April, 2023
27- 3.17 Mile Walk; Tiff & Dan (Shred II Day 3 - 30 Min. Chest & Tricep Workout/BW & DB =36 min.); Mady (BPR); 10 Min. Yard Work
28- Five Parks Yoga (Wake Up & Rise Yoga Class In Bed - 20 min. class)
29- Yvette (w/u); Tiff & Dan (30 Min. DB Back & Bicep Workout @ Home/PULL Workout =37 Min.); Mady (SFLBPR); extra upper body stretches
30- 3.71 Mile Walk; Mady (SFLBPR); Julia Reppel (15 Min. Feel Good Mobility Flow...)
31- Julia Reppel (8 min. Beginner Hip Mobility Routine...); Julia Reppel (Day 8 OER 10 Min. Mobility Routine/Full Body...); Mady (BPR); 2.40 Mile Walk; 15 Min. Yard Work later
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Yvette Fit #237 (40 Min. Moderate Impact Step/BOSU/Weight Circuits); Yvette Fit #183 (30 Min. BOSU/Bodyweight/Shoulders - minus w/u =25 min.); Mady (BPR; SFLBPR; Stretches for Neck, Shoulders, & Upper Back Pain Relief) Yvette's class was perfect as I still needed to work shoulders, legs, and core and this class hit all 3! I used 2 risers (Y uses her Reebok deck
which makes my knees hurt just looking at it!). I loved the weight work while balancing on the BOSU. Then since it was shorter, I added on her other BOSU/BW/Shoulders workout that allowed more fun cardio, weighted shoulder work and BW (mostly burpees). Very fun Saturday morning workout! Stretched it out with my Mady staples.
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30 Min. Yard Work Mostly a
Rest Day
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Cathe Live #198 (Circuit Crush =40 Min.); Cathe Live #234 (Strong Express Upper Body =36 min.); Mady (Full Body Stretch) CC sailed by with 6 circuits of cardio/LB/UB strength/core format. Did some of the cardio moves on rebounder. SEUB was a good add-on to work the UB a little more. It was almost a year ago (shy of 3 days) that I did this one! Shoulders are fried from the get-go..my arms are toast right now. Good stuff!
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2.11 Mile Walk (in the misty rain!); Mady (SFLBPR) Early hair appt but got out there later - a miracle!!
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Yvette (w/u); Michelle Briehler (50 Min. Full Body Strong Workout/DB's/Reduce Body Fat & Build Muscle); T & D (10 Min. Flat Abs Workout 4/4/23); TM (12/3/30 w/ changes =1.10 mile); Mady (Netflix Stretch) OMG! Michelle's workout is AWESOME! One of my favs and a great metabolic total body workout! Very little rest time with :40/:15 & two rounds of same exercises, working core with practically every exercise. I used 12's, 15's, & 20's and pink booty band. This can easily be made into 2 25 min. workout sessions when short on time. Michelle is on FIREYAH with her latest offerings!!
Dan's core workout was an easier 10 min. but will have little dread. Next, I took a page from
allgirlsinaz's log and googled the 12/3/30 TM concept....only I did 20 min. to see how my knees will fare, LOL. The idea is doing a 12 incline with a 3.0 speed for 30 min. I love this steady state idea esp. on rainy days! No dread with not having to change up speeds, etc. as I get enough speed walking when I walk outside. Thanks, AZ, I'm assuming I read about the concept correctly.
Great workout today with no dread. 548 cal burn
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2.46 Mile Walk; 10 Min. Yard Work; Julia Reppel (14 Min. Evening Mobility Flow..); Mady (15 Min. Leg Stretch...) Brrr, it was COLD out there this morning! I have crazy booty DOMS today...95% sure it's due mostly to the TM incline work yesterday. Jeesh!
