Strength in Numbers

My hip is better and only slightly sore so last night I started doing MMA Kickbox. I was just starting the 2nd combo when my phone rang. I normally wouldn’t answer it but it was my dad and we have some family drama going on right now. Anyway, an hour later I got off the phone and by then it was too late to finish my workout. My recovery week is over and I am going to start a new rotation starting Saturday using Burn Sets for upper body and Get Glutes for lower body. I’m pretty excited. Plus it is Friday and that is always exciting.

Pam Great job on RWH Plyo HiiT 2 + abs 1! Love quick and effective workouts. I am going to try to have a yoga/stretching day in my new rotation. It will either be Monday or Tuesday. We will see how it goes. I am totally with you on feeling like it is wasting my time because I am not working up a sweat or getting a burn in my muscles from lifting weight. I logically know it is good for me but I think I am just going to have to force myself to do it.

Janie With everything you are doing, I am sure that counts as activity even if it is not formal exercise. Yum banana bread sounds really delicious. Save me a slice!

Cheryl Great job on S&C cardio & abs! Oh I think that one has those L crunches doesn’t it? I hate those which means I probably should do them. I saw you mention chia pudding a few posts ago. Have you made it? I have been interested in it but I am worried it will have a texture like tapioca pudding which I don’t like.

Have a great day!
 
Janie No guilt here, you will get back to it when you can. Life has a way of getting in the way sometimes, but you do what you can. I bet you are getting some exercise with all of that house cleaning too.

Cheryl I was looking at that granola recipe, I think I need to make that one. I also have the ingredients for that avocado fruit bowl on my shopping list, I thought it looked great. I'm glad Tango is starting to feel better, I always feel so bad for them when they aren't themselves. Great job on Slide and Glide and abs. I haven't done that one in ages! OOooooo butter tarts! Yum! My grandmother used to make some amazing butter tarts!

This morning was PS Chest, shoulders and triceps for me. I was going to add on some cardio since it's a shorty, but my feet and ankles are really bothering me so I need to give them a break. Happy Friday everyone.

Pam
 
Julie I am glad that your hip is better today. Sorry that you are going through some family drama right now. That is never fun. It is exciting to start a new rotation let us know how it goes. Yes it is the one with the L crunches, they really burn. Yes I did make the chia pudding and it wasn't my favorite. I don't like tapioca pudding either and I haven't had that since I was a little kid but I believe the texture is similar to the chia.

Pam The granola is really good and does keep you full along with the avocado fruit bowl. Butter tarts are really good, too bad I can't eat them anymore because of the eggs. Good job on PS Chest, Shoulders and Triceps. Good for listening to you body and not doing any cardio.

This morning was XTrain Legs, then I got some vacuuming done and put up some Halloween decorations. I think it will be a wet one here tomorrow but we are prepared for about 260 ghosts and goblins. We will see how it goes.

Cheryl
 
Good Evening,

I did weights this morning and some planks. Oldest DD thought she was going in to early labor but the doctor said her and the baby are fine. Cold and wet here tonight and work was crazy half the staff was gone. Watching our Royals in the World Series.

Julie-how's the hip? I hate it when the phone interrupts my workout.

Cheryl-we live in a town of 400 and I think we had over 50 last year.

Pam-good job with your workout how are the feet and ankles?
 
Roxie good work on your weights and planks this morning. How far along is DD in her pregnancy? I hope your Royals do well. 50 kids in a town of 400 is a lot. Where we live we have around 35,000 people in our community and we are expecting about 260 kids tonight in our townhouse complex.

This morning I did Hard Strikes without the conditioning drills and added on core #1. I was supposed to do dragon boating this morning too but it was raining so hard out that they cancelled it. We will see what the weather is like next Saturday.

Happy Halloween everyone.

Cheryl
 
Monday is a day of exercise. Don't know what I'm going to do yet. But will let you know tomorrow. The November rotation (until Ice comes to us) sounds good to me. Thinking really hard on doing it.

This is me yesterday: LOL! Lots of fun. I volunteered at a church and got caught up in Halloween. Some of the kids were frightened by me so I went someplace else until they moved along.


Everyone looks great and I'm still so very busy. But tomorrow I will relax and do my rotation with Cathy and the gang.

