Upper Body Workout Using Chairs

I know not everyone has workout gear at home and the truth is there are lots of items around your house that you can use to get a good workout, today I show you some exercises you can do using standard kitchen chairs.

I show you how you can do dips to get a great triceps and chest workout, I also show you how you can use chairs to get a deeper pushup and also an inclined pushup which will really work the chest area. I also demonstrate how you can use the weight of teh chairs for some shoulder exercises similar to using dumbbells.

I am at week seven now in my lose a few pounds program and I think I am starting to see some improvements again, I am down to right around 177 pounds but have definitely shed some pounds in the mid section, I can see more tone coming through now. The Jawbone UP and Fitbit scale have really helped me to stay on track with my exercises and food tracking.

Starting Point

Week 7

Jawbone UP Wristband Movement and Sleep Tracker Review

This is my first product review, I won't be going into crazy detail here, most of the basics are covered in my YouTube video.

So what exactly is the Jawbone UP? It's an electronic wrist band that has motion sensors and a vibration motor in it, the motion sensors are used to track your movement, this movement is used to determine what type of activity you are doing and combined with your body weight and gender this information can determine how many calories you are burning throughout the day.

The Jawbone UP can also use movement data while you are in a sleep setting to track your sleep patterns so you can see exactly how long you slept and also when you where in a deep sleep as opposed to lighter sleep. Based on this information the Jawbone UP can wake you using vibration right after you come out of a deep sleep but before you need to wake up and get going so you will not interrupt your deep sleep cycle and wake up groggy or tired.

The Jawbone UP is designed to work with your iOS device or Android phone, you simply pop off the cap to reveal a headphone styled jack that you plug into your device while running the App. The data is transferred and analyzed right in the App immediately showing you your data in interactive charts and graphs, you can also enter other information manually like workouts and food consumed to further refine your calories consumed and burned. All of this information is stored in the "cloud" online so it can be accessed using your UP account online through the Jawbone UP website.

The Jawbone UP has a built in battery that keeps it charged for up to 11 days, when the battery gets low you again pop off the cap and plug in the device to a USB based charging adaptor. There is only one metallic button on the UP that you push adn hold once to switch between day and night modes, the Jawbone UP is water proof to a degree and fully wearable in the shower but you may want to take it off for swimming as it is not water proof at deeper depths.

Makse sure to watch my YouTube Video Rewiew of the Jawbone UP to see it in action:

Quick Dumbbell Upper Body Exercises

Today I get away a bit from the Total Gym and show you some of the exercises I do using Dumbbells all on their own without any benches or other equipment. I show you some shoulder, biceps, triceps and back exercises and even a revised pushup using dumbbells only.

Not too much to say in regards to my lose a few pounds, I seem to be staying pretty level but feel that I have lost a bit of weight in my waist area, will just have to keep plugging away at it...

Week 5 

Watch my YouTube video showing you some of my favorite Dumbbell exercises.

Total Gym Back Workout

Today I bring to you a Total Gym Back Workout video and show you some of my favorite exercises I do using my Total Gym. I really find the Total Gym compliments my free weight back routine and even strengthens my overall ability when using free weights.

A quick update on how my "lose a few pounds program" is going, well not so good last week, I think I may have even gained a pound :( Guess I had a bad week with to much socializing going on! Well, time to get back in it and get those last few pounds off.

Not much to show you you here but here is my photo sequence to date:

Make sure to watch my YouTube Back Workout Video:

Total Gym Chest Workout

Here is my YouTube video focusing specifically on some of my favorite Chest Exercises using the Total Gym. I find the Total Gym gives me a very quick targeted chest workout and really works some of the hard to get supporting muscles a regular chest workout just can't seem to equal.

I also just finished week three of my "lose a few pounds program" and even though I did not seem to lose much weight again I do feel stronger and a bit leaner and I will take any progress I can get ;)

Here are my latest progress photos.

Make sure to watch my YouTube Chest Workout Video: