Strength in Numbers

Janie Oh my goodness Janie, I am so so sorry to hear about the loss of your nephew. Big {{{{{HUGS}}}} to you and your sister. I often wonder why some people just get handed so many hardships in their lives. It makes me so thankful but always makes me feel a bit guilty for how lucky I have been with my life and good health. Praying for some calmness and peace for your sister. :(

Cheryl I don't have any urge to play golf either, but it looks like I will be dragged out there at some point. :rolleyes: I really wish there was an easier way to get the mats out too. We bought some spray that is supposed to help, but it doesn't! Yes, i think that after all of the incidents in amphitheaters they need to play it safe when there are storms. We were at one a few years ago where there was a really bad storm and part of the roof of the stage blew off and several people were hurt. Needless to say that show was cancelled.
Great job on your consultation with your instructor. It sounds like you are going to be an awesome PT! I didn't watch the opening ceremonies, I rarely do :rolleyes::confused: I heard mixed things about them, but I think the Beijing opening ceremony was hard to follow. I hear that the queen stole the show though. That is so cool! Congratulations on your CPR, AED and Emergency first aid certification. What is AED anyway?? Great job on yoga and riding your bike there. Don't you just hate how fast vacation time goes by?! :(

Eunice I know it's silly for me to feel like I had to do the tabata that I skipped on Friday, but I always feel like I failed if I skip something. I never used to do premixes because I felt like that was cheating, but I'm over that now :D Oh no, saying you have massive arms is a good thing, they are strong and muscular. My DH always tells me I have massive legs and is always quick to clarify that that is a compliment! Good for you sucking it up and doing your workout despite having a bad sleep. Isn't it funny that that is what you worry about when you aren't sleeping - whether or not you are going to be able to do your workout!
They couldn't really put up a sign saying that the show was going to start eventually, because they really didn't know if it would. It was all dependent on the weather. I did hear that it started at 9:45, but we were so tired I think we made the right choice to go home. I guess it was a good show though!
Great job on disc 28 and not having to drop your weight. Great job on clean max too!

Yesterday was my rest day. I went and did the grocery shopping and it was so nice outside so I came home and cut the grass and then sprayed the weeds. After that I worked on a project to make a mat out of corks. I saw it on facebook so decided to try it. It was so hard trying to cut through the corks, I thought it was going to take me forever! DH came home while I was doing it and made a little thing to put them in so that he could cut them with his saw. So he cut all the corks for me and now I have the mat all laid out, I just have to glue them down. I am going to use it as a door mat at our side door instead of a bath mat though. Then last night I made home made pasta for dinner. Yum, I ate too much though! This morning was Body Max 2. I didn't have time to do the whole thing this morning so I hope I remember to do the upper body tonight. I did the step, power circuits and abs. have a good Monday ladies, Janie, i will be thinking about you and your sister.

Pam
 
Yesterday I started a strength rotation that is based off of this Muscle & Strength workout. I varied the workout a little by doing Chest & Back together and then adding on Core Max 1 on Sunday. This morning I did Quads and Calves. I am really trying to increase my strength so I am hoping this does the trick. I can say that my arms feel so heavy today and my chest is sore plus my legs are now feeling heavy too. Actually, now that I think about it my abs are a little sore too and I am just feeling really tired right now. Too bad napping at work isn’t allowed.

Pam Great job on STS TB plus adding in the plyo tabata from CF! You are too funny adding it on because you felt like you cheated by not doing it the day before. Well that’s a bummer about the concert. I’m glad you guys still had a good night out though. That is a neat idea to make a mat out of corks. You’ll have to take a picture of it when it is done. MMMM! Homemade pasta sounds yummy! I would probably eat too much too. Pasta and bread is my weakness. Great job on the 1st half of BM2!

Janie {{{{{HUGS}}}}} I’m so sorry for you and your family’s loss. It is sad to see someone we love go through so many hardships. Please know that I will be praying for you and your sister to get through this difficult time.

