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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 was definitely a great workout to close out the "pre" exhaust portion of the P.E. program. It kicked my a$$. Since I previewed it and knew what was in store for me, I lowered the weight … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 25: ‘Who knew 1 lateral step could be so difficult!?’ (Lower Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another tough lower body strength workout. This P.E. Program is kicking my butt! The workout starts and ends with wall squats. I felt so strong at the beginning. Stronger than usual during a wall squat (that's probably … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 23: ‘Squats, lunges & wall sits…its 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 an intense lower body strength workout with a lot of hamstring and glute focus. Caroline "pre" exhausts them early on with stability ball supersets. By the 3rd superset I was glad to see she was … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 21: Shortened Partials of Bridge… Fire! (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 is an excellent and killer lower body strength workout. You do 4 sets of many of the exercises but Caroline gives you a long rest between sets--at least at the beginning. Around the halfway mark the … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 25: “Not WHAT you lift…HOW you lift” (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 is a really nice, well balanced lower body workout--until you get to the finisher when Caroline fries the quads. It is one long circuit that is done 3 times. Within that circuit you hit both the … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 23: Plenty of Glutes but Quad Finisher
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another killer lower body endurance level workout. It wasn't just kicking my butt--at times Caroline was losing steam, too! This is a pretty metabolic workout. I burned 450 calories and spend more than half of the workout … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 21: RDLs, Hip Thrusts & Lots of Lunges
40 Min Lower Body Strength Supersets is Day 16 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This was a tough lower body workout. And if you are lifting heavy dumbbells (for your fitness level) your upper body is getting a workout, too. For many of the exercises you are holding one medium or heavy dumbbell goblet … Continue reading 40MIN Lower Body Strength Supersets // Day 16: 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. Another tough and thorough lower body workout. For the first part you get some nice long recoveries, so I was able to lift heavier than I normally would in a P.E. workout. But it is deceiving. The … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 19: ‘Quads, glutes, then the hamstrings… jumping optional’
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 very tough lower body workout. The entire thing was tough but those Bulgarian lunge variations near the end. OMG. They kicked my butt! And the Finisher--more stability ball work with the band. My glutes … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 17: Glutes from all Angles (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 but enjoyable lower body workout. There is a lots of variety and and Caroline introduces a new (to me at least) way of doing single leg deadlifts. She is also using the post-exhaust … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 19: Deadstops, Unilateral and Abs Lower Body