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April 24, 2009

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Shoulders with Chalean Extreme

So today is Friday and you know what that means… it means I get to do the Chalean Extreme Burn circuit 3 workout and that also means I get to workout my shoulders, because that is all this workout seems to focus on.  I really enjoy this workout, although I got to be honest with you, I do not really enjoy working out my shoulders.  The reason is probably because I have had some problems in the past with my shoulders.  Last year when I was at softball practice, I dove for a ground ball at tweaked my left shoulder, and it has not been the same since.  I do not know exactly what is wrong with it, but it continues to stiffen up and pop.  I can still do activities without it hurting, but it always pops.  Anyways, that is enough of me crying about my shoulder.  

Lets talk about the workout, I wanted to push myself a little more in this workout than I did last week, so I used the 25 pounders as much as possible.  It is hard to do lateral raises and deltoids raises with 25 pounds, but I did it slowly and with good form.  The great thing about this workout is that there are only nine exercises, plus two “get extreme” sessions.  So you should be able to go all out and the workout is only 28 minutes long, so it is one of the shorter ones.  In every exercise you either do a squat or a lunge, this workout also incorporates calf raises in the squats and lunges too.  So not only are you getting a great shoulder, lat, and deltoids workout, you are also getting a great lower body workout.  As I mention before there are two “Get Extreme”  workouts, in these workouts you do 3 reps as slow as possible, usually an eight count up and an eight count down.  The first “Get Extreme” workout are push ups, you only do three, but it is tough because you do them ultra slowly, the second one is an overhead shoulder press as slow as possible.  These are great exercises but very exhausting because you hardly get a break before you  jump into them. Overall this is a wonderful workout.

Tomorrow I am going to do the Burn it off and recharge, than I have a softball tournament for the rest of the day, so wish me luck, because after our last weeks performance we kind of need it.

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  3. Chalean Extreme Day 13
  4. The ChaLean Extreme Way
  5. The ChaLean Extreme Fitness Routine
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  1. pkayfit
    Apr 25 2009

    Hello,

    I am praying for you because the “burn it off” is awesome and takes alot of energy. Then to go play softball. Whew that is hard. I sometimes do a Turbo Kick afterwards and it literally kicks my butt.

    If you want some great shoulder exercises for helping your injury. Check out my blog

    Hope you like. Nice review.

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