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Lower Body Strength Workout // Dumbbells and Booty Band is a tough lower body workout from Naomi Joy. This workout is done AMRAP style (explained below) and will really burn out your legs and glutes. I am still using lighter than normal dumbbells due to my back but it didn't matter--even lighter dumbbells were plenty … Continue reading Naomi Joy Fitness: Lower Body Strength Workout //Dumbbells and Booty Band
What a wonderful day! After a full week of back pain limiting me, I returned this morning to a normal workout (for me). In fact, this is the workout I had scheduled for last Saturday that my back put an abrupt stop to. But after being able to rebound for an hour yesterday and do … Continue reading Naomi Joy Fitness: Rebounder Workout With Weights (Strength + Cardio Circuit) Mini Trampoline Workout
It's been a rough week. On Saturday morning my back went out and I've been in pain ever since. I've been reduced to yoga for back pain workouts. I found 4 workouts by Jessica Smith for people with back pain and every morning for the past few days I have attempted this one but could … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: 20-Minute Total Body Strength [Back Friendly] Workout
Good Resistance Training Exercises for Bad Backs: 7 Minute Workout is a short little resistance band workout from Jessica Smith to use when your back is hurting. The focus is upper body strength. Jessica suggests repeating it several times. I just used it in conjunction with several of her other workouts for back pain (see … Continue reading JessicaSmithTV: Good Resistance Training Exercises for Bad Backs: 7-Minute Workout
Booty Builder: Lower Body Strength Workout is Day 9 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week Program. This was a tough metabolic lower body strength workout! I chalk that entirely up to the interval times. You only get 10 seconds of rest between intervals and it gets brutal. Circuit 2 and Circuit 4 especially kicked my butt … Continue reading Booty Builder: Lower Body Strength Workout // Day 9 HR12WEEK 2.0
Brawny Back and Biceps Workout + Abs & Core is Day 8 in Caroline Girvan's EPIC Endgame. Another tough upper body strength workout from Caroline. She hits everything hard in this workout--back, biceps and abs. She was really burning out during the ab work and during the finisher. The ab work was killing me, too! … Continue reading BRAWNY Back and Biceps Workout + Abs & Core | EPIC Endgame Day 8
Lifted Lower Body Workout is Day 7 in Caroline Girvan's EPIC Endgame program. This was a tough lower body workout! Caroline kept burning my muscles out! I love how she pairs the exercises for the supersets. The first exercise is usually one using dumbbells and the second exercise is usually a body weight version of … Continue reading LIFTED Lower Body Workout – Dumbbell Leg Day | EPIC Endgame Day 7
Shoulders, Chest & Triceps Superset Workout is Day 6 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week Program. This is a good upper body workout but not Heather's best. It felt more metabolic to me than anything else but there are some solid strength exercises. I did get a good workout but this is not one I will … Continue reading Shoulders, Chest & Triceps Superset Workout // Day 6 HR12WEEK 2.0
Upper Body Strength Workout with Dumbbells is an excellent strength workout from Naomi Joy that works the entire upper body. She doesn't miss a muscle group and does it all in just under 26 minutes. Naomi included a couple of really tough exercises in this workout--one was new to me. That one is the bicep … Continue reading Naomi Joy Fitness: Upper Body Strength Workout With Dumbbells
Unilateral Upper Body: Back & Biceps Workout is Day 8 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week Program. This was a tough upper body workout! I hit muscle failure a few times! Heather worked my back very well in this workout. She worked my biceps well, too. In fact, in Circuit 2 she has an exercise (#5) … Continue reading Unilateral Upper Body: Back & Biceps Workout // Day 8 HR12WEEK 2.0