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01-11-21, 01:46 PM | |
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Daphne, that's some good swag! I apparently got to 100 Peloton strength workouts and got an email about a shirt. Which I don't want!
Vantreesta, my kids have actually been in school since just after Labor Day. They had two weeks of break and got a little cabin fever but overall weren't too bad. They are very glad to be back! Most of the districts around ours are doing online or hybrid right now. I aspire to take walks twice a day. Somehow I just can't seem to get myself out of the house! It's been breezy lately and I absolutely hate when it's cooler and windy. Alison, do you have a massage gun? I thought it'd be weird on my hamstring but the PT used it once when I went in and it was the only thing that got rid of the knot I had! I've had trouble sleeping since the day I watched all the news on the Capitol. Such a feeling of unrest, knowing that people would do something like that. I feel it'd be even tougher if I was near there, even if I was working from home. I'm a little sad to hear you saying you're disappointed with Body Beast results! I'm in the third week and seriously doubting my ability to stick with phase 2 for 5 weeks. I think the workouts are even in the exact same order. I may commit to 3 weeks and see how it goes. So yes, Body Beast plus some short cardio here and there is my current "plan." I mostly do my spin bike and am trying the rower. I also do outdoor runs, usually intervals, with the Peloton audio workouts. Rowing--I've done two beginner workouts with Dark Horse. And they didn't feel like workouts. I think I have the form down so maybe I'll try an intermediate. I'm telling myself that I'm a beginner at rowing but advanced exerciser so it'll take a while to get it all together. Saturday was one of the best days I've had for a while. I had weird jealousy of a friend who's been out hiking on her own and with her DH and DS (who normally won't go) every weekend. I went alone and didn't like it right now. Going with friends is good if I can coordinate with the few people I see still. I convinced my family to go with me and meet up with my friend and her family. It went quite well! My friend actually ended up only doing a mile and then heading back with her 3 year old. The rest of us went the whole 1.5 miles up. I think these pictures should be viewable. I got DS some trail shoes and I think they gave him too much confidence! But I'm glad we got out. Saturday night DH and I left them alone for the very first time and had dinner at a restaurant literally 5 miles away. The place was practically empty so felt very safe. They'd cut their menu WAY down which was a bummer, but it was SO nice to have just adult company for a while. I'm slightly stressed right now because DS has a hemangioma on his jawline. DH took him to the ped Thursday and they just said to see a dermatologist. Last night it started bleeding and I can't get it to stop. He was in school today and I'm taking him tomorrow. All that blood is a little nerve-wracking! He gets tons of bloody noses though so it hasn't really phased him.
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01-11-21, 03:46 PM | |
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Northern Virginia
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Pratima: Don’t listen to me! I’m being way to harsh on myself saying I’m not happy with the Body Beast results. I DEFINITELY got stronger. I just put on so much fat over the course of two years, and it’s going away very slowly. So I can’t see much muscle definition. But it’s probably there under the fat. So Body Beast does work, and don’t give up! I almost enjoyed doing the same thing for 5 weeks—the pattern made sense to me. The last 4 week segment was more of a struggle with different workout mixes.
More Pratima: I got the century shirt from Peloton, and it’s actually a nice black t-shirt. If you ever need something black to wear under something else, it might be worth getting for free. Vantreesta: Glad your gym is getting back together and you can do your Cathe DVDs again! We put all our Christmas stuff away this weekend too. The house looks so plain now. Daphne: Congrats on 250K meters! That’s awesome! Me: I still got up early even though I’m not lifting this week, so I took my time and did Earth Body Yoga. Then I did a Denis PowerZone ride at lunchtime. I finally was able to get the videos I bought as downloads off my barely functioning laptop and on my iPad, including two Mobility Rx workouts. I keep talking a big game about mobility, so I’m going to put them in my rotation. I fear they’ll get boring and dull, but even a little is better than nothing. I also found a Tonique video and a TRX winter sports training video. And I downloaded a free Cathe Live leg day workout too. |
01-12-21, 12:44 PM | |
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
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Alison - I loved the Mobility Rx workouts but haven't done them in forever.
