Strength in Numbers

This morning I did STS disc 3, Meso 1 Legs. I really like the legs from Meso 1 but not the upper body workouts. I’m pretty excited it is Friday. Tomorrow is Saturday and I am taking my dogs to a dog park for a doggie Easter Egg Hunt. The dogs don’t really care about the finding the eggs but they have fun running around with the other dogs.

Pam Great job on Power Hour! I would die without my Cathe charts. I have mine detailed so I even know how many sets, reps, pulses, and low ends are done. I like being mentally prepared for the torture I am about to endure. That would be an interesting album of cover songs by Eric Clapton. Although, isn’t I Shot the Sheriff technically a Bob Marley song?

Have a great day!
 
Home from the beach. No workout today.

Pam, Great job on PH. Enjoy your upcoming warm weather.

Julie, Great job on this mornings STS disc 3, Meso 1 legs. I'm just the opposite, I love the upper body workouts. LOL Enjoy the doggie Easter hunt. Sounds like a lot of fun.

Janie
 
Julie greats job on disc 3, I love how you are mixing and matching the best STS workouts. This M1 leg workouts always give me killer DOMS! The doggie Easter egg hunt sounds like fun, I think you did that last year too, didn't you? I bet they will have a blast playing. Oh my, you are so much more organized than me with your workout charts, I'm impressed. You are right! shit the Sheriff is a Bob Marley song!

Janie welcome home, I'm glad you had a nice time at the beach! I am enjoying the warm weather, but not the allergies that have kicked in too! Oh we'll, I'll take it if it means we get nice weather.

This morning for me was Hiit pyramid. For some reason I am finding this one harder than. 40/20 now. I think it's all those 1/4 jump turns. Cleaning, running errands and going to my moms for a birthday dinner Are in store for today. I hope everyone has a great day.

Pam
 
Pam, When I got home I saw that I missed your Birthday on the 3rd. Happy BirthdaySweetie. Did you have a wonderful day? Hope you have the most exciting year this year. All good of course.

I don't have allergies, but hope you do something to help with that. Sounds awful! Bet it is so nice to have good weather.:)

Great job on Hitt Pyramid. Yep, those jump turns are very challenging to me too. Great job also on the cleanmax. Enjoy sharing your Birthday dinner with your mom. Will your honey be there as well?

Take care and again Happy Birthday!

Janie
 
Pam Good job on Step Blast that is a fun workout. I am glad you enjoyed the Clapton concert. Weird that he didn't play I Shot the Sheriff that was one of his big hits. Good job on Power Hour. I like it when I know what weight Cathe is using so I can base my weight on that. Good work on Hiit Pyramid.

Julie Good for you in getting up and doing Yoga Relax even though you wanted to stay in bed. Oh our fur babies using us as their pillows. Good work on STS disc 27 with not too much sleep and STS disc 3. Enjoy taking your dogs to the Easter Egg Hunt. I am sure they will have fun.

Janie Glad you enjoyed your walk on the beach with Rolly. I hope your back is doing better.

Well for me I took Wednesday as my day off. Since I started my new job I have been working an extra hour a day so I can get an extra day off every two weeks. So Wednesday is our shopping day so by the time we got home and ate and put the groceries away it was after 8pm. So I was going to workout Thursday morning but I forgot to reset my alarm :rolleyes:. So Friday I did XT Cardio Legs. Today I did Imax 2. It has been a long time since I had done high impact and it felt really good. I even got through interval 9 without any problem. Oh and Pam, I was thinking of you when I was doing my Jennie hops :D. After that it was doing the usual weekend stuff.

Have a great day everyone.

Cheryl
 
This weekend it was nice weather for the dog easter egg hunt. Ozzie got to run around and burn off some energy and Maggie and I took a slow stroll around a small section of the park. My poor old girl was so stiff afterwards but she is a tough old bird. Sunday I did Butts & Guts and then was lazy the rest of the day reading and lounging around. This morning I did MMA Fusion! Go Turtle Spins!!!

