…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 solid shoulder workout that hits every muscle group in the shoulder area. Thankfully it was not brutal like some of the other Unleash workouts I've done this week. But it was challenging. You do … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Series Day 25: Shoulders
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another brutal workout in the Unleash Series. Caroline kicked my butt this morning! She preps you for the nightmare to come by starting the workout with 3 sets of straight sets. Then the supersets begin. The supersets … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Series Day 21: Leg Day
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