Pentagenarians & Beyond: 10/20/2024
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Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
This morning I just did Live Plate Weight Abs. They were coming to put the dryer in, and I wanted to be available in case we had to move more stuff. And in the world where last week we replaced the water heater and Nick's car got a new battery and radiator and a few smaller things done, when they went to unhook the old washer they discovered a corroded valve that needs to be replaced first, so they left the new one in the garage and we have to get a plumber out to fix it. The fun just never stops. Now I'm thinking with the plumber coming and them coming back, I'm just going to leave the little two shelf thing I have on the dryer to hold all the supplies where I stashed them. No sense putting them back when we won't be using them until it's all done. And if that doesn't happen before Wednesday, I'll be taking laundry to my parents again.
Carolyn, Derek has been very philosophical about the job. The person they hired has more experience, they really need that in a couple areas, and he was really unhappy with the pay, as it truly is bottom rung for zookeepers. He's already applied to more than 6 places and will be checking every day for more openings. And he's actually enjoying the search. He has 6 weeks till he's done since she extended him.
Valerie I think the little Roku I have for working out is only 24" and it works fine for me, and it was on sale for $100, I didn't want to spend much. Great job with the spin, therapy exercises, and biceps/triceps premix.
Carolyn, Derek has been very philosophical about the job. The person they hired has more experience, they really need that in a couple areas, and he was really unhappy with the pay, as it truly is bottom rung for zookeepers. He's already applied to more than 6 places and will be checking every day for more openings. And he's actually enjoying the search. He has 6 weeks till he's done since she extended him.
Valerie I think the little Roku I have for working out is only 24" and it works fine for me, and it was on sale for $100, I didn't want to spend much. Great job with the spin, therapy exercises, and biceps/triceps premix.
This morning I did my usual yoga/mobility which was 20 minutes.
Cathy, great job with Live Plate Weight Abs. I feel your pain with the ongoing home issues. We are experiencing similar problems.
Valerie, I hope that you get the sound on your new television set to your liking. I’m not a big movie person but I haven’t seen many that interest me. They don’t seem to be very good to me.
Hello to Judy and Diane Sue.
Cathy, great job with Live Plate Weight Abs. I feel your pain with the ongoing home issues. We are experiencing similar problems.
Valerie, I hope that you get the sound on your new television set to your liking. I’m not a big movie person but I haven’t seen many that interest me. They don’t seem to be very good to me.
Hello to Judy and Diane Sue.
Traildoggie
Cathlete
we tried 3 movies last night from Hulu. I refuse to sit for 2 hours if no good. we gave each a short trial. all three were terrible. we will drop hulu subscription unless there are some series to watch. even the review sites are unreliable. rotten tomatoes, metacritic, etc. I dont expect every movie to be 5 stars but wow, terrible stuff!. not "fair" to stop after 15 minutes but not Im investing 2 hours in junk. I know not everyone likes the same thing but we dont spent all day on TV. usually 2 hours in the evening watching something. we dont watch during the day. I wont watch commercials. If we can block or skip them, maybe, but will not do it. Ill pay more to avoid them or drop the service.
I did a 30 min spin yesterday and a shortened stretch of therapy.
cathy we have little tvs in our exercise rooms that are 30 inches. sound quality is not so important. for a movie or series I want to understand the dialogue. the new TV, nope. the same thing I could understand the day before is very hard on the new set. we usually run subtitles anyway. I dont want to read all the dialogue, just odd words I miss. british and irish products are like that. we're watching one that is japanese, korean and english.
DH has just reported he has figured out how to route the new TV thru our old sound system/DVD. hopeful.... it seems to work.
ETA... Yes! DH figured out how to run this new system sound thru our old sound system. It sounds very good now! 100x better than the plain TV itself. even the plain TV news channels are way better. I dont know the word to describe it, but the sound has depth and is understandable now. I am an idiot about TV hookups but seems it runs through our DVD player that is very old but has the suitable connections. it may not last. we just had a similar very old DVD player in our exercise room stop working. the new one works fine there but its a much simpler hook up. .
