Getting fitter and stronger with Caroline Girvan- all welcome!

@BigButtons yes, the Chromecast works with both Android and iPhone (I have an iPhone too). Once you start playing the video on the CGX app there's an icon too right and if you click on that it will look for the Chromecast device and then cast the video on the TV screen. It was a real relief to find it because the third party apps were all awful as was the quality of the casting (plus most you had to pay eventually)

Endgame finished! My favourite programme so far - I've definitely put on some muscle with it. I've decided not to start the Beastmode App programme yet, I started Epic 3 today instead.
The App is designed to work with Chromecast, so if you can't cast to your TV because it's a few years old, Chromecast is a definite solution to get the App workouts on a bigger screen.

I have a friend who's tall and slim and has loads of energy - I couldn't believe it when I met her sister, who was small and plump. Turns out my friend takes after her dad and her sister takes after their mum, they look nothing alike!

You have literally just described my SILs 😂
One tall, slim, sporty, eats like a horse and never gains weight. One short and curvy and just needs to look at food... They don't even have the same hair or eye colour!

Loving the encouragement about week 4 @FrostyFifi

I think developing abs like that is partly hard work exercising, partly putting lots of effort into eating right, and partly genetic luck! I have a friend who's tall and slim and has loads of energy - I couldn't believe it when I met her sister, who was small and plump. Turns out my friend takes after her dad and her sister takes after their mum, they look nothing alike!

Lol @ Sorry, that's not till week 4.
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So I've just finished my second week of the Epic workouts...when will I start to look like CG??

Sorry, that's not till week 4.

In all seriousness I've been doing CG for well over a year and I look nothing like her but from what I've noticed on the fb group, people that are obviously ripped are very into their macro tracking as well.
While I may not look like her, or them, I can feel the mucles and feel so much fitter and stronger and that's what makes me happy.

I've done two weeks of beginners and just started day 1 of Iron yesterday. That was a LOT of squats and lunges, my poor knees!

@SynchOrSwim I weighed my DTS1 the other day, he weighs about the same amount as I have to lose I keep thinking how depressing it is that I need to lose a whole little person - he's 7!

I don't think the meal section is working very well for me on the app, must keep trying. Like @MelonB I'm keen to look like Caroline ASAP please although I have to say that even at the peak of my fitness about 15 a few years ago, I never had abs anything like hers!

So I've just finished my second week of the Epic workouts...when will I start to look like CG??

@MsBarbaraGood I need to lose a similar amount!

I'm desperately in need of losing some weight and toning up, have just downloaded the app and am encouraged by everyone's experiences! Now I just need to find the time to complete the workouts...

@DottyDry brilliant weight loss!! I have 4 stone to go

I'm new to CG - I quit the gym a few months ago as it was taking up too much time but any muscle I had turned to flab pretty quickly since. I've started her Beastmode program on the app, and am now in that phase of gently lowering myself onto the loo, and getting arm trembles if I try to raise them above waist height!

I was able to stream to the tv from the app fine, but we have a pretty new tv.

@SynchOrSwim If I remember correctly there are definitely tricep dips and some push ups in Iron, but you can always do push ups against a wall to start with: In the 'How to' section of the app Caroline shows how you can modify them if you can't do them at the beginning:
I've finally managed to get my LG TV to synch but in my case my TV uses miracast which can only be used with Android: So I downloaded the app on my OH's tablet and it works perfectly: The big problem is that I had to pay for another subscription as it was Android and not Apple so I'm going to contact the CGX helpdesk and see if I can get a refund: The quality is good too - I'd tried with a 3rd party app before but the image was awful and there was no sound: I think it really depends on the TV you have as to how easy it is to synch: Mine definitely doesn't recognise any phone or tablet connected by HDMI, but for other people that works fine:

Newbie here, just completed a second week of beginners. I downloaded the app but can you only get a free trial if you opt for the monthly payment option? The annual is a lot cheaper overall but I'd like to try it before committing to £80!

I've also seen a lot of people saying they can't mirror it to the tv which would be Important to me so I think I might leave it a little while to see if this gets sorted.

I'm thinking of doing Iron next with very low weights. Is it all dumbells and not bodyweight? My upper body is so weak plus I'm quite overweight so I find planks, push ups, triceps dips etc quite hard on my shoulders and wrists. I'm thinking of using Iron to improve my upper body strength before going back to something with bodyweight exercises again. So would Iron work for this?

Yes, me too. It goes on the yoga block for the floor exercises.

I’ve just discovered my iPad is too old for the app. I may need to move the computer after all. Or else shell out for a new iPad. What a pain.

I've been distracted by other things for the last few weeks so haven't tried the app. I find the iPad ok for the YouTubes - I've got the type of cover that acts as a stand, and can easily move it between various places depending on if the exercise is standing, sitting or floor.

Hello all, I downloaded the app but haven’t signed up yet. It’s 11.99 a month in euros, not much and maybe I’ll be more inclined to do something every day if I’m paying for it.

I noticed she had a beast mode programme starting today, is it the same as what was on YouTube? In any case I want to finish Heat before starting anything else just yet. Day 46 so nearly there.

I don’t have a telly so I’m just following on the iPad, I prop it up on some cat furniture and exercise in front of it. I also have a large screen Mac but it’s in the wrong room, so iPad it is.

I would love to get it, finally had a smartTV installed in our home gym, took me so long to organise it. anyone know if I can use bluetooth to get in on the TV ? I could not watch it on an iPhone or even an iPad, which was the whole reason I got the TV in the first place..

Any idea why the app videos don't work with screen mirroring from phone to TV?

That's brilliant @DottyDry 👏🏼

Isn't it just? I'm really struggling trying to find a way of mirroring the app onto my TV: I'd need to wear glasses if I watched the programmes on my tablet and I love having them on a biggish screen: Unfortunately I don't have fibre optic internet so the speed isn't fast enough for mirroring and the HDMI cable doesn't work with my iphone: Just as well I've still got plenty of You Tube programmes still to get through!

The "how to" section on the app is excellent!

@Worldgonecrazy me too. I want her to stick around and am happy to help make that continue. And she must have ploughed a big chunk of her youtube earnings into it.