Pentagenarians & Beyond: W/B 2/21

Yesterday before he released me the PT guy showed me a few more harder exercises and stretches. I should be able to do most things now as long as I don't slip back into old habits and let my left leg take over. I think it started mainly with hiking and for whatever reason(??) letting my right leg not work as hard, letting the left be my lead leg and then not doing a complete ROM on the downhill. the brace I got should be a good reminder. it's a custom made one since none of the OTC ones fit. still, only $66 and I got 2 due to mistake. I have obnoxiously large calves and if I can get one on over my calf, then the knee/thigh is too large and I don't get any support. ( funny because 55 years ago I started exercising to reduce my calf size but it never made any difference) the exercises have made me more aware of glute involvement. yes, I will continue to do them on days I don't something else like riding or running.most cathe leg work is fine.

Actually REI started back before then with a couple ( the Andersons) selling equipment for climbers out of their house in West Seattle 1940-ish.. one of them died maybe 10-15 years ago. the Whittaker brothers got involved later on .. the one who summited Everest. the original store was the one I used to shop at. it was a rickety frame building with almost no parking. Lots of wool and leather, way before synthetics. I kept some "wooly" things from the old days for fun. REI has most stores near lots of outdoor activity. some stores are huge, others tiny. they branched out from strictly mountaineering gear into all non motorized outdoor activity. they have stuck to their focus...just so many more products these days.

Diane sue I hardly ever watch what passes for comedy these days. bathroom/sex jokes, crude and language to match. I don't think that's funny!
I think we all need to work out a diet that works for each of us over the long term. I'm someone who needs grains and beans with lower amounts of protein and fat. Low fat diets work well for me. I get plenty of carbs but not "junk" carbs.
 
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Just chiming in...With the Roku you can get Cathe On Demand but not Live. Deb you should try out Apple TV. I bought the 3rd generation. The price is $69 at bestbuy. It originally was $99 I believe. The 4th generation is out at $149. You need the apple tv plus a hdmi cable then you are good to go.
 
Hi Lori,

what do you use for a remote for Apple TV? Sorry if this is a dumb question....I do not have an iPhone...only an iPod and iPad.
 
Hi everyone--

This morning I did Ice Metabolic (47:53). Felt like I have been neglecting my dvds.

Deb, your iPad will work beautifully with Apple TV. I downloaded Google Chrome on to my iPad, and signed up at Cathe.com there, went to the live workouts and chose one from the spread sheet the night before. In the morning, just start Cathe Live on your iPad at Google Chrome, and do airplay on the iPad with the Apple TV input (I'm assuming you know how to bring up airplay from the bottom of your iPad with a swipe up.). Cathe also has a tutorial for installing Apple TV. Really works well for me so far. I know you say that you watch Amazon Prime video on your iPad, but if you want a larger screen, just airplay what you want from Amazon video on your iPad to the Apple TV. Judy's right--you get a little remote with the Apple TV. All caught up with DA and ready for the finale, which I will be recording because it conflicts with the Oscars.

Diane Sue, I like Mark Wahlberg too, but the raunchy humor of those two films with the stuffed bear just looked weird to me. If your best friend is a stuffed animal when you are an adult----duh? I have a hard time enjoying sit-coms too, especially the canned laughter prompting me to laugh. The only one I like is Veep and in the old days, The Mary Tyler Moore show and Seinfeld would make me laugh.

Judy, I can see how those hours would conflict with time you have with your husband--weekends and evenings. Like Deb, I don't think there are any REI stores in MA either. Eastern Mountain Sports and Cabela's do sporting stuff around here.

Lori, so now you are doing Chalean. I have never been tempted. I think I looked at a clip and felt my dour personality getting even more dour just watching her. Too much hysteria in the early morning makes me feel tired and even older than I am. Cathe Live has just the right amount of enthusiasm and SB's meticulous instructions are calming for me.

Valerie, DH's customers love his bacon. Does not resemble jerky at all. That's great that you have now graduated (hah!) from PT and feel like you have solved your knee problems. Have a great trip.

Hi to Josie!




 
Today I did Cathe's Ride on my spin bike 55 minutes, 12.82 miles, 424 calories. I warmed up a bit with Sarah Beth Yoga you tube morning yoga for 15 minutes. I also did her shoulder and neck stretch and her upper back . Both are not real long. Total time was 79 minutes and calories burned 424. I have heard Apple tv is good when you have the air ipad. I have android now. Roku has the biggest channel line up from what I read if that is what someone is looking for. Most of those devices that are not a stick require an HDMI cable.

