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41 Min Power Pilates is Day 9 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. OMG this workout was tough. Much tougher than I expected. My shoulders were fried before we even finished the first circuit! This is a total body workout full of compound moves that work many muscle groups within the same exercise. However your … Continue reading 41MIN Power Pilates // Day 9: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Full Body Calisthenics & Core is Day 8 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This was an intense bodyweight strength workout. Heather works your entire body with no equipment and elevates your heart rate to give you some cardio, too. Or at least mine got up there! Not super high but still, I … Continue reading 40MIN Full Body Calisthenics & Core // Day 8: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Upper Body Strength Supersets is Day 7 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This workout is an arm and shoulder burner! You do one exercise with medium to heavy weights paired with a second exercise using light dumbbells (or just bodyweight for the final superset). You do each superset 3 times and by … Continue reading 40MIN Upper Body Strength Supersets // Day 7: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Lower Body Strength Superset is Day 6 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This is a solid lower body strength workout. Heather hits all of the major muscle groups in the lower body. Use heavy enough weights and she will burn them out, too! Especially with all of the pulses an half reps. … Continue reading 40MIN Lower Body Strength Supersets // Day 6: 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. Caroline really tears your triceps and shoulders up this week. First with Day 6 and now with this workout. I had my back up weights at the ready and used them all. And afterwards I had dead … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 10: ‘Controlled cheating to finish’ (Upper Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. My reviews are becoming redundant. The P.E. program is tough and every workout kicks my butt in some fashion. This one is no different. I did start strong and kept the same weights throughout but I was … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 9: ‘Even one bodyweight thrust was a challenge’ (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 entire workout (not just the individual supersets) is "pre" exhaust. Caroline starts you out with 4 sets of a superset that will thoroughly fatigue your back and biceps. By the time you get to the more … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 8: ‘Biceps about to burst’ session (Upper Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Caroline gives us another tough upper body workout in the P.E. Program. This one fries your chest, shoulders and triceps. I had back up weights for nearly every exercise and I used them for most exercises. I … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 6: ‘Pec, Delt & Tricep Pump Guaranteed’ Upper Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. I'm back to the P.E. Program workouts and still in the pre-exhaust phase. I remember my first week and decided to be conservative with my weights. Caroline is only using 22 pound dumbbells for everything and she … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 7: ‘Partial Reps to Prime or Exhaust?’ Lower Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. In the intro Caroline does not talk about why she gave this workout the title of "Concentric Slowing". The concentric portion of an exercise is the lifting (eccentric is the lowering). I did not notice Caroline lifting … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 10: Concentric Slowing Upper Body