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40 Min Power Pilates is Day 49 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. Heather's power pilates workouts are always tough and this one was no exception. Since the back hasn't been worked yet this week, and this workout contains two exercises that hit the back, I decided to challenge myself with my weight choice. But … Continue reading 40 MIN Power Pilates // Day 49: HR12WEEK 5.0
42 Min Bi's, Tri's & Shoulders is Day 35 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. After Heather fried my chest and back in Day 32, I decided to be a little more conservative with my weight selection in this arm and shoulder workout. Each circuit focuses on a single muscle group and you repeat each … Continue reading 42MIN Bi’s, Tri’s & Shoulders // Day 35: HR12WEEK 5.0
42 Min Bicep, Tricep & Shoulder Workout is Day 25 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is a great arms and shoulder workout. Heather really fries each muscle group before moving onto the next. First she hits your biceps then you triceps and ends with your shoulders. Then you get a 4 minute finisher … Continue reading 42MIN Bicep, Tricep & Shoulders Workout // Day 25: 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
Another PHA workout! PHA stands for Peripheral Heart Action. What this means in training terms is you alternate between upper and lower body resistance exercises, allowing as little rest as possible between each movement. The lack of rest and recovery keeps your heart rate elevated for cardiovascular and fat burning benefits, while switching between upper … Continue reading Cathe Live: #348 PHA – No Repeats
I love most of Cathe's PHA workouts and she has so many Live ones! This is another great one. It moves at a pretty quick pace though she does give you water breaks, which I always appreciate. As the title says, there are no repeats. PHA stands for Peripheral Heart Action. What this means in … Continue reading Cathe Live: #366 PHA: Supersets 2 – No Repeats
This workout is part of Cathe Friedrich's Lift, Move & Restore program. This program contains workouts for people who are fit but aging and want to take things down a notch but also want to age well. She notes that these workouts can also be used as recovery workouts for advanced exercisers. Functional Upper Body … Continue reading Lift, Move & Restore: Functional 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 short little add on/finisher to give your lower body/glutes some additional work. Because the intervals are so long (and the recoveries so short) I expected it to be harder than it was. It did … Continue reading CGX: Ankle Weight Workout
30 Minute Upper Body & Boxing Burner Workout is a cardio + strength workout from Sydney Cummings. This is the first strength workout I have done by Sydney. So far I have only done her foam rolling or flexibility workouts, which I really like. However this looked pretty cool so I decided to give it … Continue reading 30 Minute Upper Body & Boxing Burner Workout | WORK – Day 14
Arm Strength & Sculpt Workout is Day 44 in Heather Robertson‘s 12 Week 4.0 program. This is an excellent and thorough arm and shoulder workout. Each circuit is dedicated to a muscle group and by the time we finished with the circuit (done 3 times), the muscle group being worked was fried! This was also … Continue reading Day 44: Arm Strength & Sculpt Workout / HR12WEEK 4.0