I did a 30 min spin yesterday and a shortened stretch of therapy.
cathy we have little tvs in our exercise rooms that are 30 inches. sound quality is not so important. for a movie or series I want to understand the dialogue. the new TV, nope. the same thing I could understand the day before is very hard on the new set. we usually run subtitles anyway. I dont want to read all the dialogue, just odd words I miss. british and irish products are like that. we're watching one that is japanese, korean and english.
DH has just reported he has figured out how to route the new TV thru our old sound system/DVD. hopeful.... it seems to work.
ETA... Yes! DH figured out how to run this new system sound thru our old sound system. It sounds very good now! 100x better than the plain TV itself. even the plain TV news channels are way better. I dont know the word to describe it, but the sound has depth and is understandable now. I am an idiot about TV hookups but seems it runs through our DVD player that is very old but has the suitable connections. it may not last. we just had a similar very old DVD player in our exercise room stop working. the new one works fine there but its a much simpler hook up. .
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SRP
Cathlete
Good morning, ladies. Thank you all so much for sharing your thoughts about aging and exercise with me. I agree with your overall message that we need to listen to our bodies and adjust as needed. It sure is nice to hear that, when it seems that a lot of the fitness world says we should keep pushing harder. I know that's not going to do me any good, for sure.
Take for instance the book "Next Level" by Stacy T. Sims, Ph.D. True, it's written for highly competitive athletes who have reached menopause, but it seems to be a prevalent message. She advocates for "lifting heavy sh*t" and to do "hard, sharp" HIIT cardio. I've never had any desire to lift as heavy as she suggests, so I'm not going to start now, LOL. And quite frankly, I just prefer longer cardio. It's fun.
I spent some time over the weekend working out a new exercise schedule and thinking through some possible new directions. Fingers crossed that it'll all work out.
Thanks for letting me join your thread for a few days. Best wishes, and happy, healthy aging to all of you!
Take for instance the book "Next Level" by Stacy T. Sims, Ph.D. True, it's written for highly competitive athletes who have reached menopause, but it seems to be a prevalent message. She advocates for "lifting heavy sh*t" and to do "hard, sharp" HIIT cardio. I've never had any desire to lift as heavy as she suggests, so I'm not going to start now, LOL. And quite frankly, I just prefer longer cardio. It's fun.
I spent some time over the weekend working out a new exercise schedule and thinking through some possible new directions. Fingers crossed that it'll all work out.
Thanks for letting me join your thread for a few days. Best wishes, and happy, healthy aging to all of you!
Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
This morning I did Live Boxing Hiit Express and STS Disk 8 Back and Triceps. Well the plumber can't come till Thursday so, I'll be adding K'zoo for laundry to my zoo walk again Wednesday and then Friday Derek and I are going to the zoo in South Bend, so I'll be shuffling workouts around. It's the last week the zoo will be open for me to walk though, and South Bend is most likely my last zoo trip of season. So, I'll mostly be home except for my shopping day. And yes, I'll be wearing shorts, with a tank under a T-shirt today because even though it's October 21, in Michigan, it's going to be almost 80. It's a great temp though compared to summer because it won't have the humidity with it.
Carolyn great job with the yoga/mobility. Hopefully both of our home issues come to an end.
Valerie great job with the spin and therapy work. That's great that your DH got the sound figured out. I'm the tech person in our house and my knowledge isn't very great.
Shannon it's so important to listen to your body and know when you can push and when you can't. Because I workout at home, I'm limited on how much weight I can lift, and I've never desired to get into body building. I'm limited mostly by my size. I use my Fit Tower with my bench for things like barbell chest presses, and I'm far less limited for upper body and can usually figure out some way to lift what I need to lift for a given exercise. Lower body I use my Fit Tower with the bar on the highest setting, which since I'm short is only about an inch off from my shoulder height, and I can easily lift the bar on and off. I can only safely get a 35lb and maybe 40 lb bar over my head, but I can do another 30+ lbs using the tower rack. Come back to the thread anytime.
