Post-STS 12-Weeks: Week 12

This is my last week of Cathe's prescribed follow-up to STS.  Wow!

Time has flown by - but this is getting to be much more common with age, darn it!  I've really enjoyed exploring new-to-me Cathe workouts.  These twelve weeks have not been boring, for sure!

Monday: Cathe's MMA Boxing + YWA

I love that Cathe's Shock Cardio Series has three boxing/kickboxing workouts!!  This boxing workout is good and the cardio blasts really kept my heart rate elevated.  The punch combinations were different and fun, which made the time fly by!  It was a great early morning workout, in general.  After work, I did this YWA to calm down after a crazy, frustrating drive home.

Tuesday: Cathe's Chiseled Legs and Abs Live + walk + YWA

Legs today!  This live workout wasn't the toughest of Cathe's leg workouts, but I enjoyed it and made it through in one piece.  I wish I could have gotten further along in the workout but my time constraints meant I never got to the ab section, which looked to be killer.  Maybe it's good I didn't make it that far!  At lunch, I walked outside, because it was gorgeous outside!  After work, I wanted to up my yoga game and this YWA did it!  I got quite sweaty!

Wednesday: Cathe's HIIT 40/20 + Body Blast Series: Step Blast

I can't say I was looking forward to HIIT this morning, but I was looking forward to a good workout.  This one starts deceptively slow but with the second HIIT, you're left panting....and then you repeat it!  Dang!  I worked hard and was happy about it.  After that, I tuned into a step workout that I actually followed relatively well, all things considered.  It's an older workout but still fun!

Thursday:  Cathe's Strong Upper Body Express Live + walk + YWA

This morning, bright and early, I did my upper body workout.  I was looking forward to it only because it wasn't crazy cardio.  But it didn't take long for my arms to get burned out in this workout so it was a bit torturous...in a good way.  Cathe kept you moving quickly through the exercises, which helped a bit.  There was a good ab section at the end, which was a nice surprise.  At lunch, I walked at the rec center, working up a good sweat....  And then, after work, I did this YWA, which I remembered as being good for the arms.  I did not remember all the planks.  Dang!

Friday:  YWA

Rest day!  Yay!  This is a relatively new YWA - one specifically for mornings.  These are always a great way to ease into the day.  I enjoyed this one and even got a little sweaty when the heat kicked on in the house.  I felt nice and awake after this video.

Saturday:  Cathe's HIIT Pyramid + Circuit Blast + Icy Core 2

I'm tired.  In general, I'm tired and my body is tired.  Thankfully, I have a 4-day workout break coming up.....but in the meantime, I need to hit it hard.  This pyramid HIIT is not at all easy....  But I did it!  After that 25 minutes of torture, I did 20 minutes of Circuit Blast, which I first did a week ago.  It's not easy, either, especially after a grueling HIIT workout.   Finally, it was time for abs....again, not easy, though the ICE workouts are "intermediate."  That lasted almost 15 minutes....and then I stretched.  

Sunday: Cathe's High Reps

Weight day - and another new workout!  High Reps is pure strength and self explanatory - lots of reps with different count patterns to change it up.  It's all about endurance....which meant it was very difficult to lift heavy....and keep lifting heavy.  Oy.  It was a tough workout. I did all of it - along with the ab section.  And my abs were still sore from yesterday.  I then did the stretch and added on some more stretching....for about 70 minutes of work today.  

Calorie Counts:

I was good most of the work week...and then it was a bad weekend, due to football.  I had serious stomach issues late Saturday and early Sunday...ugh.