Valerie, I have read about people that can only eat meats and poultry if it is s fresh as possible and they cannot tolerate it if it is cooked right away. They cannot tolerate it if it is leftover either.

Lynda, I enjoy the humor in the old shows. My husband has been watching Green Acres lately. It is silly but I find it funny. Humor has really changed over the years. I loved the Mary Tyler Moore show.

Lori, I would only want Cathe live and not on Demand, unless it was for the Ice dvds for a short time. But, I guess I could stream through the computer.
 
Good evening ladies!

This morning I did Rock it Sock it Live. I used 1lb weights throughout instead of entire workout on heavy bag. My workout room is right below our bedroom and I wasn't sure if I would wake my DH with all the banging. Of all her kickboxing I feel this one the most in my core. No workout with the ladies today, although they did workout. I met my old CEO (not the one that just left) for lunch. We still keep in touch and it was nice to see him.

Deb...hope the streaming works out for you. Apple TV is a little more expensive but the ease of use makes up for it. So far I am loving it in my workout room. The crush it low impact is a great workout! Barre and Bands is a combination of cathe downloads and SB streaming. We have awesome wifi at work so it is easy to switch back and forth. I usually come in with notes so I know exactly what to switch to and when. It is very quick.

Diane Sue...I also did research and agree the Roku 3 is great and I would never part with. Love that I can plug a USB drive directly into the Roku and play away. You can plug a USB into a smart TV also, but you get more control with the Roku 3. We have been very happy with it. However, having Apple products I am loving my Apple TV. I use each for different reasons so I can justify having both! :) I have not seen either of the Ted movies.

Valerie...yeah!!! Done with PT. That is great news. 2 for the price of one works. :) can't wait to hear about your trip. Have fun!

Judy....amazing ride! Great job. I completely uderstand why you would not bother with those hours. That is crazy. We are suppose to get some snow tonight. Oh well, really can't complain since this winter has been very mild. Which is fine with me. We do not have an REI in my area. I don't even know if I have ever been in one.

Lynda...every now and then I too do a DVD. :). Debra's sister is in the rockitsockit I did this morning and so is Marlo. You see Marlo to the right of us (Cathe's left). Diane is over that way but you only see when the camara pans over. She has short frosted hair parted on side. Long black zip shirt with aqua shirt underneath. The camera zooms on her at the end of the second tabata I think. She is very lean and sculpted! I think that is why I like Chalene. She is over the top and it cracks me up. We'll see how I do with these.

Hi to Josie!!!!
 
Good morning,

No workout yesterday, I spent most of the time trying to get LIVE to work reliably. I probably spent an hour on the phone with a tech from Google. It is working ok right now. I did get it to be able to "pause" without it starting over. I really want to try it out since I paid for a month already.

Valerie, you have come so far with the PT, it's great! I bet your PT person is happy to have a patient like you, that actually listens and does what they recommend. I am with you and Diane Sue....can't stand raunchy humor at all.

Lori, I will keep Apple TV in the back of my mind if this doesn't keep working. I have to say, the connection with the iPad was more reliable. I will be playing with that a bit today too. If I get the Pause button to work, I am good to go. I couldn't see not being able to Pause the video once it starts.....I sometimes pause to change a weight, or put the bench on an incline etc, like I assume everyone does. Having it jump back to the beginning was a deal breaker for me. So frustrating.

Judy, thanks for the link...We have Eastern Mountain Sports and Cabela stores here...like Lynda. I hope the weather you get is not too bad....we will get it the next day.

Lynda, the iPad works ok with Chromecast as well. I may see if that is preferable to the phone. I can switch between the 2 since I have the Chromecast app on both. I am not ready for DA to end. :(. I guess I will watch season 2 of Grantchester that starts March 6 as a substitute. I am surprised you didn't like that one. I found it interesting, a priest and a burly police detective solving crimes together. Of all the sitcoms that I have watched, (it has not been many) Frasier makes me laugh out loud.

Diane Sue, nice indoor ride! I forgot about Mary Tyler Moore....will need to look that up on Prime. I think I read over at the LIVE forum that Cathe LIVE could not be used with a Roku yet, but they are working on it. Some Roku users were not happy over there.

Hi Josie!

A workout, ( fingers crossed, going to do Strong Upper Body Express, then agility class later today,

Take care,
 
Hi everyone--

This morning I did RS Live (53:00). Much more intense IMO than the RS dvd. I did the first half with 1 lb. gloves, and took them off when everyone did for the kicking and cardio second half. FYI, Deb, this is easily one you could cut in two parts.