Hi Judy and Diane Sue.
Carolyn great job with the yoga/mobility. Hopefully both of our home issues come to an end.
Valerie great job with the spin and therapy work. That's great that your DH got the sound figured out. I'm the tech person in our house and my knowledge isn't very great.
Shannon it's so important to listen to your body and know when you can push and when you can't. Because I workout at home, I'm limited on how much weight I can lift, and I've never desired to get into body building. I'm limited mostly by my size. I use my Fit Tower with my bench for things like barbell chest presses, and I'm far less limited for upper body and can usually figure out some way to lift what I need to lift for a given exercise. Lower body I use my Fit Tower with the bar on the highest setting, which since I'm short is only about an inch off from my shoulder height, and I can easily lift the bar on and off. I can only safely get a 35lb and maybe 40 lb bar over my head, but I can do another 30+ lbs using the tower rack. Come back to the thread anytime.
Hi Judy and Diane Sue.
Today I did KCM’s Power Splits, workout two (lower body). That was 35 minutes and 192 calories burned. My average heart rate was 122 and maximum heart rate was 142. We had to go out this morning so the shorter workout was exactly what I needed.
Shannon, good luck with your fitness journey. I think we are always changing and adjusting our workouts to suit our needs.
Cathy, great job with Live Boxing HiiT Express and STS disc Back and Triceps.
Valerie, great job with the 30 minute spin and therapy exercises. I’m glad that your husband was able to get the sound set up on your new television.
Hello to Judy and Diane Sue.
Shannon, good luck with your fitness journey. I think we are always changing and adjusting our workouts to suit our needs.
Cathy, great job with Live Boxing HiiT Express and STS disc Back and Triceps.
Valerie, great job with the 30 minute spin and therapy exercises. I’m glad that your husband was able to get the sound set up on your new television.
Hello to Judy and Diane Sue.
Traildoggie
Cathlete
Well all is not perfect as its a little tricky to turn on all the components apparently. lots of swearing but finally ok. still some TV wrinkles. watched two streaming series tonight and sound was great.. it was weird. the sound from the tv is so bad you think you've lost your hearing. these are 20+ yr old speakers but they work great. it brings back depth and tone to voices.
I had my pre surgery vision check today with the measurements taken. I understand better the lens selection. I am upgrading from the standard medicare paid lens. likely can get rid of glasses and contacts for good now with maybe some reading glasses for close work but maybe not. am I the first and only one in the group here for this? Ive been told for years I have some cataract formation but it's not the same for everyone. I've not had significant issues so this is mainly about timing. the process is strung out . unless you have significant vision differences between your eyes or a very heavy duty prescription. you wont be happy if you can see 20/20 out of one eye and 20/400 out of the other for weeks. with holidays and check back appts, it stretches out over a few weeks. I thought this was better than messing up half the summer. I have a little down time following surgery but I can do most things I'm used to doing. limits on weight lifting over 20 lbs, limits on bending too long etc.
shannon stop back any time. new voices are always good.
I had my pre surgery vision check today with the measurements taken. I understand better the lens selection. I am upgrading from the standard medicare paid lens. likely can get rid of glasses and contacts for good now with maybe some reading glasses for close work but maybe not. am I the first and only one in the group here for this? Ive been told for years I have some cataract formation but it's not the same for everyone. I've not had significant issues so this is mainly about timing. the process is strung out . unless you have significant vision differences between your eyes or a very heavy duty prescription. you wont be happy if you can see 20/20 out of one eye and 20/400 out of the other for weeks. with holidays and check back appts, it stretches out over a few weeks. I thought this was better than messing up half the summer. I have a little down time following surgery but I can do most things I'm used to doing. limits on weight lifting over 20 lbs, limits on bending too long etc.
shannon stop back any time. new voices are always good.