Janie Hope you had a good time at the Beach House. You’ll be back for more fun in a couple weeks though, right? I like the concept of the Meso 1 upper body workouts because I like that circuit style flow but I just wish there were a lot less pushups and more presses and flyes.

Pam Great job on DWP! Oh yes those ¼ turn jumps are killer and they are in there twice for each side. That is a dread factor to me. Hope you got all your cleaning and errands done and enjoyed your birthday dinner. I forgot to wish you a happy birthday so here is a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! Yep, this is the third year I have done the dog Easter Egg Hunt. They do have fun running around.

Cheryl Oh that will be so nice to have a day off every 2 weeks. I wish we could do that where I work. Some departments can but mine doesn’t allow it. Good job on CLB and Imax 2! That 9th interval is killer. I don’t like the 10th much either because I don’t like power turning lunges but since it is the last I muddle through.

Have a great day!
 
Janie You are so funny thanks for all of the birthday wishes. It was a fun day, that was the day we went to the Eric Clapton concert. My GF brought cupcakes and a birthday candle to celebrate at our tailgate. I take allegra every day during allergy season. I still feel them, but not as badly as when I don't take it. It usually only lasts a few weeks in the spring and a few weeks in the fall for me. This is supposed to be one of the worst areas in the country for allergies apparently :rolleyes::confused: I never had them until I had lived here for about 10 years. Yep, DH came to dinner on Saturday at my mom's. My new great nephew was there too so that was fun.

Cheryl My favorite weight workouts are the ones where she tells you up front what weight she is using AND gives you time to change your barbell. I get mad when I have to pause or rewind :rolleyes: That's one thing I really like in the XTrain workouts - it's in the book and on the screen which is really helpful. That is so nice that you can take a day off every other week. We used to have flex Fridays where you could work and extra hour each day and then take Friday afternoon off. I'm not sure if that policy still exists or not....guess I'll have to look into it! Great job on XT Cardio legs and Imax2. Wow, getting through interval 9 without a problem is impressive, great job! Hehehe.....I'm glad everyone thinks of me when they are doing their Jeannie hops :D

Julie I'm glad you got nice weather for the Easter egg hunt and the 'kids' enjoyed themselves. Poor Maggie, I et she enjoyed getting out and about though. Great job on B&G and MMA Fusion!! Hooray for the Turtle spins. :D I haven't done those in awhile. Thanks for the birthday wishes, I love the multi-color!

Penguin I'm getting worried about you, I hope everything is ok!

Yesterday I did the original Boot camp, terminator climbers and all! Tha tone was my favorite when it first came out and I used to do it all the time, but it doesn't seem like it is in many rotations. After that I spend the rest of the day working in the yard pulling weeds and raking all of the leaves out from around the bushes. I was beat afterwards. I had been planning to make homemade dumplings for dinner but decided I didn't have the energy for it after all of that so we just had a big cobb salad. This morning I woke up very stiff and sore and my first thought was that boot camp should not have made me so sore....hmmmmm....then I remembered all the yard work! :confused::rolleyes: AND CCC was on the calender today :eek: I got through it though and did the PCCC version. Now I feel like I could go back to bed :confused: We had gorgeous gorgeous weather though and 80s are in the forecast for most of this week :D Have a great day ladies!

Pam
 
Just finished a walk with Rolly on a school trial. Went for about 30 min. Some of it was brisk walking.

Cheryl, My back is doing better, thank God. I think the yoga helped a lot. Hope you enjoyed your rest day Wed. Ooo, nice that you can work extra hours and take off an extra day every two weeks. Wish they had that option when I was working. Great job on Friday's XT Cardio legs and today's (or is it Sat.) Imax 2.

Julie, Great job walking the Ozzie (dog Easter hung) and Maggie. Also great for doing Sunday's B&G. What are you reading? Oh and for today's MMA Fusion.


Pam, I bet you had much fun at the Eric Clapton concert. You have a dear friend to remember your day and celebrate it with cupcakes. Hmmmmmm. My kind of friend. LOL Glad you are taking something for your allergies. It makes it for a better day. Great job on yesterday's Original BC. Working in the yard, pulling weeds raking is yet another workout in itself. Good for you. Hmmmm cob salad sound so good. Congrats on the DOM's from working out, see, the yard work is a workout in itself. LOL Grat job today on PCCC. 80's th is week? You lucky bum.

