…so I do it at home
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Caroline is definitely mixing things up now. Though this workout contains straight sets of 60/30 intervals, she immediately starts working your back hard with some longer intervals and shorter recoveries. The first 60% of the workout focuses … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 10: Back & Biceps
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 short but thorough shoulder workout. Caroline hits the shoulders from all angles and really burns them out at the end with the partial rear delt fly finisher. I feel like I chose the appropriate … Continue reading CGX: Rear Delt Shoulder Workout
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. I definitely felt this in my quads! In fact, by #11 below, my quads were starting to really fatigue. You are doing primarily straight sets of 60/30 intervals like you do in the first week of the … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 6: Time for the Quads!
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another excellent upper body strength workout. She burns you out immediately with the chest press/pullover combo--3 sets of it! I did not end up dropping to lighter dumbbells for that but I was definitely considering it! For … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 7: Upper Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another tough abdominal add on workout! I did this after finishing an upper body strength workout. This works well for that since you are on your back the entire time. So if your upper body is burned … Continue reading CGX: 10 Min Sit Up Abs
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 tough and excellent total body strength workout. You are primarily doing straight sets though Caroline labels some of them as supersets. That is because you are doing a unilateral exercise and you do not … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 4: Full Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. It has been 6 months since I have done one of Caroline's glute workouts and though I have not forgotten how brutal they can be, I still wasn't ready for the agony. What is a little scary … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 3: Glutes!
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! Caroline fried all areas of my shoulders plus my triceps. I had back up weights at the ready for most of the exercises and as you can see below, I dropped to … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 5: Shoulders & Triceps
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. I generally do short workouts like this as finishers (tacking them onto the end of a longer workout) but since my other workout this morning was shoulders and triceps and the back is the largest upper body … Continue reading CGX: 10 Minute Back Builder
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 straightforward lower body strength workout. You repeat each exercise two times. Use challenging dumbbells and you will get a solid strength workout. I know I did! Caroline was challenging herself as well. She dropped … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 1: Leg Day