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WD
Cathlete
Today I did CDorner Cardio Mash up 46 minutes 254 calories, heart rate 142/177, 4,832 steps. I followed this with Flow with Myra chest/shoulders. I was hoping this with help my rib pain as it keeps waking me up at night. This was 21 minutes, 23 calories. Total time was 57 minutes, 277 calories. I rested this weekend and had a lovely time with my grandchildren and family.
irongrl
Cathlete
Today I did 4 DS KB warmup, Lower Body only, then Muscle Meltdown Triceps. I also did 35 minutes of light rowing. I thought that doing a shorter lower body workout might help with my knee, just to keep things loose and moving. Over all it feels a little better so it’s probably good that I took it easier last week.
Cathy-Great job with Live Plate Weight Abs. We’ve had a lot of things going on here too, with needing new appliances and our bath remodel last spring. We still need new carpet and some painting done. We need to redo our kitchen and we’ll probably need a new washer and dryer again soon. It just never ends.
Carolyn-Great job with yoga/mobility and KCM’s Power Splits, workout two.
Valerie-Great job with your 30 min spin and therapy work. My eye doctor first told me I was developing cataracts 2 years ago. She says she thinks I won’t need surgery until I’m closer to 70.
Diane Sue-Great job with CDorner Cardio Mash up and Flow with Myra chest/shoulders. I’m glad you had a nice time with your family.
Best wishes to you Shannon!
Cathy-Great job with Live Plate Weight Abs. We’ve had a lot of things going on here too, with needing new appliances and our bath remodel last spring. We still need new carpet and some painting done. We need to redo our kitchen and we’ll probably need a new washer and dryer again soon. It just never ends.
Carolyn-Great job with yoga/mobility and KCM’s Power Splits, workout two.
Valerie-Great job with your 30 min spin and therapy work. My eye doctor first told me I was developing cataracts 2 years ago. She says she thinks I won’t need surgery until I’m closer to 70.
Diane Sue-Great job with CDorner Cardio Mash up and Flow with Myra chest/shoulders. I’m glad you had a nice time with your family.
Best wishes to you Shannon!
Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
Today I did STS Disk 9 and SB Extended Lying Stretch. I think I'm going to put together a workout with the bonus exercises on the legs disks in MESO 1.
Judy great job with 4 DS KB warmup, Lower Body only, then Muscle Meltdown Triceps.
Diane Sue great job with CDorner Cardio Mash up and the Flow workout.
Valerie I hope your eye surgery goes well. My Grandma had hers done in her 80's and stopped needing glasses. OTOH her daughter, my Mother, the lifelong hater of anyone in a white coat, had an appointment yesterday and again said no to getting hers done and her vision is pretty limited. She's taken a huge dislike to the doctor and has found all kinds of reasons why she doesn't like him. My Dad who had his done a few years back and just had to have another procedure has no issues with him, so she invents issues on his behalf. And she's shown no interest in finding someone else.
Carolyn great job with KCM’s Power Splits.
Judy great job with 4 DS KB warmup, Lower Body only, then Muscle Meltdown Triceps.
Diane Sue great job with CDorner Cardio Mash up and the Flow workout.
Valerie I hope your eye surgery goes well. My Grandma had hers done in her 80's and stopped needing glasses. OTOH her daughter, my Mother, the lifelong hater of anyone in a white coat, had an appointment yesterday and again said no to getting hers done and her vision is pretty limited. She's taken a huge dislike to the doctor and has found all kinds of reasons why she doesn't like him. My Dad who had his done a few years back and just had to have another procedure has no issues with him, so she invents issues on his behalf.
And she's shown no interest in finding someone else.Carolyn great job with KCM’s Power Splits.
Today was another medical appointment, so no workout for me.
Valerie, I don’t know anything about cataract surgery. I’m glad that the pre surgery appointment went well. I’m watching a series on Netflix called White Collar. It’s from several years ago on the USA network, but it’s so good! Each episode stands alone, but they are slightly connected.
Diane Sue, nice job with CDorner Cardio mash up and Flow with Myra stretch. I’m sorry about your continuing rib pain. When I was in high school I had an inflammation called pleurisy. It was so painful and every breath hurt.
