…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. 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. Another tough lower body strength workout! So many lunges! The first half of the workout is straight sets. The second half is one superset that changes slightly each time you repeat it. The first time you use … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Day 16: Leg Day
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 a tough and intense metabolic full body workout. Caroline really kicked my butt. She starts you out with straight sets of two exercises then you move onto a circuit made up of a superset, … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Day 14: Full Body
Leg Strength Workout at Home with Dumbbells is Day 15 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. This was another enjoyable and effective lower body strength workout. I felt like my calves were worked really well. In this workout Heather gives you a circuit of lower body strength exercises then finishes the circuit off with … Continue reading Day 15: Leg Strength Workout At Home with Dumbbells / HR12WEEK 4.0
Chest & Back Dumbbell Workout (Push & Pull) is Day 13 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. This was a solid upper body strength workout that focuses on the chest and the back. Other muscle groups will get some work, too, but I definitely felt it in my back and chest. In addition to … Continue reading Day 13: Chest & Back Dumbbell Workout (Push & Pull) / HR12WEEK 4.0
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 lower body workout but I did make it easier on myself. I previewed this workout yesterday and it looked brutal with all of the Bulgarian lunges. This morning was one of those mornings … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Day 11: It’s Leg Day!
Hamstrings & Quads Strength Workout with Dumbbells is Day 10 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. OMG this was a tough lower body workout! Very metabolic! I spent a total of 10 minutes in my peak heart rate zone! I've been doing so many Caroline Girvan workouts that I am accustomed to reaching for … Continue reading Day 10: Hamstrings & Quads Strength Workout with Dumbbells / HR12WEEK 4.0
Chest & Shoulders is Day 8 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. This was an intense upper body strength workout. It gets metabolic, too. Heather adds in a more intense exercise at the end of each circuit to spike your heart rate but even without those bonus exercises your heart rate gets elevated from … Continue reading Day 8: Chest & Shoulders (Dumbbell Strength Workout) / HR12WEEK 4.0
Back & Tricep Strength (Supersets Workout) is Day 6in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. This was an intense upper body strength workout that really hit my back and triceps thoroughly. I had to drop to lighter weights on one of the exercises and I was considering it on some of the other exercises! It … Continue reading Day 6: Back & Tricep Strength (Supersets Workout) / HR12WEEK 4.0