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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. This is an excellent and thorough lower body strength workout. It is short but Caroline hits every muscle in the lower body nicely. Challenge yourself with your weight selection and you will definitely feel it by the … Continue reading CGXmas Day 6: Lower Body Circuits
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 metabolic lower body workout. I did pair it with another tough lower body workout (CGXmas Day 8: Lower Body Circuits) that worked my lower body hard, so my legs were … Continue reading CGXmas Day 15: Leg Day 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 a fun workout that really targets the glutes and makes good use of a booty band. I never really broke a sweat in this workout but I did feel it intensely in my glutes. I … Continue reading CGXmas Day 8: Constantly Banded Glutes
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This is an entirely mat based glute workout using a variety of equipment--a barbell or heavy dumbbell, a glute band and ankle weights. And as the title indicates, everything is done on the mat. This workout fried … Continue reading CGXmas Day 3: Glutes on the Mat
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
Killer Legs is a lower body strength workout from Cathe Friedrich. At the end of 2023 Cathe released 4 stand alone workouts that are not part of a program/series. You can get this workout on DVD or download or stream it if you are subscribed to Cathe’s On Demand streaming. This is a metabolic lower body workout. How intense … Continue reading Killer Legs
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. 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 workout has been out for a few weeks, maybe a month, and I have been eyeing it with interest and fear. Not so much fear of doing the workout, but fear of the DOMS that will … Continue reading CGX: Calf Workout
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another great lower body strength workout. And like Day 42 Upper Body, the intervals using dumbbells are shorter, giving you the opportunity to lift heavier and see how far you've come, strength-wise, in the past 8 weeks. … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 41: Leg Day!