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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. It felt great to be lifting dumbbells again! I took a week off due to shoulder pain. My shoulder is better now, but I still took it easy with the weights I lifted. This is a high … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 24: Full Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. In this workout, Caroline works the glutes and hamstrings hard then finishes you off with a long abdominal section that really fatigued my abs. The finisher actually felt too easy to me (booty band work) but I … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 23: Glutes & Abs
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 upper body workout that focuses on the back and chest with a bit of shoulders. The biceps and triceps assist with most of the exercises, so basically everything is getting worked. I was … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 22: 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 was a challenging lower body workout. Caroline works the quads, the hamstrings and the glutes in this workout. I am slowly but surely working on increasing my weight. Lunges are still pretty challenging for me with … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 21: Leg Day
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 very enjoyable full body workout that is done PHA style. PHA stands for Peripheral Heart Action. What this means in training terms is you alternate between upper and lower body resistance exercises. Switching between … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 19: Full 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 shoulder workout and not fun for me like most of the other workouts in this program. It is 42 minutes of hitting the shoulders hard. It starts with the shorter intervals and longer … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 20: Shoulders
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 that fried my glutes and hamstrings. I love it! I am lifting heavier every workout. It's never a huge jump in weight, but I'm increasing the weight I use for some exercises … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 18: Glutes & Hamstrings
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another excellent upper body workout. Caroline does a great job thoroughly working the chest and back muscles. And because she works them with such a variety of exercises, all of your upper body muscles are getting worked … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 17: Back & Chest
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 killer and kicked my butt. My quads were fatiguing by the halfway mark. The first time we do Bulgarian lunges I was experimenting a lot to figure out what worked best and the consensus … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 16: ‘All Quads’ Day
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 tough and thorough full body workout. Caroline hits all the large muscle groups and since the smaller muscle groups assist, everything worked. Like the other full body workouts in this program so far, the … Continue reading CGX: Iron Pro Program Day 14: It’s time for our weekly Full Body