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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. 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)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Unlike Days 1-4, this workout is not done PHA style. (For more information on PHA, see Day 1’s post.) This is also different from Days 1-4 in other ways. First, this workout not only works your core … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 5: Our ‘fun’ day of the week!
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. Another awesome and thorough total body strength workout! I loved this one! Like Day 1 and Day 3, this one is full … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 4: It will have been those sumos!
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This workout, like Day 1 & 2, is done PHA style. For more information on PHA, see Day 1’s post. Like Day 1, I found this another very enjoyable workout. It doesn't top Day 1 but I … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 3: Starting and ending with shortened range hammies!
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This workout, like Day 1, is done PHA style. For more information on PHA, see Day 1's post. I did not love this workout nearly as much as I did Day 1 but it is still a … Continue reading CGX: Max Day 2: A higher rep output!
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This is the first workout in Caroline's new 10 week Max Program. All of the workouts in this program are total body strength workouts. As of today, Caroline has only posted 12 of the 50 Max workouts … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 1: The most ‘well known’ compounds to start!
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 excellent and killer lower body strength workout. You do 4 sets of many of the exercises but Caroline gives you a long rest between sets--at least at the beginning. Around the halfway mark the … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 25: “Not WHAT you lift…HOW you lift” (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 a thorough upper body workout that will really give your biceps and triceps a good pump, especially at the end. The format is one long circuit that is repeated 3 times. Caroline gives good attention … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 24: “It’s all in here” (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 a really nice, well balanced lower body workout--until you get to the finisher when Caroline fries the quads. It is one long circuit that is done 3 times. Within that circuit you hit both the … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 23: Plenty of Glutes but Quad Finisher
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 high rep endurance level upper body workout. The intervals are long and it gets tough. I had back up weights setting nearby for every exercise but pushed through and didn't end up using any … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 22: ‘Don’t lose out on mechanical tension on the way down’ (Upper Body)