Big Shocker--Changed my Fitness Plan This Week

Yeah, here I go again. I changed my mind on what to do this week, mainly do to some online Cathe friends who advised me to go ahead with the Slow & Heavy strength training. So here's what I'm doing this week:

MONDAY..............Slow & Heavy Chest & Back (Cathe Friedrich)
TUESDAY.............Step Jump & Pump cardio premix (Cathe)
WEDNESDAY.......Slow & Heavy Legs & Shoulders (Cathe)
THURSDAY..........Kick Max (Cathe)
FRIDAY.................Slow & Heavy Triceps & Biceps (Cathe)
SATURDAY...........Walk or 4DS Lower Intensity Step cardio (Cathe)
SUNDAY................Rest

I just finished today's workout (S&H Chest & Back) and I am shaking like crazy. I am even having trouble typing this because my muscles are so wobbly. Whew. Feels good to do a killer workout, though. I can't wait to boost my strength back up as I've gotten a bit weaker lately.

I've added the new rotation plan (alternating S&H with Amy Bento's Slo-Mo Strength Challenge) to my "Current Rotations" document and my "Workout Rotations" list on the Tools page.

Big Shocker--Changed my Fitness Plan This Week

Yeah, here I go again. I changed my mind on what to do this week, mainly do to some online Cathe friends who advised me to go ahead with the Slow & Heavy strength training. So here's what I'm doing this week:

MONDAY..............Slow & Heavy Chest & Back (Cathe Friedrich)
TUESDAY.............Step Jump & Pump cardio premix (Cathe)
WEDNESDAY.......Slow & Heavy Legs & Shoulders (Cathe)
THURSDAY..........Kick Max (Cathe)
FRIDAY.................Slow & Heavy Triceps & Biceps (Cathe)
SATURDAY...........Walk or 4DS Lower Intensity Step cardio (Cathe)
SUNDAY................Rest

I just finished today's workout (S&H Chest & Back) and I am shaking like crazy. I am even having trouble typing this because my muscles are so wobbly. Whew. Feels good to do a killer workout, though. I can't wait to boost my strength back up as I've gotten a bit weaker lately.

I've added the new rotation plan (alternating S&H with Amy Bento's Slo-Mo Strength Challenge) to my "Current Rotations" document and my "Workout Rotations" list on the Tools page.

Big Shocker--Changed my Fitness Plan This Week

Yeah, here I go again. I changed my mind on what to do this week, mainly do to some online Cathe friends who advised me to go ahead with the Slow & Heavy strength training. So here's what I'm doing this week:

MONDAY..............Slow & Heavy Chest & Back (Cathe Friedrich)
TUESDAY.............Step Jump & Pump cardio premix (Cathe)
WEDNESDAY.......Slow & Heavy Legs & Shoulders (Cathe)
THURSDAY..........Kick Max (Cathe)
FRIDAY.................Slow & Heavy Triceps & Biceps (Cathe)
SATURDAY...........Walk or 4DS Lower Intensity Step cardio (Cathe)
SUNDAY................Rest

I just finished today's workout (S&H Chest & Back) and I am shaking like crazy. I am even having trouble typing this because my muscles are so wobbly. Whew. Feels good to do a killer workout, though. I can't wait to boost my strength back up as I've gotten a bit weaker lately.

I've added the new rotation plan (alternating S&H with Amy Bento's Slo-Mo Strength Challenge) to my "Current Rotations" document and my "Workout Rotations" list on the Tools page.

This Week's Fitness Plan

I'm getting back to a serious rotation this week now that the July 4th party is over. Here's next week:

MONDAY...........Pyramid Upper Body (Cathe Friedrich) 

TUESDAY..........Step Jump & Pump cardio premix (Cathe) 

WEDNESDAY.....Pyramid Lower Body (Cathe) 

THURSDAY........Kick Punch & Crunch (Cathe) 

FRIDAY.............Kettlebell Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie) 

SATURDAY........Walk or 4DS Higher Intensity Step cardio(Cathe) 

SUNDAY............Rest 

This is part of a month-long "Ready for Road Trip Rotation" I've put together to prepare for the August Cathe Road Trip. I've added this rotation to my Current Rotation document as well as the regular Workout Rotations document on the Tools page. You can see I'm going heavy on the Cathe workouts, as planned. If you've never done a Cathe workout, you've got to give her a try--she's incredible!

