I'll be back later with my workouts.
RT thoughts...
Cathe
I wanted to attend a RT to meet & workout with Cathe. I was happy to meet Cathletes, but my main reason for attending was to meet & workout with her.
The first workout was Athletic training on Friday. She came hurrying into the room. She lit up the room and the energy and excitement increased dramatically. If I lived near her gym, I'd take every class she teaches. She was FANTASTIC!!!!!! She is motivating, encouraging, and real (she says she's started sweating when I was noticing some sweat, etc.
). She made it clear she was there for us and invited us for autographs, questions, etc. during the event, but I had to hurry back to my li'l Diva to nurse before the rest of my evening.
At dinner, she came around to the tables for photo ops. I was star struck... I admit it.
It wasn't until after workout 2 (yoga stretch... ummm... we were expecting a little more relaxing lol
), I approached her. She greeted me with a hug, and we chatted. I found her to be warm, friendly, gracious, genuine, funny, approachable, humble, beautiful, fit, and I could go on and on. She was so willing to give me advice and simply talk. I was on cloud 9 the next day when we ran into Cathe in the bathroom before a workout & she knew
MY NAME (no name tag at that time)!!!!
I was so excited when I told my DH.
Granted, I do have an unusual name, but I was excited!!! The next evening, she & her sister sat at our table for dinner. We were the "intorvert club" table so it was a little quiet.
I was still star struck. Oh and she is soooo real... we saw her eat Mickey Mouse ice cream sandwiches... I won't tell you how many.
Cathe really won me over when she met my sweet li'l Diva, who was trying to crawl out of my arms into Cathe's.
Cathe was behind me at the fireworks & took a pic of li'l Diva sleeping through the entire fireworks show, lol. She sent it to me... imagine my delight to have a message from Cathe in my inbox. Cyndi (behind the scenes photographer) printed a similar pic to the one in my avatar and gave it to me (which Cathe signed for me)... I thought that was so special!!
Workouts...
The energy and excitement pushed me harder than I push myself at home. I hope to take what I learned at the RT about pushing passed my comfort zone and applying it to my home workouts. During our yoga stretch (that made me sweat
), we lost the lights 2xs which made chair pose fun, lol. I think Chris or someone was playing.
Did you see the Dixie cups? Yes, those were used in the lower body workouts for lunges (can't remember specifics), but this helps take some pressure off the knees reaching for them (it does help). I missed the 2nd workout on Saturday b/c I was feeding and napping with the baby. It was ok though b/c I had plenty of DOMs. Did I mention we had visited Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom before the RT started. I had walked and walked and was already feeling THAT when the RT started, lol. I was not disappointed in the Cathe workouts (but the room was a tad stuffy).
The Cathletes...
Most were just as awesome as Cathe
, but there were a few I found to be less than friendly.
However, I realize that may not be the case at all. I've been accused of being stuck up since elementary school when in fact I am just painfully shy. So, I am giving the benefit of the doubt but am honest & didn't find everyone friendly.
I agree with Kiki there is a "clique" that naturally forms when people get together, and I noticed it too. I think you just have to jump right in and meet people. When I had the time to meet people, I found the "cliquishness" wasn't an issue & people were very welcoming. My problem was I didn't have the time to meet & mingle that I would have liked b/c I had to care for li'l Diva.
*As I said before, there were many women who w/
bods that were OUTTA-THIS-WORLD-PERFECT (of course, Amanda, being one of them - OMG!!! if you think she looks good on the videos, it is UNREAL to see that bod in real life - I even had to close DH's jaw a time or two
, and he's usually rather good about not sneaking peaks at other ladies...or at least at not getting caught!
)
This is true!!! Oh and that Amanda... OMGosh, she is GORGEOUS and very sweet!!! I do not equate fitness with aesthetics (pet peeve of mine) & it seemed to me various body types and fitness levels were represented.
I absolutely would not hesitate to attend another RT. I don't know if I'll ever make it to NJ, but if Cathe comes to the midwest or goes to WDW again I would not hesitate!! It was a fantastic experience!!!
