Chalean Extreme Day 13
Today, I had to wake up earlier than normal to go to work. I helped tear up a deck because the wood is all rotten, so I was not able to stick to my normal schedule of doing the Chalean Extreme workout in the morning. I did however meet up with a friend at LA Fitness and did a back and bicep workout routine with him, which worked out great because that was the workout I was supposed to do with the Chalean Extreme workout. We always workout pretty hard at the gym, and we use all the same principles that Chalene Johnson believes in. We use dumbbells for the most part and we do not try to rush our exercises, slow is key.
We usually start off with pull ups but because I injured my bicep last time, we decided to warm up with a lighter bicep curl first. Then we went to the pull up bar, and with our hands facing forward we did as many pull ups as possible, 3 times. After that your biceps and upper back are pretty tired, so it makes it pretty tough to finish the rest of the exercises. We continued to switch off, focusing on biceps and then back and so on, we also did routines that involved working out both areas at the same time. After the back and biceps workout, we usually end it with some abdominal workouts. Doing some crunches and oblique exercises, afterward my abs are always sore, but a good sore not a painful one. I probably will not get to my workout tomorrow, but I will be doing the Burn circuit 3 workout on friday. So far this has been a great workout routine for toning.
The ChaLean Extreme Way
Today was my tenth day of doing the Chalean Extreme workout routine, and so far this is the most blood pumping workout there is so far. The Disc is called Burn Intervals, it is about 45 minutes long, so it is the longest workout I have done yet. It really does push your heart rate up. You pretty much switch from doing a cadio exercise to a light weight exercise, but even though you are doing light weight, you do tons of reps. The key with this workout is to get your heart rate up with the cardio exercises and then build muscles endurance with the weight lifting. I know it sounds kind of easy but after awhile your legs get tired from all the squats, lunges and plyometrics, and then your arms and shoulders get tired because you are doing about 30 plus reps every time you pick up the weights.
This workout is definitely different from the burn circuit workouts, with the burn circuit workouts, you focus more on heavier weights and slow reps, but with the Burn Interval workout, you do more lighter weight but faster reps. There are some slow lifting in this workout, but most the time you are going at a steady pace. Again, like all of the Burn Circuit discs, you will be doing a full body workout with Burn Intervals. You will focus on the legs, abs, and upper body.
You would think that after doing a 45 minute workout, you would be done after it was finished, but not on these day. After the Burn Interval workout, you will do the Ab burner routine. It is about 8 more minutes of ab workouts. I have done a lot of ab workouts. I have done ab routines at the gym, and I have also done the ab workout of P90x. The P90x ab workout is definitely the hardest I have ever done, but I found it to be to difficult and painful for my tailbone. So it was hard to complete it. That is why I like this Chalean Extreme routine, I get a great workout with my abs but I do not experience the pain in my tailbone when I do these exercises, so I can focus purely on my abs.
My diet – Last night my friend from out of town came to visit, so a group of us went out to dinner. But I think I did pretty well. We had Thai food, but I had a lean Steak with cabbage and grilled vegetables, the only thing I did bad on was having Crab Rangoons. This morning I had Unflavored Oatmeal and blueberries, I plan on having a protein drink in a few minutes, and then lunch. So far it has been a good morning.
ChaLean Extreme is back in business!!
My new bat!!
So I can finally start up the ChaLean Extreme workout again, I got my replacement bulb for my television and now I am in business. Ben and I decided to just start up where we left off, and we are going to start up again on Monday. Even though it has been annoying that we have not been able to do the ChaLean extreme workouts, it has been kind of nice, because it has allowed for my arm to heal up a little bit. Hopefully by Monday it will feel back to its old self, and hopefully I do not injury myself dirt biking tomorrow, it is a risk I am willing to take. I did not go to the gym the last couple days, but I have been sticking to my diet. I really did not do that well during the weekend, but I have gotten back on track since then. I will not be able to make it to the gym today, but hopefully tomorrow, and then I would like to do sprints again on Saturday before softball practice. Speaking of Softball practice, I received my bat in the mail too. It is sweeet!! It’s a Worth Mutant HD 120, I cannot wait to break it in and pound the ball.
