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Welcome to the June Exercise Thread

bopper — Mon, 28 May 2018 18:53:07 GMT

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meallen616 — Mon, 28 May 2018 21:29:02 GMT

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Mmsfoxxie — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:37:09 GMT

Happy June 1st everybody. Since I barely got rain Wednesday, I decided to water my grass seed and plants. Two hours or so later, there was a downpour.

There's a huge rabbit n my yard looking like eats eating the grass seed that TruGreen put out because they over fertilized my yard. I'm telling you, I need a bee-bee gun, lol. I know....I'm so wrong, lol.

Senior Cardio this morning. Enjoy your day!

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JudyL — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 13:07:39 GMT

Hi Everyone! Cool morning by the Bay but will get very warm over the weekend.

This morning I did an exericse on the other new DVD that I bought. All I can say is this DVD - or at least what I did - is definitely for a beginner's beginner. Most is done seated in a chair or using a chair for balance. Definitely not exercises that break a sweat! LOL I had to chuckle towards the end as she said "if you are tired, you can stop here or continue as we do more stretches." Tired? LOL Not sure how anyone could be tired doing that segment. Anyway, definitely for someone who is very senior or a beginner's beginner.

Want to try the Tai Chai segment and maybe the leg strength exercises just to see what they are like but this DVD will be going in the donation bag.

Glad its Friday! Hope everyone has a good day!

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bopper — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 13:16:19 GMT

Happy Friday and 1st Day of June! Well summer is over LOL, it's 41 here and high of 50, all next week cold....And I put my plants in go figure, thought I'd be safe in June. I did pick some of my lilacs yesterday and put them in a vase in the living room and my room smells like heaven!

foxxie we have tons of rabbits, every night they are out in the backyard. A couple have been taken out by owls however.

Judy I had to laugh when you said "take a break", but suppose people are are very very out of shape may need to.

I'm really thinking I will like this Simply Fit board, when I first saw it I thought that would get boring, but then I wasnt' thinking of everything you do on it, balance for one, uses a lot of core and my abs are sore this morning. A good sore. There is a 21 day challenge on FB I am starting, You do the workout (same one) every day for 21 days and see if you have any body changes. I won't hold my breath, I'm made of bricks! LOl

Anyways, that's it in a nutshell!... Enjoy your day whatever it may bring!

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DrKelli — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:17:42 GMT

Good morning, all. Wow--what a morning already. I had to be at a plant early for their safety meeting, so I got up at 4:15. At 4:45, I turned on the news and found out that the highway I travel was closed south of where I would get off, but it is a major highway that's busy all the time, so I hurried through breakfast and got on the road by 5:15. I didn't experience the traffic jam I thought I would and got there at 5:45--their meeting starts at 6:30. Then the guy who was supposed to do the training is at the hospital with his wife, who is in labor. So it really wasn't much of a safety meeting. I stayed until the forklift guy got there (to do the training that soon to be new daddy was supposed to do) When I was on my way back downtown, the traffic jam on the other side of the highway was really bad. Evidently, an Uber driver shot his passenger on I-25 and killed him.

Yesterday was fun in Zumba and today I have my usual weight training. You can bet that since I started so early that I will be leaving early!

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Mmsfoxxie — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 11:33:53 GMT

Good morning all of you beautiful ladies! @bopper, 41 degrees? That's cold for real. Yesterday, I walked into my fitness center with the temperature still in the eighties with high humidity. I came out about three hours later and it was in the high sixties. Extreme temps everywhere.

@JudyL, I have a class like that....the one I talk about on here where the instructor usually uses music like Sinatra and Como (whom I usually love) to do our exercises to. I laugh to myself when she picks up the pace just a little bit in the middle and cautions us to stop for water if we need to. I call it a long warm up or cool down cause I barely sweat. I only do it because my podiatrist suggested I walk less since I'm having foot issues. But really, the class is one long bore and it's the next step up from sitting down, lol. I do like to watch the instructor move, though. She's really pretty, very graceful, nice figure and sometimes her hair is purple in the front. Former showgirl, she says.

Zumba Tone this morning. Have a great day everyone.

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MickD — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 18:20:32 GMT

Happy Saturday everyone!

Another snake on the trail! This one was slowly slithering and on the move so I didn't stop to get a selfie with it.....scared the bleep! out of me. Saw a guy and a gal walking toward it and told them to be on the look out.

33min run done!

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Laura14 — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 21:58:32 GMT

Almost died cutting the jungle that is my lawn today. It has been so rainy my poor mower could barely get through the grass it grew so much in a week. Workout done!

Have a great weekend all!

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bopper — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 22:24:08 GMT

Hey all, it's sunny here but quite chilly, 40's when I got up, 50 now but cold wind. I got 7000 steps mowing the lawn, then trimmed around the trees with the trimmer. I'm over 13,000 now. Tomorrow will be a washout and even colder than today. Did manage to get some flowers from the garden center but need to plant my boxes but waiting until the rain is done, I don't want to plant and have them poured on right out of the gate.

MickD snakes scare the daylights out of me, we had a garter snake by our shed, and I was in sandals and freaked!

I'm glad I mowed today though, so cool out you didn't have to worry about breaking a "bead"...

I love Sinatra music, I listen to his CD's when I am in the kitchen. I also love Big Band, have one of those CD's too I like to listen too.

DrKelli is your work right in downtown Denver?

Judy hope your foot is feeling better.

Just watching some baseball now, will go back outside in a bit.

Have a nice evening!

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JudyL — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 16:57:33 GMT

Good Sunday Morning! A sunny, warm day by the Bay today. Although supposedly not as warm as yesterday which would be fine by me. No real plans for the day today except laundry and maybe watching a movie. Even when I'm exercising regularly, I always take Sunday off but I may go for a walk today just to get out of the house for a bit.

