Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 66

Day 66 consisted of the 645 cardio in the morning and the stretch routine from Lift 4 in the evening. Both went fine. There was really nothing notable about either routine, good or bad.  

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 65

Day 65 started week 2 of the Lean Phase in CE. I did the 645 cardio routine in the morning and then LC1 in the evening. The cast turns over a bit in the Lean Circuit. Donna is back doing the modified workout with the bands, and three new cast members, Dan, Julie, and Bethany, replace Skip (thank god), Janelle, and Laly. They are all in great shape and never seem to be dogging it through the exercises. I used the same weight this week for all the exercises as I did last week. But I was able to do more push-ups on my toes this week. 

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 64

On Day 64, I did the 645 cardio workout, followed by the CE ab workout in the morning and CE's Recharge routine in the evening. Recharge is kind of the perfect yoga routine if you get bored during Yoga (which I definitely do sometimes), as it is only about a half-hour long. I am still not as flexible as I would like, but I am still improving.

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 63

On Day 63, I just did the Burn it Off workout from CE. I was helping my mom over at her new place and did not have enough time to do the doubles workout. Burn it Off went fine. There is nothing new to report from the last time I did it. 

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 62

Day 62 was 645 cardio in the morning and LC3 in the evening. In LC3, the upper-body exercises are chest and back and you again combine them with a lower-body exercise like squats or do them in a plank position so you are constantly using your core. I did have to drop the amount of weight I used for the same upper body exercises in the Push circuit because of having to do more reps and because you are doing them while being off balance or having to hold a plank position. 

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 61

On day 61, I did the 645 cardio routine in the morning and Burn Intervals from CE in the evening. Both workouts went fine. It is so nice to listen to Skip once a week instead of four times, like in the Push Phase.  

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 60

For Day 60, I did 645 cardio in the morning and LC2 in the evening. The upper body exercises in this workout are all shoulder-focused exercises, and they are again paired with lower body exercises. The workout is very challenging, especially since my shoulders are not my strongest body part. In this workout you are not as off balance as in the LC1 workout, but you still have to keep your core tight throughout the entire workout.

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 59

Day 59 was the rest day in CE. So, I did the 645 cardio workout in the evening. I did not do the Lift 4 stretching workout which I do kind of regret, but the day was just busy for me.  

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 58

Day 58 started week 1 of the Lean Phase in CE. Of course, I did 645 cardio in the morning and then LC1 in the evening. In the lean circuit workouts, you again do combination exercises, combining an upper-body exercise with a lower-body exercise. The difference between this phase and the burn phase is that you are often doing things off balance (for example, doing bicep curls and leg curls simultaneously), so you have to keep your core tight in every exercise. In LC1, the upper body exercises are bicep and tricep exercises, and then you are doing squats with calf raises, hamstring curls, and the like for the lower body exercises.  The goal in this phase is to max out between 10 and 12 reps, which (at least for me) meant dropping the amount of weight I was using for many exercises down. This is definitely not my favorite phase of the CE program in terms of the exercises, but I am glad to not have to listen to Skip in every single workout. 

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 56

On Day 56, I did 645 cardio in the morning, followed by the ab workout, and then the Recharge routine from CE in the evening. I was pretty tired that day so I would not say that I had the best workouts of my life, but I got them done. 

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 55

On Day 55, I did the Burn it Off workout from CE in the afternoon and did the 645 cardio workout in the morning (but a low-impact version). Both of the workouts went well, although I am still skipping the burpees in the Burn it Off workout and swapping them with 1-2-3 Heismans from Insanity. 

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 54

Day 54 was 645 cardio in the morning and PC3 from CE in the evening. I was able to increase the amount of weight for every exercise in the PC3 workout from last week. In week 1 of the Push Phase, in PC3, my weights ranged from 17.5 lbs to 30 lbs. This week, they ranged from 25 lbs to 32.5 lbs. So, my strength increased significantly for the exercises in this workout. 

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 53

On day 53, I did 645 cardio in the morning and the Burn Intervals workout from CE in the evening. Both workouts went well. Of course, I did a lower-impact version of the 645 workout since I was also doing HIIT exercises in the evening. I am looking forward to the Lean Circuit if for no other reason than it will mean Skip is only in one workout per week instead of four. 

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 52

Day 52 was 645 cardio in the morning and the PC2 workout from CE in the evening. I was finally able to increase the amount of weight I was using for all of the exercises from what I did last week, event the shoulder exercises. I actually did make progress on the shoulder exercises this month, but it definitely did not feel like it for most of the Push Circuit.

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 51

Day 51 was the off day in CE so I did the 645 cardio workout and the Lift 4 stretching routine in the evening. Both of them went fine, but I can definitely tell that I am not as flexible as I was when I was doing the foam rolling routines daily. So, I think when I do my next workout I am going to try to work that in more.  

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 50

Day 50 started the final week of the Push Phase in CE. I did the 645 cardio workout in the morning and PC1 in the evening. I was again able to increase the amount of weight I used for a few of the exercises. I have been able to raise the amount of weight I used in the first week of the Push Phase by at least 2 lbs and was able to increase some by 5lbs over the course of the month.

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 49

 Day 49 was the 645 cardio workout, followed immediately by the CE ab routine. Then in the evening I did the Recharge workout from CE. Nothing much to report from any of the workout routines. They were pretty much all the same as the last time I did them. 

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 48

On Day 48, I did the Burn it Off routine from CE. I did not do the 645 cardio workout since I was a bit tired. I cannot say that this was the best workout ever, but I got it done.

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 47

On Day 47, I did the 645 cardio routine and PC3 from CE. In PC3, I increased the amount of weight for all of the exercises except for two. I think I made the most progress in this workout from the first week than I did in the other two Push Circuit workouts this week. 

Workout Update: 645 Cardio/Chalean Extreme Day 46

On day 46, I did a low-impact version of the 645 cardio routine in the morning and CE's Burn Intervals routine in the evening. Both of the workouts went okay, but I am still modifying some of the exercises in the interval workout.