May, 2023
Winging it this month and doing what I feel like while keeping yard work, walks, and mobility workouts in the mix.
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Yvette (w/u); Tiff & Dan (30 Min. Complete UB Push and Pull Workout =34 min.); My 10 Min. Finisher with tubing; Michelle Briehler (STEP to the BEAT Workout/MUSIC Move to the BEAT/Low Impact Fun =19 min.); Mady (BPR) I didn't know what I was going to do today and then saw these two new workouts, yay!! Dan's UB workout which was great with a :40/:20 format and focus on shoulders, biceps, triceps, back and chest. The finisher was tough with all the p/u variations. With all my yard work I've been doing, my wrists and hands aren't the best and couldn't go real heavy today. So it was nice I could add on my own finisher using Cathe's overhead door attachment with tubing and worked shoulders, biceps, triceps, and back (having attachment at top and side of door). Love this thing and it really finished off my arms! Michelle's workout may be one of my absolute favorites!! Low impact, steady state cardio moves to the BEAT with fantastic FUN music that includes ankle weights and 1# wrist weights which I used. I was happy she includes no jumping for possible joint injuries and was a really FUN cardio add-on after a weight workout.
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Michelle Briehler (STEP to the BEAT Workout/MUSIC Move to the BEAT/Low Impact Fun =19 min.) Early hair appt. I had so much fun yesterday, I wanted to do it again! Great workout when wanting to move a little but not wanting to mess your hair up for the rest of the day, LOL.
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1.75 hours Mow Max/Yard Work (2 mile walk); Michelle Briehler (30 Min. Full Body Wall Workout/Low Impact/No Repeat) Finally warming up/the winds dying down, got my yard work caught up. Michelle’s w/o was harder than when previewed!
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4.06 Mile Walk; Julia Reppel (15 Min. Morning Mobility Routine 5/1/23); Mady (BPR); 3.50 hours Yard Work at DS’ Hauling/putting down 13 bags of mulch…looks so much better! What a gorgeous day!
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4.02 Mile Walk; Mady (SFLBPR); 2.25 hours cleaning windows outside/inside...which includes vacuuming off screens, etc. (Misc. Functional Fitness category!) Another gorgeous day! It's so nice to clean NEW windows (purchased '21)...don't mind it since the screens pop out so easily!
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Cathe Live #352 (Metabolic Weights & Loops = 56 min.); Mady (BPR); 2 hours planting flowers/pruning a bush I love Cathe's TB workout! I used 10's, 12's, 15's, and 25's with my 2# wrist weights and pink loop. Sometimes I went heavier than Cathe (but not on those lightning speed shoulder presses)!!! Jeesh, that was crazy but Cathe catches herself cueing them too fast later. Instead of the p/u & sit up frenzy, I did chest presses and close grips and skull crushers. Great class. I really wasn't planning to plant flowers today, but I was going to the store for some extra miracle grow soil, so I thought I'd just pick up my flowers as well. Yay, glad that's done! It's been a yard work marathon this week, LOL, and my lower back is telling me so!
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Rest Day
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Yvette (w/u); Michelle Briehler (30 Min. TB Workout/Strength & Cardio/6 Min Blast =34 min.); Mady (SFLBPR; BPR); 1.75 Hours Yard Work Michelle's class was a great 30 min. class to get in/out. It consisted of weighted UB and weighted LB moves with 3 blocks, 3 moves, :45/:15 format with 2 rounds. The exercises really kept up my HR and had good endurance work./I picked up lots of debris from the last 2 days of storms...other areas around were not so lucky and had power outages.
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5.08 Mile Walk; YT (10 Min. Power Yoga "Detox" with Travis); Mady (BPR); 1.5 hours Yard Work Great walk with great weather today...I even jogged for a few intervals./I forget about these good 10 min. classes of Travis to just get in a few yoga poses and this one had lots of twists; however, my beef is he doesn't do spinal twists at the end (which you think was a given!), so I always add on mine./Planted a few more flowers and pulled weeds...another fabulous day!
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Michelle Briehler (BARRE BURN & TONE - Full Body Definition Workout - No Repeat =54 min.); Mady (SFLBPR); Mady (BPR) I really enjoyed Michelle's class - awesome for a barre fusion class. It uses 5# weights for the UB work, a chair for traditional lower body barre working thighs, standing glutes, barre hamstrings, barre midsection work, barre core, and barre single leg bridge work with lots of reps. She hit it all! The stretch was incredible at the end. This is an excellent class (doesn't burn many calories, but just being in the FB zone for 55 min. (with my stretches), it rocked!
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4.73 Mile Walk; Cathe Perfect 30 (Mobility); 2 Hours Mow Max/2 Mile Walk; Yard Work Gorgeous day!
