November, 2020
This month: Perfect 30/Yvette Fit/IDT Yoga & others/Daily Meditation/Cleaner Eating. I think I hit it all? Also, TONS & TONS of YARD WORK!!!
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Meditation; Perfect Pump Upper Body; PP UB Bonus; Yvette Fit #48 30 Min. Low Impact Step; PP Extended Stretch Ugh, going to try this again...got the dreaded internal 500 error. LOVED PP Upper and I can see me using this one a lot to get in/get out. Matched Cathe's weights on most but room to grow too. Loved the pace of the reps, just wish she'd give a little more prep time. LOVED the Incline Clutch Press and next time I'll try 20's or 25's. I don't like using bands with weights, so I used a heavier weight for those. I'm wondering how often I'll use the 4 min. UB Bonus, since I changed up the upright rows with pull-downs, and used weights for all with no tubing. My tubing won't allow for overhead shoulder work....[maybe I need to consider a new Cathe equipment purchase of lighter resistance bands?] Yvette's class was a very basic step workout with 1 riser but we're talking Yvette here, so it was NOT all low impact! Her backgrounder may have been new to step(?) and did a great job, but I was thinking maybe she'd show the low impact option but that was not the case. It was perfect for me wanting to get a little more calorie burn with some steady state cardio, but it's also really easy to take up the intensity with higher impact moves and I did that frequently. Yay, I noticed Yvette added the times of the workouts to the titles of each workout...she must've been reading our check-in, haha!
437 calorie burn
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Meditation (after yoga today); IDT Work In & Work Out: Day 7 Power Yoga Classic (Travis-62 min.); 1 mile walk (had to make it quick as dad was picking up baby soon) A classic class, indeed! Loved it and it just sailed by. Forty-five minutes of warm up series and a fantastic flow, then some mat stretches w/ boat, spinal twists, and thread-the-needle. Fabulous!!!! I didn't have time to fit in a meditation my usual time...I had 101 things to do before the baby got here! May go for a stroll later (if she'd ever wake up - going on 3.5 hours now!!!)... ETA: I had to wake her up after 4 hours...mama's orders.
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Meditation (20 min.- found one I truly loved); Perfect Pump Lower Body (w/ wtd. vest); PP LB Bonus (w/ ankle weights, no vest); Core, Extended Stretch; Caroline Girvan 15 min. Lower Body Kettlebell Workout TOTALLY LOVED Cathe's LB workout!! I dug out my weighted vest (and took out some poundage to make it 12#) and that meant that either I matched Cathe or went quite heavier on a few. So happy I used my vest as it wasn't a dread factor with just 12# on it! And since this is the time of year when my hands start feeling compromised with my arthritis flare-ups, the vest was a god-send so I don't have to hold such heavy weights. Although I was very sweaty when done, it wasn't unbearable since I had 2 fans blowing on me, LOL. LOVE the Cossack Squats and was thrilled to see them again in Caroline's workout!
I even omitted the KB swings at end of hers to do more Cossack Squats! :0) I can't believe how FAST Cathe's workout went by ... it was zip in/zip out and she gave quite a bit more prep time in this one. Added on the LB Bonus & core which was a nice little finisher. Core was ok...nothing special there. Thought I could do more, so I added on Caroline's 15 min. "finisher" (w/o vest) which was perfect too, although I used a 30# or 20# DB instead of a KB except for the swings. The PP Extended Stretch was really good so will use that a lot too. Loved Cathe/crew outfits, background, and the music doesn't annoy me so I'm thrilled with this series so far!
500+ calorie burn (can't remember exactly). ETA:
Mow Max/Yard Work - 2.25 hours Beautiful weather this week!
