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

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I did a dumbbell cardio from Endgame day 20, only one sprawl (which I hate), mostly manageable exercises. CG HIIT is often impossible exercises that I cannot manage more than 2 of in the time. But this was good. Did a 30 min upper body from Tracy Steen yesterday, I like the way she combines exercises which use more than in muscle group at once. Although my form was probably shit.

Tomorrow if I get back before wine time I’ll do endgame day 19 full body. I did the cardio before that as it was a wfh day where I barely managed 300 steps all day, and that was mainly to the fridge and back. At least when I go to the office there’s the hike from the station to the office, so I feel I’ve done my cardio for the day and could probably add a weights session on. Not that it happens much.

i saw her Iron Pro 1 on YouTube, I sat through it (while munching truffle crisps with my aperitif), it’s only 3 exercises in practice. Does she use wedges now instead of the yoga block? I will try it at some point, but not terribly excited.

@Melassa she uses wedges mostly now- but you don’t need them

Oh my, that’s a scary looking contraption you’ve created there @Gobacktotheworld

I’ve just shelled out on a 24kg kettlebell that was going on Vinted, I look forward to
using that for the hip thrusts instead of precariously balancing 2 dumbbells on my thighs.

i haven’t got a barbell, i was going to invest in one but I have no room to store the larger plates. I would probably need to move the cat furniture. Oh the joys of not having actual rooms.

@SpaceRaccoon thats shitty luck getting injured from a procedure. Thats the thing, sure you can control some of your health through lifestyle but there’s also a lot of luck involved and good genes. Some people are dealt a real crap hand.

@Melassa ive been thinking of Torres truffle crisps all day thanks to you 😆

it’s my birthday this weekend and there’s a deli beside the parkrun we go to that sells them. Definitely going there and loading up.

@Gobacktotheworld that is quite the contraption!

Iron pro day 32 for me this morning - running a bit behind this week. Shoulders, chest and biceps. Thought I'd get an upper body one in as I have a run to do today (also behind on that schedule!). It seems the entertainment season has started early, it's usually a social desert around my way but some of my friends are starting to emerge from their families a bit now the kids are getting older.

Doing weights first thing makes me very procrastinate-y at work. I feel like my day is done already.

Ugh to the fatigue. I went back on the progesterone only pill a few months ago, it took a couple of months of non stop bleeding to settle down but now I feel like I no longer have a womb. Bliss! My week long pre-menstrual rage seems to have disappeared too. My periods had been coming roughly every three weeks which was far too bloody often!

I've been pretty lazy about the sunday workouts as that's the day of my longer run but maybe i'll give it a go this week.

I'm so old I can't even remember what it's like to have a period! Sorry to anyone suffering with pre menstrual tension but it won't be forever, you've got the menopause to look forward to 😂

Today was quad day and I did the excellent Day 3 or PE. Managed to hold a 10kg dumbell for the step ups, the first time I've done them with a weight. Why doesn't Caroline use them?

well done to those session. @Gobacktotheworld that dumbbell contraption is hilarious!
Sorry you are suffering with the old PMT though. I am on hrt so I only get the odd twinges ( Like now when i feel bloated and sluggish.
An epic three shoulders and arms today- Jesus though- how much harder is that series than anything she has done on the app. Bloody brilliant. I had to lower my weights. 46 minutes of supersets with 20 seconds rest between each one!
Every pro session I look at now looks exactly the same as the last on for that body part. I am enjoying this change in pace with epic three.I am roughly doing one push, one pull, one legs and one glutes/hamstrings.

@Gobacktotheworld really! Epic three thrashes them all . I did an epic three glute session today but it bored me shitless so I stopped at 80%

I’ve got a 24kg kettlebell I use for hip thrusts! It fits quite snugly in my lap but I still like to have a cushion under. I use it for deadlifts and sumo squats as well. Weirdly, I find it really hard to hold ‘by the horns’ for squats even though I can squat with two 15kg dumbbells!

It’s got ‘iron man’ written on it. I keep meaning to get a marker pen and adding a ‘wo’. 😁

I see knobhead Kearney has written an article about why he is relevant- couldn’t make it up

Onanistic? Every day is a school day. Also definitely going to start using bafflegab at work, that’s exactly what our marketing team are now churning out with their lazy arse chat gpt usage.

i hope you are some sort of wordsmith in real life @Gobacktotheworld - your compositional craft is perfection.

I did parkrun this morning and got myself a ten year PB so pleased with that. Consistency seems to be paying off. Not sure I’ll catch up with my younger selfs PBs but never say never.

I'd struggle to write a sentence on why he's relevant, never mind an article'

@Gobacktotheworld I have to say that session looks bloody horrendous!😂
I did a temp week back and biceps just now- excellent session, loved the tempo work- took my weights down a bit as were rowing for hours with only 20 second rests.

Iron pro day 37 for me today, shoulders. It went pretty quickly. I also felt the burn a couple of times which is rare for me as I don’t lift heavy. Only two weeks left after this one. It’s gone surprisingly quickly - I’ve never finished a program. I think because I’m freelance all except two days a week these days, being able to choose when to workout rather than shoe-horn it in around a 9-5 means I’m a lot more likely to get it done. especially coming into winter when the energy levels are low. I forget every year how dark it gets so quickly when the clocks change! You’d think after forty something years it wouldn’t be a surprise.

Didn’t fancy more Endgame today so did a Tracy Steen Barre strength and Pilates workout which was fun and had the combined moves I like.

I did look at the Animal one @Gobacktotheworld but it reminded me a bit of CG’s burpees where I can get one in for every 5 CG does. I have bookmarked it and will save it for a day I’m feeling energetic. Which may not be until Spring, I too am suffering from low ish energy these days. Too much life admin and too much work.

I did an epic three all squats session today. Not often easy on my back, especially the close stance ones- BUT I matched her weights which I could never have done first time round. My arse hurts like fuck. Epic three has to be the best she has ever done. I also loved heat and endgame..
I have fallen of the pro train cos it was boring me.
I am dong a full body split over the week and just choosing what i like.
It is bonfire season here in sussex so mental work- far worse than Christmas business!

Thanks for this recommendation--I enjoyed this workout.