KK's November Check In

Good morning,
Today was Tracey Staehle's new Parts DVD. I did the total body premix for 53 minutes which also includes some Pilates and Yoga. I really enjoyed this workout. More of a functional fitness feel to it, but it was nice. No freezing on this DVD. Tracey sent me an email and will be mailing out a replacement DVD for HISM2. I will send the defective one back to her today after work. On Monday, I'll be starting another round of P90X, but will mix the cardio and some of the workouts up with Cathe and other instructors. I got great upper body results from P90X. I also have to clean up this computer room so I can use my Bowflex for the lat pulldowns (kind of simulates chinups/pullups).

Karen, Tracey Staehle is not from the Firm. I think that Tracy is Tracy Long from the more recent TLT series. So sorry about the kickbox injury. Please take care.

Rhea, hope you find some nice property in Chester. I love it over there too. Sounds like you know what's going on with the shoulder. Impingement really hurts from what I hear. My poor DH sure was in pain with his.

Hope everyone has great workouts over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Jeanette
 
Good afternoon!:)

Wanted to try to log on early in case I got either of you before we all go off for the holiday!

Jeanette -- Am so glad that the Tracey Staehle workout went well -- and great that she's sending a replacement DVD. It was no workout for me today due to the hip -- it just hurt all night long. Went to the chiro first thing this morning, so am hoping that it settles down soon. And in the future, I just have to watch on those side kicks on the kickboxing DVD's.

Rhea -- hope all is well with you today! Am trying to catch you before you go on holiday!

Well have a super holiday -- and have some great eats and the warmth of family gathered around.:7
 
Good Evening!:)

Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful! Just a quick message -- didn't do any exercise yesterday or today because of the hip -- but it's much better -- not healed completely, but I should be able to exercise tomorrow.

So I plan to just finish the CTX series and then next week start on the new workouts. I'll try not to chicken out next week.

Talk to you soon, I hope. Have a wonderful day tomorrow.:)
 
Good Afternoon!:)

Nice long holiday! Can't wait to hear about how your spent yours.:)

Okay, so I finished up the CTX today with All Step and then the biceps and abs from Kickbox -- didn't want to do any kicbox right now as I threw out my hip doing that.

So I might take tomorrow off just to have a day inbetween the CTX series and the next series -- the new series -- I'm think I'm up for it now. Anyway, here's the plan as of right now:

Monday -- active day off

Tuesday -- LIS

Wednesday -- HIS

Thursday -- Boot Camp

Friday -- Kickbox -- maybe -- we'll see how that hip's doing

Saturday -- IMAX2 -- just because I love it

Sunday -- active day off

We'll see how that goes. It was mostly work for me this weekend -- time to catch up -- and I'm almost caught up, now. ;)

Have a super day and some terrific workouts!:7
 
Good morning,
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving Holiday. Ours was good. Didn't accomplish much around the house, but got some golf and cycling in, plus a teeny bit of housework.

Today's workout was the first day of a P90X Lean rotation. Core Synergistics, always a good one. Felt like such a klutz doing the moves but I made it.

Karen, hoping your hip is all healed up and you are raring to go tomorrow with the new step routine.

Rhea, back to the grindstone? Hope your PT is helping your back/shoulder issues.

Jeanette
 
Good morning!

Had a great Thanksgiving. Had a housefull until Friday afternoon. Then started in on the Christmas decorations. Took forever. I actually didn't finish decorating/cleaning until Sunday morning. My back went out a litte because of all the lifting and standing. So no workouts for me. I think I'll be doing some easy stuff this week (plus ones that don't use a lot of room, since there is not much room any more with the tree up) So I'm not sure what will be in store.

Plus my shoulder is a bit sore from the physical therapy exercises (mainly stretching) One exercise actually is supposed to pull the stuff around the socket looser. (does that make sense?) I think that is the exercise that is making it a bit sore)

Well, back to the grindstone. Have a great day everyone!
 
Good Evening!:)

Sounds like you both had a wonderful holiday. So very, very nice.

Rhea -- sure hope your shoulder comes around. Yeah it does make sense to pull the stuff around the scoket looser -- probably the muscles -- making them relax, do you think? If the muscles relax it makes sense that the bone would go back into place -- or something like that...

Great on getting some decorating done. Hard for me to believe the X-mas season is upon us.