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Meditation; Perfect HiiT (Low Impact); (Pyramid HiiT Bonus); Heather Robertson No Jumping HiiT w/ DB's (29 min. sans w/u & used 5# DB's); Michelle's Yin Yoga -listening to Heather's music I have to say I was pretty surprised how much I enjoyed these HIIT workouts! Low Impact was super fun with some new moves - yay Cathe! Loved the Heisman Rock & Run, agility moves (which I normally don't like), star jacks, etc. The only move I didn't like were the Wind Sprints - which is basically running up, touch down, and running back and did tuck jumps on the rebounder. This w/o is really easy to start the sets early which I did most of the time until Cathe introduced a new move as there was quite a bit of down time. The Pyramid Bonus was good too! I just used my topper for the box jumps...I put it back on my risers for the rest. I'm glad to have another Pyramid type HiiT workout in my collection! All these just sailed by, so I had time for HR's workout too. This is a fun one and I appreciated the no jumping but I was still sucking wind! The format is :45/:15 with 3 circuits each repeated once. I think I like her no repeat workouts more so, as this one did seem a bit repetitive, but the music is fab in this and I played it again when I did Michelle's stretch which was really a great idea: when the beep sounded, I knew to switch positions after holding each stretch for :45!! Great workout today - 552 calorie burn
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Meditation; IDT Living The Good Life (Travis - 64 min.) This is definitely one of the BEST classes on the site, IMO, and it's even on YT, FYI. Jammed packed with a dynamic flow complete with fantastic balance challenges with great words of wisdom of the 7 steps on "Living the Good Life" throughout the class. Travis even does a little chant at the end of Shavasana. ;0) This class reminded me a lot of a Level Up class with challenging poses that flow in a great sequence with music playing in the background and I enjoyed Travis' witty remarks throughout. This is exactly what I needed today - feeling really DOMS-y from the workouts this week.
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Meditation; Yvette Fit #29 60 Min. Cardio, Kickboxing, BOSU, Core Workout; Michelle's Yin Yoga done to Heather's music Yay! So glad to see this workout made it to the new site!! It is sooo fun that works your whole body but is such a LEG FRYER with the kicks, BOSU, ankle weight conditioning, FW band segment, etc.! One of my favorites!!
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Meditation; 2.06 mile walk; 1.75 hours yard work It seemed like a whole ****load of leaves just fell from the sky the past 2 days, LOL!! It's probably due to the warm, dry weather...it goes so quick with my blower though!
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Meditation; Power Yoga for Happiness: Strong, Free & Happy (53 min.); 1.5 hours of more yard work I hadn't done any of Eoin's classes for a few years but Travis just has me so spoiled that I didn't even really enjoy it. :/ Today DH was available to help with the leaves, but it seemed it was for naught. When we were done, it looked like we hadn't touched the yard, as the wind was blowing them down faster than we could rake/blow!
Oh well....I'm done today!!
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Meditation; 2 hours yard work raking/blowing; IDT Flexibility & Beyond (Short & Sweet 30 min.); IDT Sleep Well (Dreamy - 15 min. FF'g in places) Got out early and got all the leaves out to the curb before the big truck came and sucked them up--although tons more fell during that time! :/ Later after I cleaned my house and some laundry, all I wanted to do was lay on my mat after 3 straight days of yard work. So these classes were nice...S&S was really welcomed and Travis only held the poses for 2 min. Lots of nice relaxing poses with relaxing music all done on the mat. My kind of Yin! I didn't realize Travis has a 7 yr old son...he talks about him during this class; must be from a previous marriage? Since I was in such a tranquil disposition after that, I thought I'd see what a SW class entailed and these poses are held longer with little talk from Travis. I think these would be good to make you feel really relaxed but just is hard for me to carve out time right before bed.
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Meditation; 1 mile walk (trying to get baby to sleep); 1.25 hours yard work/raking/blowing; Heather Robertson Standing Abs Workout; Michelle's Yin Yoga And here I thought I was getting out of raking since I had the baby! :/ Took advantage while she slept and got the front yard done. Hope to do a workout yet....well, I didn't feel like anything strenuous and didn't want to get started and then having to stop if she woke up. Heather's and Michelle's were a perfect fit.
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Meditation; KCM 30 MTF Sculpting Rx (Workout 2 w/ 5's & 8's); KCM 30 MTF Strength & Stamina (Bonus Step; Express Workout 1); extra stretch; 50 min. yard work @ parents picking up leaves My hands are really feeling achey due to my arthritis flare-up (brought on by the raking/blowing), so no heavy weights for awhile. Love SRx workout 2 and was perfect with its' light weights. S&S Bonus Step is SO FUN!! Groovin' to some Turbo Jam tunes, I was! Then S&S weight workout 1 was very good - my heaviest weights were 12's. Great combo today!//
Happy Veteran's Day! to all who serve/served!! My parents took advantage of a free breakfast for veterans that was HUGE -- they got 2 meals out of it!! All they had to do was drive up to the grocery store and they brought it out to them.