Cheryl Looks like you had a busy weekend with your PT course and then the first aid course. I bet you are glad to get the first aid certification out of the way. Now just a few more PT classes and the your exam and your all done. Doesn’t it stink that vacations go by so fast. I wish time slowed down for that time (and sped up during work time). I’m glad I took Saturday to rest up and get over my allergies acting up.

Eunice So sorry you couldn’t sleep last night. I hate those sleepless nights. I hope you sleep better tonight. Great job on disc 28 and Mop Max! Cleaning definitely is a workout—not a fun workout but still a workout. I did get DOMS on the very last squat rack DVD but I think that was because I used a closer stance on the front squats than in the first 3 DVDs because I only had inner thigh DOMS not whole thigh DOMS.

Have a great day!
 
Eunice Sorry that you didn't get a good nights sleep. I hate those nights when you wake up and can't get back to sleep. Good job on disc 28 and all of your cleaning.

Pam I found the opening ceremonies to be a bit long and confusing as well. I really liked Vancouver's opening ceremonies but I could be a bit biased on that :rolleyes:. AED stands for automated external defibulator. So what it does is give a shock to the heart to try to start it up again. Most arenas and gyms should have them now. Interesting to have a mat made out of corks. You will need to take a picture of it. Good job on BM2, did you remember to do the upper body work when you got home?

Julie The strength rotation looks good. Let us know if you notice any difference after you have done it for a while. Though it sounds like you are feeling it right now.

This morning it was Crossfire. Did I say yesterday that I thought it was an easier workout.......What was I thinking LOL. Man I was done at the end of it.

Have a great day everyone.

Cheryl
 
PamI don't think its to bad that of doing something that you couldn't finish because of you feeling bad, I actually do too, sometimes I do repeat the dvd, what ever part I did miss and do it one more time:D so I guess we are about the same. Well, DH is weird that way so yes he like my muscular muscles:p Good for your DH that he is quick to clarify that it is a complement if not he would be in a big trouble. Always worry about not being able to finish a workout we are silly!!! I guess that's right it was all about the weather. Oh boy, 9:45 that is my bed time!! Good job taking a day off of course all the job that you did was more like a big workout. OMG!! home made pasta sound good, but a lot of work, isn't? today we had individual chicken pie, DH helped me I cooked the chicken and he did the dough and rolled them all, that is ones of the NOT to many foods that he helps... hahahhaah!! Oh I saw that you are making a mat out of the corks, I saw once a lady that had one of those thingies where to pin pictures made out of corks, I think that is a good idea.

Julie Julie! you are really good, I think you need to take a PT course, you would be so good at that. I haven't check the website but I will take a pick latter. Nice job !! Good job doing quads and calves, what dvd is this one? or did you just pick the moves and do them your self? You are one big little mess today!! sore every where good for you.:D:p I would love me some of that! I'm usually pretty good sleeping DH always make fun of me because he said that one my head touches the pillow I'm gone, that's good! If you don't mind could you share how heavy you went? that would give me a hint for me.;)

Cheryl Oh, last night I slept like a baby!!:D Good job doing Cross Fire, hahahaha that's what I was thinking too, that it was easy but then it turned really hard.

Today I wasn't sure what to do so I grabbed Step Moves but when I went to the garage I saw the Hiit's dvd so I decided to do 40/20 but then I was pump so went ahead and did step moves too.
We almost spend the $3750.00 to take Sam with us, but we did some search and it looks like we can do it ourselves and save more than $2000.00 DH told Brandy that if she would do all the job of looking at the airlines, calling, and finding out what is what we need and we save a lot of money he would give her some of that money, so that was enough of a motivation and it looks like we can do that, so lets see how it goes and hopefully we don't have to spend that much money.
P.S. did you guys saw some of the pictures of the Road trip? did you guys saw Cathe's nice legs? oh boy, she is looking so good!!!

Have a great day every one!!!
 
