JANUARY 2021 Here's to a brand new year with lots of HOPE!! Join us to reach your goals in 2021!
GOALS: Keeping up daily meditations and taking at least 1 complete rest day a week. Continuing on with Les Mills On Demand, Cathe Live, Yvette Fit, Heather, etc. and Inner Dimensions/Yoga/PT work for hips.
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Meditation; Yvette Fit #84 60 Minute Cardio Step, Bicep, Back & Core Circuits followed by Inner Dimensions (Discipline - 58 min., skipping 8 min. of the w/u). Really liked Yvette's class! Very fun step cardio with bicep and back work. During the second half, I did tricep work in place of the bicep work. But at the end, there was a crazy, BURN OUT FRENZY for the biceps & back. Yowsa....she just kept going and going...
Travis' class was ok...I like some of his other classes more so that don't have so much Downward Dog time and my wrists were feeling it. This class is from his new series "Transform" on IDT. Ended w/ a 686 calorie burn!
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Meditation; LM Body Pump #112 (45 min.); LM Body Combat #77 (30 min.); Shovel Max (Icy Mix Premix-75 min.) Pump was fun and since I worked bi's and back yesterday, I wore my 16# vest for the legs tracks and did legs in place of the bicep work. I did curtsy lunges using my topper via Yvette and Cathe. Music is great in this one! Body Combat was SUPER FUN and might even be one of my favorite BC's!! Such great music and just a party with Dan & Rach, and Reagan is now becoming a favorite instructor as well. I might have a little crush on him...shh! :0) I'll have to check out the 45 min. and 55 min. versions of this workout too. Shovel Max was mostly scraping the 2" of snow off the ice underneath. Quite the workout, cause I try to get as much ice off the driveway in the process. Everything is just beautiful w/ the snow/ice on the trees, etc., but I'm worried about the power staying on...we're not out of the woods yet!
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Meditation+; Rest day Winsor Buns & Thighs Going to include B&T again once a week, as I got away from doing this regularly since April '20?!!!
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Meditation+ (30 min. - something I'm adding in January and will post when it ends); Cathe Live Metabolic Meltdown #154; Yvette Fit #1 30 Min Shoulders & Abs Workout; Yin Yoga This CL is just a no dread workout for me...I matched Cathe today and didn't go heavier very often as my body is achey lately. It still was a great fat burner according to my HRM! Oh, and can I just say, I was enjoying seeing her class behind her!!
Yvette's class was a great finisher for shoulders and core...knowing I was going to add this on, I skipped Cathe's p/u/sit-up frenzy...At least I'm admitting it! :0) There was plenty of sit ups/planks in Y’s workout!//The temperature has been above freezing here, so no worries for the power going out, but nothing is melting either...my driveway is an ice skating rink (cause I cleaned off the snow so well! That might have been a mistake...I can’t get any traction)! Lol
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Meditation+; Debbie Sieber's Total Body Solutions (lower back); Cathe P30 (Mobility); Michelle's Yin Yoga (listening to HR's music); Scraping Mix (15 min.) I'm experiencing some hip pain again (boo!) so will try and focus more on mobility and stretching. I think all the step workouts (as well as overuse moves) lately have been taking their toll. :/ My driveway is now ice-free thanks in addition to the
today...it didn't stay out long enough, though.
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Meditation+; Cathe X-10 (w/u; Low Impact); Heather Robertson Low Impact & Strength Workout (36 min.); YT Yoga For Hip Flexibility/Hip Opening Stretches for Tight Hips (Yoga w/ Bird 14 min.) I LOVED Heather's workout! There really isn't much cardio in this but exercises with a cardio effect mostly and those using weights. There are 3 circuits (1 UB, 1 LB & 1 core focused) circuits done interval style @ :45/:15 format w/ 2 rounds each. I used 5's, 12's, 15's, and 20; I could go heavier next time now that I know which exercises she does. At times, I was speeding up the pace and doing more reps for a few circuits - I won't be if I use heavier weights next time. For the fast punches, I used my weights intended for my weighted vest...next best thing to egg weights! During the curtsy lunges I noticed my hip pain, so probably the pain may be due to the curtsy lunges w/ my weighted vest during LM Pump the other day. :/ I'm going to let my vest get dusty once again.
