Day 19: No Repeats Abs + Mobility / HR12WEEK 4.0

No Repeat Abs + Mobility is Day 19 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. This another of Heather's not so relaxing recovery day workouts. The first half of the workout is challenging core work and the second half is active mobility/dynamic flexibility work. I was perspiring during this workout. The core work made me … Continue reading Day 19: No Repeats Abs + Mobility / HR12WEEK 4.0

10MIN Abs & Booty (Ankle Weights Workout)

10 Min Abs & Booty is a short add on workout from Heather Robertson and it is tough. Of course, how tough it is depends on the weight of your ankle weights. I am impressed that Heather is using 5 pound ankle weights on each ankle. In her longer lower body workout Booty & Thigh … Continue reading 10MIN Abs & Booty (Ankle Weights Workout)

Day 10: Hamstrings & Quads Strength Workout with Dumbbells / HR12WEEK 4.0

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

Day 8: Chest & Shoulders (Dumbbell Strength Workout) / 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

Day 7: Booty & Thigh Toning (Ankle Weights Workout) / HR12WEEK 4.0

Booty & Thigh Toning (Ankle Weights Workout) is Day 6 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. This was a different way to work my lower body. Not that I haven't done mat work before but usually as a finisher or in conjunction with weighted strength work. The only resistance used in this entire workout … Continue reading Day 7: Booty & Thigh Toning (Ankle Weights Workout) / HR12WEEK 4.0

Day 6: Back & Tricep Strength (Supersets 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

Day 14: Core Strength + Back Mobility / HR12WEEK 4.0

Core Strength + Back Mobility is Day 14 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. This was exactly what I needed this morning--a workout that took it down a notch. You're still working at the beginning with some weighted core work that also has a bit of back work in it with pullover variations but … Continue reading Day 14: Core Strength + Back Mobility / HR12WEEK 4.0

CGX: Unleash Day 9: 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 intense metabolic workout. Though technically it is a full body workout, the focus is on the lower body, shoulders and core. The triceps and chest get a bit of work, and the low back … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Day 9: Full Body

CGX: SuperSet Triceps

This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. What a tricep burner! Since it is so short I added it onto the end of another upper body workout that did not have any tricep isolation work (though plenty of compound exercises in which the triceps … Continue reading CGX: SuperSet Triceps

CGX: Unleash Series Day 8: Glutes, Hamstrings & Abs

This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Caroline's Unleash Series is definitely kicking my butt. This is another excellent glute workout. She starts you out with straight sets with longer rests to give you some solid strength work then cranks it up with trisets … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Series Day 8: Glutes, Hamstrings & Abs