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When I did it here in Asheville, and the instructors found out I was from NZ, they gave me special attention and asked me tons of questions about it - I am surprised that the classes here are so small because it is so popular in NZ - have about 50 people per class!
 

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Originally Posted by Kiwideus

When I did it here in Asheville, and the instructors found out I was from NZ, they gave me special attention and asked me tons of questions about it - I am surprised that the classes here are so small because it is so popular in NZ - have about 50 people per class!
I think it's just because fitness things tend to take a while to catch on. At the UCF gym if you teach an abs class, kickboxing, yoga, or spinning your class will ALWAYS have a wait list of people trying to get in. My hardbodies class is the biggest one I teach as I generally have between 20-30 people in there during nonpeak gym hours. I would like for Body Pump to catch on, but only time will tell! For now, the biggest body pump class I have ever taught had a mere 15 people in it!

Oh and by the way, boyfriend and I are going to be driving to Asheville Tuesday, so if we get lost or need any expert advice you can be expecting a text from us between next Tuesday and Friday!
 
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Hmmm....no updates on the thread yet today ladies???
Workouts are a GREAT way to kick off the weekend y'all!!!!!
Today at work we had a Kids Field Day.....400 kids, grades 3-8 (as well as about 50 2-3 year olds) came out and it was a LOT of work: moving tables (one of which FELL ON MY FOOT and I am still limping a bit!), putting up chairs, cooking hot dogs and pop corn, running games, etc. I was so busy, I forgot to go to the bathroom all day!!!!!
Needless to say, I had about a 6-hour workout while at work, so I didn't hit Curves afterwards. I am WIPED from being out in the sun all day (but I did get a nice tan on my face
). I may hit Curves tomorrow morning if I'm up early enough.....but if I don't, que sera sera.....I got in plenty of workouts during the week....
What's everyone else been up to?
 

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Originally Posted by ugaimes

Hmmm....no updates on the thread yet today ladies???
Workouts are a GREAT way to kick off the weekend y'all!!!!!
Today at work we had a Kids Field Day.....400 kids, grades 3-8 (as well as about 50 2-3 year olds) came out and it was a LOT of work: moving tables (one of which FELL ON MY FOOT and I am still limping a bit!), putting up chairs, cooking hot dogs and pop corn, running games, etc. I was so busy, I forgot to go to the bathroom all day!!!!!
Needless to say, I had about a 6-hour workout while at work, so I didn't hit Curves afterwards. I am WIPED from being out in the sun all day (but I did get a nice tan on my face
). I may hit Curves tomorrow morning if I'm up early enough.....but if I don't, que sera sera.....I got in plenty of workouts during the week....
What's everyone else been up to?
I'm doing the track tonight for sure, I gotta cause tomorrow I am playing all day and won't be able to walk until Sunday.
 
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Originally Posted by Marge

I'm doing the track tonight for sure, I gotta cause tomorrow I am playing all day and won't be able to walk until Sunday.
Whoo!!!! Hehe, that's SOME playing Marge!
 

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I did do some exercising - lower body workout and then 35 mins walking. I didnt go online all day because the antivirus was running and then found a few trojan horses and so had to do a cleaning and then run the antivirus again but now I am back!
 

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I did work out today, although I got rained on. The skies looked rather angry when I left for my run but the sun was peeking thru so I though I was safe. Needless to say, I only got 2 miles in today but 2 miles is still a good run
 

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Yesterday I helped Brendan move into his new place (which wasn't too big of a deal as he doesn't really have too much stuff) and then taught my Body Pump class.

Today I plan to do another spinning class in the evening. Probably the last bit of exercise I'll find the time to get in before Brendan and I leave for Asheville on Tuesday.

Also yesterday I got my group exercise schedule for the summer. Starting May 16th I'll be teaching almost every kind of strength class we offer: Body Pump; Abs, Buns, and Thighs; Hardbodies; and Washboard Abs. It'll be nice to have constant variation like that! Every semester I've taught before this I've had at least 2 hardbodies classes! So hopefully it'll go well this summer.


GOOD LUCK on your workouts this weekend everyone!!

Hope your foot is feeling better Amy!!!
 
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Originally Posted by katspixiedust

Hope your foot is feeling better Amy!!!
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Thanks Katherine
And that sounds like a great variation of classes you're teaching. You're definitely our 6-pack ab TCS-er!!!
Great job working out guys!
 
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Anyone work out this weekend? I didn't do too much (unless you count playing video games and drinking
) but I did manage to do my ab and leg exercises today and yesterday

How about y'all?
 

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We did a short hike yesterday in Sonoma. I had homework today so I haven't walked yet, I hope to before dinner. So I am doing basically ok this weekend.
 

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Originally Posted by ugaimes

Hmmm....no updates on the thread yet today ladies???
Workouts are a GREAT way to kick off the weekend y'all!!!!!
Even if you don't hear from me over the weekends, I'm thinking about y'all. My home computer is so s...l...o...w... I hardly use it. I did workout on Saturday, bring my total workouts for the month of April to 18.
Originally Posted by ugaimes

Today at work we had a Kids Field Day.....400 kids, grades 3-8 (as well as about 50 2-3 year olds) came out and it was a LOT of work: moving tables (one of which FELL ON MY FOOT and I am still limping a bit!), putting up chairs, cooking hot dogs and pop corn, running games, etc. I was so busy, I forgot to go to the bathroom all day!!!!!
Needless to say, I had about a 6-hour workout while at work, so I didn't hit Curves afterwards. I am WIPED from being out in the sun all day (but I did get a nice tan on my face
). I may hit Curves tomorrow morning if I'm up early enough.....but if I don't, que sera sera.....I got in plenty of workouts during the week....
What's everyone else been up to?
Sounds like quite a workout, Amy! How's the foot?

