Pentagenarians & Beyond : W/B 8/23

Raw Upper weights and legs virtual road trip, 58 minutes (53:58 actual), heart rate 94/147, 139 calories, 1, 743 steps. I finished with Lindsey Samper neck and shoulder therapy and some rolling and hip stretche, 26 minutes, 26 calories, 59 steps. I liked the new workout. It takes them a bit to get started, but I just did some extra warming up and stepping on the step. I have grandchildren here and virtual school which seems a bit difficult without a text book and paper to me. My granddaughter who gets A's was frustrated with it. Then she doesn't have a teacher to ask. It will probably be a short workout or rest day tomorrow. I need to have my granddaughter at the dentist at 10:30. I guess my grandson and I will be sitting out in the car waiting.

Upper Weights and Legs virtual road trip August 2020
53:58 minutes Kelly uses 10 and 15 lb dumbbells and a step with two risers is used 30 seconds each exercise. Each is upper group followed by a non weighted pair of loser body exercises and repeated.
Shoulders Kelly 10's me 8's
lateral raise
overhead press
butterfly and press alternating
lower front squats
pop squat
repeat upper and lower

Triceps 10 's
double arm kickbacks
triceps dips behind standing with dumbbells
1 dumbbell overhead extensions
lower lunge alternating 1 1/2 second round alternating lunges
split switch pulsing first time second just split switches
repeat upper and lower

Biceps 15's
21's
alternating pledges (Kelly drops to 10's I stayed 15's)
supination curls
lower
side to side squats
squat shuffle
repeat upper and lower

Back 15's
bent over rows
squeeze back I dropped to 10's second round
lawnmowers alternating sides
lower
side lunges with pulses
single side lunges alternating
repeat upper and lower

Chest 15's
bench press pinky in
flys
partial pullover tomahawk 1 dumbbell
Lower body
Hip Lifts lying on step feet on floor pulsing
Hip Lifts feet on end of step

Stretch
 
Valerie, I remember you saying that about your family getting hacked when you went for a wedding. I have been fortunate with that. I never open an email that looks or seems slightly odd. I got a call saying they were my bank once and I hung up on them and called my bank. It was my bank, but no way was I going to be asked a bunch of information. When I called my bank they said there had been a withdrawal request for a dollar and that was often someone trying to check and see if they could get into an account. They just issued me new cards. Those scammers are always coming up with some new crafty way to get into peoples business.

Carolyn, this is my 5 year old grandson and he wants to do everything as we read the recipe. I do kind of have a mess when he is done. He tries, but particularly the flour managed to spill all over the counter. I remeasured to be sure it was the right amount. But, it is cute when he will tell everyone how to make cookies or whatever we make. It gives him a little entertainment besides sitting around watching tv or playing games on the ipad.
Nice work on the Low impact Hiit. My granddaughter was busy with school work. That is great that your granddaughter has enjoyed her cooking classes so much.

Lori, that is great that you made it and everything is going so well. I bet Gigi loves the walks and new scenery too. I go to Hobby Lobby and spend way too much time looking. Lots of things to decorate with too.
I think Sprouts is more the western states. I am not sure though. My brother recently moved to Florida and he complains about Walmart all of the time. I hate Walmart myself, but end up there every so often.
 
Lori glad you are happy in your new place. 92 degrees in the evening sounds like some sort of horrid punishment to me! I'd much prefer 29 degrees. yes this email "order" was very deceptive. it was a perfect copy of amazon. we only got the one, nothing since. DH and I often order separately and aren't always aware what is ordered especially with me ordering for my sister.