Hope everyone has a good day with whatever you have planned - even if its a lazy day! LOL

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bopper — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 21:44:42 GMT

Hey everyone, it's darn cold here, 47 and drizzling and foggy. Good for mostly nothing! Got my deck boxes planted in the garage though. Made a pan of brownies for my son and watched baseball. That's really about it! I take Sunday off as well usually unless it's really nice then we hike.

Porkchops for dinner cooking now.

Have a peaceful evening!

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Mmsfoxxie — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:37:18 GMT

Good morning, Group! Oh, what beautiful weather we had yesterday! Mid seventies and sunny. @bopper, I hope you warmed up where you are.

@Laura14, sounds like you need some help with that yard if it's as big as it sounds. Don't kill yourself.

@bopper, I love Perry Como's music, too but not to exercise by. I probably shouldn't have used him as an example....it's slow music that I meant to focus. Did anybody see the two PBS segments over the weekend....one about Perry and one about Sinatra? Fabulous. I hadn't remembered Perry as being so short, lol.

Still holding my WW goal weight, two pounds under actually. Every day is a challenge, though.

Today's agenda is Senior Cardio and Strength & Motion (Cardio/weights). If I get there early, I might walk a mile, depending on how my arthritic feet feel, lol.

Have a great day everyone.

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nomless — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 12:40:27 GMT

Hi, everyone, I've been MIA again. No news here.

It's good to hear that some of you have had pleasant cool weather. Here, It's been upper 90s and humid. Ugh.

Am thinking about getting two kittens because Coco is getting lonely. I'm hoping kittens will hang out together and leave Coco alone and that she might enjoy watching them. No decision for sure yet though.

Have a hair appt today....I want choppy bangs but even with photos have had no luck getting the stylist to do what I want, and I don't have the courage to try cutting them myself. Will take photos in again today and try again.

Wishing a happy week to all.

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DrKelli — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:18:45 GMT

Good morning all--it's gonna be hot here today! We had a really pleasant weekend--it was cloudy, but still in the 70s. I heard the dj on the radio say that she really liked it because you didn't have to worry about sunburn. Wrong--some of the worst burns you can get are on cloudy days--because people don't put sunscreen on because they think you aren't getting any sun! I've got the tan lines to prove you do!

@bopper, our corporate office is right in downtown Denver. I am there most days, but travel to our plants which are located in Colorado, New Mexico, California and soon to be Arizona. I don't spend a lot of time traveling though.

Back to the regular workout schedule this week.

My mom is doing okay, but I'm ready to choke my sister. Every time she talks to my mom, which is daily, she starts crying and my mom finally told her that she wasn't helping at all and that if she continued to cry, she would have to not call for a day or so. She's questioning every decision my mom has made and I told my mom, you do NOT want me to call her because I will make her cry even worse. My mom has made an informed decision which will lead her to the best possible outcome. Her surgery is a week from tomorrow.

I hope you all have a great day!

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Laura14 — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:35:08 GMT

@DrKelli I had it out with my sisters over text messages a few months ago during my mom's journey. I know exactly what you are going through. Good for your mother for holding her own. She doesn't need that.

And one of the worst sunburns I ever got was freezing in the stands of Nazareth Speedway watching Mario Andretti's final race on a cool April morning. You speak the truth.

Got some weightlifting and cardio in yesterday. Family came over to move some of the basement stuff up into the garage for a stupid reason I am still trying to understand. Then played tackle soccer with my nieces.

Have a great week all!

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DrKelli — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 15:36:07 GMT

My sister doesn't have the balls to take me on. I responded to her one drama filled text and she never responded back because I didn't buy into the drama.

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JudyL — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 15:46:20 GMT

Good morning everyone! Beautiful sunny day and not supposed to be as warm as the weekend - thank goodness! Not used to that.

This morning I did a 2 mile workout with Leslie Sansone. Hadn't done it in a while and really put some work into it. Felt good to start doing them again. Foot be damned, I'm doing them anyway! Tomorrow I'll do something else that will give my foot a break.

Not much else to report. Just chuggin' along.......

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bopper — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 22:09:01 GMT

Hey everyone, the sun was out this morning, then turned cloudy but not too bad, 55 out now. It is good sleeping weather.

Nomless I am very happy to see you, I have no news either so don't feel bad that you don't have news. I hope you get the kittens, Cocoa may get a kick out of watching them. Are they at a shelter?

DrKelli I hear ya on the sister thing, I'm the middle sister here and my younger one likes to "drive the bus" concerning my dad and she gets mad if I am not in agreement of what she wants to do, and often we buck horns. I don't back down either, she doesn't know everything, and her way of handling it is saying " next subject" which in turn drives me nuts. I want to say 'no not next subject, we discuss it now!!" You stick to your guns, your mom has a plan in place and your sister needs to support that and get a grip, yes it's hard but your mom doesn't need her falling apart either.

Judy I like Leslie, she's a good gal!

I did my Simply Fit dvd again with hand weights and my Bodyblade, I am really working up a good sweat in 35 minutes, my face was dripping sweat and usually my workouts don't have me sweating that much. I think I will also incorporate my bosu into this workout.

I planted my flowers yesterday into the deck boxes, I may have said that already.

foxxie hope senior cardio was fun, any Red Hatter stuff coming up in June?

Waving to all!

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tsavorite — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 23:25:16 GMT

Hello ladies I was wondering if I could ask a question....can anyone recommend a good tennis shoe? I have recently been diagnosised with PF and being treated for it but I am thinking the skechers I am using are not doing me any favors.

Thank you!