Deb, I hope Live works for you now. It's so frustrating some times with all this technology and new possibilities being created all the time. I will miss DA too, but I really think it's best to go out on a high note. I never got into either Cheers or Frasier. Maybe I should try them. I could use a few laughs.

Lori, I did see Marlo in RS Live, but I don't know who Debra is (?). I think RS live is more advanced than the dvd because of all those tabatas and the cardio at the end. Phew! I can't imagine slugging away on a bag as well.

Judy, that was some ride!

Diane Sue, do you have a workout room for all of your equipment? I don't think I really have a place for a bike because I do my workouts in the living room, and I am thinking of dismantling the tower because I only use it occasionally for barre workouts and a chair is fine.

Hi to Valerie and Josie!
 
Good afternoon ladies! I slept in this morning. Just wasn't feeling a morning workout. At lunch we did SB Arms. This is a good little intense workout that works you hard in less than 20 minutes. Tonight I did 40 minutes of SB lower body targets. Lately, I have been really enjoying pretzel targets. Actually I am loving them. It is so hard to get the proper form but every time I feel closer and closer.

Deb...that is so fustrating spending all that time trying to get something to work. I think I would have thrown it across the room. Lynda is correct about stopping at a certain point in the Live workouts. She does a lot of splits so it is easy to end where you want and call it a day. I will miss DA too!

Lynda...Diane is in the Live workouts sometimes. She is Brenda from DVD's sister. Not sure where I got Debra from! I agree the Live Rockit is intense. Yup I usually do her boxing/kickboxing workouts using a heavy bag throughout and I love it. I always thought you had a little workout area. Did not realize you worked out in your living room. When my son moved into the basement our living room became the workout area so I feel for you dragging everything in and out. Mostly, I only moved the stuff if we were having company!

Have a great night all!
 
Today was a rest day. I had my 21 month old grandson over night. I took him home this morning and went shopping for stuff for a double family birthday party here on Saturday. I did not sleep well last night and my shoulder and neck hurt really bad. It is my fault because I chose to sleep on the twin sofa bed upstairs in the room adjacent to the workout room where I had my grandson sleeping in a pack and play. I was afraid he would wake up and crawl out and end up falling down the spiral staircase or through the railing that is pretty open over the living room. I could feel the springs in the mattress. It needs some memory foam! I am hoping to do some cardio and legs tomorrow. I never got in any stretching today. My husband took me out to dinner tonight and I got bacon wrapped shrimp (no breading) and veggies with wild rice. Yum :)
I had to laugh at my grandson when he kept trying to pick up the 10# medicine ball while saying ball?? and it wouldn't move. He kept looking at it and me with a puzzled look.

Lynda, yes, I have a whole room just for my workouts. I have a free standing heavy bag stand and my spin bike. I have shelves for equipment, a weight rack, and the rolling stand with Bowflex Selectech weights. A whole set of kettlebells, barbells weight plates, lots of stuff. My last workout space was larger though and I had the dip station that we got from a gym that was getting new equipment, a Bowflex and a Treadmill , along with my other stuff. ( I got rid of some of the stuff since we downsized our home. I do have a Treadclimber but it doesn't get much use since it is in the bedroom downstairs. There was no way it was going to get up the spiral staircase to the workout room. I could make room because I also have an enclave space where I have my art table and some art stuff. It is nice having my own space. I remember when my children were still at home and doing it all in the livingroom at 4 am. I had to store weights in the coat closet and behind the couch. When the first one moved out I had a workout room and my equipment has grown over the years. I looked at the tower but, it does take up some space. For awhile I put the bar on the urban rebounder and used it but just decided to use a chair or sometimes just using the handlebars of the spin bike works.

Deb, I have wasted so much time trying to get something to work. It is quite frustrating. I hope the workout went well today.

Lori, you do plenty and I think once in awhile sleeping in is nice. My workout room is over the garage so I don't really disturb my husband which is nice because our bedroom is downstairs at the other end of the house. He sometimes works at night and often stays up late so sleeps late. It would be nice if they could get live to work with the Roku. :)

Hi Judy, Josie, and Valerie

Has anyone here tried Beach Body on Demand? I have been hanging over there a bit and from what I understand even when you purchase you do not get the newer workouts. Also, it seems there are workouts that they do not sell because it was mentioned that Joel and Jericho from other workouts had some workouts on there. Just wondering how it works. I guess they do not have purchase download yet but are working on it?
 
Good morning!

