Strength in Numbers

Happy weekend ladies! It's off to a good start. Monkey gave us an 11 hour stretch of sleep last night (too bad he was in bed at 5:45 as he only had one nap, but hey - I'll take it!). Up for the day at 5:00 but he was in a great mood. He fought breakfast but did end up eating it which is an improvement. He's down for a nap and I just finished FIRM Aerobic Body Shaping. Hopefully I'll be able to grab a quick shower before Aiden wakes up. Then it's groceries and heading up to Party City to check out the stuff for Aiden's first birthday party - it seem so crazy to be planning? It's gone by so fast! Other than that, just putzing around the apt today, doing laundry. Hope you have an amazing Saturday!
 
Pam Commuting is bad enough without having to deal with an accident. My legs are feeling better but it did take a couple of days before I was back to normal. Good job on your Mindy Mylrea step workout. Work days always go slower than vacations days. I wish it was the other way around. Good job on Crossfire + core and working on getting your 1RM done.

Julie Lucky you to have your XTrain. Good job on Ride and doing the hover jumps even though you hate them. Nice that you got to sleep in later. Way to go on Cycle Max and being able to get back into doing high impact although slowly at first.

Janie I am so happy for you and Joey that they got all the cancer. That has to be such a relief and a great start to 2013. I love your picture of Monique, you are so talented.

Kelly Good luck in your Biggest Loser competition at work. Money is always a great motivator. I started off with the firm too. I don't have any of them left anymore but I remember I got a great workout from them. I hope Aiden (monkey)feels better soon. Ear infections can be painful. Good job on the Firm Aerobic Body Shaping. How exciting that it is Aiden's first birthday.

Penguin Nice of your parents to take you out for lunch. The dreadmill can be boring but good for you to change it up and do All Out Hiit TS floor premix.

I have been MIA again but at least not as long as the last time. I took Wednesday off my legs were really sore. Thursday I was going to do a workout in the evening but I ended up having a skype interview with a Personal Training business. I thought I was going to sign up but I tossed and turned Thursday night thinking about it. I would have to commit 10 hours minimum a week and at first I though I would be able to do it but I realized that with still working full time that would be insane. So I had to tell him that I will have to wait until at least I retire and have more time to get my business up and running. I was so tired on Friday with a night of no sleep so I didn't workout then either. However I did get a BOSU cardio workout in this morning and also STS med ball abs.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Cheryl
 
So yesterday was cleaning day. This is sad, but DH and I got each other a steamvac for our Christams gifts to each other. And yesterday we used for the first time. Yes we were excited and a little disgusted at how dirty the water was. Anyway, this morning I started XTrain. I am going to start out with the XTrain/LIS rotation but after a few weeks, I am going to start incorporating more high impact to ease my way back into it. This morning was Burns Sets: Chest, Back, and Shoulders. I lifted heavier than I ever have for the DB Press so that was motivating!

Penguin Great job on the dreadmill and switching to All Out HiiT when you got bored! So did you enjoy All Out Hiit? I previewed it last night and it looks like fun. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of repetition which is a nice plus.

Janie Your drawing of your daughter is beautiful. She has a very lovely face.

Kelly Great job on Firm Aerobic Body Shaping! It sounds like maybe Aiden may be getting a little better if he slept that long. Here’s hoping anyway. When is Aiden’s party? Hopefully, you have enough time to get everything ready. First birthday parties are so fun.

Cheryl Great job on your BOSU and med ball abs! That would be a lot of commitment to work full time and then 10 hours minimum part time. I hope you are able to get better sleep.

Have a great day!
 
Today was spinning for me. About 30 min. Not hard but did get a nice sweat in. Can now start on my rotation tomorrow. I can't wait! Thank you for the comments on my daughters drawing. She hasn't seen it yet. She hasn't been 16 for many years, but I think she will like it anyway. LOL Will be starting a portrait on my Grandson Cody today, he is 16 for real.

Kelly, Yea, glad you were able to get some sleep. Great job on the Firm Aerobic Body Shaping.

Cheryl, I bet your legs were sore for a long time. Whew! Sorry that the PC business didn't work out. Something will come up that will be perfect for you. Great job on BOSU cardio workout this morning and the med Ball abs.

Julie, I need a Steamvac.:confused: I think I will incorporate what you are doing to ease into exercise again. I like the approach. Great job on Burns Sets, chest, back and shoulders. Congratulations for lifting heavier. Wow, you are doing so good!

