…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 workout fried my arms! This is a high rep burn out workout. Very hard to lift heavy dumbbells. I usually use 20 pounds for bicep work but the heaviest I attempted for biceps in this workout … Continue reading CGXmas Day 20: Biceps & Triceps
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Oh my goodness this was a burner. Caroline supersets a chest exercise with a back exercise and you repeat that superset 3 times. There are only 3 supersets in this workout and one of them is the … Continue reading CGXmas Day 2: Chest & Back Supersets
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 tougher workout than I expected it to be. I knew the hip thrusts at the beginning would be a burner but since I was using two barbells like Caroline does and the one I … Continue reading CGXmas Day 23: Lower Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Wow. I have been looking forward to doing this workout since I returned to CGX and it did not disappoint. I didn't do it sooner because it is so long. With the warm up it is 68 … Continue reading CGX: 1 Hour Back & Abs
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. So sad! For me, this was the last workout in the Iron Program. What a great strength program! I will be posting an overview/summary tomorrow of the entire program. This is an excellent and intense total body … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 49: Full 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 little ab burner! You are working for 2 solid minutes with only 15 seconds of rest between complexes. I was taking my own mini breaks! I had to! It was burning out my … Continue reading CGXmas Day 5: Stability Ball Ab Complexes
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This is definitely a quad burner workout! Though the focus is on the quads, your entire lower body gets worked, too. I was feeling this in my glutes and hamstrings as well. But by the end it … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 48: The Quads!
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This is the final workout in the Iron Program. I still have two more Iron workouts to do because I did them in perfect order. I followed the weekly schedule but within each week I re-arranged the … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 50: Shoulders & Triceps
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Caroline fried my glutes in this workout. The cluster sets return! This workout contains 3 cluster sets and they are all glute/hip thrust variations. And the finisher? After already doing several minutes of hip thrusts (including cluster … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 46: The Glutes & Hamstrings
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This a a great workout to open the last week of the Iron program with. It is a solid upper body strength training workout that works the muscles to fatigue. It is short but it is thorough. … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 47: Upper Body