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Can not believe that 2009 is upon me.  It has been a crazy year.  I am putting 2008 out the window and hope the Texas wind doesn’t bring it back.  I am ready for a great 2009.  I am tired on being broke and I am tired of being the same weight for the past 5 years.  I can go down, but then my body likes to go back where it is confrontable.  Well, I have news for the body.  Next year in about 4 hours, I have something else in mind.  I plan on making a plan and completing my P90x and the upgrade.  Workout to the new Chalean Extreme Workout program.  View a couple of more tapes, get my bio down for a company that is waiting for me to get my crap together, focus on marketing the studio more and beachbody stuff and the list goes on.  This year I am not going to slack and let the days leave me behind.

With that being said, tomorrow I have the review on Tony’s holiday treat in which I watched the other day and I think tomorrow as a Post Holiday Recovery Workout I will do that one.  Not too long of a workout.

I want to wish all of my followers a Happy New Year and let’s bring it for 2009.

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I will talk to you next year.

Just wishing all of my followers a safe and Merry Christmas.

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Well, I have been working out to P90X, but I have been trying some other exercises too.

In BeachBody they have a set of DVD’s that you can purchase individual called “Guaranteed ?”  I decided to try the “Great Buns Guaranteed” and the “Thin Thighs Guaranteed.” 

I did the “Thin Thighs” today for my leg section, well I did not do all 11 of the exercises because I just wanted to introduce the exercises before I do all ofthem and each exercise is supposed to be done 45 seconds.  I dumbed it down to 16 reps each.  Friday, look out ladies, I will do those exercises for 45 seconds just like the DVD.

When I finished the rest of the body parts we hit the floor for the “Great Buns” exercises, now remind you that we did leg stuff earlier which involved the buns too.  Again, I left a few exercises out due to time and again just introducing the exercises.  There were a total of 13 exercises to this DVD. Well, by the time we finished I really felt those exercises. 

Each of these DVD’s are only 8 minutes long.  Now, you have really no excuses  to get these exercises in and many incorporate a few of the exercises to your regular regimen.

These videos would be a great travel video.  Just 8 minutes people.

Really no excuses!

Did I mention Tony.  No, I did not, he was not the star of the DVD’s HOWEVER, he was in them.  Debbie Siebers was the star of these DVD’s.  Yes, I want to look like her.  Well, either Dedra or Debbie. 
Go shopping for these great DVD’s and oh the price of these videos are cheap.  $10.  Can you believe this?  Great stocking stuffers.

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Back in October I mentioned that I received Tony’s One-on-One DVD for “Just Arms”  Well, I am getting my act together again and I finally did the workout.

I brought home from the Studio my 6 pounders, 7 pounders and then my 15 pounders.  Well, I left the 8 pounders at the studio and I meant to just pick up another set to have at the house.  HA!

Tony works the Biceps, Triceps, and the forearms in this video.

Biceps “the two-headed Biceps brachii muscle on the inside of each upper arm.”  You know the part on the arm that all the girls look at on a man after they see the washboard ABS.  AKA “The Guns”

 Okay now here is mine. 

I know kind of sad.  I really should have taken the picture when I was all pumped up. 

Tony breaks the routine up and does one set of Biceps, then one set of Forarms and then one set of Triceps. He then goes back and does that set again.  So, you actually do two sets of the exercise.  Gives you a chance to make the adjusts on the weights that you need, just like the Bodybuilders do.  I was able to do the 15 pretty good.  Now, I did not do all the reps, I picked 15 reps to do.  That really should be the max, because I am not trying to really get my guns to pop out like most men do, I just want them to be strong.

Tony does about 15 sets of exercises, not just the ones that I mentioned.  But he does 3 different exercises 2 times and then does another group.  There are some great exercises for the forearms.

The forearms seem like they get left out on most workouts and I am so glad that Tony put them in on this video.  Those muscles need to be strong. The forearm contains many muscles, including the flexors and extensors of the digits, a flexor of the elbow (brachioradialis), and pronators and supinators that turn the hand to face down or upwards, respectively.

I found a great website that has some excellent forearm exercises.  Go check them out if you are looking for those popeye forearms. 

