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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. It felt great to be lifting dumbbells again! I took a week off due to shoulder pain. My shoulder is better now, but I still took it easy with the weights I lifted. This is a high … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 24: Full Body
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 challenging lower body workout. Caroline works the quads, the hamstrings and the glutes in this workout. I am slowly but surely working on increasing my weight. Lunges are still pretty challenging for me with … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 21: Leg Day
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 enjoyable full body workout that is done PHA style. PHA stands for Peripheral Heart Action. What this means in training terms is you alternate between upper and lower body resistance exercises. Switching between … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 19: Full Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another excellent lower body workout that fried my glutes and hamstrings. I love it! I am lifting heavier every workout. It's never a huge jump in weight, but I'm increasing the weight I use for some exercises … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 18: Glutes & Hamstrings
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 killer and kicked my butt. My quads were fatiguing by the halfway mark. The first time we do Bulgarian lunges I was experimenting a lot to figure out what worked best and the consensus … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 16: ‘All Quads’ Day
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 tough and thorough full body workout. Caroline hits all the large muscle groups and since the smaller muscle groups assist, everything worked. Like the other full body workouts in this program so far, the … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 14: It’s time for our weekly Full Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another tough lower body strength workout. My my entire lower body was fried by the end. This workout was kicking Caroline's butt, too. She was having a rough time with that last set of seated abductions! This … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 13: Glutes & hamstrings
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This lower body workout was intense! It's a great workout on its own, specifically if you are trying to lift heavy. Which I am, but I have added some tools to help me lift heavier. Now that … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 11: It’s Leg Day!
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This full body workout is geared more towards endurance. The intervals are longer and the recoveries are shorter. In fact, due to the exercises and their placement in this workout, many of the recoveries were more "transitions"--as … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 9: Full Body
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 quad focused lower body workout! My quads were feeling weak by the end. When we return to the one minute recoveries at the end of the workout my quads were thanking Caroline. The … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 8: Quad Day!