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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. OMG this was a brutal workout! The giant sets! So many! I ended up having to drop to lighter weights at one point. Caroline works every muscle in your upper body, completely fatiguing them. The workout starts … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Series Day 22: Upper Body
No Repeats Abs & Booty + Full Body Mobility is Day 40 in Heather Robertson‘s 12 Week 4.0 program. Another recovery day workout that is not much of a recovery! At least not the first half! This is actually the last mobility workout in the HR12Week 4.0 program. The rest of the "recovery" level workouts … Continue reading Day 40: NO REPEATS Abs & Booty + Full Body Mobility / HR12WEEK 4.0
Hamstring & Quads is Day 20 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. In this lower body workout, Heather has you alternate working opposing muscle groups. You will do 3 exercises for the hamstrings (then repeat them), then do 3 exercises for the quads (and repeat them). My legs were definitely feeling it. This workout … Continue reading Day 20: Hamstring & Quads (Lower Body Strength) / HR12WEEK 4.0
Upper Body Strength is Day 18 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. This was a tough upper body strength workout. More than half of the exercises are bodyweight strength exercises and it is tougher than I expected it to be. On the side lying tricep press, keeping your legs straight actually makes the exercise … Continue reading Day 18: Upper Body Strength/ HR12WEEK 4.0
Glutes & Thighs is Day 17 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. This is another enjoyable and effective lower body strength workout. I expected the ankle weight circuit to be harder than it was, but I think it seemed easier because the standing exercises are not as hard as the mat based exercises. Who … Continue reading Day 17: Glutes & Thighs (Activation & Strength) / HR12WEEK 4.0
Back & Biceps is Day 16 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. This was an excellent back and bicep workout. I felt my back was well worked and my biceps fried! That hold and curl is a burner! Even Heather dropped to a lower weight at one point (for the hammer curls I think). … Continue reading Day 16: Back & Biceps // Dumbbells Strength Workout / HR12WEEK 4.0
There for a while I was foam rolling at least once a week but I stopped and haven't done it in a while. So when I did Michelle Briehler's 25 Min Recovery Workout // Foam Rolling & Stretching this morning, the foam rolling did not feel good. In fact, it felt like my muscles were … Continue reading 25 MIN Recovery Workout // Foam Rolling & Stretching // Pain Prevention
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 and exhausting workout.I do think some of that is due to my life circumstances. I am not sleeping well because my 16 year old dog is receiving cancer treatment that has "lamed" her--temporarily, … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Day 19: Full 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 excellent but brutal glute workout. I have been using an 88 pound barbell for hip thrusts for a while now and I knew it was time to increase the weight but the right workout … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Day 18: Glutes
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 awesome back and bicep workout. A real burner. The first 2/3 of the workout is all back work done as straight sets. There are lots of pullovers so your entire upper body is getting … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Day 20: Back & Biceps