Workouts, but not with ChaLean Extreme
So I did workouts over the weekend and on Monday but none of them were with Chalean Extreme. I am STILL waiting for my television to be fixed, but it is all good. I had Softball practice on Saturday and Sunday, but since I usually do not get a good workout at practice, I decided to go early and workout. On Saturday I did something that I have not done since I played football…I ran lines. For people who do not know what that is, it is when you start from one endzone and run to the 20 yard line and run back and then to the 40 yard line and run back and so on until you do the full 100 yard dash. It gets super tiring, because you are sprinting the whole time. I also ran a couple laps around the track before that to get warmed up. After running lines, I rested for a little bit, and then ran the hundred yard dash as fast as I could twice. It really was a great workout, all together it was only about 20 minutes, but it was nice to get back outside and do some sprinting.
I also worked out on Monday with Jeff, and we did another upper body workout focusing on the chest and triceps. I had to make sure that I was careful that I did not hurt my arm worse, so I took it pretty easy. For the chest we did Dumbbell presses, a upper body press, and a cable press. For the triceps, we did triceps extensions on the cables, s dips, and something else…I can’t remember what it’s called. After that we then focused on are stomachs and then did some push ups on a stability ball. I even ran for about a mile before Jeff got there, so overall it was a great workout.
Now I will explain the picture, Sunday I rode a motorbike for the first time, it was called a pit bike. The experience was fun, although I let the clutch out to fast the first time I tried and almost dragged my face across the earth. Tuesday, was my second time ever riding a pit bike, and my friends spent all day build a jump that they were going off on. When I got there they asked me if I wanted to try the jump, and I was like YEAH sounds like fun. Well, I got on the bike and let out the clutch, so far everything was smooth. I was riding around getting used to the feel, I lined up to the jump and was going to just take a test run to get the feel of it. But half way I just decided to go for it. No one ever told me that you have to stand up a little bit when you go off the jump. So when I went off the jump I was sitting down, which caused my front tire to head downwards straight into the ground, I hit the very top of my front tire and almost completely flipped over the handlebars, but I pulled it off. I was about as close as you can get to flipping without flipping. It was exciting, and they got it on video. It is pretty hilarious.
I Pulled My Bicep
So I’m praying it is not to bad, but I hurt my right bicep yesterday at the gym. Hopefully by the time I get my bulb replacment in the mail, my right bicep will be feeling better, so I can continue my Chalean Extreme workout. A few post ago I wrote about how I did around 70 push-ups, and some pull-ups, after my last set of push ups, my biceps kind of tightened up a little bit. I really did not think to much of it, but I rested the next two days and did not do any arm workouts. Yesterday, I was meeting up with my friend Jeff to work out back and biceps, and we always start off the workout by doing as many pull ups as possible. Well I jumped up to the bar and did only one pull up and my right bicep just felt like it tore, but I thought maybe it just needs to be worked a little bit, so I did one more pull up and it hurt even worse. So I am not exactly sure what I did, but I know when something is not right. I do not think I injured my bicep, but I did hurt it. I did not finish the back and biceps workout, instead I went and ran for and stair climbed for 20 minutes, then we focused on our abs.
I am a little nervous, because I have never had my arm hurt like this before, but I am icing it and putting heat on it to see if I can nurse it back to health. Tomorrow, I have Softball practice and that will be a nice litte test to see if it feels better, or if I can even play.
New Shake for my Chalean Extreme Workout
I just received a new nutritional shake that I am going to start taking one meal a day. It is a meal replacement shake. It is called Shakeology and it is serious stuff, I do not think there is anything quite like it. I already made an 8oz. glass out of it and it tasted pretty good. I have the Chocolate kind, but there is also a Greenberry Flavor. I am going to start taking it regularly, to help me stay energized and focus throughout my Chalene Extreme workout and all of my other workouts. Why is it supposed to be so good, well, let me tell you.
Shakeology contains:
- Protein and Essential Amino Acids
- Prebiotics and Digestive Enzymes
- Antioxidants and Phytonutrients
- 23 Vitamins and Minerals
It also contains some very unique ingredients like Acai and Goji Berries, Camu-Camu, Quinoa, Wheat Grass, Maca Root, and Sacha Inchi. Crazy huh?
This shake will help you maintain a healthy body weight, boost your immune system, and protect your long term health by providing you with healthy energy. Shakeology also has Digestive Enzymes that will help you with staying regular. You will lose weight, feel full, lower your cholesterol and absorb more nutrients.
Shakeology is Gluten free and caffeine free, has NO refined sugars or artificial sweeteners, and provides health-supporting chlorophylls, polyphenols, prebotics, and proanthocyanins.
So….There are a lot of big words that I do not understand, but I will be trying this out and telling you how it makes me feel, and any results that I do or do not get from it. Hopefully it helps me with my Abs Diet and my Chalean extreme workout.
