ChaLean Extreme: Day 1 – Only 119 days left
So today was the big day!! It was the first day of my new 120 day workout called Chalean Extreme. It is one of the newest home workout DVD systems on the market that is promising great results. I recently just finished the P90x Workout which was a 90 day workout, and that absolutely kicked my butt, so if Chalean Extreme is like P90x in any way I will be happy with it. I am doing this workout with my friend Ben, so it should be pretty fun, he hasn’t worked out in like 10 years, but if you read Ben’s blog he will say like 6 months, don’t believe the lies!!!.
Before I tell you about my workout today, let me tell you how ChaLean Extreme works. There are four phases, the Burn Phase, Push Phase, Lean Phase and Lean For Life Phase. Each phase is 30 days long and there are 2 rest days a week. The ChaLean Fitness Guide tells us to have our rest days on Tuesdays and Sundays, buuuutttt we are going to have our rest days on Saturdays and Sundays, because Ben and I won’t meet on the weekends. The First phase, which we started today is the Burn Phase. In this phase we are supposed to push our muscles to failure in 10 – 12 reps with each exercise. We both will probably do the Intermediate range which are weights any where between 20 – 30 pounds, if that is too easy than we will bump up the weight. Chalean Extreme’s philosophy is all about muscle burning fat. I still have some fat to burn so lets get it gone.
Today’s workout was kind of a test workout for us both, we really have no idea what we were getting into, so we kind of took it easy. But we really did not have a choice because the only weights I had were 15 and 10 pounds, so we really could not get the full affect of the workout. I used the 15′s and Ben used the 10′s, we definitely felt like wusses because Chalean was doing some of the same weight we were. So if we do not get heavier weights we will probably start using resistance bands. The workout was only around 35 minutes long, so length wise it was not to bad. The exercises were very different than anything I have ever done, so it was a little awkward at first making sure that we were doing the workouts properly. In my opinion, the workout was pretty easy, but…we needed heavier weights!! I am sure with heavier weights it would have been a great workout. So I can not really make a good evaluation of the workouts until we get heavier weights. Tomorrow we are going to do the Burn Circuit 2 disc, we will see how it goes.
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