Ah thanks Silver and Midwife. Yep. Entered the number 43 as "age" on the elliptical this morning for the first time. I kept trying to enter 34 the first three times till I got it in right. Guess I'm in denial. or dyslexic when I'm dehydrated. (lifted before cardio today)
Had a great two hour workout then came home and made my own birthday cake. It was/is a three layer white cake with lemon curd filling in the middle and egg white frosting. It was in my Cooking Light cookbook. OMG. Yummy. I've been craving lemons like crazy and thought this was a much better option than a bakery cake made with shortening. Now...I'll have to find a home for the 3/4 of the cake that is left over.
DH gave me my gift early this morning... two anchors for the TRX system. Yay....One for inside the house and one for the deck outside. Looking forward to playing with that outside soon.
Yeah, I dunno I think maybe we might need to send the search and rescue out for Cheryl...she could still be out there running.
Mel, but just think of how awesome and strong you are to be doing this. I really need to continue to work on mine. I think if I could master a kipping pullup I'd be much happier.
Another scorcher day today. I think we might hit 100. Just got home from my workout and there was not a dry spot on me clothes. Great fun. :
Yesterday was painfully hot. Today is definitely hot
We went to a birthday party with lots of kids on Saturday and well.... I told my husband that they are little bundles of disease as we both got sick but with completely different symptoms!!
Lydia - hot here, too. And raining today, which just makes the hot feel sticky.
Mel - train away!
I've set myself up a personal bootcamp for the next four weeks, started this past Monday. To date I've run two days and done a DB circuit with cardio after the other two days. I'm off to a good start.
OK, here is what the MRI revealed. I have IT bursitis and patellar tendonitis and start physio on Monday. The MD said that the tendonitis can be difficult to heal. OK, I will though!! I'm going to miss those dead lifts for a while.
Rhonda: Arrg. Knees! But like Shannon said it's great you won't need a surgical correction. Hopefully your PT will be able to offer suggestions to your workout that will prevent the chance of a repeat flareup. Knees are such delicate things sometimes. Yesterday I had a case of matchstick knees. (That's what I call it when it makes me cringe at the thought of bending then to squat.) I knew it was going to be rough the as I walked down the stairs into the kitchen and planned a lighter legs workout to compensate for it. Today they feel fine. Go figure.
Midwife: So! How did the lifting session go? :
Nelie: Hope you are feeling better today. Yep, bundles of disease. It gets better as they become older.
Shannon: How's the new bootcamp?
I"m thinking about getting kettlebells. DH has expressed an interest. He's pretty enthusiastic about the TRX and thinks the kettlebells are also something he would like to try. I'm going to start him on 35lb/16K to begin and I"ve been looking at the Ader and the Dragon Door but I'm uncertain which to choose. I would like to use these for high reps (at home cardio) as well and read that the Ader can be a little slick for sets over 20 reps. Yet, some people love them.
I've noticed that Rogue Fitness carries Ader....I'm inclined to go that route but if anyone has experience good or bad with either of these I'd be happy to hear about it. I'm looking to get four different sizes of these so I really want to get this right.
Just four more days of school for my little bundles of germs. We made it through our first year in NOVA. Totally proud of my sons and how they have transitioned this year. Now, lets see if their ready for Mom Camp.
I'm feeling better but my sinuses have been acting up.
For kettle bells, we have some GoFit ones, you can find them at Dick's. Fitness Resource and Leisure fitness also carry some kettle bells but they either had the GoFit ones or some crappy ones.
I (thought I) bought a CAP kb from Christian Fitness Factory but weirdness when I went to look at it, it says muscle driver grey series on it. It is a solid kb though. I'd check out the CFF website as well.
I got my KBs from Mike Boyle's website and I love them. Just the right size, don't get slick, etc.
Thanks for the sympathetic words about knees. I'm actually enthusiastic about the physio; I'm planning to learn a lot. She will go over my program also-even talk to the trainer if needed.
I had to drive a lot to go to a funeral today and the conditions didn't allow the use of cruise control much and my knee is really swollen.
Mike Boyle...hmmm. I'll check into that too. Sorry about your drive today. Both for the occasion and the stress to your knees. Isn't it amazing how annoying these episodes are to just the little everyday events when they are healing? Glad to know you are looking forward to your physio treatments. You have the right attitude, ask lots of questions, get many answers....and share.
Nelie: I recall that you have enjoyed your KBs for a while too. I'll look into CAP KBs I've seen them but haven't looked a the reviews yet. Uhg. The worst is I can't get the ones I want on Amazon Prime. Rats.
Yep. Entered the number 43 as "age" on the elliptical this morning for the first time. I kept trying to enter 34 the first three times till I got it in right. Guess I'm in denial. 
or dyslexic when I'm dehydrated. (lifted before cardio today) 
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We made it through our first year in NOVA. Totally proud of my sons and how they have transitioned this year. Now, lets see if their ready for Mom Camp. 
