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37 Min Quads & Calves Strength & Sprint is Day 24 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This was a leg burner that gets pretty metabolic at times. For the calf raises, I held a dumbbell in each hand rather than holding one goblet style. I am limited on what I can hold for that … Continue reading 37MIN Quads & Calves Strength + Sprint // Day 24: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Chest & Back Strength + Sprint is Day 22 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is a great upper body workout that really highlights strength imbalances. There is some unilateral work for both the back and the chest. For the chest, I was surprised at how much stronger my left arm was. … Continue reading 40MIN Chest & Back Strength + Sprint // Day 22: HR12WEEK 5.0
43 Min Glutes & Hamstrings is Day 21 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This workout starts Phase 2 of the program and Heather encourages you to lift heavier dumbbells. She said the pace will be slower so you will do less reps. I found this to be an excellent lower body strength workout. Every … Continue reading 43MIN Glutes & Hamstrings // Day 21: 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 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 workout, like Day 1, is done PHA style. For more information on PHA, see Day 1's post. I did not love this workout nearly as much as I did Day 1 but it is still a … Continue reading CGX: Max Day 2: A higher rep output!
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's new 10 week Max Program. All of the workouts in this program are total body strength workouts. As of today, Caroline has only posted 12 of the 50 Max workouts … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 1: The most ‘well known’ compounds to start!
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