Pentagenarians & Beyond: W/B 4/29

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Good morning all,

I am going to get a workout in before going to the seminar. I think Gym Style Legs, the stand up pre-mix. Then I am off for most of the day.

Got a new HRM yesterday which I have not set up yet. It's a Timex. I thought I would veer off from the Polar, for now. We'll see how this one is.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
 
Hi Deb and any later posters--

This morning I did STS total body (65 min.). I like this one, although it seems a bit much that you must set up the step with the tower for only one triset (chest and tris), and then it's in the way for the rest of the workout.

What's the seminar about, Deb? Any particular reason you need a HRM? I've never had one, but I know when my heartrate gets up there on some of these workouts.

Very chilly nights and a lot of wind here. Clearly spring has retreated, although it sounds like it will get nice later this week.

Two more weeks of classes and after I finish this set of papers, just two more sets of papers and then I am free.

A very fun time on Friday night.
 
Good morning,

The seminar was an agility seminar with a woman who is a great trainer, as well as a great competitor. She has competed in International Agility with her dogs. A nice time, but kind of information overload, it was a long day for both Keegan and me!

Garance, I just use a HRM to keep track of calories burned, and I guess the amount of time. Just one of those anal things I guess. I never realized that in STS TB you only use the bench for one set of exercises. Now that you mentioned it though, I realize that. Have you seen the recent Smithsonian magazine? It has an article about the Berkshires, ( specifically Great Barrington), and even mentions Jacobs Pillow. I thought of you when I read it. Are you close to there?

Hi to Joan, Josie, & Valerie, hope eveyone had a nice weekend,

take care,
 
Hi Deb and any later posters--

This morning I did After Burn (54 min.).

Yes, Great Barrington is not far away, although we don't go there very often anymore. When our sons were in high school, we would head down there for soccer and basketball games because they were both on varsity teams. Jacob's Pillow is in Becket. I already have my tickets for this summer, although most of the performances are in August this year.

Getting down to the final classes. Macbeth today. I still have three papers from this last set to read, and then it's two more sets of papers.

After a great party on Friday night, my weekend was pretty boring because of paper-grading. Hope everyone did better than I.
 
Good morning,

Tried to sleep in today, after getting home late from class last night but the Vixen had other ideas at 3:40 am. I guess I could have stayed up and done a workout but the bed kept calling me back so I did get back to sleep until 5:45.

Rainy but it's supposed to be in the high 50's today, and get better all week. We need some sunshine.

I may be bringing back the HRM I bought and getting another brand. This one is very difficult to set up, and I can see the frustration when I will be trying to use it at 4:00 am. Should have stuck with the Polar which I am familiar with.

Off to get ready to leave, take care,
 
Hi Deb and any later posters--

This morning I did LIC (51 min.).

I wanted to stay in bed this morning too, Deb, because it was pouring rain and grey. Hope it suns up later this week, as promised. Have you been watching any of the DWTS? One of the couples danced to the theme from Downton Abbey.

I think I will go to the lab tomorrow and have the blood work done. But, I am going to check to make sure they will be open. No reason to skip a workout. I really don't get why they have such an irregular schedule.
 
Hi Ladies,

My rides were great this weekend. I will be spinning tonight and work on getting the house ready for my DD graduation party on Saturday. We are having the taco people come over and do the cooking and plenty of margaritas ;)

I plan on taking Friday off and maybe going spinning in the morning since I will not be able to ride on Saturday.

Deb, I don’t like wearing anything around my chest to count calories or check my HRM.
My running friends used to wear all that stuff and for me it just took the fun out of running. I don’t even wear a watch when I ride. If I do, I feel like I’m on a schedule.

Valerie, I hope that you are having a great time on your vacation.

Joan, are you out doing some shopping with your winnings?

Garance, the weather here is also rainy and overcastted. It will be 61 for the high today.

Have a great day!

Josie
 
I don't know how family knows when I have extra money because I don't tell them. I found out my niece was about to lose her house and needed $5500.00. I may have told you about her earlier in the year. Her daughter was driving drunk (21) and crashed her car and was not expected to live. They flew her to Chicago and $300,000 later she is doing well and with enough PT will walk again. No insurance and I'm sure the hospital will never get paid but they have to pay for lawyer so no jail and PT so she can walk. Niece took family leave to take care of her daughter but thought she could use sick leave first. Since she was not paid they got behind on bills. At least she is working again.

My leg has hurt since getting off the plane so have been slow to start exercising. The pain in the calf was like the leg cramp you get in the middle of the night without the cramping. At first I thought it was a blood clot but decided it couldn't be because pain was not constant. It really was strange because pain went from calf to above the ankle to the ankle and is now back to the calf.

