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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 is a high rep, endurance level workout with long intervals and lots of pauses to really fry your lower body. There is a lot of quad focus but you are working the glutes and hamstrings, too. … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 41: ‘Tension to the Quads’ Lower Body
Who doesn't want a bulletproof spine? I love Julia Reppel's mobility workouts and I love working my back, so of course I was going to do this workout! And having now done it, I love it! I did it on my recovery day. Maybe it is a little a little much for a recovery day … Continue reading 30 Min. Bulletproof Spine | Upper Back & Lower Back – Mobility & Strength w/ Weights
43 Min Leg Day (Quads & Calves) Strength + Sprint is Day 39 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This was a tough lower body workout; especially the first two circuits. Holding a heavy dumbbell goblet style doesn't just work your lower body, it works your shoulders, arms and core. By the time we got … Continue reading 43MIN Leg Day (Quads & Calves) Strength + Sprint // Day 39: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Upper Body Strength Workout (Back, Bi's & Tri's) is Day 40 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This was an excellent and very enjoyable upper body strength workout. I did modify some of the exercises to protect my back and to lift heavier. For the gorilla rows I used a step and did … Continue reading 40MIN Upper Body Strength Workout (Back, Bi’s & Tri’s) // Day 40: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Pilates Core Strength is Day 38 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. I am not personally a fan of pilates but I really enjoyed this workout. Maybe because it takes things down a notch and I needed something a little easier today. For me at least, Heather put together an enjoyable sequence of … Continue reading 40MIN Pilates Core Strength // Day 38: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Chest & Shoulders is Day 37 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. Though this is technically a chest and shoulder workout, it is the shoulders that are carrying the workout. Mine were fried by the end! Heather hits the shoulders from every angle. I challenged myself to use 10 pound dumbbells for a … Continue reading 40MIN Chest & Shoulders // Day 37: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Glutes & Hamstrings Strength Supersets is Day 36 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is a great lower body workout that focuses on the glutes and hamstrings but you get also get some inner thigh work as well. I wonder if my inner thighs will be sore after those butterfly bridges! The … Continue reading 40MIN Glutes & Hamstrings Strength Supersets // Day 36: HR12WEEK 5.0
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another tough and thorough back and bicep workout--didn't we just do one a few days ago (Day 36)? That's okay, I love working my back so I won't complain. I did end up dropping to lighter weights … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 40: ‘Insane amount of tension…mission will be accomplished!’ (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 lower body workout. This workout is made up of 3 supersets. Each superset is done 3 times before moving on to the next. Each superset is made up of one weighted exercise followed by a … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 39: ‘Bodyweight likely the more challenging!’ (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 is a very tough upper body workout. Caroline really looks like she is suffering through the course of this workout. I was, too! This workout hits the chest, triceps and shoulders, and she fries the shoulders … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 38: ‘Plenty of pressing!’ (Upper Body)