Later I took them back to the store and my mom took advantage of 15% off everything in the store for all veterans. Score! I think they did all right today! It's the little things...:0)
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Meditation; Yvette Fit #70 60 min. Low Impact Cardio Kickboxing; 2.25 hours of Mow Max/Yard Work This class was one of Yvette's easier (and we're talking EASIER!) steady state low impact k/b class that had very little jumping and was really a super core burner throughout the whole thing. It didn't take a lot of energy so thankfully I was left with extra to go out and do more yard work! The 2nd half of this workout I liked better as it included more kicks and combos...the first half got a little tedious for me and I had time to focus on the backgrounders' less than perfect form (or maybe that was in the second half?)
But I LOVED her IT-band focused LONG stretch at the end...it was really long for Yvette but she still didn't hold the poses long enough for my tastes. ;0) I saw where you did this one too,
Jane and I said hi!
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Meditation; X-10 (w/u), KCM Super Sculpt (Workout 3 - w/ Step Ups-Special Premix=36 min.); KCM Box Fit (3 Box Combos w/ Legs Premix=35 min.; extra stretch; Later: 45 min. yard work (just blowing leaves that dropped since yesterday); 11 Min. Yoga Quickie-Hands, Fingers & Wrists (Adriene) I need an add'l w/u for SS to feel totally warmed up, as Kelly starts in on with the FW band right out of the gate; but I really enjoy the FW band segment! I used 10's & 3's and 2 risers and it seemed to flow better this time (I knew I would keep going in sports since she doesn't cue as to having 1 or 2 more reps left). ;0) The Box Fit premix was good although I just don't think her combos flow very well. I did like including the legs and used my vest for the heavy weights (used 1 30# and 12's#. It's less painful to hold 1 30 than 2 15's). Great combo today although I'm not sure I like BF that much...maybe I need to try different premixes? Really feeling my core from yesterday and today's workout (typing this late afternoon).//It felt so nice today to go shopping (@Kohl's/TJ Maxx & some ME time)....I had $48 Kohl's cash to use and some TJ rewards to spend...even got some Christmas shopping done too.
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IDT Flexibility & Beyond (Foundations - 45 min., which also served as my Meditation) Each pose is held around 5 min...thankfully, my kitty wanted some lovin' while on the mat so I could do
something besides listen and lay there, LOL.
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Meditation; Yvette Fit #76 60 min. BOSU/Bodyweight Cardio BURN; stretch TOUGH STUFF! Great balance challenges using the BOSU - loved the creative moves! The 3 little bounces/hold on the BOSU was so hard for me, as well as the jumping up on it with two feet...still don't trust that my knees will like that. ;0) If you LOVE Burpees, then this is the class for you!! But once you get to the 30-35 min. mark, you made it to the easier recovery moves and thankfully, very few burpees left in the last segment but still not easy for sure. This was the hardest one on her new site that I've done so far. Very FUN!
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Meditation; 2.5 hours of yard work; Cathe's P30 Perfect Pump (Upper Body - AKA The Sweaty Knees Workout :0)) Today was chilly but great since there was little wind to do the yard (actually, I also did both next door neighbor's front yards too, yes, a new toy, and look what happens)! Realistically, I had an ulterior motive: not wanting their leaves blowing back in MY yard, LOL. Hey, it works for everybody. Ran errands than came home and talked myself into Cathe's UB workout....wow, no dread factor when it's only 30 minutes and was "perfect" since my arms were fatigued from the blowing/raking. :0) Really enjoyed this workout today! I went a bit lighter but matched Cathe on some body parts since there are so few reps. It seemed easier to grab the right weights today than the first time and didn't seem so rushed. So glad to have this in my collection on days like this...when my arms/hands are compromised but want to do
something. Side note: My new red band worked good today...it was a bit lighter than the green one but since I was dialing it down and I wanted to try it out, I'm glad I got it now.
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Meditation; Rest day
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Meditation; Heather Robertson Low Impact/Total Body HiiT Workout & Weights (No jumping); YT Bob & Brad (Hand & Finger exercises - 2 x) I really liked Heather's workout - format is 2 circuits with :45/:15 x 2 rounds each. I used 8#'s for all...for the Shadow Box punches at that fast pace, I did upper cuts to the shoulder. I didn't think this one seemed repetitive since there are so many different exercises.