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KCM 30 MTF Sculpting Rx (Workouts 1 & 2 Premix =60 min.); Cathe Lean Legs & Abs (TS #3 Chair/Firewalkers/Bonus Barre, sans w/u =29 min.); Mady (BPR) Felt great to do some dvd's today!! Kelly's workout is the best of both worlds...moderate/heavy weights at a reasonable pace + light weights high reps...wore my 2# wrist weights for all. Somehow this one never disappoints. Dust bunny in LL&A...love the music in this one and was fun to just do this premix as an add on. For the leg lifts and barre work, I wore ankle weights for a little more burn....a great leg strengthening routine! Cedie & Amanda - Miss you!!
/Thank goodness the rain came and I got some cleaning done as well!
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4.0 Mile Walk; Mady (BPR); 30 Min. Yard Work; 30 Min. Vacuuming out car (Misc. Functional Fitness category!) I went on a different route on my walk and it turned out to be 4 miles right on the nose! Great speed on my walk today. I swept up the flowers that were done blooming on my beautiful magnolia tree, but boy, are they messy! After vacuuming out my car, I went and had it washed. Very profitable morning!
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Happy Mother's Day (& to fur baby moms as well!) Rest Day
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Yvette Fit #127 (30 Min. Ankle Weight/Kickbox Combos with Biceps); Yvette Fit #142 (30 Min. All Barbell & Dumbbell Workout-Upper Body/Lower Body); My 10 Min. Finisher of floor work w/ ankle weights; Mady (BPR) These two workouts complement each other so well (2nd time combining them) since they incorporate weighted upper and lower body with a little cardio, core and weighted leg strengtheners. My finisher added the finishing touch with weighted leg lifts, clams, inner thigh lifts, etc./I find it incredibly cool that I am not being bothered with allergies this spring (esp. being outside doing all this yard work lately). Other than an occasional runny nose or occasional stuffiness, it hasn't been bad at all. Other years have been much worse for me. Probably just jinxed myself now, LOL.
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4.36 Mile Walk; 2 Hours Yard Work @ DS' pulling weeds; 1 Hour Yard Work @ my house A new PR 5K time today...woo hoo!! I had a 12 min. mile 3...that was a pretty good pace for me and it was a different route than I usually take.
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5.04 Mile Walk; Julia Reppel (9 Min. Bedtime Mobility...); Julia Reppel (15 Min. Evening Stretch & Mobility Session...); Mady (BPR) 2 Hours Yard Work (Mow Max/Mulch Max) Took advantage of being out there again with the great weather...lots of hills today in the neighborhood over. However, during mile 3, I got stopped by my 89 yr. old neighbor and he wanted to chat! Haven't chatted with him since 2020 at least, BPF (before plantar fasciitis), haha. It was nice to catch up but my momentum really took a nose dive when I walked the last miles home. Had a good 5K time again, though, albeit about a minute more than yesterday's time./I got motivated to start on the mulch after I mowed...got about half done. That black mulch just makes my plants pop!
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Cathe Muscle Max (TS Total Body Premix =56 min.); Cathe Boss Loops Glutes & Core (TS 3 Floor work & Glutes & Core, sans w/u & core =20 min.); 4 Hours Mulch Max (sans 30 min. to go get more mulch) Wow, it's been so long since I did MM that I didn't even have record of doing it!! Great workout that I forget about pulling out. Same with BLG&C...great lower body add-on using her green fabric band for all. I skipped the core since I did it in MM. The stretch is really nice in this workout but has annoying music which is not relaxing to me./Got done with the mulch...it really, really looks so different with the black mulch along all the green & colorful foliage. Great weather to do this stuff - not hot at all and I wanted to get it done since rain is forecasted tomorrow.
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Five Parks Yoga (Yoga for Intense Times =47 min.); Five Parks Yoga (Recovery & Strength for Swimmers =33 min.) Two great classes...the first one is a favorite with its' awesome flow. Felt so good to stretch my body from all the yard work!
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4.38 Mile Walk; Five Parks Yoga (Deep Stretch Yoga Class =15 min.); Mady (BPR) Awesome weather for a walk...I was dressed too warm though and had to wrap my jacket around my waist./I've been having trouble logging onto VF today...anyone else? It's taking
forever to load.
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Rest Day
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3.97 Mile Walk; Mady (15 Min. Leg Stretch); (BPR) I spent most of the day outside...just didn't want to come in! Watered my plants and sprinkled them with plant food, but other than that, just absorbing the beautiful sunshine and cool breeze!
Felt nice to be outside and not have to do any work!