Take care everyone,

Janie
 
Julie LOL about both you and hubby buying each other a steam vac. At least you were both thinking the same thing. We have one and it is disgusting how dirty the water is and we clean quite a bit. Good job on Burn Sets: Chest, Back and Shoulders. Way to go in lifting heavier for the DB Press that is motivating.

Janie Good job on your spinning workout. I am assuming that the rotation you are starting has XTrain. I am still waiting for that.

It was yoga today. It was a harder one but it was nice because it pushed you a bit further. Now I am off to my Aunt and Uncle's to see my cousin and family who were visiting from Australia. They are leaving to go back tomorrow.

Cheryl
 
Julie What a nice treat getting to sleep in and still getting to workout on Friday! Great job on CM extreme! Congratulations on getting the all clear from your doctor. I do think it's smart to ease back into the High impact. Your plan of starting with LIS and working up to higher impact sounds perfect! The timing worked out well with the arrival of XTrain.

Penguin I'm just the opposite, I really like having a planned rotation. I think it helps to get me more accountable, but it also forces me to have more variety in my workouts. When I was just randomly picking I'd go for the same few workouts all of the time.

Janie Wow, your picture of your daugher is your best yet. I think that every one gets better. The eyes are absolutely amazing, they are so lifelike!! I bet she will love it!

Penguin Great job on your dreadmill and All out Hiit workouts. Good for you for switching to something more enjoyable and not just quitting! What a nice surprise that your hubby got to come home a day early!! :D

Kelly That was a nice way to start your weekend. I bet you were so relieved when Monkey got such a good sleep in. Bummer that you were still up by 5:00 am though :confused: It sounds like he is on his way to be totally recovered at least! Great job on the FIRM Aerobic Body Shaping.Wow, a first birthday party, how fun!

Cheryl I'm glad to hear that your legs have gotten back to normal. You gave them quite the workout for sure! It sounds like quite the tough decision on the personal training business, but that would've ben pretty stressful adding another 10 hours/week to a full time job. Hopefully something else will work out for you soon.
Great job on your BOSU workout and med ball abs. I keep forgetting about my BOSU, I need to work that in more often.

Julie Great job on your cleaning day. I'm not sure I would want to see what they water would look like at my house, but how nice to know you got rid of all of that dirt! Great job on Burn sets CBS and CONGRATULATIONS! on lifting heavier than ever on your DB presses!!! Wow, that is just awesome!

janie Great job on your spinning workout! I know you are so happy to be able to start your rotation too!

Cheryl Great job on yoga yesterday and the extra push! I hope you had a nice time with your cousin and family!

Well I guess I had a busy weekend since I never got around to posting. Saturday I decided to take a rest day since we were planning to go see Carl run in his track meet. Of course we all got in the car to drive to it (about 45 minutes away) when the DH noticed he had a text saying he was going to be running an hour earlier than he told us. We would not have gotten there in time so we turned around and went home. Then I spent most of the rest of the day putting away all of the Christmas stuff and running errands. When I was walking downstairs on Saturday afternoon in my sock feet my foot when down on the bottom step and slipped out from under me and I fell down hard on my butt! OUCH, it really hurt and still does. It doesn't look like much, there is just on tiny little bruise mark, but if I touch it at all it hurts. :rolleyes::confused: It doesn't bother me when I workout at least, so yesterday morning I did Mindy's extreme intervals. The rest of the day was a marathon cooking session and then this morning I started my 90 XTrain undulating rotation with disc 1 Chest, back and shoulders. I like the format of doing one exercise for each body part per round. It went by pretty fast, despite the 68 push ups :rolleyes::confused: Happy Monday everyone!

Pam
 
This morning I did Cardio Supersets. That is a somewhat easier Cathe and I felt exhausted by the end. I guess spinning a few times a week wasn’t enough to get my cardio back. My foot held up during the workout. I could feel wear it was broken during some of the disc moves (cross country and jacks) but it didn’t hurt just felt different. And my legs are so sore already. Tomorrow is leg day, oh boy! :confused:

Janie Great job on your 30 minutes of spinning! Enjoy starting your rotation. We’ve only used the steamvac once but we love it so far. It was super easy to use and it really wasn’t that pricey either $130.