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Meditation; 65 min. yard work (while baby slept); 2.57 mile walk pushing stroller Wow, it was WINDY!! I could hardly push the stroller facing the wind (which makes me scratch my head as to why I bothered with the leaves at all today!) ;0)
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Meditation; 2 hours yard work Lot better wind-wise today....raked up/picked up the hundreds of pokey-balls and got 'er all mowed up (and ran mower out of gas, so that means I'M DONE?!?!?!)
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Meditation; X-10 (w/u); Cathe Live Metabolic Boot Camp Live #263 (45 min.); Cathe's Lower Body Blast (Floor work; Single Leg Conditioning Drills; Stretch) From my notes, I needed an extra w/u (her Live w/u is all stretches(?)), and this one is so fun and flys by! Five circuits of mostly weighted compound exercises w/ very little (maybe one?) cardio exercise that still provide that cardio effect and a few core exercises at the end to get in/out. These are my favorite type of Live workouts!!! Added on Cathe's floor work/cond'g drills which was a nice little leg finisher. Now I need to figure out which Live D/L's I NEED to buy and which Lives I WANT to buy, LOL!
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Meditation; Yvette Fit #63 60 Min. Cardio W/ Shoulders/Biceps/Triceps Circuits; IDT Feel The Joy (Lauren- 30 min.) This class is a new format for Yvette - 1 min. of step cardio/1 min. of weights/:30 of core work that sometimes uses the stability ball. So kind of like a Boot Camp HiiT workout - LOVED THIS!! The core work & weight work gave you some recovery time from the cardio. Very few burpees in this - and not until around the 45 min. mark. Shoulders, bi's, tri's are worked (really!) well and even a chest press in there too; jump rope is listed but she didn't use it. Really a fun one!! Lauren's class was a nice, gentle flow with a few balance challenges. It felt great after Yvette's class.
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Meditation; YT Bob & Brad Hand & Finger Exercises; Cathe's Perfect 30 Perfect Pump (Lower Body/LB Bonus--using ankle weights/green band); ICE MM (Chest/Back--2 rounds each); PP Extended Stretch FANTASTIC workout today!! I used my 12# vest again and love how this really adds on the weight used for each exercise. My hands were feeling pretty good this morning, so I lifted heavier than last time. For fun, I tallied the difference what Cathe uses and what I used with my vest for each exercise....get this, I added on 228# extra!!!!!! Whaaa?? Using the vest REALLY ups the poundages...esp on the calf raises where I used 60# (+ vest; Cathe uses 50#), that's 22 x 3 extra pounds right there with the 3 rounds, plus there were a couple unweighted exercises where I had my vest on...wow! That really puts everything in perspective how much poundage you could add when wearing a measly 12# vest!!! I added on ICE MM's (no vest and skipping D/L's since I did enough of those in PP) finishing the rest of UB from yesterday...but I could only eek out 2 rounds, as my arms were toast by then!! I think this may be my favorite Cathe LB DVD ever, since the exercises all agree with my knees (#1!), good length, good pace, music doesn't annoy, participants do not annoy, and using my vest I can really go heavier when my hands allow, LOL. LOVE! 403 cal burn today...FEELING STRONG!!
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Meditation; Heather Robertson Intense Low Impact HiiT/Total Body-No Jumping (40 min.); IDT Power Hit Yoga (Brittany 20 min.) Heather's w/o was a sweaty one but probably not a favorite...there is a lot of repetition (didn't preview) and wasn't fond of some of the exercises but appreciated that there was no jumping. Jeesh, she loves those bear kick backs! LOL, there was more jumping in Brittany's class with the bunny hops! I liked her class for a quick flow when short on time.
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IDT Meditation; Yvette Fit #3 40 Min. High Intensity Kettlebell Workout; P30 Extended Stretch This one is appropriately named and oh, SO S-W-E-A-T-Y!!!! A fun, shorter workout that really packs a punch in 40 min.!! All bodyweight cardio moves with the 2 riser step vertically until the last 10 min. where she does 15# KB strength work with a few cardio k/b moves. Very FUN!! Great to see Theo (Y's brother) again! 346 cal burn
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! So very thankful for all my blessings despite the unfortunate circumstances....