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Cathe Live #251 (Total Body Giant Sets #3 =61 min.); Mady (15 Min. Full Body Stretch); (BPR) Cathe's workout is one of her BEST total body workouts on Live, IMHO! It's hard to top those TBGS and PHA workouts. Such a gem and it keeps up your HR almost for the whole class (before core). It is 2 rounds of lower body, 2 rounds of upper body, and core. That last set of core really has a big dread for me knowing I have to repeat it, ha, but I pulled through. I pretty much matched Cathe on the first half, but went heavier on the last half with my 20's, 25's, & 30. GOOD STUFF!
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3.74 Mile Walk; Julia Reppel (20 Min. Rest Day Mobility LB Recovery - Hip Opener and Ankle & Foot Care -5/22/23); Mady (SFLBPR) Another great day for a walk...and another new PR time!! Only 3 seconds shaved off, but I can't honestly believe it since I was struggling to go up a 90% hill at the time of my 5K peak, LOL! I'll take it though! Julia's class was nice and my hips felt really open afterward...it's cool to have some focus on my feet too, since they get pretty beat up in the summer with all my walks. So far, no complaints of my Brooks Ghost runners.
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Cathe S&S Ramped Up Upper Body (Scrambled Push/Pull Mish Mosh Premix =44 min.); Cathe PHA 3 (Extended Lying Stretch); 3.75 Hours Yard Work/Mow Max =2 mile walk Last time I did RUUB was in '19!! I can see why...Cathe is off to the races in this one--jeesh! Looking forward to the slower pace in STS 2.0. Got my beautiful case full of Cathe's goodies today!! So cool and so excited to check them out!!
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5.31 Mile Walk; STS 2.0 (Total Body Stretch); STS 2.0 (Mobility 1); 1.75 Hours Yard Work @ DS' (weeds/watering while he's away) Weather couldn't be any more perfect this morning!! Great walk even though my DS kept texting me about his great food he's having on his trip!! So I kept fidgeting with my phone to (audio) text him for 5 miles, LOL. TBS was ok...not much of a fan of standing stretches...Liked Mobility 1 better. TBS worked fine on one of my players but not the other.
Interesting!
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Michelle Briehler (STRENGTH to the BEAT workout/Standing Strength Low Impact FUN =33 min.); Cathe STS 2.0 (Active Recovery =11 min.); STS 2.0 Abs /Core Workouts (Standing Abs; Metabolic Core Warm up=10 min./Mini Ball Abs Premix=11 min. =21 min. total); Mady (BPR) Loved Michelle's Class!! FUN with fun music to the beat and my HR was up there throughout with no cardio. Loved all three STS workouts!! The AR workout is very similar to Julia Reppel's mobility workouts so everything seemed pretty easy. This would be great as a w/u too. So happy for some new standing ab workouts!! I used Cathe's Round yoga mat and was barefoot for all these workouts (Cathe & crew wear shoes for some). Loved the mini ball abs...the bear crawl move was the toughest. All seemed to just fly by cause they're so short....(which equals no dread factor for me!). So far, so good with these!!!!
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Rest Day
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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!! Thank you to all who serve/served for our country!!!4.87 Mile Walk; STS 2.0 (Mobility 2 =17 min.); STS 2.0 Standing Abs: Core Plus Floor =16 min.; STS 2.0 (No Equipment Abs =10 min.); Mady (BPR) Beautiful morning but these great temps may be coming to a halt this week---90's predicted. I liked STS 2.0 Mobility 2...but could've done without so many wrist exercises and used more hip exercises but that's why Mady is a staple in my months!
Core Plus More was ok...pretty creative with some moves. I didn't use the discs to place my weight plate on...it slides on my puzzle mat without 'em. Did these all barefoot (wasn't a great idea with the discs for the standing work so may wear shoes next time). NEA is hardest of the bunch, but basically your crunches and plank variations make this one pretty tedious. So far of the abs workouts, I like the standing metabolic core w/o the most, mainly b/c I like standing ab work better than basic crunches/plank work! (That's where Yvette shines, IMO).
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Michelle Briehler (Full Body Compound Workout/IGNITE Day 8 =50 min.); Mady (BPR) Early Hair appt. Wow, this was a sweaty one that hit every muscle group! Three rounds of compound exercises that were very metabolic with a :40/:15 format with focus on Upper Body. A 5 min. ab segment at end to make it completely total body! Pretty much matched Michelle on her weights. Great workout!
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4.51 Mile Walk; STS 2.0 Chair Yoga; Mady (BPR) Great walk today and I got out earlier than usual with a nice breeze. I liked Chair Yoga...aka Chair STRETCH...no yoga involved. Very relaxing although I feel I can't thoroughly stretch out my hips without spinal twists, etc., so I added on Mady's hip stretch.**This one would be good on bad wrist days, though**