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.

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2. ChaLean Extreme: Day 2 – Burn Circuit 2
3. ChaLean Extreme: Day 5 – Burn and Recharge
4. ChaLean Extreme: Still on Hold :(
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