Is there room for one more?
I feel like I need to be part of a group right now, and JTW seems to be right up my alley. I am NOT a "talker" but think I might appreciate the camaraderie.
I have to warn you all, though -- I am quite boring in my WOs. It's just ALL Cathe ALL the time.
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Had a bumpy first week of the year SO, for me, January starts on the 10th this year.
(I did get in a WO on Jan 1st and the 2nd, but the empty space between then and now is just too sad for me to see down on the screen.
So the 10th it is!)
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CL Pumped Up Upper Body (360), 45 mins. First WO back after a week "off", and it was like my body had never exercised before! Oh, it wasn't all that bad, but I found this challenging today. Well, at least, more so than it should have been. Though, I noted that it was tougher than I had been expecting the other time I did it, as well. Plus, I went heavier than C & crew, so...
It felt SO good to be back at it! Ah, WOs, how I have missed thee!
Hoping to be getting back to a more consistent WO routine, even if it's just 4 days a week. I'll take whatever I can get!
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DVD Cathe's Greatest Hits Bonus Circuit WO, 45 mins. You all are already having such a good influence on me! I was SO tired today, and I almost didn't do ANYTHING. I couldn't face the thought of FINALLY logging in a WO @ JTW after over a week, then nothing for the very next day. Plus, I can always do a Cathe.
And this one is nice and easy. Not long, just 1 riser under the step, nothing intense and went by quickly for me. It was perfect to just raise the HR a bit and get my body moving.
And what a fun surprise at the end with Cathe's infamous sit up-PU combo. I had forgotten it was on this WO. I know it isn't popular here on VF mostly due to the speed in which Cathe does them, it seems. Though, I am not always a fan of it, today I was digging it. I kept pace with C&C and busted out some decent PUs, esp. considering my pec soreness today from yesterday's WO. (All day, every time I washed my hands, I was reminded of last night's chest fly sets as my pecs protested my use of them.
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This WO went by quickly, and, as usual, I was glad I had pushed through and got my sweat on.
Like Cathe, used the same poundage for all the "weights" portions of the WO. With just 4 moves using very light weights and done for so few reps, I really can't believe SNM called it a "circuit" WO. Two of the moves were metabolic, the other two, not even that. Not an issue for me, as I was just coming at this as a cardio WO, but WTH SNM?
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CL Legs & Glutes (65), 55 mins. Really liked this WO tonight! (I made no mention of my feelings about it in any of my previous WO notes. The last time I did it was over 3 years ago!!) This WO was such a fun mix of modalities and moves -- some weighted, some bodyweight, some cardio, standing, floorwork, and all fairly high rep. It was different than her standard LB WOs which was nice. And, I always love getting to use my high step.
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DVD LITE Metabolic Blast Premix # 7 (Main + CC + abs + Stretch), 70 mins. This was a good WO tonight. I went in to it pretty tired, but the song in the WU was awesome; it totally pumped me up. From the clip, I knew this would be shoulder centric, but, geez, Cathe! She IS aware that there are other muscle groups in the body, right? She should have just called this Shoulder Shredder. The stretch was a lot of swan diving but had some good glute stretches.
I liked this WO. A little metabolic work, a short cardio section, some abs and a decent stretch. Everything went by pretty quickly, and I liked that no one section was too long.
14 - semi-planned rest day.
15-16 - Saturday rolled around, and I thought, "Great. Early onset dementia has started to set in." I had gone just ONE day without a WO, but, it felt like a WEEK.
These were both "rest" days, unplanned. NO idea what happened. Well, both days, I was WAY below my daily water intake which both makes me feel cr*ppy and negatively affects my WOs. I just could NOT get my belly to agree to drink, though.
17 - Back on the horse!
CL Toasted Trisets: Upper Body (196), 54 mins.. I SO needed this tonight. I was looking for a GREAT WO and some heavy lifting, and this ticked off both boxes. I can’t believe It’s been over 1½ years since I last did this! I was REALLY trying to max myself out on this. Overall, just what I needed.
Been feeling SO beat up lately. I don't know the cause, but I have just been feeling WORN DOWN and TIRED. I keep waiting for a day when I DON'T feel so tired, but it hasn't happened yet. I am hoping that, as time goes on, I become more acclimated to recent life changes, both mentally and physically, and that my body adjusts its energy levels accordingly so that I am no longer feeling so spent.
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CL Smokin’ LB (128), 48 mins. Needed a WO today.
The moo-er was in full force today, so much so that aside from my stomach being in knots, I was uncomfortable being alone in the part of the house where he is loudest (ie: my WO area), so I recruited my poor SO to hang out with me while I exercised. I wanted to stretch longer than I did, but, the mooing. While CL was running, I couldn't hear him at all, so I had a pretty good WO. I also wanted to tack on some core, but, again, the mooing. Plus, it WAS getting late.