The wedding hack was not evident until I got home and tried to use my cc at Rite Aide. the card was blocked. we've been hacked several times now. the Reno trip was terrible. not only did the card get hacked but the rental car had some minor body damage Budget tried to charge us for. luckily I had taken pics when we rented it. DH was in a big hurry to get going and the rental agent told us it was "nothing to be concerned about". I took the pics anyway. after we turned the car in, they made a fuss and threatened to bill us for the damage. so the whole trip was a basic shitstorm. we argued with Budget but the pics were worth it, even if they weren't very good. it was in a darkened garage area and it was a dark car but it showed the scrapes. then the cc problem. DH is NOT in such a big hurry to get the rental car and go. we look carefully and ignore anything the agent says .

I have been to Walmart once in my life and didn't buy anything. someone had vomited right at the front doorway, and no one was in a hurry to clean it up. I wont go there, period. nor Hobby Lobby. I spend money only at businesses whose policies I support.
 
I decided to take an unplanned rest day today. I didn’t feel like working out this morning and I needed to go to the store, so I just did the grocery shopping.

Diane Sue, great job with the workout while monitoring virtual school. This situation is hard on everyone. When I asked my granddaughter how the first week went her reply was “it wasn’t too terrible”. The Young Chef’s club is more of an activity box that arrives monthly rather than a cooking class. There are several food activities and recipes for the kids and parents to choose. It’s appropriate for children as young as 6, with more parental involvement.

Lori, I’m glad that you are officially a Floridian. Hopefully the moving van will arrive soon so that you can unpack before the new job starts. I’m impressed that you are starting so soon. I love shopping at Publix, which is a Florida based chain. We also have Sprouts here, but they might have a harder time competing in a market where Publix is so dominant.

Valerie, I have received a few phone calls and text messages that were obviously fraudulent, but nothing with Amazon so far. I feel like I have to be suspicious of every contact. I had fraudulent activity on a credit card after we traveled in early March.

Hello to Judy, Cathy, and Deb. Have a wonderful day everyone.
 
This morning I took my granddaughter to the dentist, picked up my dogs Heartgaurd from the vet and then picked up McDonalds for the their lunch and splurged on a caramel frappe for myself since it is my birthday. It was way too sweet. I am more accustomed to not eating sugar. I came home and made my smoothie bowl with the almond butter with crystallized ginger in it. My husband put happy birthday I love you notes he printed all over the house :D
I did Ice Low Impact Sweat #2 with the blizzard blast, 38 minutes, heart rate 117/169, 171 calories, 3,283 steps. I swear my heart rate was mostly 140 range when I checked it and I never saw it go as low as it says my average was. I didn't look at it that many times though. I saw there is a new Versa coming out?? Not buying one. They need to fix what they got.
Kelly has another of her virtual road trip workouts up. I may do it tonight or add it on tomorrow. It is abs and stretch and not too long.

Valerie, good thing you took pictures of the damage to the rental car. My husband and I both order from Amazon. It is always on my account name though and I get the emails and notices. I check often as he does also. If I see an order I did not place I ask him. No problems though other than the book I mentioned which showed up in my digital items as well as email.

Carolyn, I hope grocery shopping and the rest day are good for you. I need to go grocery shopping or something, just have not found time without the children and I am not taking them. Their mother does not take them out very much and has hers delivered. When they are with their Dad, I gather they go out once in a while with masks. At the dentist today I just sent my granddaughter in and told her if she needed me we would put on our masks and come in, but she handled it and set up her next appointment. it was for checking out how her invisaligns were doing and to get her new trays. My granddaughter was happier today as she had texted the teacher and she got to do it over again. These time she read up on stuff and put note on her note page then did the test. I do not get very many of those calls on my phone since I started paying for AT&T call protect plus. I got it for my husband too, but he still gets some calls because he leaves one box unchecked because everyone that calls him on business is not in his contact list. I put business that use in my contact list that I want to hear from. I do get scammer and advertising texts and would like to get rid of those.
 
This morning I did ICE Bootcamp Circuit for 50 minutes and 290 calories burned. Average heart rate was 118 and maximum heart rate was 144.

Diane Sue, a belated happy birthday to you. I hope that you enjoyed your special day.

Hello to everyone and have a wonderful day.
 
