Pentagenarians & Beyond: W/B 12/04/2022

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Getting us started for the week.

Diane Sue-I was looking at the Raw Cycle Sculpt workout. It looks like one I will like.

I'll be back to post more later
 
Judy thanks for getting us started.
we did something rare, went to a wine bar last night to watch a friend perform with his music group. they were decent! I "partied" and had a glass of wine. still we got home later than normal and went skiing this morning although it didn't work out exactly. ended up snowshoeing an hour. the plowing crew did not plow a turnout to the area we use. no place to park. a steep snow berm blocking any hope of squeezing off on the side. road is not wide enough to just park on the side. we found a spot that we could get off the road but not skiable so snowshoed a while instead. I didn't even think of turning my computer on this morning.
 
I did STS Disk 3 Legs this morning. Have to get an oil change tomorrow. Definite priority since my oil percentage tanked at the end of my trip home from Texas. But, I checked the oil and it's still at a decent enough level and I was still getting over 40 mpg, so I figure I'm good to get to where I get my oil changed. Probably will go to my parents after. But, no rush to leave so I'll be able to get a workout in.

Got up to a big mess at the top of the basement stairs this morning. Can guess the more likely culprit, but no proof of which of the two of them did it. Pretty decent sized dead rabbit, fair amount of fur around, head no longer attached and partially eaten. I'll spare you the worse details. That was not a fun clean up. Whichever one did it, brought it through the kitty door, which is basically big enough for a cat. Would have been quite the trick to haul it in. I was not amused.

Valerie glad you had a good time last night. Too bad you were able to ski, but great that you made the best of it and got some snowshoeing in this morning. (I messaged you some Podcast info)
 
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This morning I did Jane Adams yoga for 18 minutes. I forgot to post earlier today and then I got busy with things around the house.

Judy, thanks for starting us off today.

Valerie, it’s great that you enjoyed the night out.

Cathy, great job with STS disc 3 Legs. That’s an unfortunate “gift” that you found this morning!

Hello to Diane Sue.
 
This morning I did Coffey Fit Raw Athletic Stretch #2. It is my rest day. I was tired and slept in this morning. The wedding was fun, lots of people there. They had a photo booth, and my granddaughters and daughter took pictures goofing off. There were Christmas trees set up. One where guests could pick an ornament to take home. Santa Claus performed the ceremony. The funniest thing is my son dancing with his daughter (the bride) wore a dinosaur costume when he was dancing with her as the first dance. The ceremony was serious though. No alcohol served which to me was nice. They had a pasta bar for dinner where you could pick different options. Everything was beautiful in blue, white, and silver. The guest book was interesting as my grandson in law took instant photos of the guests and attached it to an album then we signed with a silver pen. The wedding venue was out in the country, so it was really dark and there were a lot of dirt roads out there and tons of windmills. Glad we had GPS to guide us when we headed home. They had planned on doing pictures outside, but it was way to cold. It is a really pretty setting.

Judy, I thought the Cycle sculpt was fun. I had watched some of it the night before, so I knew I wanted to do it. My shoulders and upper back were feeling it this morning. Also, my calves hurt, but I think that was due to wearing heels and spending too much time on my feet. I had to move things a bit so I had room around the spin bike in the room I have it.

Valerie, your evening sounds nice. Sorry it was not good for snow skiing, but you did get to go snowshoeing. I have pretty much made it a habit now to not open the computer till after I have had my morning time with coffee and devotions and then my workout. I do a few things around the house then open it. It is too easy to get absorbed in looking at Amazon or looking up things and before I know it hours have gone by. I also play a game with my granddaughter online so there is that. I can do that whenever I have time.

Cathy, nice that you were able to get in STS this morning. Seeing a mess like that first thing in the morning would be awful. My dogs have generally brought me animals that have endured the jaws, but never chewed up intentionally. I never liked scooping them up. So far I have only had the locust come in from outside here. We never had a doggie door till this house. I guess that is why the dogs always brought their presents to the door.

Caroline, I hope you had a nice rest day. Good work on Jane Adams Morning Energy this morning. I really needed a stretch again this morning. I am trying to keep up with stretching and mobility along with my other workouts.
 
This morning I did P30 Perfect Pump Upper Body and the Extended Stretch. My time was 46 minutes with 178 calories burned. My average heart rate was 112 and maximum heart rate was 139.

Diane Sue, nice job getting in the Raw Athletic Stretch yesterday. The wedding sounds like a lot of fun. Congratulations to your granddaughter and the groom.

Have a wonderful day everyone.
 
