Pentagenarians & Beyond: W/B 5/1/22

Today I did CDorner Lowr Body Unilateral moves, 46 minutes, 46 minutes, heart rate 97/126, 123 calories. This started with bear position, then on knuckles, then drops to forearms and final is on the back. I did 3 reps on each side in bear, but my shoulders are not strong enough for that yet. I then started CDorner mobility and did 14 minutes. The cable company sent someone out to see about filling the hole left in my back yard. I went out to talk to him when I saw him in back. When I came back in Chris was doing those bent knee sitting side to side move and worried about my knee getting caught, and also, I had to avoid the plank to get into the lunge stretch. I stopped there. I have done that mobility workout before. This was 14 minutes, 35 calories, heart rate 90/105. Total time was 60 minutes, 158 calories, 1,136 steps. The cable worker said it was not them, it was OG&E and they say it is not them it is Cox Cable:mad: I have had that hole in my yard for almost a year. I explained all of it to this guy and me trying to get it fixed. He said if I want he can come next week with dirt and fill it up, but with all of the water that is causing the hole to get bigger from rains and bad drainage it will come back. I told him I would like him to fill it up. Now getting our builder to fix their drainage issue which they did do something, but it is not working. We need it done before they build the houses direct behind us. I am frustrated with it.
I made a bacon swiss quiche to check out a recipe for when I host brunch and game day Tuesday. It was so good I ate too much of it. I need to shove the rest in the freezer or something.

Carolyn, nice work with XTrain Bis and Tris. The problem I have had with Fed Ex is their employees and packages coming to the door looking like they threw them on the floor of a dirty truck bed and walked on them. I had one toss a package with a control panel for our dishwasher over the gate onto the concrete. I heard it hit and my dog started barking at the door. I went out and got it and when we opened it a plastic piece was broke off and could not be fixed. I called to file a complaint and her boss talked me out of it as he said she was a good worker. I got replacement shipped. That was not the first time I had them throw something over, or another time they had tossed a box on the outside of the gate which goes to our door and the refrigerator seal was strung out all over the ground. We had a storm and the seal could not be smoothed out for some reason. Walmart seems to use Fed Ex quite a bit. I ordered groceries and Fed Ex brings some items that are not in the store I get from. Usually they come from Dallas. I tried ordering Califa Oatmilk Barista blend I use in things from Walmart and the cartons were squashed and in a large fed Ex envelope that looked like I described above. I went back to ordering 6 packs from Amazon.
My doctor says most people take a lot of D right now and she just seemed to think I needed a lot. I think some can go way overboard, but also the body does not absorb all of what we take. I do go on the lighter side with supplements.
 
I did Stacked upper body again today doing extra reps on a lot of moves. I don't think I'll get sore this time.
we have been doing a lot of amazon ordering for a long time so I feel like we are a "regular" stop. our main issue is they dig up our gravel driveway. it got so aggravating that we closed our gate so they need to walk down, but lot of drivers don't and just toss the package over the fence. our driveway is too steep to be asphalted. it would be undriveable with ice. when snow melts it would flood the garage. no perfect solution.
so many people order this way, going to get harder on the delivery people. they have deadlines and quotas to meet and I'm sure get squeezed by their managers to do more, faster, with less.

we take D during the winter. we are far enough north there is no way to get enough sun and we use sunscreen besides. Vit D is a fat soluble vitamin as are A and E,K. it is not excreted easily like other vitamins. too much can cause problems.
 
Today I did X Train Cardio Leg Blast, rounds 1-6, for 38 minutes and 250 calories burned. My average heart rate was 129 and maximum heart rate was 155. That stormy weather has moved into our area today. Heavy rain, hail, and possible tornadoes are in the forecast.

Diane Sue, great job with CDorner Lower Body Unilateral Moves and her Mobility. I hate having Fed Ex deliver my packages. I often have problems with them so I am happy that UPS usually delivers for us. Working with the various utility companies to get that hole filled in sounds frustrating.

Valerie, great job with Stacked Sets Upper Body. P30 Perfect Pump is another good, short upper body workout. It’s only 30 minutes but is very effective.

Hello to Judy and Cathy.
 
Carolyn I use perfect pump too but cathe sure goes heavy on that one! I always get tempted to overdo. I will do lighter ones until I do them without sore spots. I don't notice anything today after last nights workout.

we also have had issues with Fed Ex. prefer UPS or amazon. the fed ex drivers tear up our driveway worse than anyone else and throw packages. we always pick other service when we have a choice.
 
Yesterday was shopping. Today was supposed to be cardio, but I was awake between 2:30 and 5 a.m. and it just wasn't happening. I might have been able to do something late morning, but I took Derek to get his license renewed and then we went to my parents. He's turning 21 next month and you have to go in person in order to get your license renewed to get your license changed from vertical to horizontal. And if anyone needs something to do for a few minutes Derek dropped his first zoo video on his new YouTube channel.
He has no interest at all in monetizing it, just wants to share with more than his family. And in the rain category, it really wasn't supposed to rain after 10:00 this morning, as of last night, but no it rained until late afternoon.