This Week's Fitness Plan

I'm getting back to a serious rotation this week now that the July 4th party is over. Here's next week:

MONDAY...........Pyramid Upper Body (Cathe Friedrich) 

TUESDAY..........Step Jump & Pump cardio premix (Cathe) 

WEDNESDAY.....Pyramid Lower Body (Cathe) 

THURSDAY........Kick Punch & Crunch (Cathe) 

FRIDAY.............Kettlebell Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie) 

SATURDAY........Walk or 4DS Higher Intensity Step cardio(Cathe) 

SUNDAY............Rest 

This is part of a month-long "Ready for Road Trip Rotation" I've put together to prepare for the August Cathe Road Trip. I've added this rotation to my Current Rotation document as well as the regular Workout Rotations document on the Tools page. You can see I'm going heavy on the Cathe workouts, as planned. If you've never done a Cathe workout, you've got to give her a try--she's incredible!

This Week's Fitness Plan

I'm getting back to a serious rotation this week now that the July 4th party is over. Here's next week:

MONDAY...........Pyramid Upper Body (Cathe Friedrich) 

TUESDAY..........Step Jump & Pump cardio premix (Cathe) 

WEDNESDAY.....Pyramid Lower Body (Cathe) 

THURSDAY........Kick Punch & Crunch (Cathe) 

FRIDAY.............Kettlebell Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie) 

SATURDAY........Walk or 4DS Higher Intensity Step cardio(Cathe) 

SUNDAY............Rest 

This is part of a month-long "Ready for Road Trip Rotation" I've put together to prepare for the August Cathe Road Trip. I've added this rotation to my Current Rotation document as well as the regular Workout Rotations document on the Tools page. You can see I'm going heavy on the Cathe workouts, as planned. If you've never done a Cathe workout, you've got to give her a try--she's incredible!

This Week's Fitness Plan

Here's this week's rotation. I decided to go ahead and do full body workouts. Today I did a premix of Step Blast, and I enjoyed it so much that I'm going to do a premix from the same DVD tomorrow which alternates step combos from Step Blast with weights from Step, Jump & Pump.

MONDAY.............Step Blast Combo 1, 2, 3 premix (Cathe Friedrich)
TUESDAY............Step, Jump & Pump/Step Blast step & weights circuit premix (Cathe)
WEDNESDAY.....Kick Punch & Crunch (Cathe)
THURSDAY.........Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie)
FRIDAY...............4DS Higher Intensity Step Cardio (Cathe)
SATURDAY.........Supersets or Push Pull (Cathe)
SUNDAY..............Rest

Hurray for Cathe workouts!

Ooh, keep forgetting to mention--I weighed a couple days ago and was down another 0.8 lb. Better than gaining!

This Week's Fitness Plan

Here's this week's rotation. I decided to go ahead and do full body workouts. Today I did a premix of Step Blast, and I enjoyed it so much that I'm going to do a premix from the same DVD tomorrow which alternates step combos from Step Blast with weights from Step, Jump & Pump.

MONDAY.............Step Blast Combo 1, 2, 3 premix (Cathe Friedrich)
TUESDAY............Step, Jump & Pump/Step Blast step & weights circuit premix (Cathe)
WEDNESDAY.....Kick Punch & Crunch (Cathe)
THURSDAY.........Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie)
FRIDAY...............4DS Higher Intensity Step Cardio (Cathe)
SATURDAY.........Supersets or Push Pull (Cathe)
SUNDAY..............Rest

Hurray for Cathe workouts!

Ooh, keep forgetting to mention--I weighed a couple days ago and was down another 0.8 lb. Better than gaining!

This Week's Fitness Plan

Here's this week's rotation. I decided to go ahead and do full body workouts. Today I did a premix of Step Blast, and I enjoyed it so much that I'm going to do a premix from the same DVD tomorrow which alternates step combos from Step Blast with weights from Step, Jump & Pump.

MONDAY.............Step Blast Combo 1, 2, 3 premix (Cathe Friedrich)
TUESDAY............Step, Jump & Pump/Step Blast step & weights circuit premix (Cathe)
WEDNESDAY.....Kick Punch & Crunch (Cathe)
THURSDAY.........Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie)
FRIDAY...............4DS Higher Intensity Step Cardio (Cathe)
SATURDAY.........Supersets or Push Pull (Cathe)
SUNDAY..............Rest

Hurray for Cathe workouts!

Ooh, keep forgetting to mention--I weighed a couple days ago and was down another 0.8 lb. Better than gaining!

Preparing for the August Road Trip!

I'm getting ready for the August Cathe Road Trip, so I'm going to start an all-Cathe (or almost all) rotation. I might do one more full body rotation for this week and then start next week using Slow & Heavy for a while along with Cathe kickboxing and step aerobics. Either way, I think tomorrow will be Step Blast, one of my very favorite Cathe workouts. I'm so excited to get to work out with Cathe in August!

I had thought about going for a jog today (wobbly knees be darned) but I'm not keen on running when it's thundering and raining so hard, so never mind. My knees will be glad. I'll stick with the planned rest day.

