Anyone else doing Caroline Girvan's EPIC programme?

@Melassa.... I always do bridges instead of hip thrusts! My excuse is that I do not have a suitable chair to hand. But if I'm honest it's because I hate hip thrusts...

@wetpants..... I thought Dexa scans measure bone density?

@BigButtons I enjoyed the calf session this morning!

I have to skip the work out tomorrow morning and do it on Thursday instead. I can’t do another on Friday either and not on the weekend too as visiting the family after a long break. Sligthly annoying but I just need to embrace the break.

On Friday I’m going to a Dexa scan, excited!! Will be interesting to see what my fat/muscle ratio is.

@OrangeSunset. I did bridges instead of hip thrusts for one glutes session, when I was without a suitable chair. I think it was one of her alternative options too.

Still need to do day 16. Not had a moment to myself and now need to cook dinner. Might do it before bed. Not terribly enticed by triceps but needs must. I would put off but I don’t want to miss too many days.

Heat Day 8 (back/biceps) and 11 (glutes) completed in last couple of days. Back one was ok, i managed most of it but the glutes one I found v tedious. Also does anyone know if it’s ok to vary hip thrusts to bridges? Did all the same moves but from the mat as opposed to a chair.

Despite these workouts feeling a bit more repetitive than some others, I am still impressed with the improvements around my middle - just feel more toned.

Going to try and challenge myself on the weights for the next few. Though mine go up in 2.5kg increments which feels a bit gap, esp for things like shoulder press.

@BigButtons - I agree about daily 3-4 minute planks. But there's also this...

Neat little abs workout from Caroline, if you want a change from Rebecca's. Mainly situps of various kinds:

And here is Lucy's Thighs & Glutes:

Hi. It's probably in this (long) thread somewhere but could someone please link to the LWR thighs video everyone is recommending?

I'm fairly new to CG although not new to exercise! I'm kind of working through her Heat programme but running rather than any cardio/HIIT sessions.

I wasn’t but my DM was, so I have some family connections. Yes to lovely food! And wine! Oddly enough despite all the pasta and risotto when I moved out here from the U.K. I lost weight, I find I eat a lot more stodge when I visit England and end up with indigestion. Everything has too much bread or pastry (and I’m partial to a nice cheese and onion pasty). I hadn’t really noticed before I moved away.

During the first lockdown it was grim, we weren’t allowed out at all unless for food shopping or pharmacy. We had a piece of paper where you needed to state your reasons and it was checked by police. Only 1 person per family too. I went out to the supermarket once with my DD and risked a fine. There were queues round the block as only a few people at a time were let in. I had backache then so was doing a lot of yoga, I did try a few weights with Heather Robinson but nothing taxing. I was pretty inactive and lost weight as I reckon a lost a lot of muscle. Then it got replaced with fat!

@BigButtons I tried the LWR, not too painful (maybe I’m doing it wrong?) but the muscles do feel pleasantly worked afterwards. And oh so short! That and the RL abs. I quite like short nuggets.

I work in consultancy, mainly marketing and comms, and I used to travel a lot between offices, which was thankfully knocked on the head during lockdown (one of the better collateral effects). It’ll be my first trip since end of February 2020, when Milan first locked down. A different world ago now.

You are most likely right but I love the changes I am seeing.

This is what keeps me going. At the risk of sounding like a CG crazy FB lady I worry that if I take too many short cuts or skive too much, the “magic” won’t happen. I still feel bad about having missed 2 days last week!

Well, after @BigButtons description of EH day 15 HIIT I chickened out and did a growingannanas low impact session instead. But for penance I will do day 16 plus a quick leg workout tomorrow. Then 2 days of long train journeys, restaurants and wine, which I’ll definitely need to work off when I get back.

On another note, I bought a jacket from Vinted . I hope it fits, a lot of jackets don’t have much boobage but thankfully this is a style that can be worn open

Oh it's own weight I guess...

Anna also has quite a few full body workouts with weights.

(What's OW ?)

@wetpants no it wasn’t. I could also do all the moves, unlike the previous day. I did like the fact there were only a couple of exercises per area, so you got a good general workout as opposed to killing one area. Mind you the killing one area ones are probably more useful in terms of results.

@FlowerArranger I do sometimes think of binning an exercise, then I worry that I might be missing a body defining move, so I end up attempting them all. Mind you, some exercises I hated, like the Bulgarian lunges, no longer irritate me. Only the hip thrusts annoy me now because they make me cringe at teeth level. No idea why.

Actually it’s been a while since we had a push-up medley with the skull crusher version included, so plenty to hate still.

@Melassa See, Day14 wasn’t too bad was it? I’ve earmarked it as one to do if I fancy a general full body session in the future. None of the moves didn’t feel like they were going on too much, it had a nice steady variations throughout.

I also love coats.. need to do a cull, some are now too big for me. I guess it’s a nice problem to have.

I’m going to skip Day15 hiit and go straight to Day16 tomorrow.

@BigButtons I left both of the FB groups last week. I found the talk about nutrition really annoyed me (for my own reasons).