Take care ladies,

Janie
 
Janie Great job on your walk/brisk walk with Rolly! Glad to hear that your back is getting better. Oh yes, she is a really good friend. In face, she is having all of the 'girls' that we do a month girls night out with to her beach house this weekend to celebrate my birthday! She did it last year also, but then I couldn't do because I had to go out of town on business. Luckily I will make it this year! W eare supposed to be in the 80's all week, but then drop down into the 60's for the weekend :confused::mad: Oh well, we will still have fun at the beach. We are going to be making cake pops and homemade pasta on Saturday.

This morning was another oldie but goodie, Circuit Max. It has been a REALLY long time since I last did that one and I really enjoyed it. Another one that I used to do a lot but had kind've forgotten about. I hope everyone has a great day!

Pam
 
This morning was XT Chest, Back, and Shoulders. I love the circuit style of this workout. It goes by so fast but is also fun and no dread factor, even with the 78 pushups.

Pam Great job on Bootcamp – Original Style! I bet it feels so good to have the yard work done. I need to get out and do some yard work. I am getting rid of my “flower” beds and filling them in with rock pebbles. I want to get it done before it gets too hot out. Great job on PCCC too after the hard days work the day before. You are amazing! Great job on Circuit Max! That is an oldie but a goodie. It is also kind of sneaky.

Janie Great job on your walk with Rolly! We have been trying to go for small walks every other day with Maggie and Ozzie. Maggie is getting older so we have to go very slow but she needs to keep moving with her hip dysplasia and arthritis. I was reading a lot of nutrition/wellness type books but now I am reading some fiction books. I recently read the Beautiful Creatures series. Then read the Grimm Diaries Prequels and now I am reading Sleeping Roses.

Have a great day!
 
My back is feeling even better today so I did 30 min. of The Wedding Video and later Yoga Relax premix 1. I think that is 30 min. too.

Pam, This weekend sounds like so much fun with your friends. You deserve to have a wonderful time, so enjoy! I'll take 60 degrees any day around here. Perfect weather for us. I'm sure the 60's won't spoil any of your plans. LOL Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Cake pops and homemade pasta? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Great job on Circuit Max this morning. Oh those oldies but goodies workouts are such a welcome to do.

Julie, Great job on this mornings XT Chest, back and shoulders. I love the circuit style workouts too. I forgot about the 78 pushups though. LOL On reading, which ones do you recommend? I'm wanting a good book to read lately.

Take care ladies,

Janie
 
Julie Great job on XT Chest, Back, and Shoulders. I really like the style of that workout too. IT is strange that it has so many pushups without the dread factor. I guess because they are spaced out the way they are. Unfortunately the yard work isn't done :confused: I got a large part of it ready for mulch, but still have to do some more weeding and leaf clearing and then it all needs mulch. UGH. That is a HUGE job. We are gone the next 3 weekends too, so won't be able to get back to it for awhile. You are right that Circuit Max is sneaky. By that last combo I'm pooped!

Janie So glad to hear that your back is feeling better and better! Great job on The Wedding Video Yoga Relax premix! Yes, I am looking forward to the weekend. They have changed the forecast too, now they are saying low 70's! :D I have been making some beach themed fused glass appetizer plates to take as a surprise. I have one in the kiln right now, then tonight it goes back in to be slumped and then one more that I need to reslump after that. I'll take a picture of the collection when I get finished.

This morning was supposed to be Step Jam or Step Heat - can't remember which but I don't like either of those so I subbed in Mindy's extreme intervals. I have only done that one a couple of times before, not sure why, but it's really good. It's a toughie too. I hope everyone has a great day. This week has been flying by for me!

Pam
 
This morning I did Yoga Max. I had been doing Yoga Relax for so long that I started to really enjoy it; so, I thought I would try YM again. I didn’t care for it the first couple times I did it but it wasn’t too bad this morning. I may start rotating it in every once in a while.

