Pentagenarians & Beyond: 01/19/2025
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Today I did my Jane Adams yoga/mobility for 18 minutes. It is hard to lose friends that you have known all of your adult life. The third member of the college trio passed away 2 years ago. We were in college together, all three went into the military after graduation, but different years. We were occasionally stationed in the same areas then we all retired here. It’s a major life milestone for my husband.
Judy, great job with 30 minute walk, 20 minutes of rowing, 45 minute Peloton ride and 30 minutes of PT/stretching.
Valerie, nice job with 30 minutes of spinning and 30 minutes of upper body work.
Hello to Cathy, Diane Sue, and Shannon.
Judy, great job with 30 minute walk, 20 minutes of rowing, 45 minute Peloton ride and 30 minutes of PT/stretching.
Valerie, nice job with 30 minutes of spinning and 30 minutes of upper body work.
Hello to Cathy, Diane Sue, and Shannon.
irongrl
Cathlete
Today I did a 45-minute Peloton Walk. We have a cold weather advisory for early this week, with windchills down to -20. We plan staying home as much as possible. Fortunately, I’m not scheduled to work until Feb 6.
Valerie-Great job on the spin and upper body work. It sounds like a TKR will work well for you. After seeing Cathe’s progress after her TKR, I feel like it’s not that big of a deal to get one, especially if you are in good shape, which you definitely are.
Carolyn-Great job with Jane Adams yoga/mobility. It is very hard to lose friends, especially ones you have known for a long time. I’m keeping you and your husband in my thoughts.
Hi to Diane Sue, Shannon and Cathy
Valerie-Great job on the spin and upper body work. It sounds like a TKR will work well for you. After seeing Cathe’s progress after her TKR, I feel like it’s not that big of a deal to get one, especially if you are in good shape, which you definitely are.
Carolyn-Great job with Jane Adams yoga/mobility. It is very hard to lose friends, especially ones you have known for a long time. I’m keeping you and your husband in my thoughts.
Hi to Diane Sue, Shannon and Cathy
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WD
Cathlete
No workout today. It has been a busy week. Next two weeks will be the same so if I am missing here that is why. Yesterday I did another short workout. Raw Arms 20 minutes, 119 calories, heart rate 118/137. I followed it by Lift Move Restore Core Bonus and added the stretch, 14 minutes, 56 calories, heart rate 100/133. This core workout requires some balance and coordination. Total time 34 minutes, 175 calories.
Judy nice work today on the Peloton Walk. It is really cold here today. Not -degrees though. It should warm up a little during the week. I wish I did not have to go out this week. Sitting at home in front of the fireplace is much nicer.
Carolyn, good job on the Jane Adams yoga/mobility. I have friends in my ladies group that were both in the military and married husbands in the military. They have stayed close after retirement and both couples settled here. It is fun looking at their pictures when they were young. Sadly one of their husbands is diagnosed with onset of dementia. They are both my age. Lots of memories together and sad when you cannot share anymore.
Judy nice work today on the Peloton Walk. It is really cold here today. Not -degrees though. It should warm up a little during the week. I wish I did not have to go out this week. Sitting at home in front of the fireplace is much nicer.
Carolyn, good job on the Jane Adams yoga/mobility. I have friends in my ladies group that were both in the military and married husbands in the military. They have stayed close after retirement and both couples settled here. It is fun looking at their pictures when they were young. Sadly one of their husbands is diagnosed with onset of dementia. They are both my age. Lots of memories together and sad when you cannot share anymore.
