Getting fitter and stronger with Caroline Girvan- all welcome!

Just starting out! There are some adjustable weights on Argos. But i don't know whether to go for cast iron or opti-vinyl??!? Cast iron 20kg

Thanks guys. I'll have a look into those. I think it was Epic 1 I've just finished.
@samthebordercollie I'm also surprised how much easier running feels now. I've always been "run fit" but nothing else. Now I can crack out about 3 push ups comfortably 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼. CG is awesome!

@MelonB
www.carolinegirvan.com/free-programs/
If you hover over the program you get a quick overview of it. Which Epic program did you do? ive done Iron, Beastmode (free), Heat, Endgame and just finishing Epic 3. Endgame and Epic 3 are my favourites so far.
I've got the App but am going to do Epic 2 next and then Beastmode on the App. I've bought a couple of kettle bells to mix things up and the workouts on the app are brilliant, as are the instruction videos (1 - 3 minutes) for all the lifts, really helpful. So much choice! Caroline is brilliant. I've on.y been doing her workouts for 6 months but my body has changed so much, from being a skinny runner to having muscles. And running is so much easier now!

Well done!
Have a look at the page in her website which lists all her programs and what they entail, and you can compare them.
My favourite is Iron Series, it has no cardio workouts included but I do my own (run/stairmaster etc) so I'm happy with just doing pure weights with CG

Weekends is better than nothing, but ideally you'll need to find some time in the week.

Have a look at Beginner Epic if you are completely new to this

Hurrah!! I'm on the last week of the Epic 10 week challenge 💪🏼💪🏼 I still don't look much like CG, but am definitely stronger. Still crap at push-ups and very little core strength, but getting there. Where do I go from here? Which one to try next? There's so many. 🤯

Where should I start? I'm 14.5 stone and 5ft 3in and 52

I want to tone up, realistically I'll only have weekends free

Congratulations on finishing Epic 1 @Diggersandunicorns! The other programmes will seem easy now 😆
I'm visiting the UK to see family for a few days and have brought a couple of kettlebells to try Caroline's kettlebell workouts. I've never tried them but you only need 2 instead of 10 so easier to pack. My brother has been working out for years with kettlebells and loves them.

After a bit of a delay because I had a hike in the heat planned, I’ve just done day 10, so completed the two weeks in 2.5 weeks.

Day 7 was fine but day 10, the HIIT burpee almost broke me.

I’m hooked! Heavier weights were delivered today.

Today was just an arms day so manageable except some of the different press ups were way beyond me. Now very scared about day 7. Will avoid any stairs for an hour after.

I’m on round three of iron and also mixing in heat and randomly the Christmas countdown workouts. I like the latter as they’re short, so good for when I don’t have much time. I need to see if there’s anything else similar to mix in.

You're really brave starting with Epic 1! I'm saving that for last, mainly because there are some really impossible moves and I thought doing the other programs first might mean I'd have a better chance of at least attempting them!
I'm half way through Epic 3 now, it's a great programme, a little faster paced than Endgame (which is my favourite so far). I still can't do the extended leg knee press which appears (fortunately not often) in both programmes 🤪

I did Epic first as a total beginner and it was quite a shock to the system!!! Worth sticking with though if you can, now I'm doing some other programs and finding them easier (very relatively speaking!!) in comparison .

Sorry that was for @themessygarden

I bought a chromecast and cast it to my TV, it seems to work well. I know it's another thing to buy on top, but I'm pleased I did it

@BigButtons do you mean week day 7, the end of week HIIT, or video 7? I’m trying to do this week’s in 5 days as I’m walking a half marathon on Sunday and wanted a rest day before!

I’m really going to try and stick with Epic, it’s 10 weeks till I go on holiday so hoping it’ll force me to stick to a 10 week programme! I wrongly assumed the first series would be the easiest.

Are the app glitches ironed out yet ?

I am not interested in only being able to use it on my phone, so will only purchase it once it's easy to play it on the TV. It sounds like it's a great app and I love the idea of the exercises being explained in detail, I always thought that is the shortfall in the youtube videos. Thanks.

Oh my god. I’ve just done Epic 1, day 1, and it was so much tougher than I was expecting. My legs weren’t burning, they were shaking. Then after, I had to walk two steps down in to my kitchen and my leg gave way and I fell on the floor. No pain, it just turned to jelly! Dog came and gave me a cuddle.

It gets better right?! I thought I was reasonably fit, walking hills for an hour a day and running or swimming a day or two a week. Carrying small children all the time. I was wrong.

I’m not giving up, but I did have to come down the stairs on my bum just now. Can’t have my legs giving way on top of a whole flight.

I get up early to do mine I must admit, I get up at 530 as the kids are awake anytime between 6 and 7.

It is a pain but once you get used to it so satisfying to have it done before real life commences!

I'm lucky enough to work from home 3 days a week so I do it on my lunch breaks mostly.

My DD is often up not long after 5am so no chance I'm doing it before she gets up!

Hi everyone, thought I should probably check in...I've been away and mega bus with work, so haven't done a workout in nearly 3 weeks (gulp!). But I downloaded the new app, and did day 1 of Beast Mode yesterday! I'm feeling pretty proud as I had been out all day in central London with my daughter and was feeling quite wiped - but got it done! I absolutely love the app and already found an article to be really useful - the protein and muscle building one, to be precise.

My new mission to try to do my workouts in the mornings before my daughter gets up. Evening workouts are getting hard and harder as she is going to bed later...and my days at work are so full on I need to start as soon as I can after nursery dropoff. I used to squeeze it in between drop off and logging on but I think those days are over!

Does anyone here get up early to do them? I'll need to be up and warming up by 610am at the latest I think, in order to have a shower and still help my daughter get dressed. What tips do you have? How do you make it work?

support.cgxapp.com/hc/en-gb/articles/11914337077393-Casting-to-TV-or-an-external-display
This explains it better. Airplay from my iPhone doesn't work to my TV but no problem with Chromecast