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Yvette (w/u); T & D (45 Min. Full Body Workout with DB's/Tone & Sculpt Day 15 Shred); Yvette Fit #161 (30 Min. Weights, Chest, Shoulders, & Ab Circuits); Mady (Stretches for Neck, Shoulders, & Upper Back Pain Relief) Dan's workout includes slow speeds with the weights than the same exercise AMRAP with lighter weight. Good when wanting to do something different to change it up. My weight load was all over the place depending on the exercise; I couldn't use just 2 poundages like Dan. Great workout. Yvette's class was a good finisher working shoulders, chest and abs but she also included a few biceps and back in there and I changed up a few shoulder exercises to work triceps. So a good total body workout all around!
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Michelle Briehler (45 Min. Standing Cardio Core Workout/Low Impact/Toned Waist); Michelle (20 Min. Full Body Mobility Routine =21/25 min.); Mady (BPR); 2.27 Mile Walk (later) Loved Michelle's standing core workout...3 rounds of the same 20 exercises which got a little repetitive but really good core focus and I used 1# wrist weights. Mobility wasn't a favorite...started out good with the banded shoulder work but she included lots of lower body moves that aren't my favorites. Changed up some of her exercises with the "gorilla move, scorpion, and mobility squat". Like her Piyo workouts, the moves can be hit & miss for me. Added on a walk later - beautiful day!
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HAPPY EASTER - He is risen!! Rest Day After a great church service, we had a fun Easter spent at DD/DSIL's for a cookout. They have a new addition to their family: a kitty named Ozwald (Ozzy for short)! Very cute & energetic!! Remy, (the older cat) is adjusting.
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Michelle Briehler (30 Min. Standing Strength Workout No Repeat =32 min.); Yvette Fit #115 (60 Min. Cardio/Chest/Shoulders/Triceps BC, sans w/u =50 min.); 2.59 Mile Walk; 20 Min. Yard Work; Mady (BPR) Michelle's class works shoulders, triceps, biceps, back, legs, core but no chest. After the first few exercises, I grabbed heavier weights from then on out. (But she stresses in the comments to do this one a few times a week with other workouts - I guess as an endurance workout. Even so, she uses 10's for calves? I grabbed my 20's and could have gone heavier on several exercises). It left me wanting a little more, so I thought this Yvette class would be good since she works shoulders, chest, triceps, & core. Legs are worked indirectly with the step cardio (I used my topper and BOSU for a few). I loved this one - it was really fun with the cardio and weight circuits (3-4 sets for each muscle group but I usually did 16-24 reps (Y does 12) since I was going lighter than Yvette...it uses a med ball (I used my 8# ball), and jump rope for a few exercises (I used my cordless). There are 4 guys (one is Y's bro) in this class which is very rare, as it's mostly females in the classes. I don't know how I skipped over this one - great class! I wanted to get outside since it was so nice out and did a short walk and a little yard work. Great total body workout today!
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3.62 Mile Walk This was a slower walk; it was in the afternoon and after I spent the morning watching babies (which consisted of pushing a baby in the stroller for 1.5 hours to keep him happy!), so I was fatigued from the get-go. But it was incredible weather, so I thought a slow walk was better than no walk...and it did have lots of hills. Lots of steps today!
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Yvette (w/u); Michelle Briehler (RIP Lower Body Strength Workout/Tone & Sculpt/MUSIC DRIVEN =44 min.); Heather Robertson (HR12WEEK 3.0 Day 13 Unilateral Leg & Glute Strength =39 min.); Mady (15 Min. Leg Stretch) Michelle's leg workout was AWESOME! Like the RIP workouts, she includes great music set to the reps. I used 15's & 25# and Cathe's heavy FW band. Lots of wtd. squats and lunges in this one but she breaks up the pattern with an occasional cardio leg exercise and booty work and core work. The floor work wasn't crazy tough but it complemented the weight work nicely. Excellent workout and now I want to try her RIP Upper Body workouts! Heather's class had lots of weighted lunges in it w/ a few cardio leg exercises like Michelle's but Michelle's flowed better w/o the up/down aspect. I used 15's & 25# and started with my pink fabric band for the booty work but switched to Cathe's green band...all the reps started to add up! By the end, I was ready to be done. (And like with all HR's unilateral workouts, I need to pay attention to which leg is supposed to be worked...I think I messed up a couple times. :/ It seems it's mostly her unilateral workouts I have trouble with). I was thinking of adding on a walk since it's so nice out but who was I kidding? Not going to happen after these two classes (unless done (much) later in the day)!! So I compromised and am
sitting outside while typing this!
