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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. In the intro Caroline does not talk about why she gave this workout the title of "Concentric Slowing". The concentric portion of an exercise is the lifting (eccentric is the lowering). I did not notice Caroline lifting … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 10: Concentric Slowing Upper 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 workout. It was more of an endurance level lower body workout. The intervals were long but thankfully so were most of the recoveries. 90 seconds of stability ball roll outs is brutal. You … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 9: Ballpoint 15-20 Rep Lower Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. In this workout Caroline hits the back, chest and shoulders with slow and controlled movement. For the single arm rotational rows you emphasize the stretch at the bottom of the row, which is a little different that … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 8: Take the Harder Route (Upper Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. When I saw the title of this workout I was definitely nervous and felt more than a little dread about the finisher. But it wasn't just the finisher that was brutal! This is a fast paced circuit … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 6: Longest Bicep Finisher Upper 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 Intent this week and as usual, Caroline fried my hamstrings with another tough lower body workout. The workout starts using weights then ends with bodyweight exercises using a stability ball and a booty band. … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 7: Beginning with Bridges Lower Body
43 Min Upper Body Strength is Day 2 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an excellent upper body workout. Use weights that challenge you and your upper body will be worked thoroughly. This is a circuit based workout. There are 4 circuits and each circuit is done twice. You start with a shoulder … Continue reading 43MIN Upper Body Strength // Day 2: HR12WEEK 5.0
38 Min Lower Body Strength is Day 1 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. Heather has a new studio and it looks really nice! She talks about it in her intro and it sounds like she did a lot of the renovation herself! This was a tough lower body workout. That first long circuit of … Continue reading 38MIN Lower Body Strength // Day 1: HR12WEEK 5.0
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. The title of this workout is appropriate. Not just because it literally happens, but because it really makes you take notice of how different the exercise feels at the end of the workout. I felt it at … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 5: ‘Ending as we began… bridges!” (Lower Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. These P.E. workouts are tough! I am learning that you cannot lift as heavy as you normally do so I had lots of back up weights ready to go and also went straight to lighter than usual … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 4: ‘Absolute Muscular Failure on Last Curl’ Upper Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. These workouts are not getting any easier. In this one Caroline clearly looked like she was struggling--more than she sometimes appears to struggle in other workouts. Just like in Day 1, you will do a body weight … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 3: ‘Starting with only Bodyweight Squats?’