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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 was a super intense kettlebell workout. It is very metabolic so I got cardio with my strength training. The kettlebell swing is a total body exercise that spikes the heart rate, too, and you get lots … Continue reading CGX: Kettlebell Full Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Wow! This was an intense kettlebell workout. Of course, it all depends on your kettlebell weights. I have kettlebells in increments all the way to 50 pounds. I normally use a 75 pound dumbbell for sumo squats … Continue reading CGX: Kettlebell 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 thorough and tough upper body strength workout. Kettlebells are deceptive. I can actually use heavier dumbbells for pullovers but just the 35 pound kettlebell was burning my muscles. That is due to the way … Continue reading CGX: Kettlebell 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 the final workout in the Cluster Series and a great way to end it. In this workout you alternate lower body exercises with upper body exercises. The way the cluster sets are structured is also … Continue reading CGX: Cluster Series Day 10: Full Body including Abs
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Having already experienced 8 of her other Cluster Series workouts, I came at this lower body workout more conservatively. Because of that, this workout didn't kill me like most of the others did. It still worked my … Continue reading CGX: Cluster Series Day 9: Glutes & Hamstrings
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 shoulder burner! My triceps are seriously sore from Monday's workout (Day 6) so I was feeling every exercise in this workout that also hits the triceps in some way. I had to drop to … Continue reading CGX: Cluster Series Day 8: Shoulders
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This is another tough lower body workout. Those cluster sets really sneak up on you! For this workout you will do one weighted exercise for 60 seconds then follow it up with body weight cluster sets. In … Continue reading CGX: Cluster Series Day 7: Lower Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Back to the cluster sets this week! This workout fried my upper body. I had back up weights set out and ready for me. I eyed them a few times but I ended up sticking with my … Continue reading CGX: Cluster Series Day 6: 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 lower body workout was brutal. Definitely the hardest of the Cluster Series (at least so far). My husband commented several times on how much noise I was making, including talking to my dog (who calmly watched … Continue reading CGX: Cluster Sets Day 5: 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 incredible glute and hamstring workout. My posterior is fried! You don't get as many cluster sets in this workout as were done in the previous 3 Cluster Series workouts I've done so far. But … Continue reading CGX: Cluster Sets Day 3: Glutes & Hamstrings