Starting ChaLean Extreme Soon…again
So if you have been following my blog posts, than you have read that I was doing the Chalean extreme workout and then was interrupted when my television stopped working. But there is good news, I ordered a new replacement bulb today, so hopefully by next week Ben and I can get back into the workout. The Chalean Extreme workout was going well, until the TV breakage. I have been pretty busy the last few days, so I have not been able to workout like I normally do, but last night I got a little workout in before I went to bed. I did a series of abdominal workouts, where I focused on my upper abs, lower abs and obliques. I also did 70 push ups, and no, I did not do them all at once, I did a set of 30…20…20. I got the Abs Diet book yesterday in the mail, so I started doing the workouts that it shows in the book. I also started reading the book and so far I really enjoy his style of writing. It is very motivating and it is nice to know the importance on why I need to lose the weight around my midsection. Did you know? That the average American has over 30 billion fat cells, and each cell can expand up to 1000 times it’s size, and once it reaches its physical limit it can split into two. So you get more fat cells, and they don’t ever go away!! So it makes it even harder to get into shape. I also found out what I was doing wrong in my diet, I thought it would be okay to give myself one day a week where I can splurge, the Abs Diet book calls that cheating. So for the next six weeks I will be 100% dedicated to my diet.
ChaLean Extreme: In Waiting
So I finally got a hold of the television repair people and faxed in all the proper paper work for them to come out or send me a new bulb for my LCD rear projection television. This whole process has been annoying, but it has not been the end of the world. I still get a lot of workouts in, although it is not ChaLean Extreme. My whole purpose to doing ChaLean Extreme is so I can write reviews and tell people about my progress or lack there of. Soon I will get the problem resolved and everything will be back to normal, but until then, I am gonna keep on doing workouts at the gym and hikes. Besides, I have to do some type of workout or else I will go crazy!! If I go to long without working out then I lose my edge, my motivation, and it is harder for me to start back up. So remaining active is not an option for me.
As far as the diet is going, this is my fifth day on the Men’s health Abs diet. I think I am doing it right, that is why I ordered the book, to make sure that I am doing this diet correctly. But I feel great, my body feels healthy, and I feel energized. I am excited to see some of the results I get in the first week. It is the weekend so I will not be posting until Monday, I am going on a four mile hike this afternoon with a friend, and tomorrow I am probably just going to take it easy. I have a friends birthday and we are going to this extremely nice italian restaurant. In my diet I do allow myself to splurge a little one day a week. I hope that is okay with the Abs Diet book.
ChaLean Extreme: Still on Hold :(
So today is the second day of not being able to do the Chalean extreme workout, my television is still out of commission, and I have no idea when it is going to be fixed. Besides the hold the workouts have been going pretty well, but if I were to compare it with the P90x routine, I would say that P90x was more difficult, even though Chalean extreme is pretty tough itself. They are both great workouts and I have enjoyed each one. So since yesterday I was not able to do the Chalean extreme routine, I went on a hike with my friends. It was pretty spare of the moment and it was around 10:00 pm when we decided to go. It was actually extremely fun, I have never gone hiking in the dark before, I have hiked at night coming down a mountain because I ran out of day light, but I have never started up a mountain at night. It was quite the experience, it was muddy and steep. Mt. Peak is probably one of the more steeper mountains I have had to climb, but although it is steep it is only about 1.2 miles, so it is pretty short. I would like to go on another hike today, but it is raining like crazy, so I might have to go to the gym. Speaking of the gym, I am still pretty sore from my workout on Monday, we really did push ourselves pretty hard.
I kind of feel like I am just rambling on, but I still need to talk about how my diet is going. So far I have been doing really well, I had a chance to eat a snickers bar yesterday but did not do it. I also have a whole bunch of friends keeping me accountable, mostly because if the abs diet works for me than they want to try it. It definitely has not been easy, but yesterday I cooked this chicken that was sooooo good. It was a halved chicken breast, covered in olive oil, parsley, basil, red pepper flakes, garlic and kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. It was so delicious!! I really enjoy cooking, especially when you cook for people and they enjoy the food, it gives a great sense of accomplishment. Hopefully I can start giving you more reviews on the ChaLean extreme workout in the next few days, in the mean time I will just keep on posting on my other workouts and how my diet is going.
Oh yeah, if you are wondering what is up with the Cougar picutre, it is because last night during the hike we were comstantley looking over our shoulders just incase a Cougar was stalking us.
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!!