Julie Great job on your new strength rotation. I'll be interested in seeing your results. It sounds like you worked yourself good! That is one thing when you start a heavy lifting program it makes you so tired! I awlays though that they should have nap rooms at work. I think that people would be more productive if they could go take a quick nap instead of trying to slog through. I will take a picture of my cork mat when it is done. Right now it is sitting on my kitchen counter ready to be glued, but we need to get some glue sticks. I LOVE homemade pasta, but I can't make it too often or I would be overeating all the time ;)

Cheryl Ah ok, I think it is great that arenas and gyms have those AED now. That is a great thing to be able to use! I will definitely take a picture of my mat. Actually I could probably take a picture of it now since it is all laid out. Now I'm dreaming up other things that I can do with corks :rolleyes: I did remember to do the upper body work when I got home, barely! My DH said he was going to have a beer so I said I'd have a glass of wine. I got the glass out and then remembered that I need to do my weights, so the wine had to wait.
Great job on Crossfire. I'm glad to hear you say it was hard, I was wondering what was wrong with me when I saw the comments about it being easy!
Were you a pile of goo? :p

Eunice Yes, I seem to recall you adding extra sets of pushups or other things at the end of workouts if you don't finish the whole set during hte workout. I think we are all a bit that way - crazy! :p Yep, 9:45 is almost my bedtime too so I don't know if I could've made it for the whole show if we had stayed. Homemade pasta is not too hard to make. The dough is just flour, egg yolks, whole eggs and a little olive oil. It takes me less than 5 minutes to put the dough together. The longest is the pressing and cutting the dough, but I have a pasta attachment for my kitchenaid mixer so it makes it pretty easy. It is just SO much better than the boxed stuff. Oh I love homemade chicken pot pie. That is such a great comfort food. That is a good one to get DH to help with because it is a lot of work.
Wow, great job doing both 40/20 and Step Moves!! You must have been pumped. That will be great if you can save $2000 bringing Sam home, $3750 just seems like a crazy amount of money! Great motivation for Brandy too! I hope that works out for you.
I have not looked at any of the road trip pictures yet, I will have to check them out.

Janie Thinking about you and your family.....

Today for me was Imax 3. I haven't done that one all the way through many times, I have done the parts of it that are in HCE a lot so it was kind've fun to do the whole workout. I'm really tired today, I think I need to go to bed early tonight! Have a great day ladies!

Pam
 
Oh boy! I have calf and quad DOMS so loud I’m surprised you guys haven’t heard them! I got up halfway through the night to go to the bathroom and with just the first move I made, I thought man I’m in trouble. I still managed to get up and do Circuit Blast this morning. That helped my DOMS go away for a very short time. Then after my hour commute into work, when I got up to get out of the car, they were back with a vengence. Definitely failing the toilet test today. :D

Cheryl Great job on CF! I like that one the best out of the two new ones. Of course, I have only done each of the new ones once so I maybe I just had a good day when I did CF. I like pieces of TTM but the day I did it I was wiped out from it so I am thinking I will get more use out of the premixes than the whole workout. So far I am liking the strength rotation. We’ll see how I feel by the end of the first week though. :confused:

Eunice Wow! You go doing 40/20 and Step Moves! Once I am done with 40/20, I am done. You might be able to get me to do abs but that is it! That would be so awesome if you guys could save that money. More money to put towards Cathe and fitness gear! ;) I hope everything works out for you. All of the strength work I am doing comes from that 5 Day Power Muscle Burn workout that I linked to. So I am not following any of Cathe’s DVDs for weights. I am only doing one day of cardio which will be Cathe and any ab work I do will be Cathe too. Yesterday my workout was: Squats 4 sets of 6 reps at 110 pounds, Front Squats 3 sets of 10 reps at 75 pounds, Leg Press (Cathe’s version not the machine) 3 sets of 10 reps at 55 pounds, and Leg Extensions (using a machine) 1 set of 40 reps at 25 pounds, then I did 2 sets of 60 reps of calf raises using 20 pound dumbbells. I haven’t looked at any of the road trip pictures yet but will try to do that today.

Pam Great job on putting that wine glass down and doing BM2 upper body weights instead. That took some crazy willpower to do that. Also, great job on Imax 3 this morning. Sounds like you could use that nap room today. I tell people at work we should have a :30 siesta every afternoon to recharge. No one has listened to me though. :( I’m interested in seeing what this rotation does to me too. I’m thinking this first week is going to be tough because as you said starting a heavy lifting program is very tiring especially in the beginning. I have only tried making homemade pasta once. I made butternut squash ravioli. It was really good but just took a long time for me to make. I definitely cannot make pasta or I would be eating it all by myself.