The hip stretch was nice - I was searching YT for hip stretches and found this one. I followed along with my own music. Ended with a 322 cal burn with more time than I would've thought in the Fat Burning zone. Cool!
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Meditation+; LM Body Combat #77 (55 min.); stretch What a blast the 55 min. class is!! Especially that Muai Thai track (which is omitted in the 30 min. version) and its' empowering music. So much fun!! I used my weights for my wtd. vest again instead of weighted gloves...worked great and I think my hands even feel better, (like that apparatus they have to squeeze to strengthen your hands)! I guess I'm squeezing them to keep them in my palm. Very interesting....I may have to use them more. I did change up the abs track and did planks instead of all the crunches...I'm getting tired of all the crunches lately. This class is favorited - super fun!! 306 cal burn
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Meditation+; KCM 30 MTF Strong & Lean (Strong & Lean Intervals premix=55 min.); stretch I really like this premix as it's a good total body workout using weights, BB, and the band. I just used DB's and two bands...my black one and red one for shoulder work. The boxing cardio is just ok, but great when wanting light cardio mixed in. I used my weighted vest weights again for weighted gloves. I got a good total body workout today--not killer but taking it easier for my hip.
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Meditation+; IDT (Focus - from the Transform series; Lauren; 60 Min.) A FABULOUS class and one of the BEST on this site! It has a beautiful flow with lots of balance work throughout which includes a sequence of balancing variations on one foot that is awesome! I favor these flowier ones, for sure! Favorited with 4 hearts!!
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Meditation+; Rest day Winsor Buns & Thighs; Michelle's Yin Yoga
RECOVERY WEEK
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Meditation+; Michelle's Yin Yoga
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Meditation+;Rest day (early hair appt)
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Meditation+; Cathe's ICE Metabolic Total Body; hip stretches This felt good to move! I matched Cathe's weights today and kept it really easy for my hips.
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Meditation+; X-10 (w/u); YT Fitness with PJ (Lower Body Strength Workout w/ DB's for Women Over 40); Clam variations; Michelle's Yin Yoga Reading about this site in the GD, I decided to try PJ...I really liked her personality and her slower and controlled moves with her attention to form. I was glad I included an add'l w/u as she starts those FW walks right out of the gate and I'm sure my hips were glad for the extra w/u. This was a great lower body and hip strengthener -- what would've made it REALLY good for my hip issues would have been to include clam variations (which I did at the end, as well as my hip stretches). She doesn't use any music and I'm glad to use my own...nothing worse than liking a workout that has crappy music. I could've done without all the dog talk and attention, though! My hip is still feeling painful...I know it took awhile to feel better last time it was giving me fits but think the rest time has helped. I may have to keep taking it easy for awhile.
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Meditation+; Fitness with PJ (20 Min. Arm Workout; Quick HiiT Cardio workout @ Home (sans 3 min. w/u=17 min.); Stretching & Mobility Workout=18 min. Her arm workout worked triceps, chest, biceps, and back with a fabulous tricep burnout at the end. Loved all the tricep focus!! I can't remember much now about her cardio workout, but was a short HiiT workout to get me going. Her Mobility workout was a good one for shoulders, neck, spine & hips. Felt great!
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Meditation+; Fitness with PJ (Cardio & Strength Workout-All Levels=45 min.); Michelle's Yin Yoga and other stretches I did my own w/u (her w/u's are not enough for me), and this w/o works mostly back & chest and some are core focused. It's has a circuit format with a couple cardio exercises followed by a couple strength exercises. I used 12#'s for all. It was easy to start the move early once I knew what she was doing and sometimes I got in 5-10 extra reps! I liked this workout - there was an echo in the room with no music (filmed at her house) but I played my own music which helps. Loved how she included mobility exercises in the last round to stretch me out.