Cheryl Great job on yoga! Hope you had a wonderful time visiting with your cousin and family. We knew our carpets were dirty but we had no idea it would be that bad. Probably will be bad like that every time. How often do you use your steam vac? I was thinking once every other month but wasn't sure if that was too much or too little.

Pam Well I’m glad you found out about the time for Carl’s run before you headed out there. I bet you feel great having all your Christmas decorations down. Ouch! Your poor booty. At least you can get your workouts in still. Great job on Mindy’s extreme intervals and your marathon cooking day! Great job on CBS and those 68 pushups. Well I was hoping there would be less pushups than meso 1 and Cathe delivered by halving the amount. Still a lot though. I would be perfectly fine with just a few sets of 8 (maybe a total of 24).

Have a great day!
 
Pam I do have two people starting with me tomorrow after work. They want to do three sessions with me however after that there is no one. It is harder to get started that I thought it would be. Ouch your poor butt. I have done that before and it really hurts. I was going down the stairs too fast and my feet slipped out from under me. Good job on Mindy's extreme intervals and XTrain Chest, back and shoulders.

Julie Good job on Cardio Supersets. It may take a while before your foot feels 100%. We can steam vac every week just on certain areas of the carpet. The cats like to upchuck right in the middle of the hallway when you enter the front door :confused:. We don't do the whole carpet all the time maybe once every 6 months. I think it all depends on how dirty you feel it is. You can try it every couple of months and if that is too much then maybe every 4 or 5 months.

XTrain arrived today along with my Cathe calendar YAY!!!! So of course I had to get started on it right away and I didn't get dinged duty this time. I am going to do the 30 day rotation which started with Hiit disc 7 premix #2 which included burn set for chest. It was a good workout it wasn't too intense at the the cardio wasn't and I really felt the chest work. Yesterday we saw my cousin and family. Their kids are very polite and adorable with their Australian accents.

Have a great day everyone.

Cheryl
 
Today was the beginning of my 30 day XTrain rotation. I did Disk 7 All Out Low Impact Hiit using premix 2. It has chest work in it. Sweated and I thoroughly enjoyed this workout. Was 53 min. long. I can tell my right arm is so much weaker than my left. So far so good.

Cheryl, Did you get XTrain yet. Darn! Great job on yoga. Love it when you can push yourself a little harder. Good for you. Enjoy your visit with your Aunt your Uncle and cousin.

Pam, Great job on Sat. rest day, clean max and running errands. Oh I hate falling on my butt. Haven't did that trick for a few years, but remember it really does hurt. Hope you feel better soon. Great job also on Sun. Mindy's extreme intervals and cooking. And for today's 90 XTrain undulating rotation with disc 1 chest, back and shoulders. Yikes, 68 pushups!

Julie, Great job on Cardio Supersets. So glad your foot is holding up. Yea! I also have a leg day tomorrow. :confused:

Take care ladies,

Janie
 
I couldn't get online yesterday.

I spent the day with Hubby and we got all the chores done, so that was good. My Bible study starts again this week, so I have to get back on track. I put off some reading I should have done over the break but now I HAVE to get it done today. Why do I do this?

The latest news about Hubby and his job situation is that the company he currently works for will keep him on past the date they have given us for the company shutdown. He gets to keep his job as an inspector, but He'll have to work outside, where the planes come in to dock at the gates {they would wait til the coldest part of the year}, but after a few months he'll be able to transfer to the corperate office downtown. This is the same thing they told us earlier, then changed their minds, so we still aren't celebrating yet.
 
Julie Great job on CSS. Oh yes, you definitely need to ease your way back into the tough cardio workouts. I find that even when I only miss a few days! I'm glad that your foot held up well and didn't hurt. I hope your poor legs are surviving today! Oh yes, it felt so good to get all of the Christmas stuff put away. I always dread that task. And I mis-typed, there are 78 pushups in disc 1, not 68. round 1 has a set of 24 (but it's really more than 24 because there are 8 3 counts down and 1 count up and then 8 the reverse of that), then round 3 has 24 again and round 5 (or 6?) has 12, 10, 8. So at least they are split up pretty well. I would prefer your suggestion of a TOTAL of 24 though!

Cheryl Hey, that is a great start that you have 2 people starting with you. I think the hardest part is getting those first clients so congratulations for that! They may decide that they want more sessions and also recommend you to friends. I hope it goes great! I thought of you when I fell on the stairs because I remembered you telling us about a bad fall that you had. I'm so happy that your XTrain arrived! That was faster than the last set and no duty either, hooray!!! Great job on disc 7 premix 2. I haven't tried that one yet. I just love Australian accents!

