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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 and killer lower body strength workout. You do 4 sets of many of the exercises but Caroline gives you a long rest between sets--at least at the beginning. Around the halfway mark the … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 25: “Not WHAT you lift…HOW you lift” (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 thorough upper body workout that will really give your biceps and triceps a good pump, especially at the end. The format is one long circuit that is repeated 3 times. Caroline gives good attention … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 24: “It’s all in here” (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 really nice, well balanced lower body workout--until you get to the finisher when Caroline fries the quads. It is one long circuit that is done 3 times. Within that circuit you hit both the … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 23: Plenty of Glutes but Quad Finisher
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 upper body workout. The intervals are long and it gets tough. I had back up weights setting nearby for every exercise but pushed through and didn't end up using any … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 22: ‘Don’t lose out on mechanical tension on the way down’ (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 killer lower body endurance level workout. It wasn't just kicking my butt--at times Caroline was losing steam, too! This is a pretty metabolic workout. I burned 450 calories and spend more than half of the workout … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 21: RDLs, Hip Thrusts & Lots of Lunges
10 Min Rebounder Abs w/ handlebar is an add on/finisher workout from Michelle Briehler. I love Michelle's short rebounder workouts. They are the perfect add on/finishers. I also loved her other handlebar workouts so I decided to give this one a try. It's definitely not my favorite but it does the job if you are … Continue reading 𝟏𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐁𝐒 ⟫ 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐫 ⟫ 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐨𝐮𝐭
38 Min Full Body Strength Superset + HIIT Finisher is Day 20 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. I found this workout very challenging this morning. I think it partially had to do with the fact I slept poorly, partially because my arms and shoulders are still sore from Day 19 Power Pilates but mainly … Continue reading 38 MIN Full Body Strength Supersets + HIIT Finisher // Day 20: HR12WEEK 5.0
41 Min Power Pilates is Day 19 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. Heather's power pilates workouts are killer! They kick my butt every time. She says at the beginning that this is a high rep/light weight workout and I did use lighter dumbbells than I normally would for most of the exercises but for … Continue reading 41MIN Power Pilates // Day 19: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Full Body Calisthenics & Core is Day 18 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This was a tough full body workout. Since you are not using dumbbells, Heather finds other ways to burn out your muscles using only your body weight (and a yoga block). You get isometric holds and plyo. Some of … Continue reading 40MIN Full Body Calisthenics & Core // Day 18: HR12WEEK 5.0
35 Min Upper Body Strength is Day 17 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. Though this upper body workout does hit everything in some fashion, the main focus is the shoulders. In the intro Heather says the last circuit works the chest and back but the delts are a shoulder muscle. Your back is only … Continue reading 35MIN Upper Body Strength // Day 17: HR12WEEK 5.0