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40 Minute Glute Workout - Dumbbell + Band is Day 3 in Caroline Girvan's 5 Day Complex Series, and OMG, this was a brutal workout. I do plan to eventually do all of her Complex Series workouts but when I saw she created a glute focused one, I just had to work it into my … Continue reading 40 MINUTE GLUTE WORKOUT – Dumbbell + Band | Complex Series – Day 3
Dumbbell Upper Body Workout is Day 8 of Caroline Girvan's first EPIC program. I was particularly interested in this workout because she says this is a typical workout she would perform at the gym. She notes that even though people enjoy no repeat workouts, when you are strength training you need to embrace repetition. I … Continue reading Day 8 of EPIC | Dumbbell Upper Body Workout
Dynamite Dumbbell HIIT Workout -- Full Body is Day 45 in Caroline Girvan's EPIC Heat program. OMG. This workout kicked my a$$! I have been doing a lot of Caroline's dumbbell HIIT workouts lately and I think this one might be the most intense of hers that I've done yet. This is a cardio workout … Continue reading DYNAMITE Dumbbell HIIT Workout – Full Body | EPIC Heat – Day 45
20 Min Upper Body Workout at Home with Resistance Band is an excellent upper body strength workout for travel/when you are away from home. Personally, I would not use this workout other times because I prefer dumbbells. But since I have a long vacation coming up, I am trying a lot of band workouts to … Continue reading 20 Min Upper Body Workout at Home with Resistance Band
Hamstring & Glute Isolation Workout is Day 12 in Caroline Girvan's EPIC II program. This is another excellent glute focused workout. Caroline creates some of the very best. I have been working out consistently for nearly 20 years so I don't see "results" anymore. The results I achieve from my workouts are usually strength gains. … Continue reading Hamstring & GLUTE Isolation Workout / Dumbbells | EPIC II – Day 12
Disciplined Dumbbell HIIT Workout is Day 10 in Caroline Girvin's EPIC Heat program. Since this is a HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) workout using dumbbells, the moves are all done to a brisk pace so you cannot lift heavy dumbbells. Caroline is using 17.6 pound dumbbells which is light for her. I, however, cannot lift … Continue reading Disciplined Dumbbell HIIT Workout / Full Body | EPIC Heat – Day 10
15 Minute HIIT Dumbbell Workout at Home is an add on/finisher workout from Caroline Girvan. I used it this morning in combination with Caroline's Disciplined Dumbbell HIIT Workout from her EPIC Heat program. Normally I would use a workout like this as a finisher but I know from experience that Caroline's EPIC Heat workouts usually … Continue reading Dumbbell HIIT Workout at Home | 15 Minutes
8 Minute Glute Workout at Home | Booty Band is a short add on/finisher workout from Caroline Girvan, which is how I used it this morning. Today was my cardio day so after bouncing with Naomi Joy for 45 minutes, I did this little booty band workout before returning to Naomi's workout for the stretch. … Continue reading 8 Minute Glute Workout at Home | Booty Band
Beast Mode Complex Full Body Workout is Day 24 of Caroline Girvan's EPIC Heat program. Wow. The title is appropriate. Caroline was in beast mode when she created this workout. This was a tough workout. Very metabolic. Caroline's complex workouts can be brutal. The 30 second recovery between 3 minute complexes didn't seem like enough … Continue reading BEASTMODE Complex Full Body Workout | EPIC Heat – Day 24
Low Impact No Repeats HIIT Workout (No Equipment) is another excellent cardio + strength workout from Heather Robertson. The strength is all body weight strength and the cardio is all low impact. This is actually the format I like Heather's no repeat workouts the best--body weight workouts. I found this one to be a little … Continue reading Low Impact No Repeats HIIT Workout (No Equipment)