CGXmas Day 5: Stability Ball Ab Complexes

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

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 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

STS 2.0: Lower Body 2

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

CGX: Lengthen and Contract Hamstrings

This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Wow. This was tougher than I expected it to be but stability ball workouts always are. I always expect it to be easier than an exercise using dumbbells but the second half of this workout is what … Continue reading CGX: Lengthen and Contract Hamstrings

CGX: Stability Ball Trisets

This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This workout was agonizing. I did not come to it fresh. This morning I decided to stack together 3 CGX stability ball workouts for leg day and this was the second one I did. I had just … Continue reading CGX: Stability Ball Trisets

CGX: Hamstring Roll Outs

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 lower body finisher workout and man, did it completely finish me off. My hamstrings were already destroyed when I came to this short workout. I thought it would be a great idea to stack … Continue reading CGX: Hamstring Roll Outs