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4.42 Mile Walk; Julia Reppel (Running Cool Down Mobility Stretch); Michelle Goldstein (Yin Yoga) Gorgeous day mostly spent outside!
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3.34 Mile Walk; Mady (Netflix stretch) Another day of watching babies...this walk was faster as I was mostly rocking babies and not strolling them! Warm afternoon but windy.
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Yvette (w/u); Michelle Briehler (RIP Upper Body Workout/Tone & Sculpt/MUSIC DRIVEN =36 Min.); Mady (Fix Your Posture & Reduce Back Pain =10 min.) Great music in this one too. It seemed very Body Pump-like...more so than her LB, IMO, with tons of reps. Arms, chest, back and core are worked. Shoulders are majorly hit too, but indirectly...esp. in the kneeling back track...wow, tough with 3#'s! I kept thinking "this track is the hardest"...for every track!! [The newbie in the class (at least I haven't seen her before), kept me entertained with her facial expressions and mannerisms, LOL! She took my mind off the pain, ha]. Good stuff and fun fact: I was in the FB zone for almost all of my workout! This was a fun week with Michelle...my lower back has been a little fussy lately though.
Side note: Nothing to add on as I cleaned my house, then went over and cleaned DS's place as he is out of town. He didn't ask me to; I thought it'd be a nice surprise. :0) Did his bedding and laundry while I cleaned too....felt good to help him out. He's getting home late tomorrow and I'm sure he'll be very tired & the last thing he wants to do is laundry or clean!! I didn't get to his weedy flower beds, though...after all the cleaning, I was just done...
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Rest Day Rainy and very cool today.
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Yvette Fit #234 (50 Min. Step/Weights/Ankle Weight Circuits); Yvette Fit #237 (40 Min. Moderate Impact Step/BOSU/Weight Circuits, sans w/u =32 Min.); Mady (BPR; SFLBPR) Great Monday morning FUN!! LOVED #234 SO MUCH and favorited. Focus is on strength with very little cardio and wearing ankle weights for the entire thing, I didn't feel my knees/hips were compromised. And when the only time she did j.jacks with them on, I went to check on my laundry, LOL. She uses her Reebok deck for the step (I used 2 risers) and love how slow she does step ups (even w/ my height). A few times, I held a 15# weight during the step-ups and unweighted cardio moves to give it a little more intensity/metabolic focus. This class works shoulders, chest, core, and legs mostly but sometimes I changed a shoulder exercise to a tricep exercise. I added on her #237 I did at the beg. of the month which complemented it well with more cardio/weight focus (sans ankle weights). 570 cal burned/49 min. in FB zone..it's been awhile since I burned that many calories in one workout!!
Feeling great!
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1 Hour Yard Work (Mow Max @ my house =2 mile walk); 2.5 Hours Yard Work at DS's) Watched babies in morning; yard work in afternoon!
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Cathe Live #321 (Metabolic Circuit Live =47 min.); 3.20 Mile Walk This CL starts out with a bang! Love the format of 2 sets of weighted exercises before moving to next muscle group. Replaced D/L's with weighted bridges (45#) and for 2nd set, I did 30 pulses...had to take a break throughout! This is one of the few classes with Cathe by herself that I don't mind...I'm too busy with the burn!! :0) Nice to add on a speed walk...had a good 5K time today.