Have a great day!
 
Thank you for all the prayers, hugs and support.

Today I did Step Fit. Forgot how wonderful this workout is. Loved every 71 min. of it. Needed to use up some energy and sweat. Will get back to STS starting again tomorrow. Burned about 640 calories. Whew! Memorial Services for my nephew is on Sat.

Eunice, Great job on 40/20 and SM. Wow, good for you! So glad you are looking to saving money bringing Sam back to the states. Loved watching the video streaming on the workouts. Cathe looks awesome.

Pam, Great job on Imax3 and good for you for getting through all of it.

Cheryl, Great job on CF. I know how hard it is. You did really well.

Julie, I thought I heard some DOM moans from someone. LOL:D. Good job on that. Great job on today's CB. Wonderful to see you are failing the toilet test. Yea!

Take care everyone,

Janie
 
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Eunice Wow you did a double header. Good job on Hiit 40/20 and Step Moves. Nice incentive for Brandy to find a less costly way to take Sam back with you. I haven't looked at the road trip pictures yet but it sounds like everyone had a really good time.

Pam You had good willpower to put down the glass of wine and do your upper body work first. Well I never thought CF was easy just easier than TTM. But after doing it yesterday I had to say to myself "What was I thinking!!!!" Oh yes I was a pile of goo afterwards :p. Good job on Imax 3, I think that is the toughest of the Imaxs.

Julie So that was what that loud noise was early this morning :p. So are are your DOMS now. Way to go with Circuit Blast with your LOUD DOMS. With the new workouts it is nice that there are some short premixes so you can tack it on to another workout instead of doing the whole thing.

Janie When you are feeling stressed and upset sometimes a good workout is what you need. I will be thinking of you on Saturday for your nephew's memorial service. I was looking at your weight loss ribbon at the bottom of your post. Are you just 3 pounds away from your goal!!! That is awesome.

This morning I didn't have the energy to do my workout so I had to wait till this afternoon to do it. I did HC Back, Shoulders and Biceps, I think it was better to wait so I could lift heavier than I would have first thing this morning. I had to leave at 9am to go give my instructor her session. I threw in a few Cathe moves like the jacks with the band and the squat jacks :D. It was a combination of weights and cardio and she was sweating pretty good at the end. She told me that it was an awesome workout and that she really enjoyed it though she did hate me a bit right then because she was pooped. She was very glad that she didn't have another student that morning and she told me that not all students make her sweat. So now I am doing that same type of workout for her on Friday but I am changing things up a bit.....ummmm I haven't had her do burpees yet :eek:.

Have a great day.

Cheryl
 
Here is a photo of one of my Zentangles I promised. I'm still working on the others. Photos of me and my new weight and muscles will come later too.

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Cheryl, I agree about working out when you are stressed. I'm feeling much better now. Yep, 3 pounds to go, but it's taking so long. It seems I've been at this weight forever. I may not get any further, but we'll see. I like it here though, so it's a win win situation.

Great job on HC back, shoulders and biceps. I think your choice on waiting to do the exercises was a good one. Good for you for making your instructor sweat. So glad she enjoyed it and thought that it was awesome. OMG, burpees will kill her!:D

Take care instructor lady to be.

Janie
 
Julie OMG girl, what are you doing to yourself? I wondered what that was that woke me up the other night, now I know! It was your DOMS screaming! Great job doing Circuit Blast despite the pain, you are amazing!
There have been a few times (not recently, but several years ago) that I have been at work and just too tired to function when I actually went home and took a nap. It makes all the difference in the world.

Janie Oh yes, a nice tough workout is a great way to work off stress! Good for you with Step Fit, it sounds like you made a perfect choice of a very fun workout and you got rid of all of those calories too! Oh boy, Saturday will be a very tough day for you. Hang in there. I love your zentangle. Is this one that was inspired by things you saw at the beach? When I looked at it I thought of those life rings that you see on ships......