Jeanette -- okay so you're doing the P90X Lean -- sounds wonderful -- I need to take off some weight. Had some cake to celebrate just a few days ago -- good grief -- you'd have thought I'd eaten 2 vats full of fat.x( So it's back to trying to lose two pounds again.

Had a day off today and actually I did enjoy it. Tomorrow, I start on the new workouts. Looking forward to it!

Have a super day, everyone!:7
 
Good morning,
Today was CardioX for me. I've heard this one isn't intense, but it felt like a workout for me. Just goes to show how the body adapts to certain workouts and then you do something different and it feels tough. Have a haircut and color after work today.

Rhea, glad you got that decorating out of the way already. Doesn't look at all like Christmas here yet. We are going out to get a tree on Saturday. We'll go up on Diamond. Hope the shoulder is less tight today.

Karen, hope you are feeling up to the new workouts. Hope you enjoy them. How is the kitty? Was it your birthday the other day? If so, happy birthday to you!! Mine was on Thanksgiving.

Got to run,

Jeanette
 
Good morning!

Well, I ended up doing the Firm's Ultimate Calorie Burner. I was laughing through it from the modifications I had to do (nothing about 45 degrees for my arms) I felt like I was swimming or something. I'm going to talk to the therpist about the aerobics and the arm movements today. Might not have a workout today since it is physical therapy day. Wouldn't you know it, it is not nice weather for the drive over the Chester? I don't think there will be snow on the road, but it did snow higher up in the mountains last night.

Happy belated birthdays to you both? Did you do anything special for the birthdays?

How is that kitty? Still there?

Well, better run. Have a great day everyone.
 
Good Evening!:)

Let's see -- it was HIS and back and chest today -- that footwork is a little complex for me -- I just kept moving in some places, but she pretty much lost me. Sort of felt like a clown.:+ And boy, aren't the weight workouts tough? Goodness! But I did like it!

The kitty is doing well. He's gotten into my heart now and so I'm pretty certain he'll be coming home with me. Did I tell you that I named him Georgie? And he's growing like mad. When I first got him I bought a baby bottle (a kitty one) in order to feed him. But boy, he's really grown and into everything...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEANETTE! Yes, it was my birthday last week on Monday -- I didn't do anything since I'm here on my own -- but I did have a piece of cake and now I'm having to get off those 2 pounds that went on as a result of that cake.x( Our birthdays are fairly close together. Wow!

Hope the haircut and color went well. I need to color mine soon, as well.

Rhea, those FIRM workouts are a blast, but yeah -- I can just picture you doing them and all the modification you'd have to do. I admit I was laughing a bit with Cathe today, cause her footwork was a little tough for me on this workout. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Hope that your physical therapist comes up with some great suggestions on your workouts!

Well, have a super day tomorrow, everyone. I have a slight deadline and have to get the galley of the book coming out in March in tomorrow and I have a little bit more to do. Great workouts everyone!:7
 
Good morning,
Did P90X Shoulders & Arms this morning. Will do Ab Ripper X tonite. Got my hair cut and colored last night. I like it.

Rhea, how did PT go today? I have to go lighter on anything that is out for any weight work out in front of me due to my elbow injury. It's much better now, but I'm all for modifying and not irritating an injury. Didn't do anything special except Thanksgiving Dinner on my birthday. It was a quiet one over in Quincy.

Karen, somehow I knew you'd end up with the kitty. Bet he's a cutey too. Yep, HIS is a bit more complicated, but just keep trying. I kind of fake it on the last combo, but it doesn't bother me to do that. What is a galley for the book?

Have good workuts today!

Jeanette
 
Good morning!

PT went well. Had me doing a lot of different exercises. My shoulder is a bit sore, so I'm doing the ipubrophen (sp?) thing. I can do full range of motion for the arms during cardio. I just have to make sure that my thumb is pointed up on all motions. Even when I do side motions, it is easier on the joints right now and uses different muscles. Well, and it is not actually completely over head, in front of me at an angle. At least I don't have to keep it below shoulder level.

Karen - I knew you were going to keep Georgie! I would too. I can't give away after adopting. I'm too much of a softie. Babies are so fun and they do get into everything. He sounds young enough where he has bonded with you as his mom. Does he do okay with cleaning? I had to teach a baby once to start cleaning himself. I thought it would be tough, but not really.

Jeanette - I'm doing the hair cut/color thing tomorrow. My appointment always takes forever. I have too much hair. What size tree are you getting this year?

Talk to you later!
 