Traildoggie
Cathlete
I did 35min on the treadmill today walking uphill with hand weights. I watched the total body workout, and did a few of the exercises after the treadmill. not sure how my knee will like all those squats and lunges even if they arent as intense as in older workouts. It is feeling fine today so sometimes its best to just back off a little and let things settle down.
cathe is an amazing creature and recovers in what seems like minutes. I plan on calling the ortho office and finding out how far out they are scheduling things. I am not in a rush for this.
diane sue you are right about the balance and coordination aspect. that seems to be a constant theme running thru these workouts. lots of exercises like that.
we are quite cold for here, probably mid 20's tonight. Imeant to look this morning and forgot. very frosty out. its clear tonight so will be colder.
cathe is an amazing creature and recovers in what seems like minutes. I plan on calling the ortho office and finding out how far out they are scheduling things. I am not in a rush for this.
diane sue you are right about the balance and coordination aspect. that seems to be a constant theme running thru these workouts. lots of exercises like that.
we are quite cold for here, probably mid 20's tonight. Imeant to look this morning and forgot. very frosty out. its clear tonight so will be colder.
Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
Note: I just realized I never hit post on this!
This morning I did STS2 Lower Body 2, the 2 sets max premix.
Valerie the only positive thing about doing the Chicago route is that, as long as Derek's days off don't change, I'd be driving through there early on a Sunday morning. Sounds like getting on the list for the knee replacement now is a good idea since it's so far out. Too bad your DH is still having a hard time adjusting to the cat. Most cats do mellow out as they age, though some take longer than others.
Judy power outages in the city where you get to keep using your water is a plus. Out here everything goes, so I keep 10 gallons of water stashed for the fun use of flushing toilets. Do you have a gas stove, too?
Carolyn I'm very sorry to hear about your husband's friend.
Hi Diane Sue and Shannon.
This morning I did STS2 Lower Body 2, the 2 sets max premix.
Valerie the only positive thing about doing the Chicago route is that, as long as Derek's days off don't change, I'd be driving through there early on a Sunday morning. Sounds like getting on the list for the knee replacement now is a good idea since it's so far out. Too bad your DH is still having a hard time adjusting to the cat. Most cats do mellow out as they age, though some take longer than others.
Judy power outages in the city where you get to keep using your water is a plus. Out here everything goes, so I keep 10 gallons of water stashed for the fun use of flushing toilets. Do you have a gas stove, too?
Carolyn I'm very sorry to hear about your husband's friend.
Hi Diane Sue and Shannon.
Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
This morning I did Live Crush it Low Impact and STS 2 Mobility 1. We are under a severe cold warning and going all the way up to 9 today. Derek's severe cold is giving them a high of -9 so I'll take our 9. Even Nick in Fort Worth is under a severe cold warning through Tuesday morning.
There's so much core involved with the new workouts that I've backed off how often I do core workouts, and use that time for something else. So many of the moves in that set involved the core.
There's so much core involved with the new workouts that I've backed off how often I do core workouts, and use that time for something else. So many of the moves in that set involved the core.
This morning I did Rock’m Sock’m kickboxing, timesaver premix. That was 35 minutes and 255 calories burned, average heart rate 134, and maximum heart rate 164.
Judy, nice job with the 45 minute Peloton walk. We are also under a cold weather advisory, but with single digit wind chills. Nothing like Michigan, but really cold for us.
Diane Sue, nice job fitting in a short workout with Raw Arms and LMR Core Bonus and Stretch.
Valerie, nice job walking on the treadmill with light weights. I agree the LMR series has a lot of balance work.
Cathy, nice job with STS 2 Lower Body 2 premix, Live Crush It Low Impact, and STS 2 Mobility 1. This cold weather is really hitting the south this time. They are even expecting 3” of snow in Houston!
Have a great day everyone.
Judy, nice job with the 45 minute Peloton walk. We are also under a cold weather advisory, but with single digit wind chills. Nothing like Michigan, but really cold for us.
Diane Sue, nice job fitting in a short workout with Raw Arms and LMR Core Bonus and Stretch.
Valerie, nice job walking on the treadmill with light weights. I agree the LMR series has a lot of balance work.
Cathy, nice job with STS 2 Lower Body 2 premix, Live Crush It Low Impact, and STS 2 Mobility 1. This cold weather is really hitting the south this time. They are even expecting 3” of snow in Houston!