Cheryl I am not sure where that willpower came from the other night, but it helped knowing that I only had 20 minutes or weight work to do! OK, I'm feeling a little better now about thinking CF was so hard! Great job on HC back, shoulders and biceps! It sounds like you did a great job on your instructors workout too, great job. Can you use the discs with her? I think those straddle push ups on the discs would be nice to throw in :p:D

This morning I had muscle max on the calendar, but I woke up at 2:30 with and upset stomach and couldn't get back to sleep so I skipped it and may try to do it tonight if I'm not too tired. Otherwise I will just take today as my day off. Have a great day everyone.

Pam
 
This morning I worked my Back and Triceps doing barbell rows, close grip bench press, 1-arm horizontal row, lying triceps extension, pullovers, 2-arm overhead triceps extension, 2-arm dumbbell row, and 2-arm kickbacks. My calves are still screaming at me. I am walking funny too. I tried foam rolling last night and today and will try again tonight so we’ll see if things get any better by tomorrow. If not, I’ll have to lighten up on the number of calf raises or weight next time.

Janie Great job on Step Fit! That one is a good one to do. If I remember, that one has the Macarena cool down which I love to do. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers for Saturday. Love the Zentangle. I really like the blue coloring in it but then again blue is my favorite color. I can’t wait to see your muscle pic.

Cheryl Good job saving that weight work until the afternoon. I love that you are making your teacher sweat and give you the evil eye! If you want to do something other than regular burpees, Cathe has one style in Circuit Blast where you jump over the step platform (no risers), turn, do a squat thrust into a pushup, then jump over the step again and repeat. Although regular burpees are quite tiring by themselves. I think I may have over done it with the calf raises on Monday because they are still very mad at me. My quads are feeling better but not 100% yet.

Pam Go for a full rest day. Sounds like you need it after last night. I hope your stomach is feeling better now and you can get better sleep tonight. I hope it wasn’t my calf DOMS screaming again last night that kept you awake. When I get calf DOMS, I get them bad. It is weird how DOMS affects people differently. I very rarely get shoulder DOMS but my calf DOMS last for days and are so hard to get rid of.

Have a great day!
 
Janie Your zentangle is really cool. I love the colors in it. The closer you get to your goal weight the hard it seems to get. Don't worry you will get there, I know you will. I am looking forward to giving her some burpees to do (evil laugh here) she will really hate me then.

Pam The floor in the gym is rubber so the discs won't work :(. I was thinking of those straddle pushups too and how I could get her working really hard with those. I agree with Julie that this should be your rest day. It would be hard enough getting through a whole day at work without having to try to get a workout in too.

Julie Wow that was some workout you did today. Good for you, so how are your DOMS today? Have you tried stretching your calves again to get some of the ouch out of them? I forgot about the burpees Cathe does in Circut Blast. I don't think the gym that I am going to has a step platform though. At least I haven't seen one there. I will have to check on Friday.

This morning I did STS disc 26 Plyo Legs and the No Equipment Abs. It has been a long time since I had done that ab workout. After that I was off to Costco and then I took my neighbour to the mall so she could get a dress at H&M. She liked one that I had bought from there so she wanted one like it.

Have a great day everyone.

Cheryl
 
Tonight was disc 20, only I didn't have the disc here, it's back at the beach house. But, believe you me, I worked all areas of the legs until I just couldn't do anymore and then some more. I'm saying I did disc 20, but I didn't, (I put it into the workout blender) it is the same equivalent as if I did. Used the Marcy machine too to get really down and dirty on those hamstrings and quads. Also did lunges with a twist using a band, side leg raises and squats with heavy weight. Also plie (for inner thighs) and calf work with weight. I'm already feeling DOM's (especially when I get up from sitting), at least I think I am even when I don't normally get them. I'll tell ya tomorrow for sure. All my STS workouts are at the Beach House.:( Will improvise when needed though.

Thank you for all your support at this sad time.

