@Endot Hestand amazing job on today's workout. I am sorry about your big toe condition. How did I not know that about you? 😀 And don't worry too much about where you are feeling the step ups, as long as you are feeling it. I like to lean forward on those to make sure I am really working my glutes. Feel free to video them if you want to and I can take a look at your form. And I think that is an amazing goal for the week. You've got this!

@Endot Hestand oh goodness, I am sorry. I cannot imagine. I have the worst in grown toenail right now and it's so painful. I would hate to be in pain all the time. It sounds like you know what aggravates it though. How are you feeling today otherwise? Sore at all?

@Endot Hestand it was nice. Thank you. Earth Day would have been much better with all of you though. I was disappointed in the lack of San Diego vegan community that showed up.

@Amy Szeliga I love that so much and am really proud of you. I am really glad that you listened to your body. Have a wonderful hike tomorrow. How did the testing go?

@Amy Szeliga of course you did. I didn't have any doubt. 😀 But congratulations.

Oh, this looks interesting. Thank you for sharing. I am not sure that I will participate with this next weekend being my birthday weekend but I will check it out 😀 Are you going to do it?

@Amy Szeliga nice job on SIT. That sounds fantastic! And I hope it goes well tonight. I had no idea that you were doing that. You are definitely super active! I am very inspired. No worries about the schedule. We have plenty of time 😀

@Amy Szeliga I like to aim for strength when working my largest muscle groups: chest, back, quads, glutes. I lift as heavy as I can and try to get close to failure. Right now, that is still about 8-10 reps. because my weights at home aren't heavy enough. I do 3-4 sets, depending on the exercise. When it comes to things like bis, tris and shoulders, I aim more for hypertrophy and do 12-15 reps., normally 3 sets. Also, if I am having a day where I am super tired (normally before my cycle), I may do all hypertrophy and forget about strength. I have always loved the 15 rep. range but I know that true strength training is what my body needs right now. Let me know if that makes sense. I know that a lot of menopause experts recommend 5 X 5 (5 reps, 5 sets).