So I'll start the almost-all-Cathe rotation tomorrow. Here's a tentative plan:
MONDAY.............Step Blast (Cathe Friedrich)
TUESDAY............Push Pull (Cathe)
WEDNESDAY.....Kick Punch & Crunch (Cathe)
THURSDAY.........Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie)
FRIDAY...............4DS Higher Intensity Step Cardio (Cathe)
SATURDAY.........Supersets (Cathe)

If I do Slow & Heavy instead, it will be the same cardio but S&H for the weights days instead.

Or, like I said, I might put off the S&H and start it next week to do it all of July (or might alternate it with Amy's Slo-Mo or Cathe's Gym Styles). Any opinions?

Preparing for the August Road Trip!

I'm getting ready for the August Cathe Road Trip, so I'm going to start an all-Cathe (or almost all) rotation. I might do one more full body rotation for this week and then start next week using Slow & Heavy for a while along with Cathe kickboxing and step aerobics. Either way, I think tomorrow will be Step Blast, one of my very favorite Cathe workouts. I'm so excited to get to work out with Cathe in August!

I had thought about going for a jog today (wobbly knees be darned) but I'm not keen on running when it's thundering and raining so hard, so never mind. My knees will be glad. I'll stick with the planned rest day.

So I'll start the almost-all-Cathe rotation tomorrow. Here's a tentative plan:
MONDAY.............Step Blast (Cathe Friedrich)
TUESDAY............Push Pull (Cathe)
WEDNESDAY.....Kick Punch & Crunch (Cathe)
THURSDAY.........Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie)
FRIDAY...............4DS Higher Intensity Step Cardio (Cathe)
SATURDAY.........Supersets (Cathe)

If I do Slow & Heavy instead, it will be the same cardio but S&H for the weights days instead.

Or, like I said, I might put off the S&H and start it next week to do it all of July (or might alternate it with Amy's Slo-Mo or Cathe's Gym Styles). Any opinions?

Preparing for the August Road Trip!

I'm getting ready for the August Cathe Road Trip, so I'm going to start an all-Cathe (or almost all) rotation. I might do one more full body rotation for this week and then start next week using Slow & Heavy for a while along with Cathe kickboxing and step aerobics. Either way, I think tomorrow will be Step Blast, one of my very favorite Cathe workouts. I'm so excited to get to work out with Cathe in August!

I had thought about going for a jog today (wobbly knees be darned) but I'm not keen on running when it's thundering and raining so hard, so never mind. My knees will be glad. I'll stick with the planned rest day.

So I'll start the almost-all-Cathe rotation tomorrow. Here's a tentative plan:
MONDAY.............Step Blast (Cathe Friedrich)
TUESDAY............Push Pull (Cathe)
WEDNESDAY.....Kick Punch & Crunch (Cathe)
THURSDAY.........Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie)
FRIDAY...............4DS Higher Intensity Step Cardio (Cathe)
SATURDAY.........Supersets (Cathe)

If I do Slow & Heavy instead, it will be the same cardio but S&H for the weights days instead.

Or, like I said, I might put off the S&H and start it next week to do it all of July (or might alternate it with Amy's Slo-Mo or Cathe's Gym Styles). Any opinions?

Changing of the Blog

One of the reasons I haven't posted in the last couple days (besides just being busy) is that I am working on a new format for the blog. I found a free template and I've been fiddling with it a bit. As you can see, it's now up and ready. I don't know if I'll keep this long or not, but I've already put quite a bit of effort on this one, so I hate to change it now.

I'm going to continue my fun June rotation tomorrow. Here's the tentative (and fun) plan.

Monday............Cardio..................Strike Zone (Tracey Staehle)
Tuesday...........Total Body............Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie)
Wednesday......Cardio..................step aerobics
Thursday.........Total Body............Circuit Zone (Tracey Staehle)
Friday..............Cardio..................step or kickboxing
Saturday..........Total Body...........All Pump (Amy Bento)
Sunday.............Rest

Changing of the Blog

One of the reasons I haven't posted in the last couple days (besides just being busy) is that I am working on a new format for the blog. I found a free template and I've been fiddling with it a bit. As you can see, it's now up and ready. I don't know if I'll keep this long or not, but I've already put quite a bit of effort on this one, so I hate to change it now.

I'm going to continue my fun June rotation tomorrow. Here's the tentative (and fun) plan.

Monday............Cardio..................Strike Zone (Tracey Staehle)
Tuesday...........Total Body............Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie)
Wednesday......Cardio..................step aerobics
Thursday.........Total Body............Circuit Zone (Tracey Staehle)
Friday..............Cardio..................step or kickboxing
Saturday..........Total Body...........All Pump (Amy Bento)
Sunday.............Rest

Changing of the Blog

One of the reasons I haven't posted in the last couple days (besides just being busy) is that I am working on a new format for the blog. I found a free template and I've been fiddling with it a bit. As you can see, it's now up and ready. I don't know if I'll keep this long or not, but I've already put quite a bit of effort on this one, so I hate to change it now.

