Day 73 Shoulders And Arms

What's up fraaands! I am in a grant mood today. The year is dying and I can smell it. The smell of Autumn is in the air and it is clearing my head. Me and my kids, and my crazy dogs, went for a morning walk. This is surely like a workout since the dogs, together, weigh 210lbs. Thor, my Malamute weighs 140lbs and Storie my husbands Weimaraner weighs 70lbs. My kiddos are two and four years old and good grief they walk either too slow or way to fast. 

Today it was Day 73, Shoulders and Arms, a workout I enjoy greatly, I did all sets, but Shoulder Flys, with 10lbs and did 15-20 reps at all times. Incredible improvements considering coming from 6-8 reps with 10lbs or using 5lbs weights.

Click HERE to see my Day 73  Shoulders and Arms video! Compare it to Day 3 Shoulders and Arms. Also a picture of my troop.

Plyo X And Core

Guten Morgen friends! Today I must say I killed Plyo X. I was quite impressed that I was able to bring it like this even though it was such a crazy long weekend with a tad to much vodka and way to little sleep (never the less it surely was a fantastic weekend). I did my Plyo X and then some Pull-Up Bar core work which hurt intensely. 

Asylum will be here on Thursday. *buzzes* How strange it is to look back to Chalean Extreme...how nice was it to do a 28 minute long workout (tops 45 min). Ahhh...I must say I like all programs the same. So far each changed me differently and I love all those little changes. 

Oh but then there is the mother of them all. P90X2. I am so glad I pre-ordered. It is my personal Christmas gift and I will start the minute it gets here! I ordered at 9am sharp so I hope I will get it nice and early. lol

Check out what P90X did to my core. :D I love it!

Chest and Back. Killer.

Remember the second time I did Chest and Back!?! It seems so long ago but was the beginning of July. That day I did 95 Push-Ups and 61 Pull-Ups. Half of my Push-Ups  I did on my knees and all Pull-Ups I did with a foot on a little chair which makes me seem taller, aka taking away range of motion which makes it easier then a big chair (like in the videos). Over time I was able to change the little chair into a bigger chair and push it away more which makes it SO much harder. Then, on good days, I was able to do half of my Pull-Ups without the chair though it is a lot of helping with my legs. So in the end I get the best workout by using a bar stool which I push away until my leg fits on it straight so I can put just my heel onto the chair. Anyways, here are today's numbers!!

Standard Push-Up Week 1: 11/11,  Week 11: 24/25

Wide Front Pull-Up Week 1: 11/11 , Week 11: 10/11

Military Push-Up Week 1: 5/8 (knees), Week 11: 14/17 (knees)

Reverse G. Pull -Up Week 1: 10/10, Week 11: 10/11

Wide Fly Push-Up Week 1: 10/9, Week 11: 20/21

CG Overhead Pull-Up Week 1: 11/11, Week 11: 8/9

Decline Push-Ups Week 1: 12/11, Week 11: 20/23

Heavy Pants Week 1: 10lbs 12/12, Week 11: 20lbs 15/13

Diamond Push-Ups Week 1: 6/5 (knees), Week 11: 15/21 (toes)

Lawn Mowers Week 1: 10lbs 13/13, Week 11: 20lbs 16/16, 17/17

Dive Bomber Push-Up Week 1 3/4, Week 11: 13/14

Back Fly Week 1:  5lbs 16/14, Week 11: 10lbs 16/14

95 in Week 1 (or 2, not sure) and 227 in Week 11!! (that is 27 more then two weeks ago!). As for the Pull-Ups they might seem more in the beginning but only because I used a help with my box. O_O

I am totally pumped right now! :D

P90X Interval X Plus

Thanks to my buddy I was able to try out P90X Interval X Plus. The whole Plus series is insane he says so he gave me this one to try out. It was so much fun! It was about 36 minutes long. Each set is a minute long, 20 seconds you go at a slow rate, then 20 seconds medium and then 20 seconds ALL out. The Squad Jacks kicked my butt. Even slow it is hard to do squad jacks this long but then going all out?! How do you go all out on that? Well you tap the floor with your hands. I cursed quite a bit  and was able to record a average heart rate of 159. Pretty neat. I might bug him again for it! Yesterday I put in my pre-order for P90X 2 Deluxe and also my order for The Asylum. Remember, you have only two more days to pre-order your P90X 2  copy and you will not be charged until it ships in December!

Enough of that, I am going dancing tonight...with my love. Hope Interval X Plus did not take it out of me too much! Love most of you, as always.

