42MIN Upper Body Strength // Day 57: HR12WEEK 5.0

42 Min Upper Body Strength is Day 57 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is a tough and thorough upper body strength workout. It is full of compound moves that work multiple upper body muscle groups. For the first circuit you will work the shoulders and biceps. The second circuit the focus is back, … Continue reading 42MIN Upper Body Strength // Day 57: HR12WEEK 5.0

40MIN Lower Body Strength & Power // Day 56: HR12WEEK 5.0

40 Min Lower Body Strength & Power is Day 56 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an intense lower body strength workout--particularly if you are lifting heavier dumbbells like Heather recommends. She also gives the rep range to shoot for: 8-10 reps. And that is what I got for straight sets but for … Continue reading 40MIN Lower Body Strength & Power // Day 56: HR12WEEK 5.0

40MIN Pilates Glute Shaper // Day 54: HR12WEEK 5.0

40 Min Pilates Glute Shaper is Day 54 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This workout was much tougher than I expected it to be. Outside of the first part of the warm up, this workout is done entirely on the mat. All mat based lower body strength work. I did wear 2 pound ankle … Continue reading 40MIN Pilates Glute Shaper // Day 54: HR12WEEK 5.0

41 MIN Total Upper Body Strength // Day 52: HR12WEEK 5.0

41 Min Total Upper Body Strength is Day 52 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This was an intense and thorough upper body strength workout that gets metabolic in places. Heather hits every upper body muscle group through both isolation and compound movements. I modified one of the exercises to protect my back and to … Continue reading 41 MIN Total Upper Body Strength // Day 52: HR12WEEK 5.0

42MIN Unilateral Lower Body Strength // Day 51: HR12WEEK 5.0

42 Min Unilateral Lower Body Strength is Day 51 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an intense metabolic lower body strength workout. Heather elevates your heart rate and works all of your lower body muscle groups while doing it. As the title indicates, there is a lot of unilateral work. You will work … Continue reading 42MIN Unilateral Lower Body Strength // Day 51: HR12WEEK 5.0

BurpeeGirl :🔥10 MIN INTENSE LEAN LEGS WORKOUT – with One Dumbbell🔥All Standing Lower Body🔥No Jumping🔥

10 Min Intense Lean Legs Workout is a great little lower body finisher workout from Andreea/BurpeeGirl. You don't actually have to use it as a finisher but that is how I used it. Since I like to workout for an hour in the mornings, I added it onto the end of the 40 minute lower … Continue reading BurpeeGirl :🔥10 MIN INTENSE LEAN LEGS WORKOUT – with One Dumbbell🔥All Standing Lower Body🔥No Jumping🔥

36MIN Arm Strength Workout // Day 47: HR12WEEK 5.0

36 Min Arm Strength Workout is Day 47 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. Another tough and effective upper body strength workout. This workout was a shoulder burner for me. Heather works the biceps and triceps, too, and even a little bit of chest, but my shoulders are what felt this workout the most. There … Continue reading 36MIN Arm Strength Workout // Day 47: HR12WEEK 5.0

43MIN Lower Strength Workout (Unilateral Training) // Day 46: HR12WEEK 5.0

43 Min Lower Strength Workout is Day 46 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is a solid and enjoyable lower body strength workout. Heather gives you a really nice variety of exercises. Heather recommends aiming for 12 reps of each exercise, but if you are following her that isn't going to happen. I followed … Continue reading 43MIN Lower Strength Workout (Unilateral Training) // Day 46: HR12WEEK 5.0

CGX: P.E. Program Day 50: ‘There’s no easy way out’ Robert Tepper (Upper Body)

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 a line from a song by Robert Tepper from the Rocky IV movie. I had to listen to this song to know what she was referring to and I do recognize … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 50: ‘There’s no easy way out’ Robert Tepper (Upper Body)

CGX: P.E. Program Day 48: ‘Concentration yes, but the set up means tension is inevitable!’ (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 is an intense upper body workout that focuses on the back and biceps. I do love rows and pullovers so this was an enjoyable workout. However, it is also an endurance level workout so I used … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 48: ‘Concentration yes, but the set up means tension is inevitable!’ (Upper Body)