Janie Great job on Disc 7 premix 2, I guess you and Cheryl are doing the rotation together. That will be fun!! My bruise on my butt is growing....it started as just a very small mark, but it gets a little bigger every day :confused: lovely! I was lucky as far as the location though. It's up pretty high so it doesn't hurt when I sit, only if I lean on something in that exact spot. As I was telling Julie, I mis-typed on the number of pushups in disc 1, it's 78...I gotta get credit for those extra 10 ;):D

This morning was disc 6 cardio leg blast again. I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to do another new disc, but all in due time. I added on the core from Crossfire because it seems like there isn't a lot of core in this rotation so far. The first time I see core this week is Thursday...:confused: Last night i got a call from my sister telling me that my brother had a heart attack and is in the hospital in Georgia. They are transporting him to Jacksonville, FL this morning for a heart cath to see if he needs to have stents or any other surgery so please keep him in your thoughts. I talked to him last night and he seemed like he was doing pretty well. They said it was a mild heart attack and we will know the details after his test this morning. so my brother and sister had heart attacks within 2 weeks of each other. This is why I workout!!! Have a great day ladies.

Pam
 
This morning I woke up with DOMS in my quads and booty. Crazy that came from Cardio Supersets. Anyway, I did Total Body Trisets Lower Body and added on the 100 rep Hip Thrusts and Rear Delts. I think I may not be able to walk tomorrow but getting through the workout today made me smile so it is so worth it. Oh and the toilet test will be a big fat fail tomorrow for sure.

Cheryl Yea!!! I am so excited you got your XTrain and calendar plus you didn’t have to pay duty fees! That is really stupid how they do it but maybe they figured you paid so much in the past, they would let you slide this time. Great job on AOH Premix 2! Oh I love Australian accents. I think I could listen to them talk all day and never get bored. That is really exciting about having 2 people starting with you for 3 sessions. Maybe they will decide after those three that they want to continue with you or they might suggest you to other people. I think we will try every 3 months on the carpet for awhile. We've lived there 12 years and never steam cleaned it before so it has to be horribly dirty. :confused:

Janie Great job on AOH Premix 2! Was it your right elbow that was having the tennis elbow? I am sure it will catch up but I know you will be patient so as not to injure yourself.

Penguin I’m still keeping you in my thoughts and prayers for good news that will be permanent for DH. It sounds like the corporate job would be nice. Would he have to travel as much with that job?

Pam Great job on CLB + CF core! I’m so sorry about your brother. I will definitely keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. My poor legs are crying today but I have a feeling they will be screaming at me tomorrow. I can’t believe how out of shape they got over those 8 weeks. Spreading those pushups out does help. Plus there isn’t more than 30 in one set unlike STS that had some sets with 50+ in them!

Have a great day!
 
Will come back after my leg exercises, but wanted to share this with you. My Grandson Cody.

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I'll be back later tonight to respond and record.

Update: I did Legs from XTrain premix with rear delts. Modified as usual and I have Leg DOM's already and failed the toilet test. LOL

Janie
 
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I didn't feel well yesterday due to something I ate, then today I feel stuffed up and tired. Its going to rain for the rest of the week and into the next week which makes me feel even worse! :mad: I think maybe a nap will do me good.

Janie, Cody is very cute.
 
Penguin It looks like our posts crossed yesterday.How nice to spend the day with your DH AND get all of the chores done. Doesn't that feel great. Uh oh, I hope you got caught up on your reading for Bible study. Congrats (hopefully) on his job. I hope it works out and they don't change their minds again!

julie congratulations on the quad and booty DOMS! :D Oh wow, I thought you were starting slow, looks like that is over! Great job on TBTLB and 100 rep Hip Thrusts and Rear Delts. So happy that it made you smile! Don't drink too much water today! :) How are those legs feeling?

Janie Oh wow, your grandson is so handsome!!! Very nice! Great job on legs and rear delts! How is the toilet test (TT) today?

Penguin So sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well! I hope your nap helped!

This morning for me was Hard Strikes premix 16 (no conditioning). That was only 34 minutes so I added the cardio only premix from Circuit Blast and felt like I got a decent workout in. My brother had his heart cath and ended up getting 2 stents in yesterday and is already out and on his way home from the hospital. His son is driving him home and taking care of him for a little while. I guess he's feeling ok because he checked in at Panda Express on FB a little while ago :rolleyes: I hope everyone is having a great day!

