ChaLean Extreme: Bump in the Road!!
Well I woke up today to do the ChaLean extreme workout, and my television stopped working. So right now the workout is put on hold, until I can get it fixed. I called the company I bought my television from because I have a 3 year bulb replacement warranty, so hopefully they give me a call back so I can get the new bulb for my television. This is totally lame, but I am glad this never happened during my P90x workout and I am glad it happened earlier than later in the Chalean extreme routine. So I guess I will just have to continue to go to the gym to get my workouts in. Yesterday evening I went to the gym to workout with Jeff, and we focused on chest, triceps, and abs. We worked out for about an hour and a half, and after the workout I could barely even shift or steer my car, because my arms were so tired. I am pretty sore right now.
This is my second day on my new diet, so far I have been doing pretty good with it. I went and bought some groceries last night to help me. I bought chicken, tuna, whole wheat bread, vegetables, fruit, oatmeal and nuts. So this morning I had oatmeal with raspberries, it did not taste good at all, but it was filling. For lunch I will probably eat some chicken. which I am going to cook right now. Peace!!
ChaLean Extreme: Day 8 – Getting Extreme!!
Well we had to rest days over the weekend from our ChaLean extreme workout, so our bodies are all healed up and ready to go. Over the weekend I did not workout , I did not even go to LA Fitness to do any running, and I ate terrible. It was my sister’s birthday so I went out a few times for lunch and dinner and had cake and ice cream. I am the type of person that if I screw up in a day with my eating then I eat bad the rest of the day. But today marks the day that I start eating healthier again, so I can maximize my results from this workout. I decided not to follow the ChaLean Extreme nutrition guide that they provided for me, instead I will be doing The Abs Diet from Men’s Health. This diet includes 12 power foods. 1. Almonds and other nuts 2. Beans and other Legumes 3. Spinach, greens 4. Dairy, fat-free milk, yogurt and cheese 5. Instant oatmeal – unflavored and unsweetened 6. Eggs 7. Turkey and other lean meats – lean beef, chicken and fish 8. Peanut Butter, all natural and sugar free 9. olive oil 10. Whole grain breads 11. Extra protein powder 12. Raspberries and other berries. So wish me luck, this is probably going to be the hardest diet I have ever had to stick with. I get one day a week to splurge, I am actually more nervous about this than I am about the workout.
Today we did the Chalean Extreme Burn Circuit 1 disc again for the second time. If you remember in my first post about this workout I mentioned that I felt like the workout was to easy because I did not have heavy enough weights. Well, this time I had heavier weights and the workout went a lot better, but I do feel like this is the easier workout of the three Burn Circuits. What I do love about this ChaLean Extreme Workout, is that they have some great Ab workouts with dumbbells. You really get to focus on your obliques and if you do the exercise correctly than you can really feel your obliques getting a good workout. I really do like how you usually work out multiple body parts at a time. So if you are doing deltoid workouts then at the same time you are in a lounge working out your legs, or if you are doing a bench press, they have you working out your lower abs at the same time. That was one thing the P90x workout was great with too, was working out more than one section at a time.
Tonight I am going to LA Fitness to workout with Jeff, we are going to do a Chest workout and then run for a couple miles. But I will writing more about that tomorrow. And remember to check out Ben’s Chalean Extreme workout blog.
ChaLean Extreme: Day 4 – Burn 3
So it is Thursday today, so that means it is the fourth day of my ChaLean Extreme Workout. Today was not so good, not because of the workout, but we had a few unexpected guests in the middle of the workout, so we had to pause a few times. I am sure if we were able to go through the whole thing without stopping then it would have felt like more of a challenge. The ChaLean Extreme Burn Circuit 3 disc was the shortest workout so far. It was just a little bit above 30 minutes, which is fine because after yesterday’s workout we needed a shorter workout. I do not really mind the workout pushing me to much today, because that means I will feel more up to going to the gym to run a few miles. I do not think I am going to lift at the gym, because I need to give my muscles some time to recover from all the workouts I did with ChaLean and the gym. There were a lot of squats and shoulder workouts in the Burn circuit 3 workout, your shoulders will get a great workout in this session.
So far both Ben and I have agreed that the workouts have been really great, even our buddy Derek has worked out with us the last couple days. Derek used the resistance bands that I bought for my P90x workout routine. I think he had a hard time using them, not because of difficulty but because he was just not used to them. They can be kind of a pain if you do not use them correctly. I think Dumbbells are difinitely the way to go with the ChaLean extreme workout, and if you can get the same kind Chalene Johnson is using than that is even better.
If there is one thing I can start doing better, is eating more healthy. Last night a bunch of my friends got together, and I sort of pigged out on doughnut holes. I have not even opened the nutrition guide yet, maybe I should take a look at it and try to follow some type of plan.