Yesterday I did LIVE Strong Upper Body Express. This is a good one, with core at the end. I didn't have to pause the video for any reason, so no issues with it.

Lynda, I really liked going back to the beginner of Frasier and watching it from there. There were so many episodes that I never saw, because when it was on, I didn't watch much TV. They did some great comedy, some of it may seem non-PC today, but so good. The writers were awesome, and the actors delivery was spot on. I may go back and star Cheers from the beginning now. I only saw that sporadically as well. I want to see DA end on a positive note too. Love that he got another dog. Do you have a quick easy way to put your workout stuff away?

Lori, pretzel targets? not sure I want to know what these are! :). They sound painful. LOL. Do any of the DVD exercisers ever show up for a Live workout?

Diane Sue, ouch! I hope your neck and shoulder feel better today. Maybe a few rest days would help. Watching a 21 month old is a workout in itself! LOL on him trying to pick up the medicine ball. I give you credit for giving up some equipment....I want to do that. I have a nice weight bench that takes up room in my workout area, and all it is used for is to put "stuff" on. I never use it, but for some reason, I won't get rid of it. I wish it folded up like my treadmill does. I was thinking about putting it on Craig's list, but don't like the idea of people coming to the house....I liked it because you could use it as a squat rack, but I find like others here, I hardly ever use a barbell anymore. No, never saw or even looked at Beach Body on Demand. I have not been over there since I bought the 21 Day Fix program.

Hi to Josie, Judy & Valerie,

A workout, groom Kylee today, then maybe some errands...

Take care,
 
Today I did Xtrain legs with the barre and 15 minutes of yoga. I just kept what weights she does the same as she uses. This one was good when I was rehabilitating my knee post surgery.

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Hi everyone--

This morning I did Cathe Live Tone it Up (55 min.)

Deb, I have seen Marlo, Al, and Amanda in the Live workouts. I'm happy for you that you are not having any problems streaming now. I have too many things DVR'd currently to watch. The new season of Suits (which you got me hooked on on Amazon Prime) is now sitting and waiting for me to watch--the first 5 episodes. I have also been recording the O.J. Simpson saga on FX and I always record it first because that network is awful for the length of their commercial interruptions. It is really well done and takes me back to when my mom was alive and that was what she watched all the time. Based on the Toobin book, which was really good. I have all my dumbbells lined up and ready to use in the living room, which we hardly use because of a big addition we call the "great room"--so that's where I exercise. There's a little closet where I store my step, bands, and mat. The real space hog is that tower

Diane Sue, shrimp wrapped in bacon! Yes (with a fist pump)! That sounds so good. One of my former students now married and with a couple children stopped by awhile ago with her 3 year old boy who desperately wanted to play with my 15 lb. kettle bell and was shocked that he could only drag it a bit. Our 'toys' are not made for children. I do have one playground ball that I used for P-57 workouts that is squishy and light, with Disney princesses embossed on it. Have not used that in awhile.

Lori, all we are getting here is rain and a lot of it. It was in the 50s when I woke up this morning. Weird weather for February! If that little blonde is Brenda's sister, you are right--they don't look anything alike.

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Deb, I used to like to watch Frasier. There are not too many of those sitcoms or whatever they are called now that we watch at all, Mostly Netflix and Amazon movies here. Some Television series. We have been watching Second Chance but have to buy the episodes or stream them after they have already been on television since we do not have cable. I used to manage to get an 80# barbell on my shoulders but sometimes it was hard to get back off. I never had a squat rack. It is much better using dumbbells and/or the weighted vest. I used the ez curl bar with Body Beast though. It rained here and has cooled off a bit. Today is sunny but they are saying we may get snow the middle of next week.

Lynda, I have two inflatable smaller balls. One came with a 10 minute solution pilates workout and the other I purchased from Amazon because I didn't know there was one coming with the dvd. I have not inflated them because I cannot remember the trick I found to get them aired up. I tried with my stability ball pumps and could not get it. The grandchildren always liked to play with them. My granddaughter, now 8, used to exercise with me and still will if she is here when I do it. She has her own mat here, a pair of 1# dumbbells from Avon and I used to have an old step for her. Last time she did Party Rockin step with me at her house she just did it on the floor. She used to stand on my stability ball and use the heavy bag stand to hold on to. I used be afraid she would fall and hit her head on something. I never would do kettlebells with any of my grandchildren in the room. I have to make my dog stay out.
 
Good evening ladies!

