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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 entire workout (not just the individual supersets) is "pre" exhaust. Caroline starts you out with 4 sets of a superset that will thoroughly fatigue your back and biceps. By the time you get to the more … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 8: ‘Biceps about to burst’ session (Upper Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Caroline gives us another tough upper body workout in the P.E. Program. This one fries your chest, shoulders and triceps. I had back up weights for nearly every exercise and I used them for most exercises. I … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 6: ‘Pec, Delt & Tricep Pump Guaranteed’ Upper Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. In the intro Caroline does not talk about why she gave this workout the title of "Concentric Slowing". The concentric portion of an exercise is the lifting (eccentric is the lowering). I did not notice Caroline lifting … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 10: Concentric Slowing Upper Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. In this workout Caroline hits the back, chest and shoulders with slow and controlled movement. For the single arm rotational rows you emphasize the stretch at the bottom of the row, which is a little different that … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 8: Take the Harder Route (Upper Body)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. When I saw the title of this workout I was definitely nervous and felt more than a little dread about the finisher. But it wasn't just the finisher that was brutal! This is a fast paced circuit … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 6: Longest Bicep Finisher Upper Body
43 Min Upper Body Strength is Day 2 in Heather Robertson's HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an excellent upper body workout. Use weights that challenge you and your upper body will be worked thoroughly. This is a circuit based workout. There are 4 circuits and each circuit is done twice. You start with a shoulder … Continue reading 43MIN Upper Body Strength // Day 2: 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. These P.E. workouts are tough! I am learning that you cannot lift as heavy as you normally do so I had lots of back up weights ready to go and also went straight to lighter than usual … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 4: ‘Absolute Muscular Failure on Last Curl’ Upper Body
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. Day 2 of the P.E. program was no easier than Day 1--it was just my upper body that was beaten up. I did take some lessons learned from Day 1 into Day 2 and made sure I … Continue reading CGX: P.E. Program Day 2: ‘Pushed to the Limit’
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This was another tough upper body workout and it is heavy on shoulder work. You work your chest and back but the primarily focus is the shoulders. And mine were fried by the end. Especially since the … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 4: Rows & Flyes ‘The Stretch’
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This was a tough upper body strength workout. Most of the workout is done superset style. The first part of the workout pairs opposing muscle groups (back and chest) and the rest of the supersets are shoulder … Continue reading CGX: Intent Program Day 2: ‘Quality Over Qty’ Upper Body