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Meditation+ Rest day
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Meditation+; X-10 (w/u); Body Beast (Arms); Fitness with PJ (Chisel Club Cardio - sans w/u=30 min.); Michelle's Yin Yoga Beast felt so great today to get in some heavier weights!!! Had a great workout (as usual) then decided to do PJ's scheduled workout. I liked this one too. It is filmed at a gym (I'm assuming where she is a personal trainer) with one other person. I only had to modify a couple of the exercises for my hips so that was good and took up the intensity (or adding add'l reps) where I could. These are all standing and floor bodyweight exercises so there is the up/down factor which I like to complain about but really, this gives me practice getting up off the floor. ;0) She doesn't use any equipment but I did use a 10# weight for the side lunges. I am finding I can relate to PJ and really appreciate her focus on form and pace. Glad I found her to help me take things easier! It felt SOO good to sweat today!! 349 cal burn
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Meditation+; Five Parks Yoga Twist & Tone Your Core Yoga Class; Winsor Buns & Thighs; Michelle's Yin Yoga This class was awesome and felt wonderful for my hips while working core so well. It had a boat variation sequence that seemed to go on
forever! Erin gets the prize for having THE most calming and relaxing voice for yoga.
I bet she'd be great for meditations. Love her and missed her.
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Meditation+; Rest day Had a bad headache and was really achey all day. Today (21st) is much better.
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Meditation+; Fitness with PJ (40 Min. Total Body Strength); (25 Min. Workout with Weights (no w/u=20 min.); Cathe's Lean Legs & Abs (Chair/Firewalker segments); Cathe's Flex Train (Firewalker segment); extra stretches PJ's first workout was ok...I liked it and will be easy to increase weights next time. It is 3 rounds of UB & LB exercises (some isolated and combined) and last round is core work. I left my ankle weights on during the core exercises which made a difference! She had me cracking up during one of the floor exercises...she is so goofy! Her 25 min. workout I truly LOVED! It's my favorite workout of hers so far. It's 3 rounds with a :40/:20 format using a booty band above the knees. I got to use my new material one I purchased recently. Worked great and is so much more comfortable/stays put so much better than the latex ones! This workout works shoulders (bi's indirectly), chest (tris indirectly), legs, back and includes hip thrusts.
I used 15's, 20's, and 30#; I was huffing and puffing during this workout! This is one of her newer classes so I am going to ditch her 21 day plan workouts and look into more of these. She also added a timer in the corner which I loved to see! Great workout today for hip strengthening!! 462 cal burn
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Meditation+; X-10 (w/u); PJ Quick Cardio EMOM w/o (sans w/u=16 min.); IDT Level Up (Strength-8 min.--too painful for hands/wrist, so Joni O'd); Five Parks Yoga (Inviting Peace & Compassion Yoga Class - 38 min.) PJ's HiiT-like workout was a great quick cardio fix before yoga. Erin's class was really nice and didn't have too many chats/vinyasas for my hands which were really achey today.
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Meditation+; LM Body Combat United (minus core/stretch=45 min.); PHA3 (Extended Lying Stretch); Perfect Flow (Mobility - floor stretches only) LOVE BC United so much!!!
There was only maybe one track that my hips found a little iffy, but I just modified the LB move somewhat. What made it even more wonderful is that I got a replacement strap/sensor for my HRM and now it works!!! Every so often I looked to see what my HR was....yes, that is what it SHOULD be, LOL! The music in this one really is so motivating..."Putcha putcha hands up!" (King of the Party remix)
LOVE IT!! 379 cal burn + stretches :0)
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Meditation+; Rest day
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Meditation+; Cathe Strong & Sweaty PHA (Mish Mosh Premix #2=43 min.); PJ (Ab Finisher=10 min.); PJ (After Workout Stretches= 12 min.) I was going to do S&S Bootcamp but didn't actually want to jump around today so did this Mish Mosh premix. I loved it! It scrambled the exercises around and seemed like a new workout to me. Keeping the weights light for my LB, I used only 12's and 15's for all. I used one riser for the step ups and (shallow) curtsy lunges but I would bring my knee into my core while keeping my hip happy. I really need to scout out the premixes more of certain workouts! This felt great today. I liked PJ's ab workout and loved her stretch as she held the stretches longer than usual. It has good psoas stretches and even some mobility stretches. Mostly all for LB though but great for my hip. I bookmarked it! 405 cal burn
