Pentagenarians & Beyond: April 13, 2025

[FitGran]

Today I did LMR Functional Lower Body. My time was 56 minutes with 201 calories burned. My average heart rate was 110 and maximum heart rate was 145.

Thinking back on previous members, I realized that Janie was on a different thread, not this one. I do wonder how the others are doing and what they are up to.

Judy, great job with the Peloton ride, row, restorative yoga, and arms and light weights. Your project is really coming together even though it’s taking longer than anticipated.

Diane Sue, the ladies great and lunch out with your husband sounds like a nice day. Great job with Raw Barre,Pyramid Pump Triceps and Biceps supersets, and Raw Your Healthy Back.

Hello to Valerie, Cathy, and Shannon.

 

[SRP]

Hi, ladies. I had a morning meeting in Little Rock yesterday, so I wasn’t able to check in. Then this morning, a job I had to get to the next phase, so I’m late. Tuesday I did Low Impact HiiT, 1 and 2 combined. Yesterday I was supposed to do a more vigorous yoga routine, but I was tired, so I just did some relaxing yoga and stretches on my own.

Cathy – I hope you have a good visit with your parents and that everything is okay with your mom.

Carolyn – Great job with Functional Upper Body and Cardio Quick Fix.

Valerie – I used to love yard work and planting flowers, etc. But that love has faded over the years. I’m letting a lot of it go back to natural. Now one reason I love winter so much is that there’s no yard work. I’m glad you and DH got the tire fixed. That’s just plain weird that even though you’re in front, he gets the flats.

Judy – I’m glad you are able to take advantage of the carpet sale. That’s good timing! I’ll bet the Amish furniture is beautiful.

Diane – I’m glad you had a nice day the other day with your ladies group and then dinner out. It sounds fun! I haven’t tried the LMR upper body balance. I previewed it and decided it would be way too hard on my hands and wrists.

 

[WD]

My right hip really hurts. I iced and did CDorner deep stretch. That is all I am going to do.

Shannon, I just did a few of the upper bonus discs and did most of it with knees on the floor. Although planks are good for core strength and back, they kill my wrists and shoulders.

 

[Peaceful Rainbow]

Shopped yesterday. Today I did an IMAX workout I put together from parts of IMAX 2,3 and 4, then I did Live To the Mat Legs, Glutes and Core. Was hoping to go out and walk after I showered, as I walked about 7 and it was 60 and nice out, then got sunny, but we've got a short, but potentially severe thunderstorm coming in about 20 minutes, and then maybe more later. Every time the back areas almost get all dried out, more rain!

Valerie the only time the deer come in our yard is sometimes in the winter to eat apples off the ground. My sister has a neighborhood herd in NC that likes to come and trim things for her. Every year she plays what plants will the deer leave alone. Our grasses get to be about 5' in the areas that we left, but most of those areas have other things growing in them now. Glad you got DH tire fixed.

Judy it sounds like your remodel project has taken on a life of its own!

Shannon I went through Little Rock on my way to Nick's the first time. Since then, I've taken a different route. Didn't help that there was major construction all the way through what appeared to be the highway going through the main area of the city. Now if I could just find a decent work around for Indy. LOL

Hi Carolyn and Diane Sue.

 

[SRP]

Good morning, ladies. I did ICE Boot Camp Circuit, premix that included the blizzard blast and abs. Instead of doing the ab sections in the main workout, I repeated either the previous lower or upper body portions while she did abs, since I was going to do abs at the end.

Does anyone have plans for Easter? We don't. I guess it will be pretty quiet around here, but that's fine with me. However, we are supposed to have thunderstorms, so maybe "quiet" isn't the right word, LOL.

Diane - I'm sorry your hip hurts so much. I hope you can get some relief. Whenever I do planks, I always do them on my forearms. It takes the strain off my hands and wrists, but it might not work for you because it still stresses the shoulders.

Cathy - I miss the Imax days. Those were great workouts. Imax 2 was my favorite. I hope your thunderstorm isn't too violent. Gotta love this time of the year. Was all the road construction in Little Rock on I-30, going towards Texarkana? Yeah, they've been working on that road FOREVER. Thank goodness it's not one I have to use.