Joan
 
Good morning,

Today I did the timesaver pre-mix from Gym Styles Chest & Triceps. Those push ups are killer, and she even skips some of the sets in this one.

Garance, I have been catching some weeks of DWTS, watched this Monday's show last night mostly because you told me that one of the dances was to the theme from Downton Abbey. I missed the Motown week entirely. I taped last night's results show but haven't watched it yet, so I don't know who was voted off. Right now, I think the one with Derrick is going to win, but you never know.

Josie, LOL on not even wearing a watch when you ride.

Joan, Wow, your neice and daughter have gone through a lot. Hope things turn around for her now. You have a FitBit right? do you like it? does it display your heart rate or anything while you are working out? or is it just displayed when it connects to your PC?

Off to get more coffee, and get ready....take care.
 
Deb the fitbit displays your steps but if you are within a few feet of your computer it updates. You go to fitbit.com and it shows calories used, steps, stairs climbed, sleep, and activity. I really like it. I have a group of 1 of Cathe fitbitters. If anyone else joins it will let you compare statistics. And hopefully motivate you to do more. I like it because there is no fee for the web site. There is a calorie counting site myfitnesspal that can sync with this site. I haven' used that for calories but I should.

Joan
 
Hi Deb, Josie, and Joan--

I did my lab work this morning, so no exercise.

Josie, your graduation party sounds like the party I went to last Friday. I had half of this gigantic steak burrito, and decided to stay away from the Margaritas because they are so caloric (I've heard they have anywhere from 600-800 calories!), so I just had some red wine. But I did splurge and have cherry pie a la mode for dessert.

Joan, when you say no insurance, do you mean no health insurance or no car insurance--or both? What a mess! Of course, this is why all of our health insurance premiums go up--because we pay for those who don't have any and end up in the emergency room. Your niece is fortunate that you are so generous.

Deb, I have a feeling the British opera singer will win. I think Len favors her a lot. I also wonder if Cheryl's partner, the Latino, is not something of a heartthrob when it comes to getting votes. I won't tell you who was voted off last night, but not these two, anyway.
 
Garance I'm trying to get to the bottom of the insurance. She is only 21 and if her parents have health ins with family coverage she would have to be covered to age 26. I'm afraid since both parents work at the same place they just have individual coverage and hoped for the best. I agree I want mandatory coverage. Fortunately her car was the only one involved and only damage was to herself. Car was totaled and towtruck co. kept for their payment. I'm sure she would have only had liablity ins.

Joan
 
Good morning,

Today I did Cardio Coach #4..35 minutes.

It's supposed to be a warm day, up to 78. I hope it doesn't rain. I have to go to the retirement party later for the Port Director of Cusoms. Not really looking forward to standing around at a bar for a couple of hours. ugh.

Joan, I like everything I read and hear about the fitBit, except for the fact that it doesn't display your heart rate while you are working out. I don't think it has any display at all right?

Garance, I did watch the show, and did not really agree with who was voted off. I think it should have been the "little house on the prarie" actress. She will probably go next. I can't believe she has that big of a fan base. I think it will come down to William ( with Cheryl), the opera singer and the one with Derrick for the last 3. The football player is doing well, but he is not as sharp as the others.

Off for a little more coffee before I have to leave,

take care,
 
Deb It doesn't display heartrate at all but on web site it shows effort in general terms. It does display steps and when you sit down (it will give you a message like go faster or good work, etc.

Yesterday was Gym style chest and triceps. I can't believe how weak I have gotten. I could not do all the pushups and went lower on weight than in prior years.

Joan
 
Hi Ladies,

Today is my Friday. I will be out tomorrow in order to prepare for my DD graduation party. I will be spinning tonight and might go spinning tomorrow if I get a change.

I offered to take my cycling mentor to get some blood work tomorrow morning. She had an accident last Sunday. She fell off her bike and broke both of her arms, the Dr. was able to get her right arm to work, but her left arm is going to need a couple of surgeries. She is in good spirits, but hates that she will be missing her 21st ride. She has done every single Aids Life Cycle. She is still planning on going to the ride for moral support for all the riders. She is an amazing lady!

I have been listening to my favorite Disco songs on YouTube (They Called It Disco V.03 - Late 70's 1+HR Disco Mix by WuaKeeN). This link has all of the songs that my ex-husband and I used to dance to in the 70's. I still have some of the dresses that I used to wear in those days ;)

Have a great day everyone!

Josie
 
Hi Deb, Josie, and Joan--

This morning I did Cardio Supersets (41 min.).

Josie, I cannot imagine how difficult life would be with two broken arms. When I broke my elbow a couple years ago, it was so difficult doing a lot of things. I bet you still fit in those dresses too, since you do so much cycling and other exercise.

