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.
I’m sorry ChaLean Extreme
I am a failure at life!!! I still have not recieved the new replacement blub for my television. I do not know when the bulb is going to get here but I guess we will be on hold until we get it. I will keep on updating everyone until it gets here, so I can let you know when I start the Chalean Extreme program again. I really did not do any workouts during the weekend, I was trying to let my body recover from all the other workouts I did during the week. It actually was a pretty busy week with workouts. I did about eleven miles of hiking, I went to the gym a few times, played racquetball and then even had softball practice yesterday but that does not really count. I went and checked out my progress on my diet yesterday and I actually gaine d a couple pounds, I am not sure if that is because I packed on some muscle through my workouts and hiking though. Technically I am supposed to build muscle with this diet, but until I get the Abs Diet book I will not really know if I am doing it right. I did chose Saturday as my splurge day. I went to an Italian restaurant and had filet mignon with garlic mashed potatoes, there was also free bread. It was sooooo good, the filet mignon just melted when you put it in your mouth. I love steak!!! On Friday I went on a hike, and I usaully do not struggle to much with hikes, but I felt very sluggish. I really had to push myself, because it felt like I was going to pass out. I do not know what the deal was, but it was just an off day for me, I still made it to the top in my normal time, but I was more tired than I have ever been.
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 Paused
So today is day three of not being able to do the Chalean Extreme Workout, it is kind of getting annoying now. The people I have my warranty with are giving me a difficult time for getting the new bulb. Hopefully I can get it settled and get the bulb soon. If I do not get it by the end of the week, we will have to use an alternative way of working out. In the mean time I have been staying active. I went to the gym last night and worked out my back and biceps for about and hour and then played racquetball. It was a great workout, Jeff and I did about four workouts on the back, which included pull ups and lat pulls. We also did a few bicep workouts that in curls, hammer curls and cables, then after all that we did as many pull ups as we could. We then went and worked out our abs, and played a couple games of racquetball.
Normally I would not be talking so much about my gym workouts, but since I cannot write bout my Chalean extreme experience right now I am forced to just talk about all the other workouts I do. Including hiking, running, weight lifting and sports. I have been doing a great job with my diet, I have to strayed from it at all, on Monday I will check my weight to see if I am losing any thing. I also bought the Abs Diet book, so that will be able to help me in my meals, and learning more about how to eat healthy. So far I have actually enjoyed this diet, usually I try low carb diets and I always craved bad food. But with the Abs diet I feel like I am actually eating more healthy and I am not craving things like ice cream or pizza. So I am pleased.
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!!
ChaLean Extreme: Day 8 – Getting Extreme!!
Well we had to rest days over the weekend from our ChaLean extreme workout, so our bodies are all healed up and ready to go. Over the weekend I did not workout , I did not even go to LA Fitness to do any running, and I ate terrible. It was my sister’s birthday so I went out a few times for lunch and dinner and had cake and ice cream. I am the type of person that if I screw up in a day with my eating then I eat bad the rest of the day. But today marks the day that I start eating healthier again, so I can maximize my results from this workout. I decided not to follow the ChaLean Extreme nutrition guide that they provided for me, instead I will be doing The Abs Diet from Men’s Health. This diet includes 12 power foods. 1. Almonds and other nuts 2. Beans and other Legumes 3. Spinach, greens 4. Dairy, fat-free milk, yogurt and cheese 5. Instant oatmeal – unflavored and unsweetened 6. Eggs 7. Turkey and other lean meats – lean beef, chicken and fish 8. Peanut Butter, all natural and sugar free 9. olive oil 10. Whole grain breads 11. Extra protein powder 12. Raspberries and other berries. So wish me luck, this is probably going to be the hardest diet I have ever had to stick with. I get one day a week to splurge, I am actually more nervous about this than I am about the workout.
Today we did the Chalean Extreme Burn Circuit 1 disc again for the second time. If you remember in my first post about this workout I mentioned that I felt like the workout was to easy because I did not have heavy enough weights. Well, this time I had heavier weights and the workout went a lot better, but I do feel like this is the easier workout of the three Burn Circuits. What I do love about this ChaLean Extreme Workout, is that they have some great Ab workouts with dumbbells. You really get to focus on your obliques and if you do the exercise correctly than you can really feel your obliques getting a good workout. I really do like how you usually work out multiple body parts at a time. So if you are doing deltoid workouts then at the same time you are in a lounge working out your legs, or if you are doing a bench press, they have you working out your lower abs at the same time. That was one thing the P90x workout was great with too, was working out more than one section at a time.
Tonight I am going to LA Fitness to workout with Jeff, we are going to do a Chest workout and then run for a couple miles. But I will writing more about that tomorrow. And remember to check out Ben’s Chalean Extreme workout blog.
