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Today was my day to do ChaLEAN EXTREME Burn Circuit 2. Right off the bat I have to say I really felt this one and I was dripping with sweat after. I, of course, think this is a good thing. Don’t get me wrong – It was not too hard to do. In fact you can use whatever weights you want and many times I really had to use lighter weights than I thought I would.

The main thing I noticed about these workouts is that the weight movements are very slow and controlled. There is no momentum being used so you will definately have to use lighter weights than you think. You know that you can quickly throw up heavy weights but when you are lifting slow and releasing slower that puts a lot of tension into the workout.

Again Chalene does alot of combo moves. Today seemed to be lunging and triceps, biceps and back movements. The workout was about the same amount of time as burn circuit 1, 40ish minutes including warm up and cool down. The movements seemed to be less awkward today, probably because I knew kind of what to expect.

So here’s a quick rundown of the moves:
Sumo squat with bicep curls, lunge with single arm tricep extension, deadlift with a dumbbell row, Sumo squat with overhead tricep extensions (hard:)), deadlift with double arm row, bowlers lunge (killer hip/butt move) with row, Abductor lift with bicep curl, foward lunge with double row and some killer 3 way pushups (some I had to do on my knees – I admit it). Throw in a couple of extreme sets and you about have it.

It was a good but challenging workout.  I believe tomorrow I have intervals.  I admit, I think tomorrow will be very challenging but I will report back after.

Don’t forget you can join me on these workouts or any work out you may be doing.  Join my team and we can kick it together.