Daily Workout - Shoulders in Home Gym Finally!

I finally got back into the gym today and did a some what long and drawn out shoulder workout. Mostly because it seems like when I take a bunch of days off, it seems hard to really go hard. I find I have to work into it a bit. It was a good workout even though it did take a while!

• Warmup: Elliptical for 10 Minutes.
• Shoulder Press with Barbells.
• Barbell Shoulder Flies in Three Positions: Forward, Side, Behind.
• Upright Row Raises with Pulley.
• Shoulder Shrugs with Smith Machine Straight Bar.
• Misc. Stretching.
• Abs: Misc Crunches & Leg Raises.

Total workout time: About 1.5 hours.

Mini Vacation in Whistler BC

It's been a while since I posted anything, I was away in Whistler BC with my wife on a mini vacation for a couple of days and unfortunately the place we stayed at didn't have any workout facilities! I guess it made my get-away more relaxing! We did do a fair bit of walking and shopping but it was counteracted with a bit too much eating and drinking!

Now that I'm back home, I have some catching up to do...

Here are some pictures of the trip

Daily Workout - Back in Home Gym

I only had time for a really quick workout today so I skipped the Elliptical, Abs and Stretching. I did do my back though!!

• Wide Bar Pull Downs (Behind Head).
• Narrow Bar Pull Downs (In Front of Head).
• Seated Rows.

Total workout time: About 35 minutes.

Daily Workout - Chest in Home Gym

Not much to say about todays workout, still fighting a bit of a cold that is making me feel a bit non-motivated about doing workouts, but the best thing to do is just get in the gym and start doing something...

• Warmup: Punching Bag for 10 minutes.
• Bench Press with Smith Machine.
• Pulley Flies.
• 3 Stage Pushups: Planche, Extended, and Regular. (Back seemed OK with this)
• Misc. Stretching.

Total workout time: About 1 hour.

Total Gym Upper Body Workout Overview

If you have read my other posts, you've probably figured out that I'm a BIG Total Gym fan-boy. Seriously, if I could only have one workout device in my gym, the Total Gym would be it! It's just so diverse, easy to use and quick and easy to get a good workout done in, very little time. And you can build muscle with a Total Gym, maybe not scary muscle but for most of us that isn't the goal. Personally I have excessively used the Total Gym for a three month test period to see if I could actually gain muscle starting from a stage when I had regressed over the holidays. And I was in fact able to put the muscle back on and get in shape just using a ToTal Gym without any other workout gear!

These videos focus on doing a Total Gym upper body workout. It's mainly a quick overview of the Total Gym workout routine that I use in my own home gym. I go over several upper body exercises that I do to workout my Chest, Back, Shoulders, Arms, and Abs. I hope you enjoy it!