I just finished my workout. I did Kelly Box Fit mix boxing and lower body which includes the abs, 48 minutes, heart rate 119/157, 224 calories, 3,907 steps. The Update on my Fitbit has different zones that I was in now. I don't get it though as it is giving me 60 minutes of zones for the BoxFit workout when it was 48 minutes.
I then did Raw Virtual Road Trip abs and stretch, 24 minutes actual( I now know to forward fast3:55 to where they start unless I want to do something else while they are removing the steps and weights and getting drinks. It cuts off right when whe is getting into the lunge position to stretch legs. I burned 35 calories, heart rate 80/129, 391 steps.
Total time was 72 minutes, 259 calories, 4,298 steps.
BoxFIt Boxing and Lower Mix- All of the boxing then moves to the lower weight work doing all of the moves once then repeating them, cool down then abs and stretch.
Plie 1 1/2 15# dumbbells
slalom squats 10# dumbbells
deadlift/squat ups 15# dumbbells
lunge front and back 10# dumbbells
repeat
abs with 15# dumbbell
crunch, full sit up,russian twists, no weight explosive sit up repeat
 
we did a mt bike this morning, a closed road we did once in spring. rode to the snowline then. this time we made it all the way. this was a HUGE workout. it is 7 miles and uphill all the way. not steep but unrelenting the last section, quarter of a mile is too steep, so we walked that. total of 5 hours and 11 minutes with about half an hour for lunch. it was pretty warm today too, and we were short on water. DH spilled his second bottle accidentally after we'd left the car. most of the route was shady. in spring we saw elk and grouse. not so lucky this time. we figured out why the road is semi maintained. a small weather station up there with 2 solar panels and antenna on the road near the top. we used to xc ski this road but it suffered from various closures over years and probably 15 yrs ago was gated. we "road crewed" the road ourselves to keep it open, but now the FS is keeping it minimally maintained so once or twice a year someone can drive up there to service the weather station. roads here get huge amounts of blow downs, trees and branches, and wash out from water so they dont hold up without work. don't know if anyone else uses. it never went to a trailhead but it was perfect to xc ski and definitely to ride.

Diane sue happy birthday a little late. the amazon acct is in my name too so it looks like I'm the big spender.

we both have dental ( cleaning) appts on monday. glad things have opened up somewhat again, dont like to skip cleaning.

Deb you are usually so reliable.... hope you are OK.
 
Was told today the moving truck will not arrive until Saturday 9/5. WTH!!! We are not happy at all. They are saying they are short drivers due to covid. We completely understand this, but they should have communicated this to us sooner. We would have packed the car differently if we knew we were going to be more than 2 weeks with out stuff They will compensate us 100 a day for expenses and let me tell you we will spend it. We need more stuff and absolutely can not live like this until then. We also mentioned we are not going shopping on each day to spend 100. Not during this pandemic. We are going one day and buying everything we need. Period! This is insane.
 
I need to catch up on posting this weeks workouts. Wednesday morning I did ICE Rock'm Sock'm, Icy Core 1, and Muscle Meltdown Biceps. Then in the evening I did a 30 minute Peloton Rides. Yesterday I did Cathe Live #301 All Low Impact Kickboxing, Hiit & Core; and #305 Express Burn Sets Legs and today I did Muscle Meltdown Chest and the Boxing only premix from LiTe Cardio Party.

Diane Sue-Happy Belated Birthday! Great job on the Raw workouts! I want to do the road trip ones soon.

Carolyn-Great job with ICE Boot Camp Circuit! That is on my schedule for next week.

Lori-That's terrible that your moving truck won't be there until 9/5! I would be very upset! I hope you are able to get everything you need in one shopping trip.

Valerie-Great ride as usual! I've been thinking about making a dental cleaning appointment. The one I had scheduled in April got cancelled. I haven't felt comfortable going in yet but maybe in a few weeks I will.

Hi to Deb & Cathy!
 