Judy, great job with 4 DS KB warm up, lower body only, Muscle Meltdown Triceps, and light rowing.
Cathy, great job with STS disc 9 and SB Extended Lying Stretch.
Have a wonderful day everyone.
Valerie, I don’t know anything about cataract surgery. I’m glad that the pre surgery appointment went well. I’m watching a series on Netflix called White Collar. It’s from several years ago on the USA network, but it’s so good! Each episode stands alone, but they are slightly connected.
Diane Sue, nice job with CDorner Cardio mash up and Flow with Myra stretch. I’m sorry about your continuing rib pain. When I was in high school I had an inflammation called pleurisy. It was so painful and every breath hurt.
Judy, great job with 4 DS KB warm up, lower body only, Muscle Meltdown Triceps, and light rowing.
Cathy, great job with STS disc 9 and SB Extended Lying Stretch.
Have a wonderful day everyone.
Traildoggie
Cathlete
I certainly feel I could delay this procedure depending on how much inconvenience I want. its not an issue so far at all. my vision test at my annual exam is a little less sharp. it feels like the time to do this is before it becomes a big problem. if all goes right I should not need contacts ( or glasses) any more. I might need readers but hopefully not even those. I dont like to do anything I dont have to. the way the short appts are spread out interferes with travel and everything else. so later fall (now) is a good time to get it done.
did a hike today, 3 hrs 15 minutes. not a long hike but its a long drive and the road up to the trailhead is awful. and then it had snowed up higher. we got into snow pretty quickly. not a lot, but it makes footing less sure. especially on a very rough steep trail. mud, rocks, downed logs, and puncheon, flat planks that can be very slick. it was nice but never cleared off. cloudy and wet. it was a nice morning.
carolyn were watching two netflix series. on is Gentlemen, the other I cant think of the name. Bad Monkey? very quirky. something like that. completely different things but both good. need subtitles for Gentlemen IMO. neither is long so I will put white collar on the list to check out.
did a hike today, 3 hrs 15 minutes. not a long hike but its a long drive and the road up to the trailhead is awful. and then it had snowed up higher. we got into snow pretty quickly. not a lot, but it makes footing less sure. especially on a very rough steep trail. mud, rocks, downed logs, and puncheon, flat planks that can be very slick. it was nice but never cleared off. cloudy and wet. it was a nice morning.
carolyn were watching two netflix series. on is Gentlemen, the other I cant think of the name. Bad Monkey? very quirky. something like that. completely different things but both good. need subtitles for Gentlemen IMO. neither is long so I will put white collar on the list to check out.
Traildoggie
Cathlete
Carolyn we go thru a lot of stuff! Its not my favorite but its ok. its a caper type story. british expressions are hard to track and at least when you see the words you know you weren't mistaken about what was said, you just dont know what was meant! (all those jokes about 2 countries divided by a common language....) you miss a lot without subtitles if you didnt have them on, and it does get more understandable after episode 1. I had to watch #1 twice because I had no idea what was going on. I wish I could pick up stories quicker but I dont.
Bad Monkey is very quirky. sort of a black comedy? there is a woman in there who plays a voodoo princess/ dragon queen/jamaican who is an amazing screen presence. I dont know what her name is. not sure what the appropriate description of this story line is. not a favorite but we need 2 episodes of something every night so settle for less than ideal or we would be out of things quickly. I prefer straight forward stories . I guess I have pretty boring taste. I try to test new things. I generally dont watch regular network TV choices.
cathy I know....... probably impossible to do, but loss of vision and hearing are two huge factors in worsening dementia. sounds like your mother. if your father did the procedure and your mother STILL wont, it's probably not happening. I can't say I'm looking forward to it 100%, because it's still a "procedure" but Medicare covers expense of standard lens and the procedure itself and its incredibly safe and likely wont cost much if anything. is this falling on deaf ears??? sorry you need to deal with this.