Take care everyone,

Janie
 
Saturday morning I did Burn Sets Chest, Shoulders, Triceps and Biceps and then spent about 8 hours running errands before coming home to hand out candy. We bought the same amount of candy as the year before but I have so much left over. I brought it into work and am hoping it is gone soon. Sunday I did Get Glutes for legs and Burn Sets Back. After that, DH and I went and helped his sister move some furniture from her old house to her new house.

Pam Great job on PS CST and listening to your body and not adding cardio! I know that is so tough to do for both of us.

Cheryl Great job on XT Legs! That is quite a bit of trick or treaters. I think we had 30. Great job on HS cardio + core 1! Bummer on missing out on dragon boating. I know you enjoy it.

Roxie Great job on your weights and planks! So glad to hear your daughter and her baby are doing good. When is she due? My hip is much better thanks! Congrats on the Royals winning the WS!

Janie Love your costume! Those ears are awesome! Hope you enjoy whatever exercise you do today. Gotta love it to keep at it.

Have a great day!
 
Good Morning,

Sunday I did weight work and this morning was KCM TLC Boxing and CLX Ab Burner. It was warm enough we went back to the lake. We had 72 trick or treaters.

Julie-DD is due January 14th. Her first baby was early and small this one is not going to be a small one.

Janie-you sound really busy.
 
Julie It looks like I missed your post on Friday. I'm glad to hear that your hip is better. Great job on as much of MMA Kickbox as you were able to do. Sorry to hear about the family drama, I hope things are better soon. It seems there is always some drama in my family! I am going to be so proud of you if you can pull off that one day of stretching/yoga! Maybe that will help to give me the kick that I need!

Cheryl I tried the chia pudding today and liked it more than I expected too, but I probably won't make it again. I didn't like the texture, but the fruit made it ok to eat. I just made sure I had some fruit in every bite :) I'm not sure I will do the almond joy smoothie tomorrow because it has too many things that I don't like. I think either the granola or the avocado fruit bowl. Great job on XTrain legs. Wow, that is a lot of trick or treaters!

Roxie Great job on weights and planks! I 'm glad to hear that everything is ok with your DD and her baby! I don't keep up with baseball at all, did the Royals win? I hope so! My feet and ankles are feeling much better, thanks! They definitely needed the rest.

Cheryl Great job on Hard Strikes and core 1! Sorry to hear you weren't able to go dragon boating. Our weather is really rainy today.

Janie I love the Halloween costume! What fun! That is funny that some of the kids were afraid of you!

Julie Great job on BS CSTB! We had alot of candy left over too. We hardly had any trick or treaters and the ones that we had I kept telling to take a handful of candy and we still have a lot left. I thought I would bring it in to the office after a few days since everyone brings theirs in the day after!

Roxie Great job on weight work, KCM TLC Boxing and CLX ab burner! How nice that you were able to get to the lake too! 72 trick or treaters is a lot. I'm not sure how many we had total, but I'd say less than 20. A less less than we usually get and mostly older kids. I'm not sure why, it was a beautiful day. I guess a lot of people take their little ones to events instead of going around the neighborhoods now.

I decided to take Saturday as a rest day to give my feet and ankles another break, especially since LIHI legs was on the calendar. My brother came for the weekend with his new 26 year old Thai wife. They just moved from Thailand so it was the first time meeting her. She is adorable. We had a little birthday dinner for my mom, it was her 85th birthday on Halloween. On Sunday I did LIHI legs and the bonus stability ball abs from Butts and Guts. My feet and ankles were feeling much better! I was going to start Cathe's November rotation this morning, but since it was Cardio leg blast and I did legs yesterday I did Power max instead. Have a great day!

Pam
 
Pam-I don't keep up with baseball either the Royals are from my area and until the lady two years they were awful but they were in the World Series last year and lost this year they finished what they started and won in just five games.
 
Janie enjoy what ever you do for exercise today. I am doing the November rotation it looks like fun. Love the costume, funny what makes some kids scared.

Julie good job on Burn Sets Chest, Shoulders, Triceps and Biceps. Wow 8 hours of errands is a lot. Isn't work wonderful in being able to bring it in and watch it disappear. Good job on Get Glutes and Burn Sets Back.

