Nia has uploaded their whole Groovin' vhs to their blog!!!
Groovin ' 92 | Nia
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Monday 10/17
This morning I warmed up with a mile from Leslie's 4 Fast miles (MUsic only) mostly on the bungee.
The music and moves started feeling very repetitive so that revisit is probably over for awhile.
Then I did some of the rest of the first routine on MET-Rx Conditioning dvd 3 MUsic only. Unfortunately, it started freezing alot at about their 33 minute countdown. Not sure if it is the dvd or my player. Probably will not revisit this dvd again but I didn't mind some of the resistance moves and will just add a few new tweaks of theirs to future resistance moves.
Finished with the first 27 minutes of Nia's Awareness of Nerves and really liked it.
The warmup is all about the feet. I did the first 12 minutes on puzzle mats then the rest sitting on a stability ball.
Yesterday when trying to burn a dvdr with Freemake Video Converter, it kept stopping at the 82% encoding point so I converted the whole project to MP4, noting which files seemed to be at that point and replaced those previous files with the new MP4 files. Worked like a charm :) Guess one of those two files confused Freemake when converting to dvd format.
Also last night, our FIOS HD STB had its hic-cup again after playing fine for several hours, blinking to a blank screen for a second or two every 5 seconds or so. I believe the HD STB over-heats but it may have just been a temporary FIOS glitch. This happened one other time on 9/12 after a storm. Not sure what to do about it as long as it plays ok most other days.
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Darn it. It happened again so after jumping through hoops with the FIOS phone system, they are sending us a new HD STB to try.
ETA: Tuesday 10/8
This morning I really enjoyed everything I did.
First was the PrayFit Warmup with replaced audio/MUsic.
Then two routines from Fabulously Fit Moms
One was with a scarf and the other with a weighted ball.
I had replaced the audio/MUsic on those as well.
Cannot share any of the above publicly because of copyrights.
Last but not least, I did the first set of the first routine on the first Met-Rx Cardio dvd and really liked the choice of moves and number of reps up to the almost 15 minute mark when planks took over for the last 2 minutes of the set. The whole set is then repeated a second time before the stretch. I'll probably replaced the MUsic and trim the routine to its first 15 minutes up to the planks. The MUsic they used was ok just not as motivating for me as my own.
We are staying put waiting for our new HD STB from FIOS which is out on the UPS truck. The tracking info did not include our name and address so I am a bit worried about Murphy's Law. Hope it arrives today and during daylight so I can see what I am doing when connecting the wires.
So the new HD STB from FIOS arrived today and was working fine for a couple of hours then boom, the same problem again. Spoke to a FIOS tech who said it could be the HDMI cable or the HDMI port on the tv. So I switched in another HDMI wire which cost like $4 from Amazon and it played fine so far. Makes me mad because we bought a $20 GE HDMI cable at Walmart for our new and only HD tv because Walmart claimed they had problems with cheaper wires and FIOS stopped providing any because the ones they provided received complaints. Well it seems as though most failed HDMI cables have been GE!!!! Guess we were lucky it worked for 18 months.
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Wednesday 10/9
First I did the second Cardio Tactics routine on the Met-RX dvd9.
I was able to tweak the plank moves so even though they are more scattered than in the first routine, I liked the routine just as much as the first. Most moves are very bungee friendly. No Buyer's remorse.
Then I did the rest of Nia's Awareness of Nerves. Some I liked alot and some I will not revisit.
I will be adding MUsic to both Cardio Tactics. DVD Fab HD Decrypter copied the needed VTS files to a folder for me and Freemake Video Converter will be used for stripping the audio and trimming.
I prefer 15 minute routines so I did each the sets for the routines separately because they are tweaked a bit more in the second sets.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Verizon Rant and Rave
Well everything was working great last night and early this morning then boom, our FIOS TV signal disappeared on our new HD set top box. From what I could tell, they were attempting to reactivate our new set top box again for some reason and failed. Finally, 2 hours later, a tech got it going again.
Being very frustrated by the lack of information about our new set top activation and failures, DH spoke to a customer rep explaining what we have been through and added how frustrated we are when we see new customers getting much better offers than we did plus our rate has been increased. So after some back and forth we were offered a fantastic deal of all of the Premium movie channels for $10 a month for 6 months then another 6 months at $20. Very Happy Camper because we liked alot of the series on different channels and had already seen most of their movies.
Was not going to accept a different offer of a free dvr for another bundle for 2 years at $10 more a month because basically, we would be paying for the dvr and would have to go through another reactivation!
So Verizon keeps our business for at least another year and gets alittle more $$ from us. Everyone is happy.