Pam, The zentangle I did was before the photos on the beach. I'll do that one next. I have lots of inspiration from the beach. That's what is so cool about zentangles, everyone sees something different in them. It's fun listening to people explaining what they see. Oh no, so sorry about having an upset stomach. Hope you feel better soon and can get a workout in tomorrow. Rest soundly tonight.

Julie, Great job on all the exercise you did for back and triceps. Read some where, using the roller until number 1 is less hurtful to 10 as being very painful. It should be on the scale of 8 I think. It hurts so good if you know what I mean. I think even a 6 is very beneficial. I bet you will feel the difference tomorrow. Yes it was fun in SF doing the Macarens cool down. I loved the whole thing, one of my favorites.

Cheryl, Great job on disc 26 plyo legs and no equip, abs. Glad to see you out and about and not studying all the time. :)

Have a good evening everyone,

Janie
 
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PamI have one of the kitchen aid mixers I should look into getting some of the attachments. The good thing, "I Think" about the chicken pot pie is that I only have it once we usually have leftovers but I try not to eat any more.
Good job doing Imax3 I haven't done that one in a very long, long, long time. Oh Pam, I hope you are feeling better soon.

JulieWow!! you are amazing strong now I know why I don't get leg DOMS, because I don't go full force like you do. So that's why I couldn't sleep the other night, your DOMS kept me awake!!:D:p Good job doing Circuit blast after killing your legs!! Oh, come on step moves is an easy, dancy, step routine nothing of high impact so it was ok. Thanks for giving me those numbers now I have a goal.

JanieWelcome back! doing step fit is a good workout, I'm glad that you can concentrate. Also good job doing legs, I'm sure that you remember how to make those leg talk... I like your picture too. I can't wait to see yur new pictures.

CherylYes I did, I was on a road trip mood, you know working out with cathe in the RT is not only once per day is 3 times, so I wanted to do something like that!!! JK Good job doing HC BAck/shoulders/biceps, how cool is that you got your instructor to hate you a little bit I'm sure no one ever had giver that kind of workouts, that is so cool... I like your plan for next session burpess you should do some of the burpee angels move the one Pam was talking about from intensity. Also good job doing sts legs 26 plyo. and abs no equipment.

Yesterday I did legs disc 38 DH helped to give me the barbell, he was commenting on the guys, he say "you have better form than them they don't go all the way down" I was happy to heard that he is always checking my form when I do squats. So I'm a little sore NOT to too bad, but I know I did worked them out:p:D
Today I did disc 30 shoulders/biceps/triceps I used the same way I used last week but today I was feeling weak.. I was hatting incline curls last time I did used my 20's and I was fine, and today I was hopping that there were only 2 sets.:confused: so I'm sooooo soooo tired!
We have the day to coming back we are coming back the Sep/30/ at 6:45am :( :) two faces now!!
Have a good night everyone!!!!
 
Julie Wow, great job on your back and triceps workout. It sounds like you are killing it. Sorry to hear that your calves are still screamin. My calves seem to get DOMS especially hard too, but they don't usually last that long. It sounds like it will be a good idea for you to back off on them a little next time! I ended up feeling good the rest of the day so i don't know what was going on during the night. I did end up doing Muscle max after I got home last night since I was feeling good.

Cheryl That's too bad that the discs won't work on the gym. Hmmm...I was wondering if they would work with the covers on them, but I'm not sure that would even work on rubber. Maybe you could have her do those dragging zombie pushups :D Those are killers too! Well I didn't take your advice and make yesterday a rest day. I was feeling good all day so I did MM when I got home. I didn't ignore your advice though, I just didn't read it until this morning! ;)
great job on disc 26 and NE Abs. I bet you will have ab DOMS today! That's funny that your neighbor went to get the same dress that you have. You could wear them together! ;)

Janie Great job on your build your own disc 20 workout! It sounds like you did an even tougher workout than the actual disc! That's a bummer that all of our STS discs are at the beach house. It sounds like you need 2 sets! I would think that would be a legitimate reason to burn a copy so tha tou could have them at each place.....
That's funny, I was so sure that zentagle was a beach theme, I even saw seashells and a fishing net in it! I am feeling a lot better thanks, and felt good all day yesterday too so it was just one of those things.

