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40 Min Lower Body Unilateral Strength + Sprint is Day 34 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This lower body workout focuses on your quads and inner thighs; your calves also get some work. Heather uses a lot of pulsing in this workout to burn out the muscle group you are working. And it works! … Continue reading 40MIN Lower Body Unilateral Strength + Sprint // Day 34: HR12WEEK 5.0
42 Min Bi's, Tri's & Shoulders is Day 35 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. After Heather fried my chest and back in Day 32, I decided to be a little more conservative with my weight selection in this arm and shoulder workout. Each circuit focuses on a single muscle group and you repeat each … Continue reading 42MIN Bi’s, Tri’s & Shoulders // Day 35: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Pilates All Abs - Core Workout is Day 33 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an all bodyweight core strength workout. You are only standing for the warm up--everything else is on the mat. You are on your back or in plank. It is tough. Not counting the warm up and … Continue reading 40MIN Pilates All Abs – Core Workout // Day 33: HR12WEEK 5.0
39 Min Unilateral Chest & Back Strength + Sprint is Day 32 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This was a tough chest and back workout. It is made up of 2 circuits--a chest circuit and a back circuit and each circuit is done three times. My back is definitely stronger than my chest. I … Continue reading 39MIN Unilateral Chest & Back Strength + Sprint // Day 32: HR12WEEK 5.0
41 Min Lower Body Strength is Day 31 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is a tough and metabolic lower body strength workout. Heather is working your legs from the very beginning with booty band work in the warm up. In this workout you will do an exercise 3 times (3 sets) before moving … Continue reading 41MIN Lower Body Strength (Glutes & Hamstrings) // Day 31: HR12WEEK 5.0
15 Min Body Sculpting Mobility Stretch is one of Linda @ Barlates deceptively tough workouts. It is a combination of dynamic flexibility, mobility and bodyweight strength. Linda packs a lot into this short workout! During the intro Linda warns this will hit your hip flexors hard and she was not joking. By the end of … Continue reading Barlates: 15 MIN BODY SCULPTING MOBILITY STRETCH WORKOUT / FEEL GOOD ENERGIZING WORKOUT / No Equipment!
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Caroline hits the quads pretty hard in this workout but that is not all that gets worked. I felt it in my glutes and hamstrings, too. But mostly the quads. And as far as lower body muscle … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 35: ‘No denying… it’s all quads!’
I usually stick with Michelle Briehler's rebounder workouts but this one intrigued me so I decided to give it a try. It was tougher than I expected! You wear ankle and wrist weights to increase the intensity and it worked! The intensity built as the workout progressed so that by the end I was wearing … Continue reading 30 MIN All Standing Cardio NO JUMPING with Wrist Weights & Ankle Weights
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This upper body workout hits your shoulders, chest and triceps. I feel like the shoulders and triceps got the most work, but Caroline does fry the chest with a push up finisher. At the end Caroline gives … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 34: ‘Deficit push ups…. one of my favorites!’ (Upper Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Killer seems to be a theme this week, at least for me. This workout kicked my butt! In retrospect maybe I should have lightened the weight I used for the hip thrusts because those really kicked my … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 33: ‘Some iso & plyo sets!’ (Lower Body)