Deb, I agree on DWTS. I thought Jaleel would last longer. I will be thinking of you tonight while I am at the first of my retirement parties.

Good for you, Joan, getting back to some exercise.
 
Hi everyone, I'm back. Had a really good trip this time. Left sat morning, took the ferry across, always a pleasant start to a trip. We had a bit of trouble finding a place to stay sat nite. always busy on saturday but finally found a quiet campground. every other night was no problem but it was a sunny saturday and loads of families with fires and screaming kids. I'm not real tolerant of either. did a hike saturday, supposed to be 4 miles RT but was at least 6. We could tell by how long it took. Lovely flowers. my first exposure to trout lillies which are beautiful, and lots of calypso orchids.

We had planned a backpack sunday- monday but the weather forecast changed to "rain" sunday night so we dayhiked it sunday instead. was sunny and pleasant, about 6-7 miles RT. on wilderness beach. quite clean and nice, little debris to be seen. nice tide pooling at low tide. Saw some whales spouting.. saw spouts not whales.
Did 2 mt bike trips on monday, a little wetter day but not bad. found a really nice trail along a lake that's open to biking and did somewhere around 12 miles. then tried another trail near by for several miles that wasn't as nice but still OK. Also did some hiking and bird watching on a sand spit that sticks out into the straights of juan de fuca. lots of ducks, terns, loons, seals, eagles. left for home wed morning so we avoided the commute traffic and still had time to clean things up when we got home. spring is mud season, and everything we wore was mud caked, especially our bikes and bike clothes. we need to take more changes of clothes!. no way to clean and dry everything.

Wow, two broken arms!!! that's horrendous... how can she use the bathroom? or eat? that poor lady! nobody deserves that! I hope she gets lots of support from friends and family.

I'd miss heart rate display... my best monitor of whether I'm working hard enough, and not too hard. my resting heart rate is low so max is low 150's. I prefer 140. I need to back off if I'm 155, can't maintain it. I use the HRM sometimes when we hike or bike too, and for sustained exercise like for 5-6 hours, I prefer the 120's. so that's my best barometer of work level. I don't care about calories burned... think it's just a meaningless estimate anyway.
so funny, I don't always wear a HRM. like the feedback. I always wear a watch. we usually time our rides just for the basic information, not to try to beat the clock or anything. It's fun to see how wind or cold temps can affect how long a ride takes.

Went to yoga this morning. Joan, when you haven't worked out regularly for a while it's way better to back off on weight and rebuild gradually. too easy to get hurt by going up too fast and getting injured or too sore. I want to restart STS soon and I will start with maybe half the weight from my last run, just to be sure I don't cause an injury.
 
Linda,

I do not fit into my Disco dresses anymore; I used to weigh 120lbs in those days. We - used to go out dancing 3-4 day per week and the songs were so long that we could just eat and drink and never gain weight. I also used to run and was in the swimming team in those days. My DD does fit into the dresses though!

Valerie, welcome back. Glad that you had a nice vacation. My DF has a brother and a sister that were taking care of her, but it would be so embarrassing to have someone clean me up when I had to go to the bathroom or take a shower :(
 
Morning,

Bad night, woke up at 2:00 ( not the Vixen for a change), and could not get back to sleep. She woke up at 3:00, John took her out because I was still trying to sleep, finally must have dozed off around 4:30, and then woke up at 5:15.
It's going to be a long day.

Valerie, very nice vacation, and no flat tires!

Josie, your poor friend! hope all preparation for the party gets done quick, have a good time.

Gararnce, can I say I am super envious? I am.

Rainy here, hope it is over by tomorrow.

Work, maybe agility, mayby not.

Later..
 
Linda I am envious of your retirement parties. I loved my jobs, felt awful about them ending suddenly and unceremoniously. no fault of mine. It must be lovely to get some acknowledgement for a job well done and have an orderly transition to retirement..... people actually saying goodbye and wishing you well.

The job that burned me the most we all had to travel to CA and then show up at specific times at a motel where hundreds of us were run thru the "firing process". 6 of us went back to the airport together and found all communication with company/employees had been terminated. we were surprised our plane tickets were still valid, at that point expecting them to have cancelled our flights home. some thanks for 18 years.

DH has worked for the same organization for a long time but as far as I know he will just sign out one day and not go back. no thanks at all. maybe we'll be surprised, we will see.

raining here yesterday and today but supposed to be partly to mostly sunny for the next 3 days. we'll do "something" probably mt biking, road biking. too early for most good hiking.

I took the day off yesterday ( except for yoga) but will do something today. not sure what at this point. need to go shopping, cupboard is bare.
 
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