Eunice Oh yes, you should look at some of the Kitchenaid attachments. I also have the ice cream maker attachment and it is really nice. I keep it in the freezer all the time so I can have homemade ice cream made in 15-20 minutes. I'm also thinking about getting the meat grinder attachment because i have been reading a lot about grinding your own meat and how much better it is. DH thinks I'm a little crazy for that one....I agree that chicken pot pie is a once in awhile treat, but oh it is sooooo good. Thanks for your concern, I am feeling good again!
Great job on disc 38, it's nice that your DH helped you with the barbell and was so complementary on your form. I think the guys in the videos often have bad form, it surprises me. That and those little teeny dumbbells that they use sometimes :rolleyes::confused:
Great job on disc 30 too, sorry you were feeling weak but sounds like you did a good job getting though it anyway. Wow, you have your flight booked, it must really be starting to feel real now.....:(:)

So as i said, I was feeling good the rest of the day yesterday so I went ahead and did mm when I got home. It was feeling pretty good at the beginning, but by the end I was ready for it to be over! I was getting really hungry so that didn't help! This morning was intensity again! This is one crazy rotation, she has a lot of double up days in it, but for the most part I haven't been doing that. Last saturday i was supposed to do both STS Total body and MMA kickbox, but I just did STSTB. This saturday is supposed to be MM and MMA Boxing, but I will probably only do MM. Next week I noticed I have Imax, CCC and 40/20! The week after I have both Intensity and CCC. yikes! I hope I survive. have a great day ladies!

Pam
 
This morning I woke up and my calves were only whining at me. No more screaming! Yea! I did do shoulder work today with heavy overhead press, moderately-heavy side-leaning lateral raise and rear delt raise, and light overhead press and front raise with a rear delt squeeze. Then I did the Firewalker tabata premix from CrossFire.

Cheryl Great job on disc 26! Plus NE Abs! I forgot to do foam rolling last night but I did a lot of stretching and hand massaging. I think that really helped, maybe more than the foam roller. We don’t have a Costco or an H&M but I have seen ads for H&M and thought their clothes look cute and our reasonably priced.

Janie Great job on disc 20 and all the extras! I love that with STS you can really just look at the workout card and follow along if you don’t have the DVD. Meso 1 is a little harder to do that with because of the partial reps but Meso 2 and 3 can pretty much be done from the cards. I’ll be interested to see if you got the DOMS you are hoping for!

Eunice Great job on disc 38 and 30! Yep I noticed the guys don’t go very deep in their squats either. I always put the high step behind me with 4 risers. If my butt doesn’t hit the high step, I know I didn’t go deep enough. I bet you were so tired from really upping that weight in squat rack legs—it can take a lot out of you. I have always had very strong legs but my upper body is weak, weak, weak. From some of the weights you have been putting up, you kill me on upper body. September 30 will come before you know it. It will be sad to leave this life behind but you will have so many things to look forward to.

Pam Great job on doing MM! You are amazing doing that after such a bad night but if you were feeling good, I don’t blame you for wanting to get it in. Great job on getting Intensity in this morning! Intensity twice in one week is insane but Intensity, CCC, and 40/20 is doubly insane! Cathe must have been high (on endorphins) when she put that together. I can’t usually double up on workouts either. I used to do morning cardio and evening STS weights but it just got to be exhausting and I decided I didn’t want to spend my life in my workout room despite how pleasant Cathe is.

Have a great day!
 
JulieI'm glad to hear that your calves are down to only whining. Maybe today they will be loving you again! Great jobon shoulder work and the FWT premix from CF! I didn't look far enough ahead in the rotation yesterday. The week AFTER next I get to do Intensity, Imax2 and CCC. I think you were right that Cathe was high on something ;) when she put this rotation together!

Last night I was exhausted. DH had a work dinner to go to and when he got home I was sound asleep on the couch. I finally got a good nights sleep though, the first one this week. That was a good thing because this morning I had Body Max on the calendar. I had to get up a little early to get the whole thing in but it was fun. I love that workout. I hope everyone is doing well!

