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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 high rep, endurance level workout with long intervals and lots of pauses to really fry your lower body. There is a lot of quad focus but you are working the glutes and hamstrings, too. … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 41: ‘Tension to the Quads’ Lower Body
Who doesn't want a bulletproof spine? I love Julia Reppel's mobility workouts and I love working my back, so of course I was going to do this workout! And having now done it, I love it! I did it on my recovery day. Maybe it is a little a little much for a recovery day … Continue reading 30 Min. Bulletproof Spine | Upper Back & Lower Back – Mobility & Strength w/ Weights
43 Min Leg Day (Quads & Calves) Strength + Sprint is Day 39 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This was a tough lower body workout; especially the first two circuits. Holding a heavy dumbbell goblet style doesn't just work your lower body, it works your shoulders, arms and core. By the time we got … Continue reading 43MIN Leg Day (Quads & Calves) Strength + Sprint // Day 39: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Upper Body Strength Workout (Back, Bi's & Tri's) is Day 40 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This was an excellent and very enjoyable upper body strength workout. I did modify some of the exercises to protect my back and to lift heavier. For the gorilla rows I used a step and did … Continue reading 40MIN Upper Body Strength Workout (Back, Bi’s & Tri’s) // Day 40: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Chest & Shoulders is Day 37 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. Though this is technically a chest and shoulder workout, it is the shoulders that are carrying the workout. Mine were fried by the end! Heather hits the shoulders from every angle. I challenged myself to use 10 pound dumbbells for a … Continue reading 40MIN Chest & Shoulders // Day 37: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Glutes & Hamstrings Strength Supersets is Day 36 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is a great lower body workout that focuses on the glutes and hamstrings but you get also get some inner thigh work as well. I wonder if my inner thighs will be sore after those butterfly bridges! The … Continue reading 40MIN Glutes & Hamstrings Strength Supersets // Day 36: HR12WEEK 5.0
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another tough and thorough back and bicep workout--didn't we just do one a few days ago (Day 36)? That's okay, I love working my back so I won't complain. I did end up dropping to lighter weights … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 40: ‘Insane amount of tension…mission will be accomplished!’ (Upper Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Another tough lower body workout. This workout is made up of 3 supersets. Each superset is done 3 times before moving on to the next. Each superset is made up of one weighted exercise followed by a … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 39: ‘Bodyweight likely the more challenging!’ (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 is a very tough upper body workout. Caroline really looks like she is suffering through the course of this workout. I was, too! This workout hits the chest, triceps and shoulders, and she fries the shoulders … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 38: ‘Plenty of pressing!’ (Upper Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Wow! The title is no joke. My biceps were pumped after (and during!) this workout. This is an excellent back and biceps workout. Caroline fries your biceps with pulses that pre-fatigue the biceps before getting into any … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 36: ‘Transient hypertrophy definitely occurring in the finisher!’ (Upper Body)