Lifting with Caroline Girvan- keeping it real and having a laugh along the way!

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New thread!

Thanks for the new thread @BigButtons ! As you say, keeping it real, unlike the majority of the CG Community page posters 😀

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ugh- the mad Kearney couple are spamming the group with photos of their holiday and commenting on each other's posts.

I am doing a work out with my fingers on vinted atm- does that count?

Haha she even took her wrist straps on holiday with her apparently..
Chill your boots ya sad pair.
Sunbathe,explore,eat and drink everything ..thats what I do on holiday!

@BigButtons et al - thank you for introducing me to a new workout/person. Just follower on YouTube and did a workout tonight and loved it.

Which workouts do you all recommend?

I’m 50 Perimenopausal and 2.5 stone overweight (down from 7 stone overweight 14 months ago) and just been told my tbyroid is underactive (not medicated yet).

Love weights and home workouts and walking.

Checking in! I’ve started PE again - day one was over 150 bulgarian lunges which I vaguely remember from the first time round (which according to my FB ‘memories’ was one year ago!). Did day two today. I really like the format.

I'm really really enjoying PE. It's very tiring though (for me) so I'm just doing 3 or 4 a week with a day's rest in between. I've had various injuries and am very wary of pushing too hard!

I did however have a look at day 1 Iron Pro and made the mistake of looking at the comments on the app. Ugh that Kearney fella. What an arse. I'm surprised that a psychologist cares so much about showing off to "gym bros" 🙄

Just sweated my way through PE day 3. The format is less fun when it comes to unilateral work. At least Beast Mode was only twice per side. Three times per side brings to mind ‘18 pages - front and back!!’

I love that cardio kickboxing workout - starts deceptively simple but you’re sweating by the end! Wondering if it could be attempted with 1kg weights (think I have some at the back of a cupboard!).

@Minesril i am awful at kickboxing. I look like a demented locust. It was not a session I enjoyed but I remembering it getting a lot of love at the time!Iron pro day three just done. I enjoyed it and normally LOATHE all glute days. I managed a pb for the sumos and barbell 30 and 60kg . Not much for some of th but I am ever mindful of my right hip which can throw a sciatica tantrum if I am not very careful 😬

Did day 3 of the old Iron on the app today, endless hip thrusts but interspersed with banded walks which did make it more fun. I'm awful at one legged hip thrusts, I think my legs are so heavy and hips so wide that I can't keep my hips level.
Looking forward to the full body day tomorrow, I think I'll stick with old Iron tomorrow though I am tempted by Iron Pro because of the hype.

Day 3 Iron Pro here too. Really enjoyed it, but don’t have the weights to go higher so,did the same as you for sumo and hip thrusts, just increased the time to 60 seconds. I also swapped out the stability bore for RDLs. Loved doing the Bulgarians with a hand on the bench for stability, was able,to go much lower than usual so it really hit the glutes.
anyone else having problems with jeans? I used to wear skinny/slim but my quads and calves have increased in size they are awful to wear even if my waist is still the same. I’m very glad wide leg jeans are in fashion currently!

I managed Iron day 4 last night - I just chop and chance depending what I feel like. It was a bit repetitive and then I felt my quad ache so switched it up with some kettle bells.

i think I prefer the no repeat workouts

Day three days into this and I have a ferocious hunger

Looking at day 4 full body on the app. I generally loath full body work, but since it is circuits I will aim to do 2 rounds 🙂
Also cannot be arsed to get my barbell out again AND my arse has taken a beating this week what can I sub that with?

The usual suspects who comment on the freshly released workout at 12am before it's even possible to have completed it... do they stay up late to mark their territory?

I was gonna do day four after my run this morning but I ran home via the farm shop to get some coffee beans as my boyfriend told me we’d run out. But when I got home he’d drunk all the fucking milk so I’ll have to go back to the shop and I’m so angry I CBA to do another workout. Need caffeine!

i have always had legs like a donkey and never been able to find jeans that fit. I am a stereotypical Shetland pony - hairy, low to the ground, and no chance of ever blowing over in the wind! I just wear skinny jeans as they’re the only thing that fit the small waist big thigh situation and I can also roll up the leg. I don’t care if it looks shit - you can only do some much with what you’ve got.

I noticed I was hungry yesterday - went scrounging in the kitchen for a caramel wafer bar after my tea and I never normally do that! Did Day 4 of Iron Pro today. One of those annoying full body workouts where you get every piece of equipment out! I don’t much like circuits but it was fine overall. I’m a cardio-loather so it suited me.

I ended up scoffing an almond croissant when I went back to the shop for milk, so guilted myself into doing day 4. Bloody lunges! It always feels like my hamstrings are going to pop. Maybe I need to swap them for something else. They also hurt my bunions.

right, I should really do some work.

@Fibrous I feel your pain over the lunges with bunions! I had a massive bunion on my right foot removed a few years ago (funnily enough it never hurt even with all the running but was so pronounced I could only wear men's trainers, no 'proper' shoes[.
But now the bunion on my other foot has started hurting, it's smaller but really painful during lunges. I don't want to go through another bunion op so not sure what to do! Are you considering surgery?
I did Iron Pro Day 2 today, managed one set of shoulder presses with 12,5kg but that was it, other than that same as CG. A nice workout. I'm not ravenous, tbh Iron Pro with the long rests is a lot easier than PE which is supersets throughout!