Janie Great job on the Wedding Video + Yoga Relax! I am so glad your back is feeling better. Hmmm? Beautiful Creatures has four books in the series and is more of a young adult book having to do with witches (probably similar to Twilight but I never read those books). The first book was good, the second was ok, the third and fourth were getting too bizarre for me but I wanted to finish the series out. The Grimm Diaries Prequels are unique spins on classic Faerie Tales like Red Riding Hood, Cinderella. They are supposed to prequel a novel coming out soon but I don’t know when that will be. There were about 15 prequels and some were good, some were ok. Sleeping Roses is pretty good. I haven’t quite finished it yet but I got to a pretty big twist in the plot and it was really unexpected. All of these books were Kindle books. I look for the cheap ones (less than $3).

Pam Great job on Mindy’s Extreme Intervals! Sounds better than Step Heat/Jam. I don’t think I cared for either of those much. I wish I could say this week has gone by fast but I don’t feel like it should only be Wednesday by now. I have had so many meetings and so much to do I would have thought this week would go by fast but I feel so worn out like it should be Thursday or Friday already. Your plates sound really cool. I can’t wait to see the pictures. You and Janie are so creative and I love seeing what you gals can do.

Have a great day!
 
I wanted to share something with you that I discovered today by doing my usual thing on the internet. It's a woman by the name of Renee Stephens and has a listening program about weight loss called "Inside Out Weight Loss". FREE, really. She has many many podcasts to listen to. I've only heard one called Prologue, and there is only one sponsor in this one (very short intermission) just seconds long and then she continues on with her continued 20 min. podcast.
Know that this podcast of losing weight won't interfere with your diet program at all, in fact it will enhance it and keep it going for you with much encouragement and continued success.

Do me a favor and listen to this podcast and even the 2nd one. If you don't see something in there that will help with our circumstances then you can always stop. But please just give up 20 min. and listen. I think there is potential learning about ourselves in making better and healthier choices.
I normally am very skeptical about diets and people, but there is something different about her.
Please check it out. Inside Out Weight Loss

Here is the link.

Inside Out Weight Loss - Personal Life Media



I just finished listening to episode 1 and I have to tell you it was powerful! You don't have to subscribe to anything, so just ignore that part of it. There are assignments to do and in this episode you write down two questions on a sheet of paper and start answering them. You don't have to download anything. It sounds like we may have a journal in the near future and you can just pick up a journal like thingy in the store . I'm looking forward to journaling.

I'll come back later with my results on working out, and please let me know what you think about these podcasts. I'm hoping we can do this together.
Janie
 
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Rolly and I did about 30 min. of walking today.

Pam, Great job on Mindy's extreme intervals. Low 70's is perfect weather. Enjoy this weekend! I can't wait to see your fused glass appetizer plates. Such a wonderful surprise for your friends. May I buy one of your beach themed fused glass appetizer plates even without seeing it? Really.

Julie, Great job on Yoga Max. I think I'll do that one tomorrow. Sounds perfect for stretching, balance and body strength. Thank you so much for the book recommendations. I'll look into them on Amazon.com. I have a keyboard kindle and love mine too. I try purchasing low priced books and things too.:)

Take care ladies,

Janie
 
julie Great job on YM! I am feeling really guilty about still not doing any yoga now that you are getting so good about it :confused: Of course so far you don't see me changing my ways, do you?! Sorry to hear that the week is dragging for you, I'm not sure why it's going by fast for me. I'm not really terribly busy at work which usually makes it drag. Maybe the nice weather is helping.

Janie Hmmm...I well have to check out the Inside out weight loss podcasts, sounds interesting. ntial learning about ourselves in making better and healthier choices.
Great job on your walk with Rolly! No, you may not buy one of my plates but I would love to send you one as a gift, you have been so generous with us. When you see the pictures tell me if you have a favorite, otherwise I'll pick one of mine. Of course it won't be exactly the same since I just freehand drew them, but it will be similar. You can even pick colors if you want.