Yesterday I did My Finished Combo workout, then went and got an oil change and to visit my parents. This morning I did Live In the Ring. My hamstrings are still sore from Sunday, so the kicks weren't the most pleasant thing. Weird thing is thought that I woke up and discovered my obliques are sore. I only did step yesterday and they weren't sore yesterday, so it's a mystery. I need to start ordering Christmas presents, but DH was dithering over what he was getting the boys and it's easier to wait until he's gotten the things he wants to as I'm better able to search things down.

Oh and Sunday we went to get a tree, a fun useless adventure. There are fewer tree farms near us, and the closest one to us is clearly looking to close down after another year or two. The best trees were all untagged because they are saving them for next year and half the field was empty. So after discussing options we decided to just get an artificial tree at this point. Neither of the boys will be here until the weekend before Christmas anyway.

Carolyn great job with PP Upper Body and stretch.

Diane Sue nice job with Raw Athletic Stretch. It sounds like everyone had a lot of fun at the wedding! I'm glad it went well.
 
I did therapy yesterday. had medical appts so the day got used up quickly. DH has appts today so I will do some cardio.
I like seeing decorations and lights but we don't do much ourselves. used to do a "live" tree but most didn't survive being planted afterwards.

wedding sounds like it went well. I wish our family would limit alcohol at our weddings. it sure can cause problems but if none was served, many probably would not attend. lots of people in DH's family have trouble limiting themselves.
 
This morning I did XTrain All Out Low Impact HiiT, floor cardio only. That was 22 minutes and 149 calories burned. My average heart rate was 130 and maximum heart rate was 169. Then I did Jane Adams Gentle Yoga, Core Strength and Flexibility, for an additional 28 minutes and 71 calories.

Cathy, great job with your Finished Combos and Live In the Ring. I’m trying not to let myself stress about Christmas gifts and decorations this year. We switched to an artificial tree after our youngest child was in college. Getting the live tree was a big part of the celebration. As we’ve gotten older I have tried to simplify a bit. Now we have two pre-lit trees that are easier to set up and decorate. Once everyone gets here for the holidays it’s pretty hectic!

Valerie, medical appointments can make it hard to fit in workouts.

Hello to Judy and Diane Sue.
 
Yesterday, I did CDorner Step and Thighs band strength/ step aerobics, 60 minutes (I repeated 20 minutes of the original that was around 40 minutes. heart rate 110/153, 224 calories, 4,061 steps. This was 3-minute segments of basic step moves alternated with 3 minutes of loop band work on the step. I started with 1 band then switched to two at the same time as Chris added mid-workout. I used the Cathe extra heavy loop and medium loop. I wanted something lower body today since my neck and shoulders are still sore from Saturday. We went to my grandson's Annie play at his school. He played two parts in it. Then on the way home we had dinner with my two granddaughters and their husbands since none of us had time before the play.

Today I did the other part of CDorner All in One Cardio, strength, stretch, doing cardio and the strength and a bit of the stretch as I did another stretch workout after. This took me 54 minutes as I wrote down the weight workout first round that is repeated a second round. I burned 195 calories, heart rate 117/163, 2,484 steps. I followed this with todays CDorner Stretch which is what she calls "chill" relaxing stretch. It was another good one. 33 minutes, 49 calories, heart rate 76/100. I was going to add on to the weights and do Cathe Muscle Meltdown back, but my dvd player only wanted to make a grinding noise and not function. I tried a Kelly dvd and same thing. So, it looks like I need another player. I hate taking my computer to the workout room and finding a place for it so I can do a dvd:confused: I guess without a dvd player the idea of purchasing more dvds is out. I am not a fan of dragging out my external drive to look for workouts that are downloaded either. Plus I like premixes.

CDorner Cardio/strength/stretch strength moves
done 60 sec each move then all repeated a second time
Dead Row 20# dbs
Forearm plank alternating knee drop
Bridge with chest fly 8# dbs 10# dbs 2nd round
V sit feet up and over a dumbbell
Kneeling biceps supination curls 15# dbs
Star Crunch
Bird dog kickbacks left 10# db right is done second round
pullover /leg lift 8# dbs
repeat
 
Carolyn, nice work on Perfect 30 Perfect Pump yesterday and X Train All Out Low Impact Hiit, and Jane Adams yoga today. I try to do some yoga and stretching daily.

Cathy, nice work getting in your finished Combo before going out yesterday and In the Ring this morning. We are having Christmas early and I have ordered most of it, but hitting problems with shipping dates changing. Yesterday I cancelled my youngest grandson's lego set order and reordered from another source so hopefully it comes this week like it says it will. The other should have been here Monday and then I get the Amazon we are sorry and a much later date. Same with the gifts I ordered my husband. We always did a live tree till a couple of years ago and my daughter had slipped into our house when I was out and put up an artificial one that she had all decorated and everything. We use that one now. None is up yet, and we may not put it up as Christmas dinner is at my older daughter's house. Everything seems to be somewhere else this month. I do have out a couple of decorations though and we will probably put up our lit red white and blue wreath.

