CHALEAN EXTREME Day 18: Burn Intervals

(Originally posted May 7, 2009)

Last night was Burn Intervals again. I did this two weeks ago, and if you'll recall didn't find it a walk in the park. It's very challenging. High intensity cardio (including all sorts of plyo moves, jumping jacks, kick-boxing, etc.) juxtaposed with light-weight resistance training that's for long enough that you'll feel a huge burn with very minimal poundage!

Anyway, last night Katie came over to join me, so that helped me get through it a bit better this time. But there were still a few exercises where I had to take a quick breather to regain my composure or drop to a lighter weight. All in all, very tough stuff...and I don't know if the ChaLean interval workouts are as effective as the P90x Plus Intervals (I doubt that they are), but I think I might prefer them in so far as they're slightly more manageable intensity-wise. 'Cause remember, P90x intervals are stinkin' ridiculous!

Tonight is Burn Circuit 3, so it'll be back to lifting slow and heavy. I

P90X Day 18: Yoga X

(Originally posted Jan 25, 2009)

Ok, and we're back at yoga again. It's actually a good thing that I initially started the program during the middle of the week so that Yoga ends up being on a Saturday...it's so freaking long (1 hr and a half) that I'd never probably finish it otherwise!

Anyway, sadly, I'm not sure if I have improved very much in this department since I started, but that doesn't mean I'm not feeling the benefits of it in my other workouts. Definitely is helping with my flexibility and endurance..not to mention focus. But man, this stuff is NOT easy.

Since this workout consists of about a thousand different little moves that I can't remember the name of, I'll just break it down into it's 3 main parts (each about 30 minutes:

PART 1: This is the tough stuff!! Around 35 straight minutes of upward/downward dogs, miscellaneous pushups, and a trillion sun salutations, chair poses, warriors 1, 2 & 3, and other moves I can't remember the name of. You will be pouring sweat by the end of this. If you can make it through this section, you should be able to survive the rest!

PART 2: Balance poses. These are definitely not easy for me to maintain good form on all of them, but it's a much more relaxed pace...unlike the Power Yoga of section 1. 

PART 3: Cool down, stretches, etc. 


Well, I'm over halfway through the week. If I can survive tomorrow (Legs & Back...*shudders), I might just make it all the way to Week 4! Wish me luck