Legs and glutes were feeling pretty strong today. My grip was a limiting factor in my WO, not being able to adequately hold the weights that properly challenged my LB. I had to stop periodically during the WO to thaw out my forearms and hands! I thought my grip would get stronger over time from holding those heavy DBs, but it doesn't seem to be happening! LOL
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CL Metabolic Burn (170), 48 mins. Fantastic WO for me today. I do wish I had had enough time afterwards to do some dedicated core work, but it was pretty late. And, at this point in time, I am just happy to be getting ANY WO in.
**Cathe moves FAST in this WO and has NON-existent cuing. She gives you almost NO warning before ANY move and just tells you AS she is already doing it. Thanks, Cathe. I needed to do some rewinding because of that but I also, genuinely, needed the breathers. Legs sore from yesterday and a little bit tight, as well, so some moves I was fighting to get deep into them. Plus, my UB was actually fatigued from yesterday’s WO, as well, so I was definitely feeling lots of muscle groups more intensely. Definitely feeling my glutes today, as well. They were still fired up from yesterday’s WO.
I'm a weirdo that actually LIKES doing push ups so the more the better for me. This WO had a couple of sets of them, so I was happy just for that. (Push ups used to be SUPER hard for me, and I was NOT good at them. I have worked really hard to get better at them, and I'm really proud of how far I have come in that regard. I feel so strong and powerful when I do push ups now. I'm nowhere near Cathe level LOL but I am pleased with my progress and am always striving to get even better at them.)
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CL Warrior Kickboxing 2 (378), 52 mins. I was SO hungry before my WO. I just wanted to have a meal, put my pjs on and go to bed, and I was SO tempted to do just that. And, I did NOT want to do this WO. I had FS Metabolic Conditioning on the schedule, but, the metabolic portion looked IDENTICAL to yesterday’s WO. I had no other alternative on my calendar so I had to scramble and find something to do. I didn’t want to waste too much time searching for a WO to do (that journey can be like a black hole) so I settled on the first WO that fit my criteria (cardio emphasis, not a lot of weight work since tomorrow is going to be a TB WO). The thought of this WO did NOT fill me with excitement, and, in fact, I was approaching it like one does when one has to swallow a spoonful of medicine – just looking to get it over with. This, thankfully, was much more enjoyable than I was expecting. Plus, I love getting to use my heavy bag. This was JUST the right length for me because just when I started wanting it to be over, we were on to core work!
Looking forward to my WO for tomorrow. I have the most recent CL on the docket, and I am super pumped because I ordered Cathe’s step mat which is due to be delivered tomorrow. I’ll get to try it out almost as soon as it arrives! Yippee!
(My glutes and hammies are STILL sore from Wednesday's WO, which is just UNHEARD of for me. I almost NEVER get sore. Certainly not for 2 days in a row!)
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CL Supersets Circuit (379), 57 mins. 3 risers under step, LOVED the core work in this. Interesting WO. Almost didn't do it because it was LATE, but I knew I would both regret not doing it and feel better afterwards. My skin kept getting SO irritated during this. So much so that it was distracting me for a large part of the WO so I think it affected my feelings of it. I'll have to do this again soon and see how I feel about it then.
24 - Unplanned nothing day.
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DVD 4 Day Split UB Premix, 78 mins. So, kind of LOVED this WO, OMG. No, no “kind of”, DEFINITELY. Definitely loved this WO. During, I was thinking I might have to skip shoulders because this was a LONG WO, and I was pretty toasted by the time they rolled around (I put them last, on purpose). Everything went by so quickly, though, and with the smart, creative way Cathe put it together, I was fairly easily able to get through them. It was TOUGH and challenging, but definitely doable.
I love the way Cathe structured the WOs – they were ALL different but all so fantastic. She had a push pull going on for chest and back, a push pull supersetting giant set thing going on for bis and tris and giant setting going on for shoulders. This is like my DREAM WO – heavy weights, low reps, moderate weight work to give you a break from heavy weights, ALL kinds of set works, burn outs with the band. I want to W O like this every day! Such a great WO. (Although, I dare anyone to make a strength WO I don't enjoy!)
I have never done this premix before or ANY of the 4DS WOs, so I had to make up the weight sheet tonight right before I did the WO (which took WAY more time than I wanted to spare and ate in to my WO time). And, since I HAVE never done any of the WOs before, I was kind of going in blind, not knowing WHAT to expect or knowing how the WO would build. I did a pretty excellent job of selecting my weights, though, and only had to adjust a couple during the WO. One, I never got QUITE right, so I’ll have to play around with it, NT.
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