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40 Min Full Body Calisthenics & Core is Day 8 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This was an intense bodyweight strength workout. Heather works your entire body with no equipment and elevates your heart rate to give you some cardio, too. Or at least mine got up there! Not super high but still, I … Continue reading 40MIN Full Body Calisthenics & Core // Day 8: HR12WEEK 5.0
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
10 Min Standing Abs with Weight is quick functional core workout from Heather Robertson. I found it very enjoyable and a great add on after an upper body strength workout. I always really enjoy standing ab workouts and weighted ab workouts, so combining them equals a winner. It is also kind of metabolic--especially if you … Continue reading 10MIN Standing Abs with Weight
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. This entire workout (not just the individual supersets) is "pre" exhaust. Caroline starts you out with 4 sets of a superset that will thoroughly fatigue your back and biceps. By the time you get to the more … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 8: ‘Biceps about to burst’ session (Upper 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
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 workout. It was more of an endurance level lower body workout. The intervals were long but thankfully so were most of the recoveries. 90 seconds of stability ball roll outs is brutal. You … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 9: Ballpoint 15-20 Rep Lower Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. When I saw the title of this workout I was definitely nervous and felt more than a little dread about the finisher. But it wasn't just the finisher that was brutal! This is a fast paced circuit … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 6: Longest Bicep Finisher Upper Body
40 Min Full Body Strength is Day 5 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This workout was tough. I managed to stick with the same weights throughout the lower body circuit, though it was getting tough, but the upper body circuit I had to drop to lighter weights for some of the exercises. Heather looked … Continue reading 40MIN Full Body Strength // Day 5: HR12WEEK 5.0
38 Min Full Body METCON is Day 3 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. Heathers metabolic workouts are always tough and this one is no exception! Heather works your entire body using compound exercises that hit multiple muscle groups in the same exercise. Plus you get cardio! The longer intervals and shorter recoveries paired with … Continue reading 38Min Full Body METCON + Sprint // Day 3: HR12WEEK 5.0