Grrr, Still Sort Of Sick "ish"

Hello everyone! Damn how annoying flies can be!! I still feel under the weather and on top of that my Weimaraner decided, last night,  to jump  onto my back while I was sleeping in my bed, 70lbs on a not so ready me. It hurts a lot I could not do a single Pull-Up today. 

I very much am sick of carbs...veggie carbs, oatmeal carbs, any carbs. I tried it for two weeks now and I feel about 19 weeks pregnant and tired more then usually. Tomorrow I will start my high protein again. Just works best for me. Often I wondered why it is I feel this way on carbs, blood tests where being done and weird sugar/glucose tests, I would always test borderline. Guess it just does not work :)

Right now  I am waiting for my husband to come home.  I shall be going to sleep until tomorrow. Oh awesome thing happened. ChaLEAN Extremes Facebook fan page featured me! Haha, I feel special! Check it out here: Transformation of the Week.

Got My Butt Kicked Today

So, one sick day really took it out of me. I feel like I gained 3lbs in water, my throat itches and overall I feel "blah". I pressed play anyways and feel better about myself. I am twice as tired though. I still have to do my  second workout, which I will keep short today, and then walk my dogs. They, together, weigh in at 210lbs. That is 40% more  then me. HAHAHA

So if you are sick, really sick, it is, of course, wiser to take a step back, bombard yourself with Vitamin C and drink lots of water. Yet if you feel like you CAN push through I'd say it is worth it. Surely you should listen to my body. I rock at that so I pushed and it did help. If I would have pushed it yesterday I would feel worse today. For me, working out, works like medicine. For years I battled depression. Was on medication, visited a shrink, was in a clinic and was diagnosed with TMS (Tension  Myositis Syndrome = mental issues turn into physical pain/issues) Yep...Bri is being all open and honest today. I must say, next to my family, working out has done wonders for me. I am off of any medication!...Pain is Weakness leaving the Body. I find, when you are in pain, you learn the most about yourself. (too corny?!) I am not saying eating clean and working out fixed me, but I learned about myself and am now able to figure out triggers, avoid things, or when it is to late, pull myself out of the dark hole in no time. I am so much fitter then I have ever been....mentally and physically and I love Beachbody (and my family) for that! That's all.

Here are my numbers, first number is 5 weeks ago, last number is today (remember I am sick, yes I am sitting here with a 102 fever). Check out my picture! My teeth look shiny! lol

Wide Front Pull-ups 10x / 8x
Lawnmowers   15lbs 15x/15x/ 20lbs 15x/15x
Twenty Ones 10lbs 21x / 10lbs 21x
One-arm Cross-body Curl 10lbs 12x / 10lbs 11x
Switch Grip Pull-Ups 6x /8x
Elbows-out Lawnmowers 15lbs 10x/10x / 10lbs 16x/16x
Standing Bicep Curl 10lbs 14x / 10lbs 14x
One-arm Concentration Curl 10lbs 12x   /  10lbs 12x

Corn Cob Pull-Up 2x  / 4x
Reverse Grip Bent Over Row 15lbs 15x  / 20lbs 12x
Open Arm Curl 10lbs 10x  / 10lbs 12x
Static Arm Curl 10lbs 16x  / 10lbs 16x
Towel Pull-Up 5x  / 12x
Congdon Locomotive 10lbs 40x   / 10lbs 40x
Crouching Cohen Curl 10lbs 12x  / 10lbs 12x
One Arm Corkscrew Curl 10lbs 12x  / 10lbs 12x
Chin-Ups 5x / 8x
Seated Bent Over Back Fly 10lbs 15x  / 10lbs 12x
Curl Up/Hammer Down 10lbs 10x  / 10lbs 8x
Hammer Curl 10lbs 8x  / 10lbs 10x
Max Rep Pull Up 9x  / 11x (chin up)
Superman Perfect Form :P  

In & Out Hammer Curl 10lbs 6x / 5lbs 14x
Strip Set Curl 15lbs 6x, 5lbs 20x, 10lbs 13x, 5lbs 25x 
                     15lbs 8x, 10lbs 10x, 5lbs 12x/15x

SICK But Still Working It.

Hey everyone, my apologies but this sore throat took me out yesterday so today I am pulling doubles! I still feel quite run down but Back and Biceps X is a must!!

I just got my P90X2 copy! I am so very excited!! Funny to see that I payed ZERO. My credit card won't be charged until it ships which will be in December. I hope you went to my page and got your copy!!

Go HERE, sign up for free and order your copy. Pre-order within the next 4 days and you get free shipping plus two extra DVD's. 

Anyways, I go start my workout now and annoy you folks some more later!