My Fitness Journal for the week is just a bunch off crossed off things and arrows moving things that then got crossed off. I managed to do something active every day except my rest day, but never what was actually planned. Ugh Yesterday I did IMAX 4 with the abs and chair stretch. I've got two weeks left in the rotation and I think I'm going to toss it and start something different. Not because it's a bad rotation, but just because it appears jinxed and I want a fresh start.

Lori that's horrible about the moving truck and they absolutely should have given you a heads up on how long it could possibly take. My sister raves about her Publix and I think it's the only place they grocery shop when they are in FL. I avoid Walmart's. I went in the local one once because someone gave me a gift card. It was cramped and dirty, and I never went back. I did go to the one in Marquette once because I needed to shop early morning and it was the only thing open. It was the opposite of any Walmart I'd ever seen pics of, and was spacious and clean. Now I'd just go to the Meijer that opened since.

Judy great workouts! How do those of you who have more options than just Cathe's DVD's decide what to do. I'd be like a kid in the candy store with too many options to make a decision.

Carolyn great workout yesterday. I shopped Thursday, too. I like to shop early and drive 35 minutes to get there, so I always take shopping day as my rest day.

Valerie that sounds like one tough ride you did yesterday. I have been lucky to not have many issues with credit cards. Other than the one connected to my checking account, that I'm really careful where I'll use it, I just have an Amazon rewards card through Chase and they have been on top of everything. A few years ago someone tried to use the card down by Detroit at a gas station. I was at work and got a text from Chase with an alert of it happening and in a 5 minute conversation they had my old card cancelled a new one on the way. I've gone to buying fuel cards at the gas station I use so I don't have to pay at the pump with my credit card. I also had my joint card with DH messed with once, and I was much less impressed with all the hoops I had to jump through when that happened. So many people getting hacked at once when they didn't eat or stay in the same places sounds like someone had one of those devices than can grab card info from a distance and did it when you were all together.

Diane Sue good luck your grandson sounds a lot like my youngest with his helping. My scrapbooks are stuck at when Derek was around 4-5 because he wanted to "help" and I gave up. Then things accumulated and there it all sits. Those are great workouts you've been getting in this week! My next week needs to look more like that!
 
Good morning,

All is okay here. Thank you for the concern. I have not been on my computer much at all this week. I have only scanned the posts from last week. It looks like everyone has been doing great with workouts. I only did 3 this week, so not really good in that area. I have been training the dogs outdoors, which is more complicated. I have to get all the equipment outside, set up etc. It is so much nicer outside, when it's not 90 degrees of course.

Cathy, sorry about your sleep issues. I used to take Benadryl when I was working and had problems sleeping. I try not to take it too much though. I would like to be more of a minimalist, but my husband is not. He keeps everything, and mostly just piles his stuff in heaps in places like the basement, attic, parts of the living room etc. 35 years, and I don't think I am going to change anything at this point.

Valerie, farm stands are wonderful! We have large community market places where farmers and others come to display and sell their products. Your hiking dilemma with lots of people showing up sounds a lot like John's with fishing. He gets really upset when one of the fishing buddies posts pictures of a great place he found to fish on FB or other internet places. He feels that this will draw people there and ruin it.

Judy, great job on the workouts!

Diane Sue, that's too bad about the sound issue you were having. What do you use to stream KCM? John also has a book that Amazon said he bought but he did not. They will not do anything about it, and keep telling him he owes $5.99 for it. When he tries to download a free book, they will not let him, still waiting for the $5.99. I don't know how parents are handling the school issue. Most districts here are going to be 100% virtual for the first couple of months. I feel bad for the parents that work full time.

Carolyn, nice job on the workouts. I also used to do workouts at 4:30 when I was working.....NOT anymore...LOL. We must have retired about the same time. Its been 5 years for me too.

Lori, glad you made it safely and are enjoying your new location. Not so good about the moving truck not getting there on time!

