My little one is a baby no more!

Yesterday marked a milestone in our family. My baby, Miss G, started school today. I must admit I felt very strange as I saw her skittering (she doesn't walk quietly, she skitters) along in her uniform, complete with yellow bucket hat into the classroom. I felt strange that I had reached the end of an era - both girls off to school.

After drop off I went to Fitness First and did Upper Body Training and went for a run on the treadmill, as well as doing some bike work. Ran into Miss Alicia - her first day on the job as a PT - I think she'll enjoy rubbing shoulders with our crew here at Indro. This morning's workout involved RPM - I could not believe that 6 out of the 9 tracks John used this morning were tracks I had worked into my class this Saturday. There's a weird synchronicity there! It was a good workout and I rather enjoyed riding and experimenting with even more resistance than usual.

Then morning tea with Miss A and back home to do all the fun things like the washing and ironing.

I bought a new digital camera and am working out slowly how to upload photos with it. Today I'm putting in a photo of Cathe Friedrich who is working on her new series, STS (Shock Training System). I love the use of Gliding Discs/paper plates with lunges! There will be 37 DVDs which are incorporated into a full six month strength training program. I'm unsure of final cost at this stage but I think the series will be awesome for those who train at home. It goes without saying that any Aussies who are interested should get in touch so I can finalize orders.

Aaggrh Monday

Unfortunately for me, Miss G was unwell today, so I had to call in absent from my regular Monday morning RPM class. I am teaching for Ruthie T tomorrow and fingers crossed, little Miss G is feeling much better.

I still managed to get in a workout today, albeit a little interrupted - I did Cathe's Bodymax 2 - Cardio only premix which clocks in at an hour and later in the day when I felt I wanted to stretch my legs, did a 30 minute Spinervals set on the bike. As I posted yesterday, I am amazed at how much I'm sweating these days - it was less than 10 minutes and the bike and the carpet square underneath it were looking like a bit of a cesspool.

The photo above is of Cathe's newest DVD set due out in September - a 4 day heavy training split with four very intense cardio workouts. I will be in heaven on the days I decide not to go to the gym.

Cathe Presale Announced!

Cathe Friedrich is filming again shortly! Her latest project is a 4 day split program which will have some incredible premixes on it. I will be posting details on my site, www.thefitnesssolution.com.au , on how to preorder it. If anyone wants to know more about Cathe DVDs and how useful I found them when I lived in the middle of nowhere, please feel free to contact me via the store contact form on the site.

Here are the details of the workouts:

The Ultimate Weekly Workout Program
The 4 Day Split is designed to be the ultimate cardio and strength weekly workout program that fits your busy lifestyle. It consists of four (approx. 60 minute) workouts. Each workout will have a separate cardio segment followed by an intense heavy weight training routine. We will use the push pull training approach since time is of the essence and we want to effectively maximize your time as we push you to complete and total failure with little to no rest between exercises. The 4 Day Split series will come in one DVD case on two DVD discs for maximum premix value:
Disc A:
Workout #1 High Intensity Step Aerobics Plus HEAVY WEIGHTS Chest/Back
Workout #2 Low Impact Step PLUS HEAVY WEIGHTS Shoulders and core

Disc B:
Workout # 3 Cardio Kickbox Plus HEAVY WEIGHTS Legs and Core Workout # 4 Boot Camp Cardio PLUS HEAVY WEIGHTS BI's and TRI's
* as always, we reserve the right to make changes to content, format, equipment used and workout times without further notice.
Incredible Premixes
The 4 Day Split - Cardio & Weights is a complete workout system and features some of the most versatile and unique premixes us or anyone has ever offered. For example, the normal workout program contains a cardio section followed by an intense strength training routine using the push/pull method; i.e. chest and back. This means you would work each muscle group of the upper body just one time per week. Though a lot of people prefer to train this way there also many who prefer to train each muscle group twice per week alternating upper and lower body. So, we have even developed a premix that does just that by featuring a cardio section followed by a total upper body section. The other disc will have a cardio section followed by a complete lower body strength session.

But what if you don't like training with the push/pull method? Well, don't worry we have premixes that feature different combinations of muscle groups like chest and triceps and back and biceps. Don't like to mix your cardio with weights? Then try either our upper and lower body premixes or our total body strength premix. We even have timesaver premixes for those with time constraints. In summary, almost anything you can think of can be done with Cathe's 4 Day Split - Cardio and Weight DVDs. As always, please feel free to make your premix suggestions in our forums. We always love to hear your input an ideas.