Valerie, I looked, and I am do for my yearly Dr visit. I haven't even got a flu shot which I usually do when I go in for that appointment. We put up live trees at the house my children grew up in and planted them in the front yard. My son had to remove one as they were huge and blocked the whole front of the house. The one is still at that house. My son had bought it from us. We never did a lot to the pines other than trim up from the bottom some and when we changed aquarium water we poured the dirty tank water under the trees and they thrived on it. We used to have a lot of large aquariums.
 
Sunday I worked 6 hours and took a rest day from exercise. Yesterday I worked 4 hours and did Boss Bands Total Body when I got home. Today I did a 30 minute Peloton Ride and 20 minutes of stretching and foam rolling.

Carolyn-Great job with Jane Adams Yoga, P30 Perfect Pump Upper Body and the Extended Stretch and XTrain All Out Low Impact HiiT, floor cardio only.

Cathy-That's quite a gift that was left for you! We had a feral/stray that we were feeding and trying to help a few years ago. She left a dead bird on our door step as a thank you present. Great job with STS Disk 3 Legs and your Finished Combo workout.

Valerie-That's nice that you had a night out. Chris and I need to do something like that again. It's been ages since we went out.

Diane Sue-Great job with Coffey Fit Raw Athletic Stretch #2 and the CDorner workouts. I'm sorry about your DVD player. I've switched over to doing mostly downloaded workouts but I still use DVDs for premixes and for the workouts I don't have downloads of.
 
did 30 on the elliptical and therapy exercises for another half hour.

We had one hunter/killer cat. he was fearless but he didn't bring things inside. we saw him play with things, like a garter snake, rabbits, and one time he brought us a big gray squirrel. the squirrel was alive and not hurt so we separated the two and let the squirrel go. no idea how Puss caught him but we saw him carrying the squirrel down the driveway to us. he ate what he wanted outside. (thoughtful of him!) we never had a kitty door but our neighbor did. one cat we had used to go over to her house and hang out and sometimes go in and eat the food there. Cathy total gross out. cats will be cats.

judy we had a fun evening. the band was surprisingly good and it was only from 7-9 so it worked for us. I cant stay up late anymore and still sleep ok. I wake up at 5 no matter how late I stay up. If I get off schedule it takes several days to get back.

diane sue the nice thing is dvd players are very inexpensive now. even if you dont use it all the time, its still worth the money. we use dvds because our exercise room doesn't get a good signal. streaming is difficult. I also would need a new Apple TV set up. I like premixes too. and I have all these dvd's.
 
Did STS Disk 4 Chest, Shoulders and Biceps today. There was a time when I decided to add up all the push ups in that one and then I struck the number from my head. LOL The cats going outside was NOT my idea, but once started it doesn't stop. We get everything from little rodents, rabbits and birds. Sometimes dead, sometimes alive. Endless fun. Hands down the worst are the live chipmunks. Glad they are alive, but one my gosh catching them! Jumping mice are the second hardest. Birds are actually the easiest as long as you get the cats out because they will go to a window or a corner and hunker down and I can generally just grab them.

Valerie great job with the elliptical and therapy exercises.

Judy nice job with Boss Bands Total Body and Peloton ride.

Diane Sue great job with Step and Thighs band strength/ step aerobics and All in One Cardio, strength and stretch.

Caroline nice job with XTrain All Out Low Impact HiiT, floor cardio only.
 
This morning I did Rev’d Up Rumble for 41 minutes and 256 calories burned. My average heart rate was 125 and maximum heart rate was 159. I preordered STS 2.0 and my Cathe calendar on Monday. I was undecided about the new series but went for it anyway. I know that I will use some of the workouts even if I don’t do the full program.

Diane Sue, great job with CDorner Step and Thighs, All in One Cardio, and Stretch. DVD players are very inexpensive now if you decide to replace yours. I haven’t done as much yoga/stretches last two weeks and I’m trying to get back to it.

Judy, nice job with Boss Bands Total Body and the Peloton ride.

Valerie, nice job with the elliptical and therapy exercises.

Cathy, great job with STS disc 4 Chest, Shoulders, and Biceps.

Have a wonderful day everyone.
 
Today I messed with the dvd player and turned it over to see if there was an easy way to check inside and did not see one. Then I shook it o_O ! and put it back. I thought I would try again one last time and no noise this time and it worked. I wonder if something was loose inside? So, I did Ice timesaver Low Impact Sweat timesaver # 2 cardio! and muscle meltdown back, 55 minutes, heart rate 107/162, 185 calories, 1,875 steps. I then did Perfect Flow Mobility Basics stretch timesaver 23 minutes, 40 calories, heart rate 81/97. Total time was 78 minutes, 225 calories.

