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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. Though the title of this workout says it is quad focused, I felt this in my entire lower body. Yes, the quads got a lot of work, but so did my glutes and hamstrings. Just like Day … Continue reading CGX: Cluster Series Day 1: Leg Day … Quad Focused
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Wow. I knew this was going to be a tough workout but Caroline fried my upper body! I had back up weights sitting close-by, but I powered through. The second time through the circuit my muscles were … Continue reading CGX: Cluster Series Day 2: Chest, Triceps & Shoulders
Full Body Workout is Day 39 in Heather Robertson‘s 12 Week 4.0 program. This was a very metabolic total body strength workout. It is comprised of compound exercises, meaning there are no isolation exercises that focus on a single muscle group. All of these exercises work multiple muscle groups in the same exercise--often upper and … Continue reading Day 39: Full Body Workout (Compound Exercises) / HR12WEEK 4.0
Full Body Strength & Power is Day 29 in Heather Robertson‘s 12 Week 4.0 program. Wow! This was an intense workout. Heather works your entire body. The first circuit is lower body strength, the second circuit is upper body focus and the third circuit is total body exercises. I found it very metabolic. According to … Continue reading Day 29: Full Body Strength & Power / HR12WEEK 4.0
Lower Body Strength Workout (Unilateral Training) is Day 26 in Heather Robertson‘s 12 Week 4.0 program. I love unilateral workouts and this is a very good one but since it was created by Heather, there is something you need to be cognizant of before you start this (or any of Heather's) unilateral workouts. She does … Continue reading Day 26: Lower Body Strength Workout (Unilateral Training) / HR12WEEK 4.0
Upper Body Strength Supersets & AMRAP is Day 27 in Heather Robertson‘s 12 Week 4.0 program. This was a tough upper body strength workout! I started out strong but since each exercises is repeated 3 times I had to drop to lighter dumbbells for subsequent sets on some of the exercises. And that AMRAP at … Continue reading Day 27: Upper Body Strength Supersets & AMRAP / HR12WEEK 4.0
30 Min. Full Body Mobility | Primal X Animal Style is a very active mobility routine. This is the second Julia Reppel routine I've done. This workout starts slow, warming you up, then continues to build until you get to the ape and crab movements. I actually started sweating during this routine! This workout takes … Continue reading 30 Min. Full Body Mobility | Primal x Animal Style | Intermediate-Advanced
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 great workout to end the Unleash Series with--for me that is. I did the Unleash workouts out of order so this is the last workout in the series for me. Plyometrics are back to … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Day 29: Full Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another excellent lower body workout to completely fry your glutes and hamstrings. This is also another perfect opportunity to increase the weight you use for hip thrusts. So I did. This time I bumped my weight up … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Series Day 28: Glutes & Hamstrings
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 final workout in the Unleash Series; however, since I do not do them in the exact numbered order, I still have two more Unleash workouts to do. This was a good finisher to the … Continue reading CGX: Unleash Day 30: Shoulders & Arms