Another oldie but goodie this morning - Maximum intensity strength. Man, Cathe uses some heavy weight in this. I can't do crazy 8's with a 35 pound barbell. 25 pounds kill me. And overhead shoulder presses with 35 pounds too! I used my 12 pound dumbbells for that one :rolleyes: I got in a good burn though. AND, last night we went water skiing YEA! First time this season. Of course we are going to be out of town the next 3 weekends, so not sure when we will get to go again. Have a great day ladies!

Pam
 
This morning I did XT Bis/Tris + Rear Delts. I have some oblique DOMS which I must have gotten from Yoga Max yesterday. It’s weird how I sometimes get ab DOMS from yoga workouts.

Janie Great job on your walk with Rolly! You must be getting nice weather to go on your walks. Our temperatures were in the 70s earlier this week but we have had lots and lots and tons and tons of rain the yesterday and probably continuing some this morning. I’ll take a listen to the podcast but it might not be until this weekend. I am not sure I should try listening to it at work and I don’t have much time for things at night when I get home.

Pam Great job on MIS! I like that one and haven’t done it in so long. Oh how fun that water skiing is starting up. Hopefully it will be a good season this year to get a lot of time in. I think it is more important that we do what we enjoy rather than trying to do something we don’t. I really started liking Yoga Relax because I felt so stretched out and relaxed afterwards. Then I decided to try YM again and it wasn’t too bad. I still like YR better and will probably do that more plus I don’t see myself turning into a yogi anytime soon.

Have a great day!
 
Today was a 1 hr. long walk with Rolly. Yes!

Pam, Really? Really? You would do that? :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: I'm so excited! Please surprise me. I will put it in the Beach House and when people come in they will see this beautiful beautiful gift from my friend. I know how much work is put into the work of all this art. I use to do ceramics, had a kiln, but glass work I believe is even more unique. WoW! The colors in the Beach House are sand, blue (water/sky) and black (muscles/clams). OMG! Don't rush, do take your time. Oh, I'm so excited! OK, I'll shut up now. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Great job on Mac. Intensity Strength. I love that one! 25 pounds is an amazing amount of weight for crazy 8's. Using 12 pounds for shoulders is a good weight too. Water Skiing! Already? I think I ask that every year.:eek: Sounds like you enjoyed yourselves.

Julie, Great job on XT Bis/Tris and Rear Delts. Congrats on the DOM's. Yes I found out I got them once from Yoags Max too. Surprising isn't it? We are getting better weather and enjoying it very much. How wonderful to temperatures in the 70s earlier this week. Funny how it changes to tons of rain. Guess that's Spring for you.

Take Care,

Janie
 
Julie Great job on XT Bis/Tris + Rear Delts! That is awesome that you have oblique DOMS from your yoga. Yoga is supposed to be really good for the core, I think you just naturally have to tighten your core to hold some of the poses. I agree that you need to do something you enjoy or you just won't do it if you are dreading it. I really wish that I liked to run because it is so efficient and you can do it everywhere but unfortunately I hate it! :rolleyes:

Janie Great job on your long long walk with Rolly, that is awesome. You are too funny, I'm afraid that you will be disappointed when you see the plates, they are really very simple. I'll attach the pictures here. Yours may look like one of these or may be a new creation :) I had a little better time skiing the other night than my hubby. He is trying out a new ski that is a lot different than his old one. That on top of being his first time on the water in several months made it a little shaky. It didn't help that I accidentally brought Carl's vest instead of Doug's. They have the same vest, but Carl's is a small and Doug's is a large :confused: Luckily there were some other guys at the lake and one of them loaned him his.

Cheryl I hope the new job is going well. It must be keeping you busy!

Penguin Are you still out there?

This morning I had MIC on the calendar but since I'm going to be gone tomorrow I did tomorrow's Body Max instead since I like it better. I didn't do the upper body, just the step and the power circuits. That is one of my all time favs. I love how it just starts moving right out of the gate and I love the heel-toe diagonal hop turn move! OK, I'm going to try to attach the pictures of the plates. Sorry there are so many, I tried to do one or two, but couldn't get a decent picture that way. It's kind've hard to see them too, I tried on white and on the wooden table with some to give a better idea of what they look like. As you can see, pretty simple.

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