IDT Meditation (Level Up -Gratitude); Les Mills (LM) Body Combat #80 Intense w/ gloves; Cathe's Perfect 30 High Intensity HiiT; stretch Ha, like
Jane, I rewarded myself to some new subscriptions/D/L's for Black Friday. Why not? What else do we have to look forward to?? ;0) Anyway, LM sure has changed since I put my subscription on hold!! Some of the workouts are filmed outdoors now with beautiful mountainous surroundings, like this one. On a platform surrounded by water, and sometimes with voice-over, the camera pans all around the instructors sometimes changing backgrounds. Very different than the dark, stage-like classes, but probably just the Body Combat ones can be filmed outdoors since they don't include any equipment. This class was fun with powerful moves with the fun music and was so nice to work out with Dan & Rach again although sometimes I had trouble following the moves due to their cueing! I got the 3 months for 20% off deal. Thought I'd do Cathe's HiiT again...it's ok, but once again, this proves my preference to Cathe's weight & metabolic workouts. I think why I don't take to this one so much is b/c I don't really find it very fun. I'd much rather do a Heather or Yvette HiiT workout! So another BF deal I took advantage of is buying 10 Live D/L's. The way I look at it, I have these workouts to keep forever....so $$ well spent. Of course, most of them are metabolic!! ;0) Hope everyone has a great day celebrated with family members (or without). Just my DS will be celebrating with us, as DD/SIL are going to his side of the family. What's
really different is that I have to cook the whole meal instead of just taking a side, LOLOLOL!
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Meditation; Cathe Live PHA Supersets (#314); LM Body Pump #113 (sans w/u=25 min.; stretch Cathe's class was a SWEATY one! She even takes her glasses off at one point (before they slide off!). It's a no-nonsense workout to get in/get out in 42 min. but no "fun vibe" like her other PHA Lives, IMHO. For me, it's mainly b/c she has no class behind her and she doesn't joke like usual. The format is different than a true PHA workout: 2 UB exercises followed by 2 LB exercises throughout for 4 rounds: 2 sets of same exercises and 2 sets of different exercises. I did like that format for a change to really burn the muscles. To make my workout an hour or longer, I added on Body Pump which I really liked. Those 5 min. tracks seem like they go on and on with all the reps....! The whole class seemed so powerful - esp. the "clean & press" which proved to be a little rusty in my case. This class works legs, bi's, shoulders, back & core. Filmed in the studio but with changing backgrounds. This time they didn't make me dizzy. ;0)//I got all my Christmas decorations up with the exception for my tree, which DH will help me put up tonight. He got the outside lights done yesterday while I was cooking. So pretty!!
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Meditation; LM Sh'Bam #25 Short; IDT Super Spine (21 min. of the 45 min.); IDT Strong Dancer (20 min. of the 34 min.) I am so sore today! (due to LM Pump, I'm sure). Today was sort of a hit and miss day. The 'hit' was Sh'Bam--that was SO much fun!! Rach led and her hip hop-crotch-to-the-floor pants didn't bother me as much as her untied shoe!! Miraculously, it tied itself in the next track, LOL. Great w/u!! The yoga classes just made me annoyed, haha. Not surprised about the Yin class...I got really antsy, but hey, I made it to 21 min.! (Where was my kitty when I needed to be entertained??) Onto the power yoga...I had forgotten that I don't care much for Denise...I had to look at the screen way more often than I liked. Again, surprised I made it to 20 min.! Oh well, can't love 'em all!
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Meditation; Yvette Fit #60 60 Min. Step Cardio Legs Burnout A FUN one! Sweaty, sweaty, and how sweaty!! Yvette uses 3 risers; I used 2 risers, 12's & 15's and got quite the workout. Loved the fun step cardio moves - just a very few burpees in this and was a major leg fryer!! We had just finished watching online church and obviously I didn't charge up my laptop enough and it died at the 54 min. mark! I just added on a few core exercises and stretches and called it a day (just 6 min. remaining). (Looking back now her core exercises were more fun than the ones I chose!) Great endurance workout!! 418 cal burn - not too shabby for a Sunday workout! :0)
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Meditation; Five Parks Yoga (Energy, Tension & Release=25 min.); Cathe's P30 Mobility The baby only slept 1 hour today, so I didn't have much time to work out; too cold for a walk too.