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4.01 Mile Walk; Five Parks Yoga (Everyday Yoga Flow Yoga Class =53 min.); Mady (BPR) I shaved off 2:28 min. of my 5K time from yesterday...of course, it helped that I was trying to beat the rain, LOL. Great weather. Soooo nice to hang with Erin for almost an hour today with a new class, yay!! Great flow sequence and loved how open my hips felt afterward. LOL, @ the beginning, her doggie was laying on his back doing a yoga stretch imitating Erin, ha. I think I skip over yoga lately since she doesn't have many new classes released. I just love her pace and sequencing, not to mention her calming voice and now the new brighter/colorful studio./I have really noticed my hips/lower back being really tight as I haven't been consistent lately with Mady's BPR, either, which is detrimental for me. Gotta change that. ;0) Feeling really stretched out now.
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2.50 Hours Yard Work @ DS’; Mady (BPR) Watching babies in morning (we had 7 and was very hectic!). Lots of pulling and pruning at DS’…pooped! Ready to sit on the couch, LOL.
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Heather Robertson (HR12WEEK 3.0 Day 55 POWER HOUR 60 Min. Workout); Mady (SFLBPR; BPR) This class of Heather's was tougher than I thought it would be, yikes! Format is :40/:20 with 3 circuits repeated once each of upper/lower body exercises and last circuit is core variations. I used a variety of weights from 5's-32.50#. I changed up a few of the exercises: D/L's = changed to weighted glute raises & weighted jacks = changed to snatches with a jack in between. That Ninja Boxer exercise - holy! Jump back into burpee with weights, then come into LOW crouch, then punch with each weight, repeat for duration. My hip flexors were burning like crazy. I don't know if it was b/c it was toward the end and I was ready to be done or what, but it was TOUGH!! This class with her combination upper/lower body moves really made this one metabolic and my HR was up there. LOVE! No need to add on, LOL, this one hit it all.
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30 Min. Yard Work Mostly a
Rest Day I helped in the church nursery today...nobody can say I didn't get my "baby fix" this week, LOL!
RECOVERY WEEK
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Yvette Fit #239 (65 Min. BOSU/Boxing Weight Combos =35 Min.); Cathe Live #314 (PHA Supersets - sans w/u =37 min.); Mady (BPR) I didn't have much energy this morning and didn't want a whole hour of cardio, (thought there'd be more weight work, so stopped at her water break). She did have some good balance weight work while standing/kneeling on the BOSU, though. Just enough cardio to get a half hour of cardio with a half hour of weights. Cathe's format is 1 grouping of 2 UB/2 LB exercises then repeated. Then another grouping of new exercises and is repeated. Cathe keeps saying she's going to slow down the reps and it never happens! The last round she goes heavier so she finally does slow down but I was going slower in the first round and lifting heavier...some of those were lightning speed! Good one to get in/get out and feel nicely worked and is a good add-on as well./I'm feeling kind of beat up lately, so I may be making this week a recovery week. All this yard work is taking a toll on this old body!!
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Rest Day Watched babies, groceries, and tons of errands.
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Five Parks Yoga (Spring Recharge Yoga Class =45 min.); Five Parks Yoga (Wake Up and Rise Yoga Class); (Mady’s BPR); 2.5 Hours Mow Max/Yard Work =2 mile walk Erin’s belting them out now! LOVED it!! Lots of flow, grounded postures, little balance and sailed by….great stretch.
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4 Mile Walk; Cathe Perfect 30 (Mobility); Mady (BPR); 2.75 Hours Yard Work (planting some perennials) I hope I don’t regret planting…we’re still having frost warnings so I may be covering them tonite! But I had time to get them in the ground today and wanted to take advantage.
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Rest Day Last day of watching babies this semester.
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Five Parks Yoga (Vinyasa/Yin Live Fusion Yoga Class =64 min.) Nice vinyasa flow with a few balance poses and a couple yin poses at end. Added a few longer twists at end.
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Rest Day I am feeling better after a few days of rest.