Pam
 
This morning I worked Hamstrings & Glutes with Deadlifts (like the ones in STS TB called Power Barbell Deadlifts), Stiff-Legged Deadlifts, 1-Legged Elevated Lunges, Lying Leg Curls, Weighted Glute Bridges, Glute Kickbacks using the Leg Curl Machine, and DB Pullthroughs. I was a sweaty, tired mess when I was done.

Pam Wow! Great job on doing all of BM this morning! So glad you got a good night’s sleep. My calves do seem to love me a little more each day. I promised them that I would be nice to them the next time I did calf raises. Oh boy, that rotation sounds really tough. I bet you will be in tip-top shape when you are done though!

Janie If I don’t post over the weekend, you will be in my thoughts tomorrow.

Have a great day!
 
Yesterday was a hiit on the spinning bike for about a half hour. Today was back and biceps. Used the Marcy Machine, weight, bands, stability ball and did exercises for the back and biceps. Oh, yesterday I had very little if any DOM's from that heavy leg workout. Today none. I just don't get them. Later will take Rolly out for a nice walk in the forest.

Eunice, Great job on disc 38, legs. So glad to see you are using a spotter. Wow, better form, that just means Cathe's instructions are tops. And you are awesome! Great job on today's disc 30 shoulders, biceps and triceps. Yea! I bet you are looking forward to coming back in Sep. yes, and will miss where you've been.

Pam, I'm so glad you are felling better. First thing I'll do is have Joey make me copies of all of Cathe's workouts to use at the beach house. I'm lost without them somewhat. Just glad I know how to exercises for the muscles I need to work. Great job on MM and this mornings Intensity. Wow! What rotation is that again? I think I'd like to do that one after my rotation is over. I'm so ready to double load for a short time.

Julie, Great job on shoulders today and the FW tabata prem. fro CF. Yes! I agree the workout cards are cool to have. Sometimes though I forget the names of the exercises and then would have to get on the computer to remind me of them. So instead of stopping going to the computer and missing time, I just did them on my own.:rolleyes: No DOM's. :(

Pam, So nice to hear that you got a good nights rest. Great job on BM, that one is fun I have to agree.

Julie, Great job on Hamstrings and Glutes. I'm so very impressed how hard you are working. That's the way to do it!

Take care all,

Janie
 
Janie Good job on doing disc 20 but not really :D. You did a really good job with your improvised leg workout. Way to go on your Hiit spinning workout and your back and biceps. I will be thinking of you tomorrow.

Eunice I tried the burpees on my instructor today and she she nope that is one exercise that I will not do. Bummer but I had her then do mountain climbers with a BOSU so she had to balance more. Good job on disc 38 legs and disc 30 shoulders/biceps/triceps. Nice comment from your DH on your form. So exciting that you have an offical date on when you are coming back.

Pam I don't think the disks will work with the covers on them either. To bad because I was thinking I would like to have her do those dragging zombie pushups. I don't think we will be wearing the dress at the same time I hate matchy matchy :p. Nice that you enough energy when you got home to do MM. I find it too hard to do two workouts in one day. When I did that rotation I just picked one of them to do. Glad that you got a good nights sleep and had the energy to do BM2.

Julie Good job on your shoulder workout and the firewalker tabata premix. I like H&Ms clothes and can wear some of it. Most of it is too young for me now but they are really cute. Good job on your leg workout this morning.

Yesterday I did Step Moves, it was suppose to be TTM but I didn't have the energy for that type of workout. Today was to be Chest and Triceps but I couldn't get it done before I left for class and then I just forgot about it :eek: oops. I will see about doing it tomorrow instead. So I took my instructor through another workout, she was impressed and now for my last class she wants me to train both her and the other instructor :eek::eek:. Now I have to come up with a circut type workout so both of them can be working out at the same time. I was going to include some partner abs so I am going to look at Cathe's Partner med ball DVD to get some ideas. I am feeling a wee bit stressed right now.

Have a great day everyone.

Cheryl
 
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