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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 an excellent upper body strength workout. Though the focus is the back, you are doing compound exercises that hit every muscle group in your upper body. I felt this workout the most in my back … Continue reading CGX: The Back
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This is another excellent upper body strength workout. Like it's counterpart, The Back, this workout hits more than the title muscle group. Combine the two workouts and you are working your entire upper body in just under … Continue reading CGX: The Chest
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 lower body workout. For most of the exercises the intervals are shorter and the rests are longer so you can lift heavier and really challenge yourself with the weight you use. I bumped … Continue reading CGX: 55 min glutes & hamstrings
45 Min Upper Body Dumbbell Workout is another excellent strength workout from Chris & Edi. They are new to me trainers. I did one of their lower body workouts yesterday and loved it, so I quickly swapped the workout I had planned this morning with this one. And this one did not disappoint. My upper … Continue reading Chris & Edi: 45 Min UPPER BODY DUMBBELL WORKOUT | Strength & Muscle Building
Chris & Edi are new to me YouTube trainers that were recommended to me by a reader of this blog (thank you!!! 🙏🏻). It took me a while to get to them because I was in the midst of a 10 1/2 month rotation but now that I'm done with that, I picked out one … Continue reading Chris & Edi: 45 Min DUMBBELL LOWER BODY STRENGTH WORKOUT | Glutes, Hamstrings & Core Focus
42 Min Upper Body Strength is Day 57 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is a tough and thorough upper body strength workout. It is full of compound moves that work multiple upper body muscle groups. For the first circuit you will work the shoulders and biceps. The second circuit the focus is back, … Continue reading 42MIN Upper Body Strength // Day 57: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Lower Body Strength & Power is Day 56 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an intense lower body strength workout--particularly if you are lifting heavier dumbbells like Heather recommends. She also gives the rep range to shoot for: 8-10 reps. And that is what I got for straight sets but for … Continue reading 40MIN Lower Body Strength & Power // Day 56: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Pilates Glute Shaper is Day 54 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This workout was much tougher than I expected it to be. Outside of the first part of the warm up, this workout is done entirely on the mat. All mat based lower body strength work. I did wear 2 pound ankle … Continue reading 40MIN Pilates Glute Shaper // Day 54: HR12WEEK 5.0
41 Min Total Upper Body Strength is Day 52 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This was an intense and thorough upper body strength workout that gets metabolic in places. Heather hits every upper body muscle group through both isolation and compound movements. I modified one of the exercises to protect my back and to … Continue reading 41 MIN Total Upper Body Strength // Day 52: HR12WEEK 5.0
42 Min Unilateral Lower Body Strength is Day 51 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an intense metabolic lower body strength workout. Heather elevates your heart rate and works all of your lower body muscle groups while doing it. As the title indicates, there is a lot of unilateral work. You will work … Continue reading 42MIN Unilateral Lower Body Strength // Day 51: HR12WEEK 5.0