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Originally Posted by kfisherx

Wow! Great progress in stage 1. It is so much fun to first start out and discover how strong you really are. Hey have a nice rest week. Your gimpy arm thing will possibly be better for the rest.

Originally Posted by leyla

Hi Pauline,

Congratulations on your progress!

Thanks, so much! You guys (gals) are the reason I keep going. The support here is tremendous!!

Originally Posted by Morondava

Any plans for your rest week? I'm skipping mine because I have a house-guest and a trip in the future - both of which will require mid-stage enforced rest weeks. Once I get a planned rest week in, I'd like to do some fun cardio. Maybe go to a spinning class again. Or find a gym with a pool.

Thanks for posting to my log, by the way, it's nice to find someone working on the same stage.

I was planning to take a spin class at the gym and check it out. I may also go to a Group Power class to see what that's all about. I think it would be with pretty light weights from what I can tell from the description. I'll see how the week goes. Otherwise, I'm just enjoying the week getting in some of my favorite Walk Away the Pounds dvd workouts. My husband and adult son are in Barbados for the week, so it really has been a peaceful and relaxing week. My 2 younger ones don't mind if we just have peanut butter and jam for supper!!

I tested out the push press thingie with my broom and I'm feeling a little less tentative about it - like maybe I'll even be able to do this with a barbell!