Pentagenarians & Beyond: W/B 2/5

Good morning,

Today I did 35 minutes of a Cardio Coach on the treadmill. I really like these and wish he would do a new one.

I saw a thread about the new workouts, and one is about 75% step. Unless they actually come out and say that it is like the step in Athletic Training, ( like you said Garance, it is mostly repeaters, and I can handle that!), I may pass on that one. Usually the price is so good for the whole thing, I end up buying the whole package, like with the LIS series. We'll see.

Anyone watch the PBS series "Downton Abbey"? I have heard rave reviews about it, so I just bought season one on Ebay.

Josie, have a good trip and enjoy those G-kids!

Anyone have any plans for the weekend?
 
Good work Deb... getting back in the habit. I won't buy anything step. I want to hear more about Crossfire but am tending away from more DVDs. I can barely do the step in AT ... I think I just keep moving but skip a couple things that I can't do. maybe will do AT today to remind myself of my limitations in the step department.

Did S&G yesterday including the Ab section which I skipped previously. I have so many workouts I have a hard time picking as it is.
DH did Cyclemax yesterday after watching me do it and he did a lot better than I did. He was able to go fast ( 30 mph)so it's not the bike, it's me. I get to a certain number of revolutions and I can't make my legs go faster, nothing to do with resistance. I think I got a decent calorie burn regardless. I even got a little sweaty... hard for me to do. I am breathing hard and my heart rate is high but I don't generate much sweat.

Haven't heard of that series. please report back. we just finished "Big Love" . liked that one. started watching a new one called "Shameless". it's HBO but wow.... very rank. we'll watch the rest of the first disk before we decide if it's interesting enough to overlook the sleazy sex stuff that is just gross.
 
Hi Deb, Josie, Joan, Cathy, and Valerie--

This morning I did the Upper Body Split on TBT (56 min.).

Deb, I really have enjoyed Downton Abbey, now in its second season. If you liked Upstairs, Downstairs, you willl like this series. Teddibly British and snobbish, stiff upper lip and all that.

I'm going to see the Meryl Streep film this weekend, where she plays Margaret Thatcher. My expectations are rather low, because I usually don't like biopics. But I do admire Streep, and I try to see as many of the Oscar hopefuls as possible. We'll be going to Comfort Sunday again, and also out on Valentine's Day.

I just got High Reps in the mail (part of the presale offer). Deb or Valerie, do you know how long it is? Might do it on Sunday instead of Turbo Barre if it's long.

Have fun with the grandkids, Josie!
 
I read the thread about the new workouts where Cathe answers questions, and the step one is definitely like Athletic Training--no choreo. The resistance stuff, Cathe says, is different, though, with more compound moves on and off the step. I get pretty breathless with those compound moves on the step--upright rows with leg lifts. But sounds all good to me.
 
Linda, I believe it's 65 including abs and the stretch at the end, so not a short one. I don't have the premix times recorded. I was just filing some of my stray worksheets in a 3 ring binder and HR was one of the ones I haven't done in months. I have NEVER done TBT.... the DVD was stck in the box with STS and I never opened it.
I think I will ignore more workouts until I am tired of the ones I have. barely use often enough to remember them! I'm surprised at how sore I still am from GS chest triceps. I've been doing regular workouts especially pushups but pretty much everything got sore for some reason.

I looked for Downtown abbey on netflix and did not find it. surprising.
 
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Valerie, I just checked at netflix and Downton (not Downtown) Abbey is there. Maybe you spelled it wrong?
 
Yes, spelled it like I typed it... misread it for the more obvious word. Thanks. I'll stick it on the queue. would like to see more of the AA nominees but they are all long waits so will fill with other things.
 
Morning!

Off to the vet this morning to have Kylee's incision checked out, they were going to take her stitches out but she did that herself about a week ago. This puppy....!!!.

Anyway, I did pre-order the workouts, once Garance found the info that was holding me back, I can handle the step in Athletic Step so no problem there.

Valerie, I feel the same way as you, so many workouts, which to do?
but I keep buying them anyway. It's a form of addition I guess, not a bad one though. Can you get a whole season of a TV show from Netflix? Do you still get the DVD's or do you do downloads to your computer? I have never used NetFlix or anything like that.

Garance, yes High Reps is 65 minutes long and here are the pre-mixes:
High Reps Premixes: I may have a workout sheet for it, if you want it. I'll e-mail it to you. It shows all the exercises in order etc.
1. Upper Body Only - 39.14 min
2. Lower Body Only - 34.36 min
3. Full- Upper Body First - 64.38 min
4. Full – Lower Body First - 64.38 min
5. Scrambled - 64.58 min

Off to get something to eat ( our favorite breakfast place, then to the vet, then Keegan's class etc. Then I have to really focus on packing for the trip tomorrow, not even sure what I am bringing yet.

what is everyone up to this weekend?
 
Deb, netflix works well. I'm forgetting the exact cost...they had a price drop a few months ago for people ordering DVDs separate from people doing streaming. I'm thinking about $17 a month for 3 DVD's at a time. you can do less or more. sometimes the mail is fast runaround, other times not. if the postal service cuts its services ( like saturday delivery) or changes it's routing of mail we will tell because turnaround time could change.

I went with Netflix years ago. they have a vast selection. old and new, TV and big screen, documentaries etc. video stores were famous for missing disks. when I was watching "West Wing" and "Sopranos" and they were always missing disks. You'd watch 3 episodes, and then find the disk with episodes 4,5,6 was not available, and they weren't going to get it.
TV series divide into several disks each with 3-4 episodes. a season will usually have 3-4 disks. you order them one at a time. If you start a series and don't like it. no reason to continue. If you bought and it stinks, you're stuck or maybe can re sell it.

whenever a "new" series is released to disk there is a rush. the first disk will have a "very long wait" so I keep about 75 things on my queue and move them around as things become available. all the AA nominees are "very long wait" now so I'm looking at TV series.

each disk comes in it's own return postage-paid mailer envelope. We keep a constant turnover of 3 disks and love the convenience and choice. no late fees, keep as long as you want.

Stitches itch, if I were a dog I'd probably bit them out earlier too!

Did S&G again yesterday and realized I'd accidentally done a premix the day before. did the whole thing this time. I find those moves from plank position where you slide the disk forward and under very tough. don't get them all but getting closer.

I had pulled a newspaper article at end of 2011 listing best TV series of the year. Downton abbey was one of them , along with Breaking Bad, Homeland, Game of Thrones Modern Family Friday Night Lights, American Horror Story, The Good Wife, Justified and New Girl. I've seen and liked several of these, some have been around for several seasons. they only problem is waiting until the DVD's get released, so usually months to a year after the series aired. We don't always get the channel and will not watch with commercials.
 
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