Hi to Judy, Caroline and Valerie.

I hope everyone has a very nice Easter. I'll see you on Monday.

 

[Traildoggie]

shannon I do the same with planks. so far my shoulders are ok but I try to save wrists for riding. I do more ab work than anything else. I need to be careful with low back twisting, so I do plenty of abs but try to keep things "straight".

we need to fence our garden or the deer would eat it all. including tomatoes raspberries strawberries and blueberries( the whole bush) etc. we dont grow anything edible outside the fencing. Dogwood both red twig and yellow twig are sold as ornamentals here but the deer eat them to the ground. the same plant grows wild all over in montana and seems uneaten. same with rose bushes and plenty of things I dont try to grow. sometimes even "deer proof" plants . their tastes can change year to year. autumn joy sedum might get eaten and might not. they were chewing on a japanese maple yesterday although usually they dont bother. we aim for colorful perennials that dont need a lot of care. sometimes they trim things like ornamental kinds of evergreens. you never know. we spray some things with "deer stopper" sprays but too much area to spray everything.

we are going on a short trip next week. taking our bikes and camper, have a good forecast.

 

[FitGran]

Today I had planned to do Step Sync, but my knees didn’t want step. I did Cardio Party instead. That was 39 minutes, 306 calories burned, average heart rate 139, and maximum heart rate 168.

Shannon, great job with Low Impact HiiT One and Two, yoga, and ICE Bootcamp Circuit with blizzard blasts and abs. Enjoy your weekend.

Diane Sue, I’m sorry about your hip. Only doing a stretch was probably a good idea.

Cathy, great job with your IMAX workout and Live To the Mat Legs, Glutes, and Core.

Hello to Judy and Valerie.

 

[irongrl]

Yesterday I did a 45 minute Peloton ride. Today I did Muscle Meltdown Triceps (4 Sets) and 20 minutes of rowing.
We ordered the carpet and it will be installed on May 2. We also found out that we have to take out our closet organizer before, which will be quite a big job. It’s a full closetmaid system that we installed during the pandemic. We’ll have to take it apart and put it back together after the carpet is in. It doesn’t go all the way to the floor so we didn’t anticipate this being an issue but they need 3 feet of clearance and there is only about a foot.

Diane Sue-Great job with Raw Barre #1, LITE Pyramid Pump, Your Healthy Back, and the CDorner Deep Stretch. I’m sorry about your hip, I hope it feels better soon.

Valerie-I switched to clip in shoes about 20 years ago. It took a while to get used to but I did eventually get comfortable with them.

Carolyn-Great job with LMR Functional Lower Body and Cardio Party. I wonder how the others are doing too. I see Lori on Facebook and I think she is doing well.

Shannon-Great job with Low Impact HiiT, 1 and 2, Yoga and ICE Boot Camp Circuit. Unfortunately, I’ll be working Easter, as I didn’t put in to take the day off. It’s ok though since I’m pretty much only working 1 day a week now.

Cathy-Great job with your IMAX workout and Live To the Mat Legs, Glutes and Core. Most of our projects seem to take on a life of their own, lol, but this one even more so.

 

[Traildoggie]

we did a ride this morning because it was so nice out. had a few errands to do first so we did those and parked at the opposite end of the ride so did it reverse of our usual. weird how it all looks different that way. ended up taking us longer than usual but the ride was a little longer because of where parking was. saw some common mergansers on the river. last year I saw lots of them with ducklings later in the season. had no idea they hatched so many. i could not count them all but seemed like at least 14, unless different duck families group together on water.

oh judy that is unfortunate. we have a closet system in our master too, but I use the free standing stacked drawers. I love them. I always hated bedroom 'dressers". i like open drawers and two layers of hang rods with a shelf in the middle. lots of space without lots of bulky furniture.

i quit trying the clips. there was only one style I could use and I couldnt tell when I was attached or released. I fell a few times and had some close calls so I went back to toe baskets and im happy. my ankles are extremely loose so it was a bad match.

good to know Lori is doing Ok. I missed hearing after she moved to Florida. I always think of her when theres a hurricane or when I see a trampoline. .