Honduras Pictures are up!
So I finally have some pictures up on my honduras page, so if you have time check them out, I will eventually get more too.
ChaLean Extreme: Day 3 – Burn and Abs
First off, I need to tell you how the hike went! This is a continuation from my last post so hopefully you are reading everything I write about, if you are not I am going to hunt you down and make you read it…not really. It was a great hike though, although I was completely unprepared for the weather conditions. I do not like hiking in long warm ups, I like wearing shorts and I could not find my hiking boots so I just wore some old running shoes. Both of those decisions were a mistake. It was muddy and then when we got to the top there was about a foot of snow. I was dressed for a summer hike!! So…I do not know what I was thinking, but it will make a good story to tell, so I am happy. Hiking is a great workout and it is just great to get outside and experience nature and fresh air. The Gym can feel so unpleasant sometimes, so it was a nice change of scenery.
Okay, back to Chalean Extreme. Today Ben and I did the third day of the the ChaLean extreme workout. It is called Burn Intervals and Ab Burner. Combined, the workouts equal up to around 55 minutes, definitely the longest workout so far out of the three we have done. Our friend Derek even came and joined us. Three of us were packed in a small living room trying not to get in each others way. Besides that, I sweated like crazy in this workout, you just keep on going and going, there are no breaks. So for 45 minutes you are doing dumbbell routines, crazy plyometric routines and lounges through the whole thing. It was a wonderful and fun workout. Apparently you are not supposed to use heavy weights during this workout, for example, the guy in the back of the DVD was using 7 lbs. I was not so lucky, I had to use 15 lbs. the whole time, while Ben used the 10 lbs. and Derek got the 5 lbs, and my body is still sore from my Gym workout two days before. It was fun though, we joked around the whole time and pushed each other to get a better workout. After we got done with the burn Intervals, it was time to do the Ab Burner. Ten and a half minutes of crunches and side crunches and other weird crunches. It was great!! Actually, if I am being honest, abs are my least favorite thing to workout. But the Ab burner workout was very good. I was able to do this one better than the P90x ab workout, because it did not put so much pressure on my tail bone.
Also, Remember to check out Ben’s Chalean Extreme review.
ChaLean Extreme: Day 2 – Burn Circuit 2
Today was the second day of my Chalean Extreme body workout, if you remember anything about my first post on how day #1 went…throw it all out the window. I found heavier weights and ChaLean Extreme Day #2 was way more difficult. I pretty much used 25 lbs. the whole time, I know that does not sound like a lot, but you have got to understand something, I also go workout at the gym with my friends, so the night before my friend and I did chest, triceps and abs. Since my muscles were already fatigued it made the workout hard to get through. It felt really great though to get back into a tough routine. I am more excited now about ChaLean Extreme because I no know that it is actually going to be a challenge for me, like how the P90x workout was. Some of the exercises are still taking a little time to get used to and I will probably be going through that awkwardness for the first week, but after that it should be smooth sailing. I also do not really like the warm up section, I feel like we are being rushed through the whole thing, but what do I know…I have never made a successful workout video. My buddy Ben did pretty good today, although later on I found out that he almost threw up, but he hid it well. You can also read up on his ChaLean Extreme Blog to see his progress and his opinion of the whole workout. Personally, I really enjoyed this workout.
So later on today, Ben, Jeff and I have decided that we are going to skip the gym and get outside to do a hike. We are hiking up a place called Poo Poo Point (I know…what a terrible name). It is about 2 miles up and two miles back down, so all together it is around 4 miles. It will be a lot of fun, hopefully it is clear when we get to the top so we can see over Issaquah and Bellevue. The spot is famous around Washington for hang gliding and para sailing. This is the beginning step for getting back into hiking shape for The Enchantments 09′!! Check out my Enchantment 08′ pictures, they are sweet.
P90x: Day 46 – Yoga on Christmas
So I haven’t posted in awhile, I still have been doing my P90x workouts but my computer crashed, so I have not been able to post my workouts or progress. You probably thought I got half way through the p90x workout and quit, no way! I am not losing this bet!! So I finally got my computer fixed and now I am going to start writing where I left off and try to remember how the well the workouts went. On Christmas I spent most the day with my family, it was a lot of fun, we woke up opened presents. Later that night I got to do the P90x Yoga routine, it was kinda of lame having to do a workout on Christmas, but I already missed a couple days this month so I did not want to miss anymore. So I pressed on and do the Yoga workout, unfortunatley I ate a little to much and had popcorn when I went to a movie theater with my family, so I was not feeling the greatest. I had a huge stomach ache so I ended the workout a little early, but I did most of it. So in my book it counts as a successful day. Tomorrow I have P90x Legs and back.