I still remember going to a Nats game and watching Trea Turner do a pre-game mobility routine on the ballfield with his trainer that was the exact mobility routine from Mobility Rx. I was so excited Pratima - Your hiking pictures are fantastic! I love seeing your whole family and the terrain you were on looks truly challenging. Those rock formations are just so different than anything we have around here. Arizona is cool. (But mostly hot. Sorry, dad humor.) More Pratima - indoor rowing gets harder as you get better at it. I'm not sure if all rowers are the same, but on the hydrow, I am basically generating my own resistance. The harder I push with my legs, the more resistance that generates for my arms. One of the things that has helped me improve is to set the display so I can watch how many watts I'm generating. My watts can change drastically and it's a good indication of whether my form is off or not. If I'm not generating a lot of power, I know something's off. But it is work to get those watts up and sometimes I just want to cruise -- which is still a pretty good workout. I have a million self cues while rowing. You probably know most or all of them, but I'll list a few here in case some of them are new to you:
More later.
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01-12-21, 02:33 PM | |
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Daphne, I appreciated the dad humor! It is really rocky, and that trail was a little rockier than I remembered, but the kids did great.
I tried a little rowing workout this morning. It was on the Dark Horse channel. Very simple, just 3 minutes at 18 SPM, 2 minutes at 20 SPM, and 1 minute at 22 SPM. It was really easy. I did increase the resistance, but I think maybe I'm not increasing it enough? On my machine, you increase it with a button. I'm thinking maybe I need to just break down and try the iFit workouts. Those cues definitely help! I feel like I have the form but can use specific cues to focus on so I'll borrow yours. Alison, I can tell Beast is working! I wonder if I could significantly change my eating, would I see less fat? Or do I need more cardio? I think in the next phase, I may be able to do more cardio, so we'll see. Although IIRC those workouts are longer than Build. I did order the century shirt. Figured I might as well! Today has been just nuts. I had two morning work calls and then rushed DS to the doctor, only to be told that my appointment wasn't today at 950, it was next Tuesday at 12:20. I told the woman there was no way, that I'd asked repeatedly because it was such a odd time. She said they could get us in at 10:30. They ended up giving DS a shot of lidocaine, shaving off what turned out to be a granuloma, and then cauterizing it so hopefully he's all good now. I took him to school and came home, thinking I had an afternoon call for a contract position. It was actually just a few minutes later and I just finished up. Somewhere along the way I did manage 5 minutes rowing, 15 minutes Les Mills spin, and Beast Build shoulders. Yay me! I need a nap and a drink now.
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01-13-21, 07:31 AM | ||
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Pratima: The bulk workouts are mostly shorter. I had time to do them along with either yoga or core work each morning. I forgot to answer the other day—I don’t have one of those therapy guns, but I was just looking at them in Dick’s this weekend (on a failed mission to find DD a new winter coat). I do have a TENS machine, which is completely different but is very useful. Yesterday I ran my hilly neighborhood route, and it felt good. My foot pain is decreasing but it’s not gone. I plan to do a 30 minute bike ride and 10 minute row at lunchtime. |
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01-13-21, 09:58 AM | |
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
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Alison - We loved Trea Turner too. Jamie in particular loved him. I definitely preferred one of the Mobility Rx workouts over the other, but I can't remember which it was. My lower back and hips are not great, so I usually like anything with spinal twists or work on my psoas and hips. And upper body very tight from mastectomy and reconstruction so I like any kind of chest opener.
Pratima - I was looking at iFit yesterday and the variety of workouts and instructors looks great. I love that the instructors are outside running in some of them. I could never figure out how much iFit costs though. They kind of buried that information. Do they have a 30-day free trial? That's what I did with Peloton: tried it out and immediately knew I'd struck gold. Peloton was really low-pressure too -- I loved that they took no credit card or personal information other than my email address. Nema - Belated thanks to all of you for the nice words about Nema. Me = Yesterday turned into a rest day due to stomach issues. Today was a nice 3 mile run and 30 minutes of rowing. The main workout was a 20-minute "Drive" - 1 set of 4 intervals at 30 seconds hard rowing and 15 seconds rest + 1 set of 4 intervals at 90 seconds hard rowing and 30 seconds rest + 2 sets of of 4 intervals at 3 minutes hard rowing and 1 minute rest. Oof. But there were dolphins! So it's all good.
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