This morning was CXL Burn Circuit 2. So this is my 3rd CLX workout (I did one last week before starting the rotation) and I'll have to say I really like it. I find she has some really creative and different moves which I find very refreshing. No lunch workout. We had a chili cook off contest. :) I did not cook but helped organized and set up. Was a lot of fun.

Diane Sue...hope your neck and shoulder are feeling better. I would have done the same thing for my grandchild. I bought a squat rack a couple of years ago and enjoyed using it along with my barbell. But it was short lived. I had hurt my shoulder and just stopped using it all together and then always subbed dumbells when a barbell is called for. I recently gave bench, rack and barbell to my son. He was thrilled and it freed up space in my workout room. So a win win. I know of a couple of people that are enjoying BB Demand. I have all the sets that I would need from them so makes no sense for me to stream. I just cancelled Cathe On Demand for that very reason. So cute working out with your granddaughter!

Deb...I love that Express Upper Body workout and have done it a few times now. Moves right along and gets the job done! Fraiser fan here too!! We watched the complete series last year when we switched to streaming only. Very funny show. Below is a link from Youtube explaining the pretzel. Lynda mentioned Al, Amanda and Marlo and there is also Lisa. She was from a long time ago. Cathe points her out during one of the workouts but I do not remember her in a DVD.


Lynda...wow did we get some nasty weather last night. The rain was unbelievable. Our screened in patio was soaked because the wind was out of control. My DH spent most of the day trying to dry out. What year did your mom pass? I ask because my mom passed in 1994 and that was all over the news then. Not the trial but the murders itself. Trials must have followed a year or so later. Hard to believe that was more than 20 years ago.

Hi to Judy, Josie and Valerie!
 
Good morning & Happy Friday!

Yesterday I did "Walk Fit Vol 2" on the treadmill. It felt good, I have not been on the treadmill for a while. The weather is really nasty here...blowing snow, icy looking snow...that crystal stuff that is hell on the roads. A good day to stay inside if you can.

Lynda, the new season of Suits would be season 5....I can't get it on Prime....?? What am I doing wrong? I can see how Tower can take up space if in a living room.

Diane Sue, an 80 pound barbell? wow...that is something! How cute that your granddaughter would work out with you. Good for her to be interested this early, and hopefully she will like it and continue.

Lori, a chili cook off sounds like fun. Did you actually vote on a winner etc? We used to do those at work as a fund raiser...people would bring in different chili's, and soups in crock pots, and it would be sold at lunch time. The whole building smelled like chili all morning. Yum! If you cancelled Cathe on Demand, you can not use the workout blender to make different workouts any longer? Yikes! That pretzel stretch looks hard.

Valerie, hope you are having a great trip!

Anyone have plans for the weekend?

Hi to Josie & Judy,

A workout and HouseMax for me...early weekend stuff since it's so awful outside,

Take care,
 
Hi Ladies,

I only did double workouts on Tuesday and Thursday and decided to rest today. I have a long ride tomorrow with lots of hill and plan on doing a spin class on Sunday before I go to San Diego to visit my son and my other 3 peanuts.

I too love all the old comedy shoes like Frasier, Seinfeld, MASH and my favorite was Mary Taylor Moor. I still watch all of them on METV on cable. All the new shows are so stupid now a days.

Diane Sue, my grandkids also workout with me when they come to visit. My gym is in the garage and sometimes they would go outside and I could see them from the kitchen window and they would be doing bicep curls with the 2 or 3 pound weights :) then they would come in and show me their muscles.

Garance, I watched the first 2 episodes of OJ show and I had to stop because I can not stand Cuba's acting. His whiny voice just gets to me :(

Lori, we used to do that move in the Bar Method classes my DD and I use to take.

Deb, I'm having lunch with my old barber (Mary). I have not been to her shop in the las 3 months because there was too much drama going on at the shop and her own life. She also left me crooked the last two times that I had gone to her because she was just talking away and was not paying attention. I had to go somewhere else to get it fix. She texted me asking if I was mad at her and that it had been slow at the shop and maybe it was because of the drama and people did not want to hear about it. So today when I see her I will let her know why I have not been there. I do want to keep her as a friend and I'm hopping that she does not get defensive. We will see.

Hi to the traveling Valerie and Judy!

Josie
 
I am waiting at the car wash. I think I must have run over a dead skunk yesterday. I could smell it all over the house. This morning I did a workout I had not done in years. Bosu blast with Season Zinger and I also did the abs and stretch from Sharon Twombly on the same workout. I actually got the HR up to 167. This was 79 minutes 581 calories. Be back later when I can use the computer.
 
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