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!

Daily Workout - Arms - Total Gym

Yesterday was BC day (British Columbia Day) and I spent the day having some fun. I went out with the family to Kawkawa lake near Hope BC, we only spent 4 hours there as we had to come back for dinner with some friends of ours. They are Japanese and they made us some really great authentic food.

So today I was back at the routine and after a day off with much food and drink it was much needed.

• 10 Minutes Elliptical. (Earlier in the day - split workout)
• Biceps: Lying Down Curls with Total Gym. (2 Sets with an increase in the incline each time)
• Biceps: Seated Curls with Total Gym. (2 Sets with a increase in the incline each time)
• Triceps: Seated Overhead Extension with the Total Gym.
• Triceps: Lying Down Extension with the Total Gym.
• Triceps: Rear Extension with the Total Gym.

Total workout time: About 45 minutes.

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.

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.

Daily Workout - Legs in Home Gym

I'm back to doing legs again but I'm still not 100% comfortable going heavy yet!

• Elliptical Warmup - 10 Minutes.
• Squats with Smith machine (Medium).
• Calf Raises: with Smith machine (Medium).
• Leg Extensions: Bench with leg attachment.
• Leg Curls: Bench with leg attachment.
• Misc. lower body stretching.

Total workout time: About 1 hour done in my home gym.