Lifting and getting stronger with Caroline Girvan: 2025

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@Gobacktotheworldthe full body splits have landed! Caroline is definitely testing us with her weights, 15kg for shoulder presses in Day 2😱

She used to use those weights sometimes in the epics- weird because she said that she had reduced her weights realising that she could get just a good result with lower weights and lessen the chance of injury.
anyway I am trying to release a nasty shoulder impingement- so am off all weights for a bit. Just working on mobility and massage.
Did some work on it yesterday- my shoulder was so stiff and pinchy. It feels better today so I shall crack on with that.
Going on a walk across the downs with friends this morning and a pint in a pub.
have a lovely bank holiday everyone 😀

@BigButtons when I have an injury and can’t do the weights, I still do the movement, slowly and gently, to avoid loss of mobility. I feel a bit of a twit doing shoulder presses with no weights ….

Does the app give a programme that I could follow in the gym, or is it more a home weight and watch type of thing?

I hate the long sessions- I get bored- have no intention of doing these ones.

I did the 1st video of the Epic programme this morning and it was hard! Im only using 2.5kg weight but i suppose thats ok for a beginner like me. That video was exclusively lower body. I would have preferred a full body workout but i suppose if i follow the program everything will be worked.
Feeling good now after lunch!
@HGC2i do it at home - i have a couple of weights i can use and a mat. You dont need much else i assume

If my memory serves me correctly, @tostaky , EPIC 1 and 2 are quite tough/long, but EPIC 3 and Heat are shorter and easier to get on with.

Why not do a full body workout from several of her programmes and see which one you find most useful?

I started out with 3kg dumbbells but once I felt comfortable with all the various moves I moved up to 5kg, though I continued to use the lower weights for some of the upper body exercises for quite a while.

@GobacktotheworldThamk you!
@Enrichetta Thanks for the tip. I will look into these too. I see she has another serie called “iron” but i wonder if thats too much for me at the moment.
it was tough and i used light weights but i like a challenge so i dont mind carrying on this serie. I really like how simple her videos are and the fact there is a series of videos in one neat place.

What's the name of the facebook group? I can't seem to find it.

Charlie Follows is great, I really love her yoga routines.

I managed to get three caroline sessions in (short ones) last week and a fair bit of running so hopefully I'm getting my motivation back. I am not sure I'm up for those long ones - maybe if I can persuade my DP to cook dinner. It seems to take him hours to make something that should be twenty minutes so if I'm attempting a long one that would ease the impatience!

Haha I'm with you re partners taking so long to make tea..a 30min meal is an hour epic complete with a pile of shite left next to the dishwasher(just put it in as you use then the damn thing can go on)
The longest I've done is an hour, I know it isn't much longer(75min) but it sounds horrific(5mins of Bulgarians is long enough for me)

That is exactly the result. I don't know why every bowl in the house needs to be used, too. What even for?

I really hate the big butt look--I spent most of my decades trying to reduce the size. I hope we see fewer glute exercises.

And yes, I'm just not interested in anything that's longer than about 40 minutes, preferably 30-35 minutes. Sometimes I increase the play speed so that they go a bit more quickly or drop a set if workouts are longer than that. Life's too short.

I like the look of that FB kettlebell CG workout, thanks to whoever posted it. Have had horrific cold with aching muscles and fatigue, so taking it easy until it's gone.

@Gobacktotheworld I remember doing that kettle bell one years ago- must dig out my bells - although with go light as I will probably pull my back!
I am about to do the 60 min recent posterior chain . I will do the anterior tomorrow. 60 mins is my limit.
to my joy- that anon user is still telling the Kearneys to shut up!
every single comment about every single session she does is the same- how brutal is was. It is so tedious.
ATM I am more obsessed with finding a properly waterproof long raincoat which actually has a functioning hood- not a hood that is pretending . I have a lovely waterproof Berghaus that always gets compliments but I still need to use an umbrella to keep the rain off my face . Think is going to have to be an equestrian coat. Since moving house I walk pretty well everywhere everyday and am fed up of the waterproofs to go to work with/ mind you it hasn’t rained for ever and a day————/-

I get all my coats from here: https://www.magic-mountain.co.uk/

It's the discount shop for mountain equipment etc. They're based near me so I can get stuff repaired if need be, too. I've never bought a full price waterproof! If you're in the north west they do sample sales fairly regularly. Our whole village is kitted out in Mountain Equipment gear 😂

They don't do equestrian coats, though. Some hoods are definitely better than others. We get a lot of rain in these parts so that functionality is well tested.

@Gobacktotheworld No I haven't done the marathon full body sessions and looking at the comments on the App - and your - I'm not exactly filled with enthusiasm to get them done. I will, but want to finish PE first for the third time, only 13 sessions to go. I don't get bored doing it and the rest periods aren't too long plus it's easy preparing for each session as it's either upper or lower body.
I was too late to see the Anon User's comments towards Mr Kearney, but honestly the person who posted 'we neither like or accept negativity on this site' should be banned too. Surely it's OK to say if you don't like a particular workout? It's ridiculous that we can't criticize critically without being deleted - like that bloody FB Group.

I have just finished Day 2 of the Epic series. Two questions:
Are you all gym instructors? It is bloody hard!!! I did 98% of all the push up on my knees!!
Day 3 is abs and core - any advice on how to do properly abs? I have a weak pelvic floor and i dont want to damage it further. My diastasis recti is probably awful too after 3 kids and years of inactivity and obesity… I understand if my belly starts “coning” then im doing the abs wrong. But what is the right way? Any good video that can explain the technique?
Many thanks!