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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 lower body workout. For most of the exercises the intervals are shorter and the rests are longer so you can lift heavier and really challenge yourself with the weight you use. I bumped … Continue reading CGX: 55 min glutes & hamstrings
Chris & Edi are new to me YouTube trainers that were recommended to me by a reader of this blog (thank you!!! 🙏🏻). It took me a while to get to them because I was in the midst of a 10 1/2 month rotation but now that I'm done with that, I picked out one … Continue reading Chris & Edi: 45 Min DUMBBELL LOWER BODY STRENGTH WORKOUT | Glutes, Hamstrings & Core Focus
40 Min Lower Body Strength & Power is Day 56 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an intense lower body strength workout--particularly if you are lifting heavier dumbbells like Heather recommends. She also gives the rep range to shoot for: 8-10 reps. And that is what I got for straight sets but for … Continue reading 40MIN Lower Body Strength & Power // Day 56: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Pilates Glute Shaper is Day 54 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This workout was much tougher than I expected it to be. Outside of the first part of the warm up, this workout is done entirely on the mat. All mat based lower body strength work. I did wear 2 pound ankle … Continue reading 40MIN Pilates Glute Shaper // Day 54: HR12WEEK 5.0
42 Min Unilateral Lower Body Strength is Day 51 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an intense metabolic lower body strength workout. Heather elevates your heart rate and works all of your lower body muscle groups while doing it. As the title indicates, there is a lot of unilateral work. You will work … Continue reading 42MIN Unilateral Lower Body Strength // Day 51: HR12WEEK 5.0
10 Min Intense Lean Legs Workout is a great little lower body finisher workout from Andreea/BurpeeGirl. You don't actually have to use it as a finisher but that is how I used it. Since I like to workout for an hour in the mornings, I added it onto the end of the 40 minute lower … Continue reading BurpeeGirl :🔥10 MIN INTENSE LEAN LEGS WORKOUT – with One Dumbbell🔥All Standing Lower Body🔥No Jumping🔥
43 Min Lower Strength Workout is Day 46 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is a solid and enjoyable lower body strength workout. Heather gives you a really nice variety of exercises. Heather recommends aiming for 12 reps of each exercise, but if you are following her that isn't going to happen. I followed … Continue reading 43MIN Lower Strength Workout (Unilateral Training) // Day 46: 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. This is the final lower body workout of the P.E. Program and it was tough! I had to take multiple mini breaks during some of the exercises and so did Caroline--in fact, my muscle fatigue seemed to … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 49: ‘The bodyweight superset is actually quite challenging!’ (Lower Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. I was dreading this lower body workout. I previewed it and it looked like a nightmare to me. I don't mind lunges but the bulk of this workout (the first 70% + the finisher) is lunges--all quad … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 47: The lunges at the beginning are a good warm up for 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 lower body workout will fry your legs with all of the pausing and slower tempos. Thankfully in the beginning she gives you longer recoveries. Then when she fries your quads with heel elevated squats, she … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 49: ‘Become Comfortable with a Pause’ Lower Body