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Meditation; Heather Robertson Low Impact No Repeats HiiT w/o//No Equipment (38 min.); Winsor Buns & Thighs; PJ's After Workout Stretches; 20 min. Scraping Mix Heather's workout was enjoyable and sailed right by! It is a mish mosh of her other classes and has a :40/:20 format with no impact but it was a big fat burner! I made sure I counted the reps on each side. Changed up a couple of the exercises to keep knees/hips happy. That wall squat toward the end really burned out my quads for the last 2 exercises. I think I like her other No Repeat HiiT workout Total Body MashUp a little more but that one is not low impact. I played her music while I did Buns & Thighs & PJ's stretch. :0) We got maybe 2" of snow overnight/during the day and was fluffy to scrape off driveway. I scraped what accumulated after DH snow blowed this morning. 329 cal burn
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Meditation; Cathe Live Low Impact Cardio Muscle Live #292 (49 min.); Butts & Guts (Firewalker Band segment 2x using my heavy FW band above my knees); Extra stretch; 20 min. Scraping Mix @ parents Revisiting this Live, I had a blast! It is a super cardio muscle conditioning class that is lower impact with core work at the end. I loved the wtd. combination exercises as some of those really got my HR up there! I muse that if Cathe didn't take so many water breaks, we would've been done in 40 min., LOL! Gotta love that woman...she is such an inspiration!!! My legs are really feeling those FW band moves now (several hours later). My heavy band is some strong material...I barely could get it up over my calves but managed to inch it up over my knees. Ouchie! I definitely needed a stretch after that. It was nice to do a Live today (with or without the class)
...366 cal burn
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Meditation; Yvette Fit #27 60 Min Cardio Kickboxing-Moderate Impact; Cathe Mobility (floor stretches) Yvette's class was so fun and felt SOOO good to work out with her again!!! Very doable class for my hip issue - only had to modify one move. I used my weights from my wtd. vest instead of weighted gloves, 5# weights, and my red & green tubing. Favorited as a moderate impact class that still had a great calorie burn - 426 cal (after the mobility class). So nice to see my HRM working again!
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Meditation; Heather Robertson Total Body Workout//Upper & Lower Body Exercises (34 min.); Heather Robertson Booty HiiT Workout (17 min.); Michelle's Yin Yoga OMG, what a FUN and FANTASTIC COMBO today!! Loved BOTH of these workouts and they just sailed by! My HR was up for almost the whole total body workout of the 2 circuits with UB & LB weighted exercises followed by a cardio and core exercise. LOVE! I used a range of my 1# weight packs for the shadow boxing to my 30# for the LB work. If you use heavy enough weight, your HR will be soaring! There is very little rest times with a :40/:10 format with awesome music in this one too! Her Booty HiiT workout will now be a staple in my weeks of PT for my hips. LOVED it for some wonderful hip/booty strengtheners...rates right up there with her Brutal Booty & Leg Slimming w/o! It uses a medium wide booty band around your thighs...for a couple exercises she lowers to ankles but I kept mine up over my knees the whole time and includes some FW walks in a squat..so glad she includes these! It has a :30/:10 format and 2 circuits of same exercises but there's so many different ones that it didn't seem repetitive at all to me. An awesome finisher after the total body workout since this one has no w/u or c/d. So glad I found these two published in '19 & '20!! Stretched it out with Michelle's Yin Yoga to HR's music. Feeling so incredible right now! :0) 344 total cal burn
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Meditation; Cathe Perfect 30 (Basic Premix #7 - Upper Body/Upper Body Bonus/Extended Stretch; 1.10 miles on TM w/ 8 incline Great premix today to get in/get out. Thought I'd walk on TM while watching Prime. Did the stretch afterward.
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Meditation; Rest day
Some random notes: My hip is doing better but I'm going to still incorporate the PT work next month as well. I did adhere to the meditation/rest day goal this month.//I've got SO much accomplished this month around my house: Cleaned the kitchen cabinets/island inside/polished outside; cleaned the back splash; cleaned the refrigerator/freezer; defrosted my deep freezer; cleaned the linen cabinets; cleaned the grout in all the tiled floors (this was a MAJOR accomplishment, as my hands and knees hate this task!); started getting my recipes organized in my cute, little recipe organizer from Hobby Lobby! Also got a few bags ready for Good Will. Still need to get to some closets yet.... This was major since I usually get out my puzzles in January and don't get much else accomplished!! I'm trying to delay the puzzle enjoyment until I have a major dent in my "to do" list, LOL!