Good Evening!:)

Worked in the morning on the galley and then exercised after I'd sent it off to my editor. But now it's done. Yea!:p A Galley is the book that has been typeset before it goes to print -- there's always errors that need correcting.

Anyway, came home and did LIS -- shoulders and core, etc. That's a good workout -- like their royal blue outfits. :)

Jeanette -- you were doing shoulders today, as well, huh? Am so glad that you like your hair cut -- I'm always nervous about hair cuts.:eek:
I think these workouts have a bit of harder weight work -- so far it seems that way to me. They're fun, though. Jeanette, what do you think of the music?

Rhea -- Am really glad that things went well with the PT. Thumbs up, huh? At least you have a way to work out that won't upset your upper body overly much. Yes, I can't bring myself to give him away now. There was a gentleman living close-by who was wanting to take him, but I found I couldn't give him away -- he was so young when I found him, that yes, I think I've become his mommy. Oh, Rhea, that's right -- you do have a lot of hair -- I remember.

Well, have a super day tomorrow and some wonderful workouts!:7
 
Morning,
Today was Bryan Kest's Intensive Body Sculpt Yoga. I think this one is the hardest of all of them that I own. Always makes me shake. Feeling good now. Tonite I need to clean this computer room so I can use the Bowflex tomorrow in prep for Legs & Back (lat pulldowns).

Rhea, sounds like they know what to do to help your shoulder. How did you injure it? Our tree will probably be about 7' tall. We don't have tall ceilings. Should be a fun outing. Hope the haircut & color ends up nice. Takes a long time for coloring, doesn't it? I like how mine turned out yesterday. I just scrunched and scrunched and feel good about it.

Karen, glad you got the galley done. I like the music okay in the new series. Actually, I haven't done the weight work very much, did the step workouts more. Hope you are enjoying them.

Got to run,

Jeanette
 
Good Morning!:)

Am checking in early today -- no reason -- just at the library and their computers are so much faster than my little laptop in my room -- so...

It was Boot Camp -- the new one -- for me this morning. Wow!

Bryan Kest's workout sounds great, Jeanette. Making those muscles shake is good. I notice my triceps were shaking on Boot Camp this morning. Boy, that's a good workout, isn't it?

Jeanette, yes, I do think the weight segments are a little longer and a little harder -- but that's good. Hope the cleaning tonight goes fast.;-) So far I'm not crazy about the music in the new videos -- it's okay -- but I so like the music in the Intensity series and the Blast series, as well as the Hardcore series so much better.

Rhea how did the haircut go? And are you off the hook at work now? Things maybe just a tad easier? I hope so.

Have a super day and terrific workouts!:7
 
Good afternoon!

No haircut until this afternoon Karen. Just got back from PT. Shoulder a bit sore today, but working on things.

Won't be able to get a workout in between hair/sorority/pt and clients today. Oh well, Tomorrow is a massage, am looking forward to that pampering. I might have her work on the shoulder a bit more.

Better go....give Georgie a hug, a smooch and a belly scritch for me.
 
Good morning,
Today was P90X Legs & Back. The chinups/pullups (lat pulldowns for me on the Bowflex) went pretty well. I went fairly light as I didn't want to irritate my elbow, but no problems there. Tonite will be Ab Ripper X (15 minutes). Glad it's Friday today. Christmas tree cutting tomorrow.

Rhea, hope the hair turned out well today and enjoy your massage.

Karen, I finally got this computer room cleaned up so I could use the Bowflex. Maybe I can con DH to do a workout on the Bowflex in the evenings. However, they've been pouring lots of concrete lately so he's tired in the evening. No, music isn't as good as Body Blast or Intensity Series. I really like those too.

Great weekends to both of you,

Jeanette
 
Good Evening!:)

I know it's Friday, but I'm checking in anyway. :eek:

It was the Kickbox workout for me today on the 4 day split -- good workout and the leg workout is good, as well. I like this series, I just wish the music were a little better. I think music makes a big difference in your performance for whatever reason -- or maybe it's just the distraction that helps you get through it a little better.

Jennette, have fun on the X-mas tree cutting. I bet you're going to have lots of fun.

Rhea, I will give Georgie a hug and smooch from you -- he's so cute. Is into everything, but very cute -- and he's really good company.

Tomorrow am planning some sort of anaerobic workout -- not sure what one right now -- but I'll figure that out probably tomorrow morning.

Have a super weekend, everyone.:7
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Our Newsletter

Get awesome content delivered straight to your inbox.

Top