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38 Min Lower Body Strength is Day 11 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This was a tough lower body workout! Intense and metabolic. Your weight choice does have. a lot to do with it. During the second circuit I had to drop to a lighter dumbbell because the cardio factor was starting to take … Continue reading 38MIN Lower Body Strength // Day 11: 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. The "pre" exhaust of this workout is no joke. Caroline wore out my entire lower body! I always find wall squats challenging and she starts you out with them to drain your legs before doing weighted squats. … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 15: Squats, Lunges, Thrust, RDL & Wall Sits
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This is another solid glute and hamstring workout. More enjoyable than some of the other P.E. workouts. Maybe I feel that way because I was kind of dreading it after her lower body workout I did on … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 13: ‘Bridge and Band to Build’ (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 another tough lower body workout. The focus for this one is your quads, though your entire lower body is nicely worked. I increased the height of my high step and I definitely felt the difference. … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 11: ‘Sweat inducing knee extension & hip flexion’ (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 lower body workout was killer! It seriously kicked my a$$! It was frying my glutes from the very beginning but what really killed me was the 4 sets of hamstring roll outs. After that you go … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 15: Metabolite Inducing Bridges to End
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 lower body. Caroline does all of the exercises at a very slow and controlled pace and if you follow her pace like I did, it burns! The first half of the workout got … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 13: Zero Stretch Reflex 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 do love step ups so I did enjoy this lower body workout. There are a lot of step ups! Not just in the workout but the finisher, too. A 4 minute complex of step ups. My … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 11: If You Like Step Ups… You’ll Love This one!
40 Min Lower Body Strength Superset is Day 6 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This is a solid lower body strength workout. Heather hits all of the major muscle groups in the lower body. Use heavy enough weights and she will burn them out, too! Especially with all of the pulses an half reps. … Continue reading 40MIN Lower Body Strength Supersets // Day 6: 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. My reviews are becoming redundant. The P.E. program is tough and every workout kicks my butt in some fashion. This one is no different. I did start strong and kept the same weights throughout but I was … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 9: ‘Even one bodyweight thrust was a challenge’ (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'm back to the P.E. Program workouts and still in the pre-exhaust phase. I remember my first week and decided to be conservative with my weights. Caroline is only using 22 pound dumbbells for everything and she … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 7: ‘Partial Reps to Prime or Exhaust?’ Lower Body