This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This workout is done PHA style. For more information on PHA, see Day 1’s post. I always enjoy returning to the Max Program after weeks of Intent and P.E. This was another fabulous total body strength workout. Like … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 26: Slow to lower & exploding to lift
Category: Metabolic Weight Training
CGX: Intent Program Day 49: ‘Become Comfortable with a Pause’ 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 lower body workout will fry your legs with all of the pausing and slower tempos. Thankfully in the beginning she gives you longer recoveries. Then when she fries your quads with heel elevated squats, she … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 49: ‘Become Comfortable with a Pause’ Lower Body
37MIN Full Body Strength + Sprint // Day 45: HR12WEEK 5.0
37 Min Full Body Strength + Sprint is Day 45 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This was a thorough total body strength workout. The intervals are a bit longer and the recoveries a bit shorter. Heather recommends using the same weights you used in Phase 2 but doing 12 reps rather than the 8-10 … Continue reading 37MIN Full Body Strength + Sprint // Day 45: HR12WEEK 5.0
40MIN NO REPEATS Full Body Circuit // Day 43: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min No Repeats Full Body Circuit is Day 43 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This workout has it all: compound strength moves, isolation strength moves, 4 limb/metabolic strength moves and cardio. Heather works your entire body in this cardio + strength workout. According to my Apple Watch I burned 382 calories and even … Continue reading 40MIN NO REPEATS Full Body Circuit // Day 43: HR12WEEK 5.0
40MIN Leg Strength & Power // Day 41: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Leg Strength & Power is Day 41 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This lower body workout is intense! Very metabolic! According to my Apple Watch I spent 10 minutes in my peak heart rate zone (Zone 5) and 17 minute in cardio Zone 4! And I felt it, too. During some of … Continue reading 40MIN Leg Strength & Power // Day 41: HR12WEEK 5.0
CGX: P.E. Program Day 43: ‘Less about WHAT we do…more about HOW we do it!’ (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 was an intense lower body workout. It was very metabolic, too. I burned 500 calories! The workout starts with a superset containing jump squats. So your heart rate immediately spikes. Then she keeps it elevated the … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 43: ‘Less about WHAT we do…more about HOW we do it!’ (Lower Body)
CGX: P.E. Program Day 41: ‘Mostly unilateral work!’ (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 was a tough lower body workout that fried my hamstrings and glutes. And the finisher! I was struggling to keep my legs wide so there was constant tension on the band! I definitely needed to add … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 41: ‘Mostly unilateral work!’ (Lower Body)
CGX: Max Program Day 21: One isolation amid the compounds!
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This workout is done PHA style. For more information on PHA, see Day 1’s post. My favorite workouts of each Max week that I've completed so far is the first day of the week and this one … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 21: One isolation amid the compounds!
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. 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
43MIN Leg Day (Quads & Calves) Strength + Sprint // Day 39: HR12WEEK 5.0
43 Min Leg Day (Quads & Calves) Strength + Sprint is Day 39 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This was a tough lower body workout; especially the first two circuits. Holding a heavy dumbbell goblet style doesn't just work your lower body, it works your shoulders, arms and core. By the time we got … Continue reading 43MIN Leg Day (Quads & Calves) Strength + Sprint // Day 39: HR12WEEK 5.0