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Total Body Barbell is a high rep total body strength workout from Cathe Friedrich. At the end of 2023 Cathe released 4 stand alone workouts that are not part of a program/series.You can get this workout on DVD or download or stream it if you are subscribed to Cathe’s On Demand streaming. I was really looking forward to doing … Continue reading Total Body Barbell
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This a a great workout to open the last week of the Iron program with. It is a solid upper body strength training workout that works the muscles to fatigue. It is short but it is thorough. … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 47: 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 a thorough upper body strength workout. Caroline hits every upper body muscle group and, because the intervals are shorter than usual, you can challenge yourself to lift heavier. Which is a great thing! It's week … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 42: Upper Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. I really enjoy unilateral workout so I was looking forward to this workout. The rest/recoveries in this workout are short which does make it metabolic but because everything is done unilaterally you don't need as long to … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 39: 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 workout was killer. My arms and shoulders are still feeling fried! As you can see in the break down I had to keep dropping to lighter weights. You do a circuit of 7 exercises 3 times. … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 37: Chest & Triceps
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another tough upper body workout. In this workout you alternate straight sets with supersets. Those supersets can really fry the muscle group being worked. The first superset for the triceps really burned out mine. I was grateful … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 30: Shoulders, Chest & Triceps
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. For such a short workout, this is very thorough. This was the second workout I did today. I started with Iron Program Day 27: Back & Alternating Curl Biceps so my back and biceps were already well … Continue reading CGXmas Day 7: 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 a circuit workout using the PHA technique. PHA stands for Peripheral Heart Action. What this means in training terms is that you alternate between upper and lower body resistance exercises, allowing as little rest as … Continue reading CGX: Iron 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. I was very excited to do this workout because this weekend I completely rearranged my workout room. Now my bench press is always ready for some chest presses--no set up required. Plus I bought a big gym … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 22: Complete 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 solid full body workout but I didn't love it. I don't know why but it left me wanting more. Caroline hits every muscle group and my muscles were working hard--burning out even during the … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 19: Straight & Supersets Full Body