I'm going to continue my fun June rotation tomorrow. Here's the tentative (and fun) plan.

Monday............Cardio..................Strike Zone (Tracey Staehle)
Tuesday...........Total Body............Kettlebells the Iron Core Way Vol. 1 (Sarah Lurie)
Wednesday......Cardio..................step aerobics
Thursday.........Total Body............Circuit Zone (Tracey Staehle)
Friday..............Cardio..................step or kickboxing
Saturday..........Total Body...........All Pump (Amy Bento)
Sunday.............Rest

Fun June

It's been a busy busy week on the old home front. T-ball games, home renovation plans, doctor visits, gardening, house-cleaning, etc.

Some online friends and I have recently decided to make our workouts fun again this month. Sometimes we get so obsessive with what we need to do that we don't really enjoy it, though usually we claim to love working out. So let the fun month begin!

This week I have planned my workouts very informally:

Monday: Lower Body (ended up doing Glute Camp by Tracey Staehle)
Tuesday: Cardio & possibly upper body if time allows
Wednesday: Yoga & upper body if it doesn't happen Tuesday
Thursday: Cardio
Friday: Total Body
Saturday: Cardio
Sunday: Rest
(or might rest on Saturday and do cardio on Sunday--go with the flow).

Of course, tomorrow I'm having 4 teeth ripped out by the oral surgeon (well, I hope they aren't actually ripped out, but gently removed) as a pre-orthodontics requirement (I'm getting braces!). So I don't know how I will feel after that and how it will affect working out. We'll see.

Fun June

It's been a busy busy week on the old home front. T-ball games, home renovation plans, doctor visits, gardening, house-cleaning, etc.

Some online friends and I have recently decided to make our workouts fun again this month. Sometimes we get so obsessive with what we need to do that we don't really enjoy it, though usually we claim to love working out. So let the fun month begin!

This week I have planned my workouts very informally:

Monday: Lower Body (ended up doing Glute Camp by Tracey Staehle)
Tuesday: Cardio & possibly upper body if time allows
Wednesday: Yoga & upper body if it doesn't happen Tuesday
Thursday: Cardio
Friday: Total Body
Saturday: Cardio
Sunday: Rest
(or might rest on Saturday and do cardio on Sunday--go with the flow).

Of course, tomorrow I'm having 4 teeth ripped out by the oral surgeon (well, I hope they aren't actually ripped out, but gently removed) as a pre-orthodontics requirement (I'm getting braces!). So I don't know how I will feel after that and how it will affect working out. We'll see.

Fun June

It's been a busy busy week on the old home front. T-ball games, home renovation plans, doctor visits, gardening, house-cleaning, etc.

Some online friends and I have recently decided to make our workouts fun again this month. Sometimes we get so obsessive with what we need to do that we don't really enjoy it, though usually we claim to love working out. So let the fun month begin!

This week I have planned my workouts very informally:

Monday: Lower Body (ended up doing Glute Camp by Tracey Staehle)
Tuesday: Cardio & possibly upper body if time allows
Wednesday: Yoga & upper body if it doesn't happen Tuesday
Thursday: Cardio
Friday: Total Body
Saturday: Cardio
Sunday: Rest
(or might rest on Saturday and do cardio on Sunday--go with the flow).

Of course, tomorrow I'm having 4 teeth ripped out by the oral surgeon (well, I hope they aren't actually ripped out, but gently removed) as a pre-orthodontics requirement (I'm getting braces!). So I don't know how I will feel after that and how it will affect working out. We'll see.

Fitness Plan for This Week

It's already Wednesday but I'm just now listing my fitness plan. Here was the plan:


I've been faithfully following until today, when due to my sunburn I stayed home rather than trying yoga class. I didn't think sticking to my yoga mat with all my burned parts would be remotely pleasant. I'm still having a lot of sunburn pain, so we'll see how I feel in the morning to determine if I do my workout as planned. I'm so tired today after not sleeping well last night (then I took cold meds to help me sleep which just wore me out all day today) that I think I might go to bed soon (it's about 9:30pm here, pretty early for me to go to bed). Night all.

Fitness Plan for This Week

It's already Wednesday but I'm just now listing my fitness plan. Here was the plan:


I've been faithfully following until today, when due to my sunburn I stayed home rather than trying yoga class. I didn't think sticking to my yoga mat with all my burned parts would be remotely pleasant. I'm still having a lot of sunburn pain, so we'll see how I feel in the morning to determine if I do my workout as planned. I'm so tired today after not sleeping well last night (then I took cold meds to help me sleep which just wore me out all day today) that I think I might go to bed soon (it's about 9:30pm here, pretty early for me to go to bed). Night all.