Pam
 
This morning was very difficult to get out of bed let alone walk. I am definitely walking like an old person, a very old, slow person. I am sure there are 90 year olds that can pass me today. I have actually had people at work ask me if my foot is bothering because I am walking funny. Then when I tell them it is from working out I get that “you’re nuts” look. :eek::D I did get XTrain Biceps & Triceps in. It went by so fast. I thought it would be boring doing 45 minutes of strictly bis and tris but it was actually pretty fun. I think it is because you never repeat an exercise.

Janie Wow Janie! You are churning those drawings out fast. You are getting so good and better with each one.

Penguin I hope you feel better soon. It stinks this time of year with the yucky weather. Just makes me want to curl into a ball and hibernate until spring.

Pam Great job on HS premix 16 plus the cardio premix from CB! How did you like HS? Was it anything like Cardio Kicks? I’m glad your brother seems to be on the mend. Hopefully what they did will help keep those heart attacks away. I love Panda Express but I am not sure that is the first place I would go after having a heart attack. I am actually going to slow down a little. I had it on my calendar to do 6 workouts a week. But since I spent the last 8 weeks working out only 3 days a week that is quite a jump up. So I revised my calendar I am only doing 5 days for a few weeks. We’ll see how that goes!

Have a great day!
 
After a few weeks of cold temps our high today is 70*, but its raining! and will rain for the rest of the week. I'm working in the Children's dept again today for Bible study, I get to visit my knitting friends at church and drop a bag off of things I've knitted, and my parents and I are going out for lunch afterwards. Then Knit Night is tonight!

Anybody see this story> http://hamptonroads.com/2013/01/dog-shaved-lion-generates-911-call-norfolk

Julie, in the summer I won't go outside because its hot, then in the winter I won't go outside in the cold!

Pam, I'm glad your brother is feeling so well after his procedure.
 
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Julie I'm sorry but I laughed when I was reading your post about how hard it is to walk. Only because I can relate! I hope your legs are doing a little better today! Great job getting bis and tris in too! I liked HS alright. I didn't really think it was like cardio kicks, but maybe a cross betwee KPC and cardio kicks? It has a lot of jumping jacks in it though. It seemed like we were always doing jumping jacks. It sounds like a good idea for you to slow down a little for the next few weeks. I know it will be hard for you, but you don't want to get hurt again!

Penguin We are having beautiful weather right now too. It's in the high 60's and low 70's. I love it! we're lucky though that is sunny too! :D It sounds like you had quite the busy day yesterday. I hope you enjoyed it! That story is soooo funny! One of the best parts about some of those stories though is reading the comments that people write. Too funny!

This morning for me was Burn Sets Bis and Tris and core workout number 1. Boy. the core workouts in this series have quite the cardio slant to them. I was huffing and puffing through both of them. I think I like number 1 better than number 2, but will have to try them a few more times to see. The BS bis and Tris flew by! Today after work we are going to South Carolina to the BMW Performance driving school. I gave DH a one day class there for Christmas so he will be on the track driving BMWs all day tomorrow. I was supposed to do legs tomorrow, but since I'll be in a hotel i brought All Out LI Hiit. It looks like I can do at least 2 of the sections with only my discs and that is on the calendar for Saturday so I'll switch those 2 days. have a great day!

Pam
 
This morning it was still tough to walk. I did Yoga Relax then took a long, hot shower and I think that is going to help. I was able to walk down my stairs afterwards without wincing.

Penguin Wow! 70 is awesome even if it is raining! Much better than 30 degrees in my opinion. I completely understand about the hot and cold not wanting to go out in it. I think we need to find a place that stays around 75 all year round. Cute story about the “baby lion”. That’s funny that no one thought about how lion cubs do not have manes!

Pam Great job on BS Bis/Tris + Core #1! Oh that is a great idea to take AO HiiT. You can definitely do about half of the workout without the step. I bet DH is going to love the BMW driving school. I have always thought it would be fun to learn how to be a stunt driver but also a little scary. Of course, if you ask my DH, he would say I already drive like a stunt driver. I am not sure when I will get around to doing HS but if it has that many jumping jacks, I am not sure it will be one that I repeat often.

Have a great day!
 
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