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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. 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
43 Min Upper Body Strength is Day 2 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an excellent upper body workout. Use weights that challenge you and your upper body will be worked thoroughly. This is a circuit based workout. There are 4 circuits and each circuit is done twice. You start with a shoulder … Continue reading 43MIN Upper Body Strength // Day 2: HR12WEEK 5.0
38 Min Lower Body Strength is Day 1 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. Heather has a new studio and it looks really nice! She talks about it in her intro and it sounds like she did a lot of the renovation herself! This was a tough lower body workout. That first long circuit of … Continue reading 38MIN Lower Body Strength // Day 1: 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. These workouts are not getting any easier. In this one Caroline clearly looked like she was struggling--more than she sometimes appears to struggle in other workouts. Just like in Day 1, you will do a body weight … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 3: ‘Starting with only Bodyweight Squats?’
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. OMG this workout was tough! Though Caroline provides lots of detailed info about this program within the CGX app, during the intro she gives an overview of the program. P.E. stands for both Pre and Post Exhaust. … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 1: ‘It was those Bulgarians…’
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This workout was tough. Not sure if the fact I am not sleeping well lately contributed to how tough it was, but I was working hard. And it might just be because I mixed things up, training-wise, … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 5: Quads & Glutes Circuit
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. OMG this workout felt brutal to me--at least starting at the bridges (#12 below). It was definitely working me well prior to that, but by the end of 4 sets of bridges my hamstrings were fried. Then … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 3: ‘Lengthened’ Emphasis (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 the first workout in Caroline Girvan's 10 week Intent program. This is also the first workout in the hybrid rotation I am doing that combines CGX Intent, CGX P.E. (I do that first workout next … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 1: ‘Seek Out the Challenge’ Lower Body