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EPIC!! Losing, gaining and groaning with Caroline Girvan

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BigButtons · 19/10/2021 21:16

New thread!

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fishonabicycle · 14/01/2022 07:06

I plan to! Got to choose a good full body for tonight ...

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BigButtons · 13/01/2022 22:22

@fishonabicycle keep doing with it. It’s so effective and so short. A hidden gem🙂

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fishonabicycle · 13/01/2022 21:27

The single leg wall sits at the beginning were impossible (for me!) Obviously need to practice them.

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BigButtons · 13/01/2022 20:39

@Melassa isn’t it just. Love that wall sit. I use 10kg for lower body and chest work. Need to up again soon.

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Melassa · 13/01/2022 20:21

Day 8 done here too. Plus a quick dash on my bike to pick up my Vinted purchases, with which I’m extremely pleased Smile, so I think I’ve been fairly active 🤣🤣🤣

I didn’t find it at all taxing, I think it might be time to up the weights from 8 to 10kg on the legs and back stuff. I will do day 7 on Saturday in order to balance after which I will increase the weights. I could be changing up or down on the adjustable weights but I’m far too lazy, once it’s in there it stays in there…

I must say I tried the wall sit thingy yesterday before going to bed and I found it strangely enjoyable. I think I might repeat it, it’s also something that can be done while answering emails or in a conference call (camera off obviously!), so it could be handy for those office days when I know I’ll be back too late.

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BigButtons · 13/01/2022 18:18

I love dead bugs but hate most of her abs

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Forgotmypasswordsgain · 13/01/2022 17:31

Just finished day 8 and did the extra add-on mainly as I was curious of what a dead bug was? My 5kg weights arrived so I used them for the back exercises when CG used 15kg but dropped back to 3kg for the renegade rows and biceps. I didn’t mind renegades on epic 1 but finding them harder lately, concentrating a lot more on my core so really feeling it through the body. I think I will take my rest day tomorrow and see if I can manage the full body on Sat.

Itsnotdeep · 13/01/2022 15:12

I did the ridiculous deadbug add on as my workout today plus LWR's thigh and glute workout.

Feel exhausted today, but need to do some cardio later I think. (as it's active rest day?).

Anjelika · 13/01/2022 14:24

Day 8 done. Got better at the dreaded (for me anyway) renegades as the routine went on. Had to modify most of the abs ones as my back was coming off the floor otherwise.

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BigButtons · 13/01/2022 08:33

@fishonabicycle it’s basically doing this: 10x burpees:1 squat 9x burpees:2 squats etc until you get to 1x burpee: 10squats.

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fishonabicycle · 13/01/2022 08:05

What is a burpee squat ladder?
Did day 4 yesterday - full body circuit - not too bad, although my right knee makes awful sounds when I do the lunges. I also did the loathed Bulgarians without a weight! And completed the sumo 100 well in time.

Forgotmypasswordsgain · 12/01/2022 19:16

@BigButtons thankfully they weren’t delivered so I could get a refund and reordered for tomorrow. Just a pair of neoprene 5kg weights from Argos as they have a sale on, I got the same 3kg ones and they’ve worked well.
I plan to do day 8 tomorrow and then possibly day 9 on Friday if I feel ok as I have netball Saturday.

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BigButtons · 12/01/2022 17:09

@Forgotmypasswordsgain oh no! What a pain. Hope they will re deliver soon. What have you ordered?

Just done day 8? Back and biceps. I got a bit bored of all the renegade rows. Finisher was tough.
Since doing this burpee/ squat ladder as a warm up each day I can really feel my lower abs have had a work out. I am trying to do the burpees properly rather than throwing myself recklessly to the floor as if I have just been shot in the back😂

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Forgotmypasswordsgain · 12/01/2022 12:09

Well they tried to deliver my weights 200 miles away to my old address so that solves my conundrum of whether to increase 😂😂

Forgotmypasswordsgain · 12/01/2022 09:58

I need to do day 7 later this afternoon but my new shiny 5kg weights are turning up this morning. Wondering whether to start with the 5kg and switch down if it gets too much or definitely for the finisher.

Itsnotdeep · 12/01/2022 09:34

Day 8 done. I enjoyed it. Good to have some abs stuff with the arms I think although I was completely uncoordinated on the first set of ab tucks.

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BigButtons · 11/01/2022 20:53

m.youtube.com/watch?v=gd7iOXJHvFw&t=980s
This one- I love it- be warned there are no pauses!

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Melassa · 11/01/2022 20:23

I also managed day 7 and no it wasn’t too bad. Except maybe for the dead stop lunges. But even then. Finished the finisher ages before her, but I did cheat a bit and brought my heels a lot nearer to my glutes.

I won’t do the add on as it’s late. Yesterday’s chest and triceps went by the wayside but I’ll do that on Thursday when I’m wfh.

Which one is the 15 min wall sit @BigButtons?

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BigButtons · 11/01/2022 15:46

Ha- I enjoyed that. Very do-able all round.

I will do that add on today I think.

I think what is really helping my leg stamina is doing her wall sits once a week. That has made such a difference (and of course epic 1 day 7- not once a week thoughShock).

Today I did one round of a burpee squat ladder as a warm up. That was really hard but it warmed me up properly. I am going to try and do that everyday before I exercise. I really need to build my cardio stamina too and get rid of my hatred of burpees.

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BigButtons · 11/01/2022 12:44

This looks like an 'easier' version of epic 1 day 7- we will see. I figure if I can just about get through that one can get through anything! ( fools self).

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Itsnotdeep · 11/01/2022 12:40

I'm also not loving it this time. I have to substitute all of the lunges and squats which meant that I was mostly doing RDLs today and the finisher.

Will try and do the add-on and an ab workout later.

Having said that, I did a yoga class today and found I had improved on some of the poses - can see improvement in my core and glutes. But that could just be from yoga rather than Caroline. Let's see.

StrikingMatches · 11/01/2022 11:08

Morning! I'm back from the gym after Day 7 lower body day. That was a knee trembler but not in a good way 🤣 I did the add on too, but flipping hate those Bulgarian lunges, my balance goes out of the window. At least it is done now. I found Day 5 hideous and had to modify so much I was starting to wonder whether EPIC is for me, but back on it today. 😅

fishonabicycle · 10/01/2022 21:49

I try to use two weights, as it makes both arms work equally hard - whereas if you use one weight, the stronger arm compensates for the weaker one I think?

Anyway, did the glute (day 3) - much better staying on the floor - felt like my glutes were working rather than hamstrings.

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BigButtons · 10/01/2022 20:12

@Anjelika exactly! Why is that. With 2 weights my hands get tired before my triceps. I might just stick with one heavier weight from now on- more me personally I think it would be more effective.
Need to go and do some shoulder stretches soon-l.

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Anjelika · 10/01/2022 19:48

@BigButtons I get you now. I call those skull crushers too. I find them much easier with just the 1 weight - even when the 1 weight is the equivalent of 2 - so say 6kg as opposed to 3kg in each hand. My arms were bloody shaking on the ones with weights in both hands today.