Gail, how are your toes?
 
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Originally Posted by Rockcat

Even if you don't hear from me over the weekends, I'm thinking about y'all. My home computer is so s...l...o...w... I hardly use it. I did workout on Saturday, bring my total workouts for the month of April to 18.
Sounds like quite a workout, Amy! How's the foot?

Gail, how are your toes?
Wow! 18 in April! Yay! Yay! Yay!
WAY TO GO RENEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Foot's fine now, btw
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Sorry I haven't posted. I have not worked out since I dropped the iron. Its not discolored today. But I did some walking on Sat and my foot really hurt that night. I have on real shoes today-but still hurts I bet I did break that 2nd toe. So I'll tape it tomorrow as I have 2 hrs volunteer work digging and potting plants tomorrow after work. Good thing the weather has been really cold so I'm not missing much outside.
Weight is ok still but probably do workouts until this weekend.
 

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Read please!!!!
Subject: This could happen to you....

This is a heads-up to those friends who haven't experienced it yet, and
an explanation to those friends and family who have.

Most of you have read the scare-mail about the person whose kidneys
were stolen while he was passed out. Well, read on. While the kidney
story was an urban legend, this one is not. It's happening every day.

My thighs were stolen from me during the night a few years ago. It was
just that quick.

I went to sleep in my body and woke up with someone else's thighs.
The new ones had the texture of cooked oatmeal. Who would have done
such a cruel thing to legs that had been mine for years? Whose thighs
were these and what happened to mine?

I spent the entire summer looking for my thighs. Finally, hurt and
angry, I resigned myself to living out my life in jeans and Sheer Energy
pantyhose.

Then, just when my guard was down, the thieves struck again. My butt
was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to
match my new rear end (although badly attached at least three inches
lower than my original) to the thighs they stuck me with earlier. Now,
my rear complemented my legs, lump for lump. Frantic, I prayed that
long skirts would stay in fashion.

It was two years ago when I realized my arms had been switched. One
morning I was fixing my hair and I watched horrified but fascinated as
the flesh of my upper arms swung to and fro with the motion of the
hairbrush. This was really getting scary. My body was being replaced
one section at a time.

How clever and fiendish.

Age? Age had nothing to do with it. Age is supposed to creep up,
unnoticed, something like maturity. NO, I was being attacked
repeatedly and without warning. In despair, I gave up my T-shirts.
What could they do to me next?

My poor neck disappeared more quickly than the Thanksgiving turkey it
now resembled.

That's why I decided to tell my story. I can't take on the medical
profession by myself. Women of the world, wake up and smell the
coffee. That really isn't plastic that those surgeons are using. You
KNOW where they are getting those replacement parts, don't you?

The next time you suspect someone has had a face "lifted," look again.
Was it lifted from you?

I think I finally found my thighs, and I hope that Cindy Crawford paid
a really good price for them!

This is not a hoax. This is happening to women in every town every
night.

WARN YOUR FRIENDS.

P.S. I must say that last year I thought someone had stolen my
breasts. I was lying in bed and they were gone! As I jumped out of bed I
was relieved to see that they had just been hiding in my armpits as I
slept.

Now I keep them hidden in my waistband.

Hope I brought a smile to your day.

A co-worker emailed this to me-too funny
 
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Oh Gail, thank you for adding some levity to this thread. That was a hoot!!!

I'm no doctor, but I definitely would not recommend doing any cardio on a broken toe! Please listen to Nurse Amy and don't do anything to aggrevate the injury!!!!
Keep us posted on your hurt tootsie!!
 

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Logging off now, to workout. I'm planning on my full run today, I hope the weather cooperates. I don't think I can take another day on the treadmill
 
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Woo hoo, yay Kelly!
Let us know how it went.
I surprised myself today y'all. I left work early b/c Cosette had to go to the vet today to have her sutures removed and get her next shot. Well, I was back home by 3:30, so I used the time to go work out at Curves and then do my abs hard-core. WOO HOO! Motivation can be really difficult for me if I have to leave the house to work out (it's much easier when I go straight from work), so I was kinda proud of myself. Daaaaaang I feel good!

How's everyone else's day going? Katherine, I'll miss you on here this week!
 

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i have been terrible and i feel terrible
tomorrow i must turn over a new leaf. i haven't worked out since Thursday of last week.

I came home from work today with a headache and stomache so I laid down. When I woke up I just still didn't feel right. I am not all that hungry for dinner. I am just making myself some bland pasta and hoping I feel better in the morning.

Tomorrow I will turn over a new leaf. I need to get my butt in gear and get back to the gym.
 

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Originally Posted by ugaimes

Woo hoo, yay Kelly!
Let us know how it went.
I surprised myself today y'all. I left work early b/c Cosette had to go to the vet today to have her sutures removed and get her next shot. Well, I was back home by 3:30, so I used the time to go work out at Curves and then do my abs hard-core. WOO HOO! Motivation can be really difficult for me if I have to leave the house to work out (it's much easier when I go straight from work), so I was kinda proud of myself. Daaaaaang I feel good!

How's everyone else's day going? Katherine, I'll miss you on here this week!
Way to go, Amy!!! Way to keep everyone else motivated, too! I did get to finish my run today. I've changed my distance to 3.5 miles b/c the route I'm running now has some butt bustin' hills .
 
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