Have a great day everyone.
irongrl
Cathlete
Today I did 40 minutes of Peloton Strength work.
Diane Sue-Nice job with Raw Arms and the Lift Move Restore Core Bonus and stretch.
Valerie-Nice job with the treadmill workout.
Cathy- Nice job with STS2 Lower Body 2, Live Crush it Low Impact and STS 2 Mobility 1. I agree, there is a lot of core work in the new series. We don’t have a gas stove.
Carolyn-Nice job with Rock’m Sock’m kickboxing, timesaver premix. It seems like most of the country is dealing with extreme winter weather this week.
Hi to Shannon
Diane Sue-Nice job with Raw Arms and the Lift Move Restore Core Bonus and stretch.
Valerie-Nice job with the treadmill workout.
Cathy- Nice job with STS2 Lower Body 2, Live Crush it Low Impact and STS 2 Mobility 1. I agree, there is a lot of core work in the new series. We don’t have a gas stove.
Carolyn-Nice job with Rock’m Sock’m kickboxing, timesaver premix. It seems like most of the country is dealing with extreme winter weather this week.
Hi to Shannon
SRP
Cathlete
Good morning, ladies. My friend and I had a great visit, but dang was it cold. She’s in the Dallas area. The wind cut like a knife. We visited, went out to eat, etc. We did manage to take a short walk Saturday. It had warmed up a bit, and I really needed to work out the muscles in my lower back after the drive. I think I’m ready for some warmer weather. This stuff in the teens with single digit wind chills is really just a bit too much. My parents’ water froze Sunday night, but they were able to get it thawed out, thank goodness. I got home Sunday evening and had yesterday to take care of the usual weekend stuff. I also lifted weights on my own, and added on the LMR lower body balance disc bonus and ICE abs #1.
Carolyn – my belated sympathy for the loss of your husband’s friend. I hope your husband is doing okay.
Judy – Bbbbrrrrr! Windchill of -20? I hope you didn’t go outside even to take out the trash!
Diane – I hope your week goes well. We will miss you if you aren’t able to pop in.
Valerie – Cathe is truly amazing. Is she already back to doing live workouts? Wow. Best wishes as you prepare for your knee replacement. It does sound like it’s time.
Cathy – I feel for Derek! My nephew is in Laramie. Born and raised in Arkansas, he is having a hard time with the negative temps up there!
Carolyn – my belated sympathy for the loss of your husband’s friend. I hope your husband is doing okay.
Judy – Bbbbrrrrr! Windchill of -20? I hope you didn’t go outside even to take out the trash!
Diane – I hope your week goes well. We will miss you if you aren’t able to pop in.
Valerie – Cathe is truly amazing. Is she already back to doing live workouts? Wow. Best wishes as you prepare for your knee replacement. It does sound like it’s time.
Cathy – I feel for Derek! My nephew is in Laramie. Born and raised in Arkansas, he is having a hard time with the negative temps up there!
Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
This morning I did my AOLIH mix and STS 2 Upper Body 2. Two sets Max.
Carolyn that's interesting. I hadn't heard that about Houston, but I checked and Fort Worth isn't getting it. My sister has friends who are living in their RV in Alabama and they got snow there. Almost the entire country is extra cold right now. We're at 0 going to 5 today and all the school's are closed again.
Shannon I'm glad your visit went well even with the cold.
Carolyn that's interesting. I hadn't heard that about Houston, but I checked and Fort Worth isn't getting it. My sister has friends who are living in their RV in Alabama and they got snow there. Almost the entire country is extra cold right now. We're at 0 going to 5 today and all the school's are closed again.
Shannon I'm glad your visit went well even with the cold.
This morning I did Barbell Total Body, 57 minutes, 150 calories burned, 102 average heart rate and 135 maximum heart rate. This upside down weather system is very strange. It’s snowing along the southern areas of the country. I just saw a picture of New Orleans with Bourbon Street covered in snow. They issued a blizzard warning for New Orleans! It will start snowing here later this afternoon.
