41MIN Lower Body (Glutes & Hamstrings) Strength // Day 26: HR12WEEK 5.0

41 Min Lower Body (Glutes & Hamstrings) Strength is Day 26 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an excellent workout for you glutes and hamstrings, though other lower body muscle groups are nicely worked, too. Heather is working your legs from the very beginning in the warm up using a glute/booty band. And, … Continue reading 41MIN Lower Body (Glutes & Hamstrings) Strength // Day 26: HR12WEEK 5.0

CGX: P.E. Program Day 27: ‘Variety in varying planes’ (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 week begins the Post-Exhaust half of the P.E. Program. For me, it probably wasn't the best introduction. Stationary and Bulgarian lunges are NOT my favorite exercises and this workout contains a lot of them. But it … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 27: ‘Variety in varying planes’ (Lower Body)

CGX: Max Program Day 8: Playing with different foot positions in bridges!

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. This was another very enjoyable total body workout. With the longer intervals it is designed to be higher rep but I also felt … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 8: Playing with different foot positions in bridges!

CGX: Max Program Day 7: Higher rep session with ‘constant’ tension flyes

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. This a high rep/endurance level workout. I did not find it nearly as enjoyable as yesterday's workout, but I did still like it. … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 7: Higher rep session with ‘constant’ tension flyes

CGX: Max Program Day 6: New found love for banded RDLs!

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 was happy to be back in the Max program this morning. Of the 4 programs I am currently hybriding (Max, Intent, P.E. … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 6: New found love for banded RDLs!

CGX: Intent Day 29: 4 Compounds & 1 Isolation 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! The intervals are long so it is high rep/endurance level. It is one long circuit and it kicked my butt. Very metabolic. It was wearing Caroline out, too. By the … Continue reading CGX: Intent Day 29: 4 Compounds & 1 Isolation Lower Body

37MIN Quads & Calves Strength + Sprint // Day 24: HR12WEEK 5.0

37 Min Quads & Calves Strength & Sprint is Day 24 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This was a leg burner that gets pretty metabolic at times. For the calf raises, I held a dumbbell in each hand rather than holding one goblet style. I am limited on what I can hold for that … Continue reading 37MIN Quads & Calves Strength + Sprint // Day 24: HR12WEEK 5.0

43MIN Glutes & Hamstrings // Day 21: HR12WEEK 5.0

43 Min Glutes & Hamstrings is Day 21 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This workout starts Phase 2 of the program and Heather encourages you to lift heavier dumbbells. She said the pace will be slower so you will do less reps. I found this to be an excellent lower body strength workout. Every … Continue reading 43MIN Glutes & Hamstrings // Day 21: HR12WEEK 5.0

CGX: P.E. Program Day 23: ‘Squats, lunges & wall sits…its QUADS!’

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. This P.E. Program is kicking my butt! The workout starts and ends with wall squats. I felt so strong at the beginning. Stronger than usual during a wall squat (that's probably … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 23: ‘Squats, lunges & wall sits…its QUADS!’

CGX: P.E. Program Day 21: Shortened Partials of Bridge… Fire! (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 an intense lower body strength workout with a lot of hamstring and glute focus. Caroline "pre" exhausts them early on with stability ball supersets. By the 3rd superset I was glad to see she was … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 21: Shortened Partials of Bridge… Fire! (Lower Body)