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Wednesday
Aug042010

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!

Saturday
Jul312010

Daily Workout - Shoulders with Total Gym in Home Gym

I missed yesterdays workout because I was up at 4am in the morning in order to get to a Rogers Cellular and get in line for an iPhone 4!! And I got one :) I got a 32GB iPhone 4 and it's awesome, well worth the early start to my day. I did end up waiting around at the Rogers store till about 2pm because the activation part took all day, I guess every Rogers store employe was trying to activate iPhone 4's all across the country!

One really nice perk with the iPhone 4 is it has a much better camera so hopefully I will have a bit better photos for you as I usually use my iPhone to take quick photos when I'm in the gym.

So today I am all rested and back in the gym...

  • 10 Minutes Elliptical.
  • Total Gym - Seated Shoulder Press.
  • Total Gym - Reverse Shoulder Raises (Lying on Back Upside-down).
  • Total Gym - Seated Shoulder Raises (Front to Back).
  • Total Gym - Front Seated Shoulder Raises.
  • Total Gym - Abs: Seated Side Twists in Forward Position.
  • Barbells - Shrugs.
  • Misc. Stretching.

  • Total workout time: About 1 hour.

    Thursday
    Jul292010

    Daily Workout - Back with Total Gym

    Back day today and this week is Total Gym week. As I've mentioned before, I kind of like my Total Gym weeks because I find the Total Gym makes for a very low impact workout yet still getting great muscle activation.

    • 10 Elliptical.
    • Total Gym - Seated Wide Row.
    • Total Gym - Seated Narrow Row.
    • Total Gym - Pull Downs (Lying on Back).
    • Total Gym - Abs: Seated Side Twists in Side Position).
    • Misc. Stretching.

    Total workout time: About 1 hour.

    Wednesday
    Jul282010

    Daily Workout - Chest in Home Gym with Total Gym

    My Last YouTube Video "The Most Important Workout Technique You'll Ever Learn" took a long time to do! I didn't really think it would take so long but there ended up being a lot of stages: Scripting, and audio recording, and editing the audio, and then adding all the images... I spent several weeks working on it in my spare time. I hope people take the time to watch it because it really has helped me to stay fit and on track to fitness in my 40's.

    That said I plan to focus now on videos that showcase exercises using the Total Gym. So stay tuned and see why I like this little inexpensive workout machine so much.

    • Warmup: Eliptical for 10 minutes.
    • Bench Press with Total Gym.
    • Flies with Total Gym.
    • Arm Raise Flies with Total Gym.
    • 3 Stage Pushups: Planche, Extended, and Regular.
    • Abs: Crunches x 100.
    • Misc. Stretching.

    Total workout time: About 1hour.

    Wednesday
    Jul212010

    Daily Workout - Chest in Home Gym

    I went to my Chiropractor today for another visit (Second one) and she didn't have to do too much! She said I was good for a while now and could come back in a month or two for a minor maintenance adjustment. I have to say before this recent session, I was not a Chiropractor fan. When I was in my early twenties I had what you would call a very bad experience and swore I would never go back and see another chiropractor. So for years I have lived with moderate back pain. As it looks now this may have been for nothing!

    Anyways, today I did a very late Chest workout (After midnight).

    • Warmup: Elliptical.
    • Bench Press with Dumbells.
    • Incline Dumbbell Press Flies.
    • 3 Stage Pushups: Planche, Extended, and Regular.
    • Abs: Side Twists.
    • Misc. Stretching.

    Total workout time: About 1 hour.