Diane Sue great job with Low Impact Cardio to the Beat, stretches, PT and foam rolling.

Carolyn nice job Xtrain Bi's and Tri's and yoga, and Cardio Leg Blast.

Valerie great job with Stacked Upper Body.
 
Today I did CDorner Hi or Low Cardio, 41 minutes, heart rate 132/163, 226 calories, 3,752 steps. Then I did a CDorner Abs with stability ball skipping the planks on the ball, and also did PT work for shoulders using the strength setting, 87 minutes Total, 339 calories, 4,516 steps. This was a good ab workout that did not cause me neck pain or require much out of my shoulders. I could almost do the plank as she had her forearms close on the ball, but just a bit tough for my shoulder.

Carolyn, I haven't had many Fed Ex deliveries since we moved here, but they seem to be Walmart's choice. Nice work with XTrain Cardio Legs. Thankfully our storms seem to be gone for a few days. I have places to go and do not want to switch my appointment again. I hope there are no tornados. Our sirens are close here so I can't miss them when they go off.

Cathy, your son did a wonderful job on the video. I like it. It is time for me to make arrangements to go renew my license. I have over a year, but want to get things set early as I can.

Valerie, my daughter had problems with deliveries because they tossed them over the gate and her dogs tore packages open. She finally started leaving the gate open or having them leave outside. If they drive in the have to drive up hill. They have asphalt for part of the drive with a two car parking spot at the bottom. It is a nuisance. I like my door camera as I see them walk up now.
 
Cathy what a great video! say thanks to Derek for sharing it with us. beautiful pics of interesting critters! I know what most of them are but not all. primates I get confused. were there mongoose in there? and lemurs!! meerkats. otters.

took a day off mostly. did abs from x train, and several sets of push ups, dips and curls. a half an hour while dinner was heating up

We finished up Ozark the other night. if you have a chance it is a great series and intense! some really interesting morally corrupt characters. its 4 seasons total. great acting and a complex constantly evolving plot. violent and definitely "sketchy" language if that is a concern. I'm fine with it if there is a good story involved but not if just a space filler excuse for writing actual dialogue. Carolyn its a lot like Succession in that way. highly recommend but not for young kids IMO.
 
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Today is a rest day for me. I did the usual round of shopping for produce at the Farmer’s Market, Sprouts, and The Fresh Market. I bought a lions mane mushroom along with my shiitakes. I curious about the taste.

Valerie, we finished Ozark last night too! We really enjoyed the series. Definitely morally corrupt people, but with many complexities.

Hello to everyone and have a wonderful day.
 
Well I got up early and did CardioSupersets and it's a good thing, because after breakfast I was 10 minutes into Stretch Max with the ball and bye bye power. I reported it, and got a notice they were looking into it. Texted the neighbors as they'd moved their boat to Lake Michigan for the summer and I figured they were there for the weekend. Verified they were out. Usually when the power goes out within a few minutes we have generators on all around and there was nothing. Outage map had a very small area south of us out, but we were never put on the map. Out for just over 2 hours and was caused by equipment failure. It's a beautiful sunny, slight breeze day, so when it went out we were like what the heck!

I'm glad you like Derek's video. He'll be dropping a new video each Friday morning. Yes, Valerie all those animals were in it, including the mongoose. He was so happy he got to see the baby bongo which isn't always out yet. We'd already done out two times through (yes, no matter how big the zoo, we do it twice LOL) And he's like I really want to go check one more time, and they had just let her out. My favorite though was the joey diving back in it's Mom's pouch. I always think how totally weird it would be to have something climbing in and out of you!

Diane Sue nice job with the High Low Cardio.

Carolyn I wish I liked mushrooms, but I really don't. I can deal with the taste, but not the texture, so broth is okay.
 
Today I did 2 rounds of Burpee Girl 5000 steps 450 calorie workout. No way was I going to get near that and doing the little jogging move every other time made my knees and toes hurt. This was 18:41 minutes, heart rate 118/137, 996 steps. I then did Boss Bands Total Body skipping planks and overhead triceps, 56 minutes, heart rate 97/126, 143 calories, 709 steps. I am not sure I got the steps right. I kept stopped and tried to re-sync my watch and it kept spinning. Sometimes when I click on the watch itself and sync it my stats go up. This is rare and it could be because I was trying to work around my dog and be careful not to hurt myself. I have never went through all of the upper on this yet. Total time was 70 minutes, 235 calories.
 
Happy Mother's Day! I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Cathy-Your son's video is really good. Thank you for sharing it!
 

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