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March 20, 2009

ChaLean Extreme: Day 5 – Burn and Recharge

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So today is the last workout of the week with ChaLean extreme, and it has been a great workout so far.  Ben and I will do the same routine next week and for the rest of the month, before we switch it up into the push phase.  Today, we did the ChaLean Extreme Burn it off and recharge disc, where you are trying to get your heart rate up as much as possible.  Ben and I do not have to much room to maneuver so it was kind of difficult at first to get really into this workout, but by the end we were sweating and Ben felt light headed because he worked out so hard.  The workout involved a lot of movement dips, lunges, jumps and football drills.  Yes, I said football drills!  I thought that was pretty cool, I always love it when workouts incorporate sporting drills in to the exercises.  My P90x Workout did that with the plyometrics disc.  It adds an element of fun to the whole thing, although it is pretty challenging.

 After the ChaLean Extreme Burn it off disc, I got to do the Recharge exercise.  The first workout today was a little under 30 minutes long and the recharge disc was about 20 minutes long, so all together you will workout for about 50 minutes.  But the recharge disc was nice, it was all stretching, and boy did my muscles need it, in fact my muscles need the two rest days coming up too.  There were a lot of Yoga poses in this workout, it had upward dog, downward dog, warrior poses and some other yoga exercises.  I kind of struggled with Yoga routine in P90x, but the ChaLean extreme workout is not meant to be a full on Yoga workout, so it was not as difficult, it did feel great though.  I am glad they have put stretching into these workouts, because they really do help your flexibility and your muscles to develop.  

I have a big day tomorrow, it is my sister’s birthday and we are going to Mizu.  It is a Japanese restaurant where the chef is at your table and he cooks and does all sorts of cool things right in front of you.  It’s pretty sweet, I think I am going to get the Steak and Lobster.

Related posts:

  1. ChaLean Extreme: Day 4 – Burn 3
  2. ChaLean Extreme: Day 2 – Burn Circuit 2
  3. ChaLean Extreme: Day 1 – Only 119 days left
  4. ChaLean Extreme: Day 3 – Burn and Abs
  5. The ChaLean Extreme Way

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