chemical stress test and she says they use chemicals that cause the kind of stress to the heart that would happen on the treadmill without doing the treadmill. She said she was surprised they were doing it that way, unless that is just what they do at a certain age point. I think I would rather do the treadmill, but even when they did that they used some kind of injection twice during the test.

Roselyn, nice work on the trampoline.
 

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