Take care,
 
So my plan is to do one part per day. A short cardio first, then one area, then a long stretch. Today I did the Step Only Tabata from To The Max, chest and the Stretching on the Ball #1 from Total Stretching. I'd forgotten my husband has all that series. The DVD is weird with 2 DVD's, but the pic for the stretching one is on the back side of the DVD, so it's easy to forget it's there. I'll add abs 2-3 days a week and probably skip cardio on the days I go to the zoo, since I know I'll get in plenty there.

Deb training the dogs outside sounds like fun. I drive by a house with an outdoor course set up. I'm afraid dog training was never my forte. Hence our dogs didn't know much beyond the basics. They were very trainable, but their humans weren't.
 
This morning I did KCM Cardio Quick Fix, workout one, for 25 minutes and 198 calories burned. My average heart rate was 135 and maximum heart rate was 156. Then I did Jane Adams Gentle Yoga Core Strength and Flexibility practice. That was 34 minutes and 60 calories.

Lori, that’s awful with the moving van delay. They should have at least given you an idea that they might experience delays, then you could have planned differently. I’m sorry that it happened that way.

Judy, great workouts this week. I had a dental appointment in June. I wasn’t happy about going, but it worked out well.

Cathy, there are days when I want to do something different from what I had planned. I usually follow Cathe’s monthly rotation, but I often substitute another workout when I need a change. Today was one of those days.

Deb, I’m so glad to hear from you. I was beginning to worry. I didn’t realize that we both retired five years ago.

Valerie, that was quite a ride yesterday. Great job!

Hello to Diane Sue. Have a great day everyone.
 
cathy cut yourself some slack! I call any day I get a workout in a "win" . I'm not a huge planner other than to "do something" most days, and that works for me. I do better with a relaxed approach and take advantage of nice weather. our priority is outdoor over indoo,r and that is not always predictable. this week was all outdoor. two road bikes, two mt bikes and one hike. good weather is continuing so next week will be similar. labor day weekend is always an unpleasant outdoor jam up. I hate "crowded" and would rather stay home. pat yourself on the back for doing something every day even if it wasn't pre planned.

Deb I go into an absolute rage when some moron (who should know better) sends in a trip report on a less well known area. we have been reduced to only a few hikes that are fun because of mobs of unruly people. this whole area has turned into a nightmare. hundreds of people and cars all show up in places that can't handle that kind of assault. so John is 100% right. most of the places we hiked have been ruined. I'm furious this morning because a hike we did a week ago just got posted and that will probably result in crowds there soon. it is not a huge area and cant support hundreds of hikers.

Lori that is the pits! yes, do a serious shopping trip and get what you need. since you are working already I imagine most of your work clothes were in the moving van.

I'm not worried about the dental appt. professional people like medical and dental offices have it under control. its the nitwits resisting masks are the problem. nobody likes them ( those people or masks) but we should be responsible adults and do our part, and wear one.
 
Today I did a late workout. I ordered groceries from Whole Foods and had to wait for them to arrive. Just realized I did not get chips for my husbands lunch that I had ordered. Now I have to think up something else. I was going to go to Dollar General tomorrow. This is really irritating, because the idea was that I would not necessarily have to go to the store on the weekend if I did not want to. My allergies are bad and I just did not want to deal with it.
I did Kelly Coffey Super Sculpt using two premixes since I like to check those out. First I did the Drills and Jumps mix which was the light weight sculpting drills with 3 # dumbbells, followed broken up by the first jump combos facing the step and then after more sculpting drills then straddle jump section. Somewhere in there I started with 2 risers and increased to 3. I then did the Quick Fix #3 which was the drills again followed by a step combo using two risers, 18 minutes, heart rate 130/165, 93 calories, 1,383 steps. I think there is a few of the moves missing in Quick Fix 3 as I have down in my notes that the moves minus the step is 18 minutes. Total workout time was 50 minutes, 258 calories, 3,981 steps.
 
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