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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. The title of this workout is appropriate. Not just because it literally happens, but because it really makes you take notice of how different the exercise feels at the end of the workout. I felt it at … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 5: ‘Ending as we began… bridges!” (Lower Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. These P.E. workouts are tough! I am learning that you cannot lift as heavy as you normally do so I had lots of back up weights ready to go and also went straight to lighter than usual … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 4: ‘Absolute Muscular Failure on Last Curl’ Upper Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. These workouts are not getting any easier. In this one Caroline clearly looked like she was struggling--more than she sometimes appears to struggle in other workouts. Just like in Day 1, you will do a body weight … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 3: ‘Starting with only Bodyweight Squats?’
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Day 2 of the P.E. program was no easier than Day 1--it was just my upper body that was beaten up. I did take some lessons learned from Day 1 into Day 2 and made sure I … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 2: ‘Pushed to the Limit’
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. OMG this workout was tough! Though Caroline provides lots of detailed info about this program within the CGX app, during the intro she gives an overview of the program. P.E. stands for both Pre and Post Exhaust. … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 1: ‘It was those Bulgarians…’
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This workout was tough. Not sure if the fact I am not sleeping well lately contributed to how tough it was, but I was working hard. And it might just be because I mixed things up, training-wise, … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 5: Quads & Glutes Circuit
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This was another tough upper body workout and it is heavy on shoulder work. You work your chest and back but the primarily focus is the shoulders. And mine were fried by the end. Especially since the … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 4: Rows & Flyes ‘The Stretch’
Rebound for Weight Loss is a very enjoyable rebounder workout from Michelle Briehler. It is steady state cardio but the intensity builds as the workout progresses so that by the end I spent a total of almost 4 minutes in my peak heart zone. According to my Apple Watch I burned a 283 calories. There … Continue reading Rebound For Weight Loss / Trampoline Cardio 25 MIN
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. OMG this workout felt brutal to me--at least starting at the bridges (#12 below). It was definitely working me well prior to that, but by the end of 4 sets of bridges my hamstrings were fried. Then … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 3: ‘Lengthened’ Emphasis (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 was a tough upper body strength workout. Most of the workout is done superset style. The first part of the workout pairs opposing muscle groups (back and chest) and the rest of the supersets are shoulder … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 2: ‘Quality Over Qty’ Upper Body