Daily Workout - Chiropractor & Shoulders with Total Gym

Yesterday I went to the Chiropractor in the afternoon and the spent the rest of the day with my kids at Cultas lake. Both went really well!

After my bone crunching I seemed to have more mobility in my lower back and neck and for the rest of the day I felt pretty good. Mind you my back has been feeling OK lately but it feels better than ever now. And today my back feels good. My Chiropractor said I should be 100% after 1 or 2 more visits. She said my lower spine vertebrate where staggered a bit which has been causing me the pain. She also said I was pretty easy to get back in alinement so I guess that was good news.

Today I did shoulders but now that I look at my last post, I should have done back but that's OK I can do back tomorrow! It's convenient having this blog to keep track of things...

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 Side Position.

Misc. Stretching.

Total workout time: About 1 hour.

Daily Workout - More Yard Work & Shoulders in Home Gym

It wasn't exactly yard work but it was just as tiring. Today I opened the pool and it's a bit of a process, first I have to clean the area and there is a lot of area to clean. Then I have to remove the cover, then I have to actually clean the pool and add all the chemicals. All in all it took most of the day and again my back took another beating!

I have to say that my back pretty much feels normal and by normal I mean it hurts a bit. And that's to be expected especially considering what I have been doing to it the last couple of days ;)

And after all that I still got a quick Shoulder workout in...

• 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.

Total workout time: About 30 minutes.

Daily Workout - Shoulders with Total Gym

The two break from workouts was nice, it gave the old body a bit of a rest. Keeping my two young kids out of harms way while camping was not exactly stress free!

So it is definitely nice to get back home and back to my regular routine, picking up where I left off, today was Shoulder day and my equipment of choice was the Total 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 - Shoulders at Home Gym

For some reason I found it really hard during my workout to get into it. The workout started out OK, but I simply just lost all my energy about halfway through? I ended up finishing but I had to really take my time with the last half. I'm not really sure what the reason for this was, maybe it was the pizza I ate earlier in the day?

When you're starting out with a training program and you haven't got your body used to it, it can kind of feel the same way for a while (A real lack of energy). But in a relatively short amount of time you will start noticing an overall energy boost!

• 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 1.25 hours.

Daily Workout - Jog and Shoulders with Total Gym

I usually do my MMA workout on Saturday but todayI just wasn't 100% and I really need to feel 100% to do my MMA workouts. I'll try and make it up by going Monday or Tuesday next week instead!

Since it was a nice sunny day to day and we haven't seen the sun for some time, I decided to do my first jog of the year. I'm not really built for long runs, (shorter strong legs) but I do like to mix jogging in to my routine form tie to time.

I use a program on my iPhone called Runner, It's AWESOME and tracks literally everything  about each and every running session. (Calories, Miles per hour, GPS tracking with stats all along the way...) The Map image at the top is a screen capture sight from the Runner Program.

When I got home I had a quick drink and protein bar and then did Shoulders on the Total Gym and then some Punching Bag at the end.

• Running: 3 Miles - 30 Minutes.
• Shoulders on Total Gym - 30 Minutes.
• Punching Bag and Stretching - 20 Minutes.

Total workout time: About 1.5 hours.