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 - 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.

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 Again - Arms - Total Gym

Today I started something a little different... I usually do an entire leg stretching routine but I seem to have hit a plateau and I'm not getting anymore extension in my stretching? So today I only did a few of my stretching exercises and worked them much deeper. My thoughts here are less is more, and see if deeper stretching less often will work better or at least get me past this plateau.

• 10 Minutes Elliptical. (Earlier in the day - split workout)
• Biceps: Lying Down Curls with Total Gym. (3 Sets with an increase in the incline each time)
• Biceps: Seated Curls with Total Gym. (2 Sets with a decrease 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.
• Abs: Crunches and Leg Raises.
• Misc Stretching.

Total workout time: About 1 hour.