Pam I didn't like the chia pudding the first time I tried it but I liked it better this morning. I like this recipe better too as the other one I have doesn't have the fruit added. Both the granola (actually I just had some as a snack) and the avocado fruit bowl are really good. I saw the the FB page that the NG gave you some ideas to substitute bananas too. Exciting to meet your brother's new wife. Good work on LIHI Legs and stability ball abs from Butts and Guts. Good work on Power Max too, I am doing Cathe's November rotation as well.

Roxie Good work on your weight work and KCM TLC Boxing and CLX Ab Burner. Nice that you were able to get to the lake. 72 trick or treaters is a lot.

So we ended up getting 220 trick or treaters and the rain held off for it. Our townhouse complex really gets into the spirit of Halloween and there were lots of people out. I went to check out two haunted houses that some of our neighbours did, they were pretty good. Then there were lots of fireworks to top it off. Sunday I did Yoga Relax and then went with our neighbours to a farmers market. It wasn't a lot of fun because the sky decided to open up and we got really wet. The whole day was like that so it wasn't fun being out in it. Today I started Cathe's November rotation with Cardio Leg Blast. I remembered that one being hard for me but this morning I thought that it wasn't too bad. I guess I am getting stronger.

Have a great day everyone.

Cheryl
 
Last night I did about 10 minutes of KBs and then did a segment from Yoga for Stress Relief. It was more of a relaxing yoga which was hard for me to get into but also made me realize two things: 1) I need to learn to relax and 2) I have zero flexibility and mobility. Well maybe not zero but I sure do need to work on it.

Roxie Great job on your weight workout and KCM TLC Boxing + CLX ab burner! Oh wow it would be really early for her to go into labor now. Glad she didn’t. Hopefully she can hold out till much closer to her due date.

Pam So glad you rested our feet and ankles another day. Sounds like it paid off. Great job on LIHI Legs + B&G sb abs! Sounds like you had a great time with your family. Does your brother live near you now? Great job on subbing Power Max! That would be tough for me to do since I love leg workouts.

Cheryl Great job on Yoga Relax especially after such a busy Halloween the day before. Oh no, that stinks that you got rained on. Great job on CLB and getting stronger! That is always such an awesome feeling when the workout goes better than you imagined.

Have a great day!
 
Roxie It was funny because it seemed like after I wrote that asking if the Royals won I started seeing stuff about it everywhere! Congratulations, that is exciting!

Cheryk I am going to make the granola sometime this week. I made the avocado fruit bowl this morning and I really liked it, but my pear wasn't ripe enough so it wasn't as good as it could have been. That was my first experience with hemp seeds and they were pretty good. I don't think I could do the chia pudding without the fruit! I thought it was pretty awesome that she went off and reworked that whole recipe without banana just because I asked about subbing it out. How nice! Now I better make them!! I guess we will be doing the November rotation together, although I'm moving things around a little bit this week to space my leg workouts out. And I subbed Power Max for Party Rockin step. I haven't seen the November rotation in workout manager though and I want to put it on my calendar. Oh, I'm also going to be out of town next week, so I will be mixing things up there too! 220 trick or treaters! Wow! You have to make sure they only get one piece of candy each when you are getting that many! Great job on YR and Cardio leg blast. Isn't it exciting to see progress in your workouts like that? :)

Julie Great job on KB and REALLY great job on YR. I am right there with you on both 1 and 2! I can not believe how inflexible I am when I watch Cathe and the crew doing stretches compared to how far I can stretch. It is pretty pathetic. It wsn't tough for me to move my leg day because I was very sore from Sundays leg work. I was walking very gingerly yesterday! I'm still feeling it today. I don't remember getting that sore from that one in the past, so I'm not sure why it hit me so hard!

This morning was Muscle Max. I am still a day off on the rotation until I decide to put Cardio Leg Blast back in. I'm thinking that will be Thursday, but I need to look at the rest of the week. Have a great day!

Pam
 
Good Evening,

I did weights this morning week 2 of Fitnessfreaks Rotation.

Pam-they are definitely enjoying there win.

Julie-DD just sent a video of the baby having a party in her stomach.
 
Julie good job on KB and yoga for stress relief. I always do yoga on Sundays which is my day off from the regular workouts to make sure I get it in.