Oh, those Triceps are such a stubborn muscle for me.  Did you know it is the tricep that really makes the bicep pop out.  You need to work your triceps to get the thickness in your guns.  I truly hate those muscles.  It seems no matter how hard I work them and keep increasing the weight, they just seem weak.  Either I know I need to work them.  They help in my push-ups and they are the primary muscles for throwing. 

“The triceps is an extensor muscle of the elbow joint, and is an antagonist of the biceps and brachialis muscles. It can also fixate the elbow joint when the forearm and hand are used for fine movements, e.g., when writing.”

“The triceps accounts for approximately 70 percent of the upper arm’s muscle mass.”  Yes, you read that correctly. 

If you are looking for a great arm workout, then I suggest you grab Tony’s “Just Arms” workout.  Now, the DVD said 47 minutes, but I forwarded the tape alot to get the workout in 30 minutes, Tony’s spends alot of time chatting, but in that chatter he has some great information. 

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Get started today on that physique you have always wanted.  “A year from now you’ll wish you had started today.”  -Karen Lamb.

Why wait, what are you waiting for?  Either today or tomorrow, either 10 pounds lost or 10 pounds gained, it is your call. 

The annoying area especially for women has got us all up in the area trying to figure out how to work them.

Did you know that you can not spot reduce?  Yep!  That is right, you can’t just do abs all day long and think you are going to wake up in the morning with a flat tummy.  It is not going to happen.  Sorry to burst your bubble.  The only thing that doing alot of abs is get them stronger.  Now, why in the world do you want to do all that work and then not show anything for it.

Diet people, you have to be discipline on your food intake if you want to see those abs. 

Of course you need to work those abs just like any other muscle.  You work them and then let them rest.  The abs sit in a nice position is which they control stability, flexion and controls movement.

What makes up the abdominal muscles you ask?  Well, the Rectus Abdominis (commonly known as “abs”) is a paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the human abdomen (and in some other animals)These rectus abdominus gives us the washboard abs that people for most part of their lives try to get.  Diet people.

Then you have the Internal and External Obliques. 

The internal oblique muscle (of the abdomen) is the intermediate muscle of the abdomen, lying just underneath the external oblique and just above (superficial to) the transverse abdominal muscle.

Next is the External Obliques which was stated above that they lie on top of the internal oblique.

“The external oblique muscle (of the abdomen) (also external abdominal oblique muscle) is the largest and the most superficial (outermost) of the three flat muscles of the lateral anterior abdomen.”

The Transverse abdominals seem to be the hardest to work on because you can’t really see them unless you have maybe 1% of fat like the bodybuilders.  But for those of us who dream about seeing them one day, just know that they are there.

“The transversus abdominis muscle, also known as the transversalis muscle and transverse abdominal muscle, is a muscle layer of the anterior and lateral abdominal wall which is just deep to (layered below) the internal oblique muscle. It is a major muscle of the functional core of the human body.”

‘The TVA also (involuntarily) contracts during lifts; it is the body’s natural weight-lifting belt, stabilizing the spine and pelvis during lifting movements.”

So there you have it people.  The abs section.  The very core of a body.  Did you know that each of us has a six pack, it is just some of us like to protect our six-pack while others like to show them off.  I definitely cover mine up for the winter. 
Well, now do you want to know how to work those nice abs that you thought you did not have but actually do.  Tony Horton has a video tape out called “Guaranteed Abs”  from beach body.  You know people if you want any of Tony’s DVD’s you are going to have to go to Beach Body. 

This video focuses on the very core that I talked about in a sectional progression.  Tony likes to work with sectional progession.  Well, let’s face it why would we want to work out and not progress? 

“Guaranteed Abs” is only 7 minutes long and he takes you through 7 abs exercises done in order with no stopping.  30 seconds at each exercise and let me tell you something, it freakin burns by the end.  He gives you the option of doing it twice.  Are you crazy Tony?  Yes, this man is crazy and yes he does do it twice. 

I have done these exercises with my extreme workout people and they die every time.  They love it.  The beauty of it is that it is not that expensive, great for a Christmas gift.  Hop on over to http://www.beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/pkayfit02  to purchase any of BeachBody Products. 

Way to go Tony.  I just love that guy.