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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 is a tough and excellent total body strength workout. You are primarily doing straight sets though Caroline labels some of them as supersets. That is because you are doing a unilateral exercise and you do not … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 4: 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 workout! Caroline fried all areas of my shoulders plus my triceps. I had back up weights at the ready for most of the exercises and as you can see below, I dropped to … Continue reading CGX: Iron Program Day 5: Shoulders & Triceps
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. I used this workout as a finisher after doing Caroline's CGX Iron Program Day 2, which is also an upper body workout that works the chest, so my upper body was already fatigued when I came to … Continue reading CGX: Most Intense Chest & Tri Drop
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 kettlebell workout! Though it is a total body strength workout it hit my shoulders the hardest. On most of the exercises that include shoulder work I could not keep pace with Caroline. Which … Continue reading CGX: Kettlebell Complex Full Body
Body Parts Chest + Body Parts Triceps are two workouts in Cathe Friedrich‘s STS 2.0 program; The program contains 26 workouts. I am doing the 12 week STS 2.0 rotation. If you purchased the DVD version of STS 2.0 like I did, both of these workouts come together on one DVD. In addition to the two … Continue reading STS 2.0: Body Parts Chest + Body Parts Triceps
This workout is part of Cathe Friedrich‘s STS 2.0 program which contains 26 workouts. I am doing the 12 week STS 2.0 rotation. This was an awesome upper body strength workout. Especially after just finishing Phase 1 with all of the total body workouts. And though there are some drawbacks to all of the equipment required for … Continue reading STS 2.0: Upper Body 1
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 long metabolic strength workout. Between the warm up and the workout, it is 75 minutes! I was worn out at by the end of this and my shoulders were fried. I feel like my … Continue reading CGX: 1 Hour Kettlebell Full Body Workout
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. I am not sure how the structure of this workout qualifies as "straight sets" but it doesn't matter--it is a tough and solid upper body strength workout that will really pump up your biceps, triceps and shoulders. … Continue reading CGX: Shoulders and Arms Straight Sets
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 short but excellent chest workout. Your triceps will get some work, too. Though "express" is in the title, Caroline does not rush you through anything. Plus, you get the longer recoveries so you can … Continue reading CGX: Express Chest Workout
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 tricep workout! The entire workout is done on the mat--either laying on your back, in plank or laying on your stomach. And since the recoveries are short, your triceps will definitely be feeling … Continue reading CGX: ‘Elbows in’ Triceps