Pam I really like the avocado fruit bowl and I may make that one tomorrow. I forgot to prepare the overnight oats for tomorrow's breakfast until I had finished the dinner dishes and I didn't want to mess up the kitchen again. I had the Almond Smoothie this morning and it didn't fill me up at all. I was really hungry all morning. The gurus are really good and helping people out with letting you know how you can change up a recipe. Yep I only give out one piece of candy to the kids. It gets really expensive when you have that many kids and give out more than one. Good job on Muscle Max, I am going to do that one tomorrow.

Roxie good job on your weights this morning. Fitnessfreak has some good rotations.

This morning was Party Rockin' Step #2. That is one of my favorite step workouts. After that I had my hair highlighted and cut. It was such a nice day out that I decided to walk to the hairdressers instead of driving. The rain is suppose to come back again in time for the weekend :(

Have a great day everyone.

Cheryl
 
Last night I did a Get Glutes leg workout plus my own back exercises. I did some iso-hold pullups where I jump up and hold at the top for 4-5 seconds and then try to lower myself slowly for 4-5 seconds. I only did 3x2 and I am feeling it today. Not only in my lats but also my abs. Can I consider that core work?

Pam Great job on Muscle Max! Yes on the flexibility. The instructor on the yoga video I did at one point had us sitting with one leg stretched out in front of us. She said “now slowly lay your head on your shin”. I was like “WHAT?” I can’t even get my head to my knee.

Roxie Great job on weights! Awe! How adorable that she sent you a video.

Cheryl Great job on PRS2! We have had some pretty awesome weather this week too. It was cold and rainy on Halloween but warmed up and got to the 70s on Monday. Not sure it will last much longer but I will take it as long as it wants to give it.

Have a great day!
 
Roxie Great job on your weight workout. I have done a couple of Fitnessfreaks rotations and enjoyed them.

Cheryl I did the overnight oats and really liked them. There are chia seeds in there, but not as many as in the chia pudding and I didn't even notice them. I also warmed it up in the microwave because cold oatmeal didn't sound appealing. I made some of the granola last night to have for snacks, but I forgot to bring some today. I did try it out and thought it was really good. That is good to know about the almond smoothie, I was hungry all day with the chia pudding too. Did you happen to notice that CCC is on the calendar for Friday? :eek: I was a little sorry that I looked ahead! Great job on PRS #2. I think I need to do that one some more to learn the combos. Right now every time I've done it I have felt like I was stumbling around and having a hard time following. I think our rain is clearing up for a few days. It has been raining here since Sunday....:(

Julie Great job on GG and back. Oh my, those iso hold pullups sound really hard!! I think you did great doing 3x2 and I'm thinking that if your abs are feeling it then you can definitely count it as core work!.

This morning was Cardio Kicks. It is always so much fun and I always think of Julie when I do that one! Have a great day!

Pam
 
Julie good job on get glutes and your back exercises. The iso-hold pullups sound hard. I think if you can feel it in your abs it is definitely core work. Enjoy your warm weather while you still have it. It has got cold here now and you need a winter jacket.

Pam I forgot to make the overnight oats again :oops:. Maybe I will remember to make it tomorrow for Friday. I think I would warm up the oatmeal too, it doesn't sound too appetizing to eat oatmeal cold. Yep I noticed CCC was on tap for Friday. I will see how I do on it. Good work on Cardio Kicks, I am doing that one tomorrow.

Roxie good work on your 30 minute run/walk on the treadmill.

So this morning I did Muscle Max. I haven't done that one for several years.

Have a great day everyone.

Cheryl
 
Last night I did TTM 30/20 Hiit Only! Three different times yesterday I kept thinking it was Thursday and then being disappointed when I realized it was Wednesday. This morning I woke up and was thinking how great it was that it was Friday. Then when I got to work, I bent down to get something off the floor and smacked my head so hard on my desk that my teeth clanged together. I hope my day gets better.

Pam Great job on Cardio Kicks! I have not done that one in so long. I love it but it is a little longer than I like to work out right now. I’m trying to keep everything to under an hour so I can have energy to really focus on weights. I'm glad I can count those pullups as core work because my abs are still screaming at me from them.

Roxie Great job on your treadmill run/walk for 30 minutes!

Cheryl Great job on Muscle Max! I haven’t done that one in years either. It was one of my first Cathe’s though so it will always hold a special place in my heart and inner thighs from the plie squats.

Have a great day!
 
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