Muscle Meltdown Back giant set done 3 times all exercises 12 rep

One arm row- round 1 15# db, round 2 and 3, 20# db
pullover all rounds 2 8# dbs held together
One arm wide row round 1&2 15# db, round 3 12# db
One arm pullover 10# db all rounds
Deadlift 20# dbs all rounds
 
Judy nice job getting the Boss Bands Total Body in and a Peloton ride in along with stretching and foam roller. Even though I got my dvd player to work today I am leaving the player I want in the cart at Amazon. I do not like wasting my time trying to get things to work.

Valerie, nice work on the PT exercises and elliptical. I still plan on getting another dvd player. You are right they do not cost that much. I won't go all out like I did on the one I have as I bought a Sony with all kinds of features that was upscaled (whatever that means) and it was not cheap. It had 3D capabilities which I never used since it was for workouts and my husband, and I do not enjoy 3D movies. It did have some streaming service access on it, but it wasn't long before I got a Roku and then a Fire TV stick. I used it once to try to screen mirror from my tablet a Cathe Live workout, but it kept dropping out on me.

Carolyn, great job on Rev'd Up Rumble today. I find that the days I miss the stretching are the ones where I am the sorest. Sometimes it can't be helped though when there is morning appointments and events. I think I would like the STS 2.0 workouts. I am not in a hurry to get them though. It looks like another way to sell more pieces of equipment. I guess Cathe does say they show options. How many people have a place on the wall to use tubing. I saw those at PT. It just seems like they would have tried to make it more friendly for those that do not have access to all of that stuff.

I am still dealing with Christmas. I think that I mentioned I ordered my husband a present and right after I put the order in they changed the shipping date. It was an air compressor and I had ordered a set to go with it with the hose and stuff. That should have already been here on the 3rd, then they said delayed due to severe weather, then today it said my package may be lost. I will check it again tomorrow, because I would assume it still may come. I have not heard about any sever weather anywhere, but then again, I have not watched much news and weather stuff. I just check our local out.
 
Yesterday I did Live #359, Pumped Up Lower Body. It was 4 rounds, 1 cardio move and 3-4 lower body moves. The lower body moves are repeated once in each round. I liked this one a lot and will be doing it again.

Valerie-Great job with the elliptical work and therapy exercises. The latest we've stayed out since before the pandemic was the tree lighting last week. We got home between 8 and 9.

Cathe-Great job with STS Disk 4 Chest, Shoulders and Biceps.

Carolyn-Great job with Rev’d Up Rumble. I'm looking forward to the STS 2.0 workouts.

Diane Sue-Great job with Ice timesaver Low Impact Sweat timesaver # 2 cardio, muscle meltdown back and
the Perfect Flow Mobility Basics stretch. That's great that you got your DVD player working. It's a good idea to have a spare though. We have a couple of extra DVD players in the basement.
 
tee hee sometimes fixing things is shaking them up a little.
for streaming the only product that worked for us is Apple TV. we could not get roku or firestick to work at all. since then we have changed a lot of components but don't want to start all over as long as apple works.

Judy that's funny.... we got home by 9:30 last week and felt we were out late. it's dark so early now 9;30 feels like the middle of the night. I have trouble sleeping in. I wake up 5-6 am. doesn't matter if I went to bed at 9 at 1 am. its not worth feeling crummy the next day.

diane sue I had things supposedly delayed for severe weather. I'd rather buy local. I don't know if amazon buys up all the supply and leaves nothing for big box stores but our thrash with the generator a few weeks ago was typical. check for local stock, go to the store, don't find the product, go home and order from amazon.

I ordered a calendar but skipped on STS. reached the point where I have enough dvds I barely use.

Christmas lights at Tulalip Casino Washington - YouTube this is a short video of the holiday lights at the nearby casino. its stunning driving past when its dark. unavoidable commercial at the beginnning.
 
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I had an unplanned rest day today. I had several things to take care of and some errands to run. That took away my workout window of time. I might walk on the treadmill for a bit this afternoon.

Diane Sue, great job with Low Impact Sweat workout one, Muscle Meltdown Back, and Perfect Flow Mobility Basics stretch. I didn’t order Amy equipment and I don’t feel like I need to do so. Cathe and crew demonstrate different ways to do the exercises using new equipment and old. I will continue to do the moves without new equipment.

Judy, great job with Live Pumped Up Lower Body. It’s good to find those that you want to do again.

Valerie, the holiday lights are beautiful in that video. I can only imagine what they look like when you drive by.

Hello to Cathy.
 

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