We are also getting $16 off our next bill ($6 for the set top box and $10 for frustration LOL)
Being very frustrated by the lack of information about our new set top activation and failures, DH spoke to a customer rep explaining what we have been through and added how frustrated we are when we see new customers getting much better offers than we did plus our rate has been increased. So after some back and forth we were offered a fantastic deal of all of the Premium movie channels for $10 a month for 6 months then another 6 months at $20. Very Happy Camper because we liked alot of the series on different channels and had already seen most of their movies.
Was not going to accept a different offer of a free dvr for another bundle for 2 years at $10 more a month because basically, we would be paying for the dvr and would have to go through another reactivation!
So Verizon keeps our business for at least another year and gets alittle more $$ from us. Everyone is happy.
We are also getting $16 off our next bill ($6 for the set top box and $10 for frustration LOL)
Monday, February 6, 2012
Verizon, love em and hate em
After finally getting the new Vizio HDTV and Internet Apps up and running yesterday in spite of a terrible quickstart guide, Verizon proved today that some manual was better than none.
We went to a Verizon store to exchange our standard definition box for a HD box. I was expecting from previous info online to get a cardboard box with a remote, HDMI wire, instruction heets and silver colored set top box. First the guy at the store tried to sell me a $20 HMDI wire which I refused cuz believed it was supposed to be included and figured I would get a better deal elsewhere. He doesn't give us any information written or verbally and the little black set top box he gave us looked nothing like the ones shown online. We did get a card giving us a web address for an online manual but the web address was a dead end and nothing like our little black box was there so I googled its model number and found it but no FIOS related information, just how to wire it which was obvious. Anywho, I hook it all up and nothing happens. The little black box just sat there quietly not responding to anything so I call the store and am told I interrupted the activation process pressing the power button and should call the number for activation on my receipt. Was on the phone for 30 minutes with the person answering the activation number, giving her all sorts of info and then she says it'll take an hour and a tech will call me. In about an hour, I call again and go through the whole question and answer routine again and am told another hour. Meanwhile she explains they stopped giving the customers the cheap HMDI wires because of complaints so now sell the pricier ones. So I figured to wait and see what happens before running out to Walmart for a HMDI wire. Finally, 3 hours after bringing the little black box home, it starts doing some stuff on our tv screen and eventually it is working. The tech calls soon afterwards and advises us of the benefits of the HMDI wire so off to Walmart we go. Walmart's price started at $19 but the clerk there said they had cheaper ones that received so many complaints that they had them removed from their inventory. So I figured I had enough consumer grief and didn't need a faulty wire like Verizon used to giveaway or Walmart used to sell and bought the darn thing. Finally, something happened right and the wire was fine. Everything looks great, even the standard definition channels which are now on a larger screen without distortion.
Ironically, something the techs did during activation of the HD box froze another set top box in another room but luckily, just unplugging it and replugging it unfroze it.
We went to a Verizon store to exchange our standard definition box for a HD box. I was expecting from previous info online to get a cardboard box with a remote, HDMI wire, instruction heets and silver colored set top box. First the guy at the store tried to sell me a $20 HMDI wire which I refused cuz believed it was supposed to be included and figured I would get a better deal elsewhere. He doesn't give us any information written or verbally and the little black set top box he gave us looked nothing like the ones shown online. We did get a card giving us a web address for an online manual but the web address was a dead end and nothing like our little black box was there so I googled its model number and found it but no FIOS related information, just how to wire it which was obvious. Anywho, I hook it all up and nothing happens. The little black box just sat there quietly not responding to anything so I call the store and am told I interrupted the activation process pressing the power button and should call the number for activation on my receipt. Was on the phone for 30 minutes with the person answering the activation number, giving her all sorts of info and then she says it'll take an hour and a tech will call me. In about an hour, I call again and go through the whole question and answer routine again and am told another hour. Meanwhile she explains they stopped giving the customers the cheap HMDI wires because of complaints so now sell the pricier ones. So I figured to wait and see what happens before running out to Walmart for a HMDI wire. Finally, 3 hours after bringing the little black box home, it starts doing some stuff on our tv screen and eventually it is working. The tech calls soon afterwards and advises us of the benefits of the HMDI wire so off to Walmart we go. Walmart's price started at $19 but the clerk there said they had cheaper ones that received so many complaints that they had them removed from their inventory. So I figured I had enough consumer grief and didn't need a faulty wire like Verizon used to giveaway or Walmart used to sell and bought the darn thing. Finally, something happened right and the wire was fine. Everything looks great, even the standard definition channels which are now on a larger screen without distortion.
Ironically, something the techs did during activation of the HD box froze another set top box in another room but luckily, just unplugging it and replugging it unfroze it.
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