Judy, great job with 40 minutes of Peloton strength.
Shannon, I’m glad that you had a good visit with your friend.
Cathy, great job with AOLIH mix and STS 2 Upper Body 2.
Hello to Valerie and Diane Sue.
Judy, great job with 40 minutes of Peloton strength.
Shannon, I’m glad that you had a good visit with your friend.
Cathy, great job with AOLIH mix and STS 2 Upper Body 2.
Hello to Valerie and Diane Sue.
irongrl
Cathlete
Today I did a 60-minute Peloton Walk and 30 minutes of Yin Yoga.
Shannon-I’m glad you had a good visit. Nice job with the workout.
Cathy-Nice job with your AOLIH mix and STS 2 Upper Body 2. All of the schools here are closed today and tomorrow.
Carolyn-Nice job with Barbell Total Body. I agree, the weather this week is unusual.
Hi to Valerie & Diane Sue
Shannon-I’m glad you had a good visit. Nice job with the workout.
Cathy-Nice job with your AOLIH mix and STS 2 Upper Body 2. All of the schools here are closed today and tomorrow.
Carolyn-Nice job with Barbell Total Body. I agree, the weather this week is unusual.
Hi to Valerie & Diane Sue
Traildoggie
Cathlete
we did a walk this morning, colder than usual, about 28. 1 hr 15 minutes. typical for us. what is odd is no snow in lower elevations . we wanted to snowshoe / ski and the elevation where there is enough is about 3600 feet. that's high. only major highways go that high. we don't care to deal with those crowds so usually use lower elevation areas. hopefully we get more snow soon. I can still hike like a younger person so I am hoping to get through this summer with this knee still working ok.
really, schools close for that? I shouldnt be surprised because they close here for minor amounts of snow. because the roads get so slippery and we are not geared up to sand/salt enough of them. and half the kids get bused and buses are not great on slick roads... we used to live near the schools we attended. here, if it doesn't happen every year, there's a tendency not prepare for it. we dont get snow every year but we pay for plowing either way. I know we went to school all the time in below zero weather. it was such a common thing in the 1950's. I used to go ice skating at local parks all the time in the evening and early morning when it was very often below zero. there were warming huts and we dressed for it.
unfortunately in areas where it usually isnt cold, builders take short cuts and put uninsulated pipes on outside walls and dont insulate well anywhere. our house had several areas like that. one in the garage that was easy to slide on a tube of insulation. other spots are inside finished walls, like pipes to kitchen sink/DW. we have not torn the wall open , but leave cabinet doors open at night to let warmer air in. I can imagine in places like texas and louisiana etc that there are worse flaws. we have covers for all outside faucets. it should only take once to get surprised about what frozen pipes can do. had trickle chargers in the garage and jumper cables in the trunk. motels had those hook ups on every parking space for engine block heaters.
really, schools close for that? I shouldnt be surprised because they close here for minor amounts of snow. because the roads get so slippery and we are not geared up to sand/salt enough of them. and half the kids get bused and buses are not great on slick roads... we used to live near the schools we attended. here, if it doesn't happen every year, there's a tendency not prepare for it. we dont get snow every year but we pay for plowing either way. I know we went to school all the time in below zero weather. it was such a common thing in the 1950's. I used to go ice skating at local parks all the time in the evening and early morning when it was very often below zero. there were warming huts and we dressed for it.
unfortunately in areas where it usually isnt cold, builders take short cuts and put uninsulated pipes on outside walls and dont insulate well anywhere. our house had several areas like that. one in the garage that was easy to slide on a tube of insulation. other spots are inside finished walls, like pipes to kitchen sink/DW. we have not torn the wall open , but leave cabinet doors open at night to let warmer air in. I can imagine in places like texas and louisiana etc that there are worse flaws. we have covers for all outside faucets. it should only take once to get surprised about what frozen pipes can do. had trickle chargers in the garage and jumper cables in the trunk. motels had those hook ups on every parking space for engine block heaters.
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