(re) introducing myself

[Guest guest]

Hi, I was briefly a member of this group a year or so ago, but needed to leave

for a bit due mostly to time constraints. I enjoyed the group when I was here

and decided to rejoin.

My name's Anne, I live in California, and I'll be 50 in August. I love to

exercise with DVDs and videos. I've tried going to gyms, but that has a

discouraging effect--I feel I'm not dressed right, I don't know what to do with

the equipment, and I really don't like exercising in front of strangers. But

exercising at home--now that's addictive. At this point, I'm a solid

intermediate exerciser but finding a few of my intermediate DVDs and tapes

starting to get too easy. I do have a major limitation--I had a serious heart

attack two years ago and now have a pacemaker/defibrullator. So there's some

things I need to careful of (no very heavy weights, if I run my heart rate up

too quickly my ICD doesn't like it). I really enjoy step routines and dance

aerobics, though most of the dance workouts I own are getting too easy. I also

like WATP, esp. the set that came out on QVC in January. I think Sansome

is a hoot, she just makes me smile. I just bought my second Cathe wor

kout, Low Impact Step, and like it as much as the one I already own (Basic

Step). I've set a goal of being ready for Low Max in 2 months, and then I'm

going to try her higher impact workouts. I've been doing some strength training

3 times a week and I'm ready to ramp that up a bit too, and add some Pilates or

Yoga workouts. I promised my youngest daughter I'd do Plus-Sized Pilates with

her (I'm not plus sized, but she is), but that's on hold right now, as her MIL

just passed away last week. But I'll post a review when I do it.

Anyway, that's all I can think of to write! Looking forward to getting to know

all of you better.

Anne