Bad Monkey is very quirky. sort of a black comedy? there is a woman in there who plays a voodoo princess/ dragon queen/jamaican who is an amazing screen presence. I dont know what her name is. not sure what the appropriate description of this story line is. not a favorite but we need 2 episodes of something every night so settle for less than ideal or we would be out of things quickly. I prefer straight forward stories . I guess I have pretty boring taste. I try to test new things. I generally dont watch regular network TV choices.
cathy I know....... probably impossible to do, but loss of vision and hearing are two huge factors in worsening dementia. sounds like your mother. if your father did the procedure and your mother STILL wont, it's probably not happening. I can't say I'm looking forward to it 100%, because it's still a "procedure" but Medicare covers expense of standard lens and the procedure itself and its incredibly safe and likely wont cost much if anything. is this falling on deaf ears??? sorry you need to deal with this.
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irongrl
Cathlete
Yesterday I did 40 minutes of rowing and a 10-minute stretch. Last night I got a text from my massage therapist saying she had to stay home with a sick child and wouldn’t be in the office today. We rescheduled my massage appointment to next week. I might try to do a yin yoga session and some foam rolling this afternoon.
Cathy-Great job with STS Disk 9 and SB Extended Lying Stretch.
Valerie-Great job with the hike. I agree that the time to do the surgery is before it becomes a problem.
Hi to Carolyn & Diane Sue
Cathy-Great job with STS Disk 9 and SB Extended Lying Stretch.
Valerie-Great job with the hike. I agree that the time to do the surgery is before it becomes a problem.
Hi to Carolyn & Diane Sue
Today I did KCM’s Cardio Quick Fix, workout one. That was 26 minutes, 173 calories burned, average heart rate 131, and maximum heart rate 162. I spent a long time on the phone with Express Scripts again this morning trying to sort out my husband’s prescriptions.
Judy, great job with 40 minutes of rowing and 10 minute stretch. I’m sorry that you had to reschedule the massage.
Valerie, I like to watch an episode of something that’s good, but not stressful. Too much violence and intensity are not what I need to wind down. White Collar is an FBI procedural drama, but there’s some humor as well. My husband likes the FBI programs (FBI, FBI Most Wanted, and FBI International), but I can’t watch those with him.
Hello to Cathy and Diane Sue.
Judy, great job with 40 minutes of rowing and 10 minute stretch. I’m sorry that you had to reschedule the massage.
Valerie, I like to watch an episode of something that’s good, but not stressful. Too much violence and intensity are not what I need to wind down. White Collar is an FBI procedural drama, but there’s some humor as well. My husband likes the FBI programs (FBI, FBI Most Wanted, and FBI International), but I can’t watch those with him.
Hello to Cathy and Diane Sue.
Traildoggie
Cathlete
Judy I dont know if this is good or bad news for you, but I heard today on the radio while driving to my knee injection that peloton bikes would be available for the holidays at costco. they went on about some commercial peloton did was a big flop and insulted women etc that hurt their sales. then the radio people went on to talk about how ridiculous it was to think anyone who bought home equipment actually used it. I never can understand that viewpoint. probably none of us here can. I dont understand how anyone drives to a gym to work out and uses "public" equipment.
got my knee injection today. supposed to take it easy for a week after. i need to curtail anything real intense. that's fine, this time of year when its raining all the time its not hard to do that. that was one reason for the hike yesterday, I assumed I would not be hiking for a while.
got my knee injection today. supposed to take it easy for a week after. i need to curtail anything real intense. that's fine, this time of year when its raining all the time its not hard to do that. that was one reason for the hike yesterday, I assumed I would not be hiking for a while.
This morning I did Stacked Sets Upper Body. My time was 46 minutes and 150 calories burned. My average heart rate was 109 and maximum heart rate was 133.
I missed the news about Costco and the Peloton bike, but I went back and looked it up. I do remember the controversy surrounding the ad a few years ago.
Have a good day everyone.
I missed the news about Costco and the Peloton bike, but I went back and looked it up. I do remember the controversy surrounding the ad a few years ago.
Have a good day everyone.