Everyone ready for 2009?! I have a "milestone" high school reunion on Memorial Day weekend, so I need your help to keep motivated through the next few months. I cannot believe January 1st is tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing all of you in the new year (just hope we can all find parking spaces so we can get to class on time)!

Crazy Week

Hi, Ladies,
I'm so bummed to have missed an entire week of CardioJam! I did manage to make it to Yoga on Tuesday. But Monday was sick kids, Wednesday was Anna's preschool program and tomorrow is Anthony's kindergarten program. I promise to get back into CardioJam-mode next week! Teresa, are there any days that you know you will not be teaching over the next two weeks?

2 hr Delay...Bummer!!

I will be at the gym later this afternoon as well! Fingers crossed that I will be there on Friday!!

2 hour Delay

Hi Girls,
I won't be seeing you this morning. My daughter has a 2 hour delay which meane she has to be at school at 11:00- right in the middle of my class. Not to worry though, I will make it up by coming to the gym tonight! I will miss you all! Have a cardio fabulous day!
Mindy

Help. Made 13 dozen cookies tonight. I did not actually eat any but all the crumbs and broken pieces and licking the bowel...well about 1/2 doz at least. Ok,, tomorrow is a new day. 80% fabulous and 20%not so great. That is our goal.

See you all in the morning...plan on working hard. Hope it is a bit cooler than monday!! See you all then.


Teresa

OUCH!!

So nice to be back in class on Friday! Every time I go to sit on the couch or take laundry upstairs...I think of you today Teresa....BODYPUMP...Gotta love it!!
I am focusing on lots of water as my weeks challenge...at least 8 a day...Hope you all are having a great Holiday Season.

I love the name of our blog! I have missed seeing you all regularly. I have 3 weeks of winter break coming up, and NEED to be at cardio Jam 3 days a WEEK!!! Because it makes me FEEL GREAT!!

Hi Ladies!

It has certainly been difficult getting back after surgery. Man, THE PAIN!!! I keep reminding myself that it will get easier each time I come. Recovery time decreases and the "burn" of exercise gets more manageable. Most importantly, I remind myself I need to be CONSISTENT!!!!

I have been reading some interesting things from a study by Dr. Paul Williams. He studied inconsistent exercise and its effects on the body. Be ready for some shocking news!!!

A study published in the February 2008 issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the official scientific journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), has suggested that weight gain due to inconsistent exercise cannot be lost by only resuming a previous exercise routine.

"With regular exercise you can reduce weight but inconsistent exercise will result in weight gain. You may reduce weight once with an inconsistent exercise schedule but when you resume your exercising schedule you will definitely put on weight instead of loosing it."

Ummmmmm.......... WHAT?!?

The study goes on to say---

• Healthy adults must exercise for at least 30 minutes a day for five days a week with moderate intensity.
• Alternatively, a 20 minutes vigorously intense workout for three days a week would also be sufficient.
• For a considerable weight loss, one has to work out real hard for at least sixty to ninety minutes every day"

Dr. Paul Williams says, “If you stop exercising with the intention of starting again later, you don’t get to pick up where you left off. You’re likely to gain weight and get stuck with it unless you exercise a lot more. It’s an ounce of prevention or a pound of cure, literally."

Well, I guess you know what that means... Get your buns to the gym, Mindy! Regularly! Even though it is the holidays... actually, because it is the holidays! If you don't see me there, call me out. Like Teresa said on Friday- NO EXCUSES!!!

I miss you all, I've just been running around too much. Hopefully I will be back to some normalcy in my life after this weekend. I so need to get back in shape. Sharon

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hi guys. Hope to see you all in class on friday. If possible stay for all or some of body pump afterwards. Do your best to get there :) I need your energy!!!

take care,
Teresa

Hi girls! It has been an awful week of strep and deadlines that have seriously interfered with my gym schedule. I have been on the computer for 12 hours a day for the past 3 days and my elastic waistbands are tight!!! I am targeting getting back to class on Friday. Hopefully doubling up! See you there.

OK....

So in the top corner you see where it says 'New Post' that is how it shows on this front page....
I can not think of a way for the calendar idea that T had in class to show up...but if any of you have a clue on how to add it....you have all been granted the admin access to do so! :-)
See you all soon and I hope you had a great Turkey Day!

Hi All,