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This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This is a very hamstring/glute focused lower body workout and it got tough for me. In fact, I am definitely will be ready to take things down a notch tomorrow for a recovery day workout. There is … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 45: ‘The bodyweight version of lunges will make you deadstop literally!’
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. If you love lunges then you will love this lower body workout. If you are not a fan of lunges then this workout is brutal. I don't mind lunges but neither are they my favorite lower body … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 45 ‘Bulgarian Lunges to begin’ Lower Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This workout, like Day 1 & 2, is done PHA style. For more information on PHA, see Day 1’s post. Like Day 1, I found this another very enjoyable workout. It doesn't top Day 1 but I … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 3: Starting and ending with shortened range hammies!
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This was a tough but enjoyable lower body workout. There is a lots of variety and and Caroline introduces a new (to me at least) way of doing single leg deadlifts. She is also using the post-exhaust … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 19: Deadstops, Unilateral and Abs Lower Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This is another solid glute and hamstring workout. More enjoyable than some of the other P.E. workouts. Maybe I feel that way because I was kind of dreading it after her lower body workout I did on … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 13: ‘Bridge and Band to Build’ (Lower Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. I'm back to the P.E. Program workouts and still in the pre-exhaust phase. I remember my first week and decided to be conservative with my weights. Caroline is only using 22 pound dumbbells for everything and she … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 7: ‘Partial Reps to Prime or Exhaust?’ Lower Body
This workout is part of Cathe Friedrich’s Lift, Move & Restore program. This program contains workouts for people who are fit but aging and want to take things down a notch but also want to age well. She notes that these workouts can also be used as recovery workouts for advanced exercisers. Functional Core Fusion contains the main workout, … Continue reading Lift, Move & Restore: Functional Core Fusion
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This was a tough little ab burner! You are working for 2 solid minutes with only 15 seconds of rest between complexes. I was taking my own mini breaks! I had to! It was burning out my … Continue reading CGXmas Day 5: Stability Ball Ab Complexes
This workout is part of Cathe Friedrich‘s STS 2.0 program which contains 26 workouts. I am doing the 12 week STS 2.0 rotation. This was an excellent lower body strength workout. Cathe hits every muscle in your lower body then uses the stability ball to finish you off. And man did she burn out my hamstrings and … Continue reading STS 2.0: Lower Body 1
This workout is part of Cathe Friedrich‘s STS 2.0 program which contains 26 workouts. I am doing the 12 week STS 2.0 rotation. This is a thorough lower body strength workout. I really had to figure things out the first time I did this workout--even more so than some of the other workouts in this phase. The … Continue reading STS 2.0: Lower Body 2