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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. This workout is done PHA style. For more information on PHA, see Day 1’s post. This was another very enjoyable total body workout. With the longer intervals it is designed to be higher rep but I also felt … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 8: Playing with different foot positions in bridges!
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This workout is done PHA style. For more information on PHA, see Day 1’s post. This a high rep/endurance level workout. I did not find it nearly as enjoyable as yesterday's workout, but I did still like it. … Continue reading CGX: Max Program Day 7: Higher rep session with ‘constant’ tension flyes
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 lower body workout! The intervals are long so it is high rep/endurance level. It is one long circuit and it kicked my butt. Very metabolic. It was wearing Caroline out, too. By the … Continue reading CGX: Intent Day 29: 4 Compounds & 1 Isolation Lower Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. As the title indicates, the focus of this workout is to fry your rear delt muscles. Caroline does a very good job of it. It is still a full upper body workout. You work your back, chest … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 28: Rear Delt Reps Upper 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 an endurance level/high rep lower body workout. The intervals are long so lighter weights are appropriate. I am also getting over a URI so I stuck with 20 pound dumbbells for everything except the bridges. … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 27: Lunges & Bridges and Abductions 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 morning my triceps are still sore from Day 22, so this was fun! But Caroline doesn't hit your triceps, at least not with any isolation exercises. This workout focuses on the biceps and the back. But … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 24: ‘End as we begin…bicep curls!’
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 upper body workout that focuses on the chest, the triceps and the shoulders. I had back up weights at the ready but I didn't actually use them till the end of the workout. … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 22: ‘To lift the arms for cool down…a struggle!’ (Upper 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. 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
41 Min Power Pilates is Day 19 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. Heather's power pilates workouts are killer! They kick my butt every time. She says at the beginning that this is a high rep/light weight workout and I did use lighter dumbbells than I normally would for most of the exercises but for … Continue reading 41MIN Power Pilates // Day 19: HR12WEEK 5.0