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

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New thread!

It's posted on Reddit but yes it's an Instagram screenshot where he has numerous IDs and comments to himself _- maybe no-one else follows him?

Well I have finally completed Ultimate Beginner, took me ages for one reason and another. On to Max next I think 🤔
Will report back in approx 3 years 😅

That screenshot is crazy - I mean at least have different profile pics if you’re going to have conversations with yourself on social media, what a pair of dimwits 🤦‍♀️

@samthebordercollie my family and I are in transit to the next pitstop in our journey actually- and thank you so much for sharing the Reddit thread here! I don't think I have ever seen an Internet thread so unanimous against anyone. Awful couple, awful ambassadors for Caroline. Sorry that some people have felt hurt and excluded by their obnoxious behaviour. That screenshot from Instagram(?) is insane and toe-curling at the same time. Oh God that's great.

Hello, just nosing on the Reddit thread that you shared @samthebordercollie but it all gets translated into Italian for me. I see yours is in English, how do you untranslate/view original? It’s just some of the wit gets lost in translation.

i’ve been doing a bit of Epic Endgame this last week or so, interspersed with wine tastings and food pairings I signed up for ages ago, which all seemed to happen in the same few days. Feeling stodged out and bloaty so I think the weekend is going to need some cardio. I do actually quite like cardio, just not Caroline’s HIIT as it seems to kill me more.

I'm amazed the thread is still up tbh. Doesn't Caroline control the Reddit page at all?

Melassa I had the same problem but it was translating to what looked like Arabic(?) till I logged in with a Gmail to an autogenerated reddit account. Here's the thread in English.

Sorry, the screen resolution was too poor on those I think. Very poor Internet here. 😬
Wishing everyone a great week of smashing their spicy workouts. 😄 I am in a transit lounge and absolutely no one is doing performative push ups, squats or bandwork. Where are the Kearneys when you need em?!

@Gobacktotheworldthe Reddit sub is nothing to do with Caroline and her minions, fortunately! So free speech is allowed. I’m sure if she or they did know about it they try to get it shut down.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CarolineGirvan/s/u4Qa5CyWgs
does this work any better? It might be my fault because I use it in French and English (although not in Italian or Arabic!)

Alas no, my phone is set to Italian but with other sites I don’t get automatic translation unless I select it. This doesn’t see to give me the option though, even logging in with gmail. Oh well, not a problem I suppose.

That Insta conversation is bonkers. Don’t these people have jobs/a life?

That Reddit thread is a great read. The pair of them are insane not to mention incredibly vain and full of themselves. I really hope (as was suggested on there) their vanity leads them to googling themselves and they find it🤣

Popping in to say I have been doing Iron Pro, and getting on well. Excited to have kept up (including some catching up double days) and ready for the final one tomorrow 😊

Agree those 2 are bonkers…always try to ignore their and the “I did a run” guy comments 😂

Aaannddd the rather unsettling iron pro finale brag posts are in.

You're not joking. I have pretty much all the most awful people blocked and I can STILL only see a flurry of posts saying ironpro #50 done - so proud of myself - look at my abdomen, bitches - I am 92 but can lift more than the young men at my workplace - my cellulite, diabetes, osteoporosis and syphilis have all cleared up completely!!!

Caroline doesn't make these stupid snake oil claims for her own workouts, but she certainly tacitly encourages her devotees to post them on her group.

I liked her weekly roundup endorsing her bodyweight quads workout that she did "in a hotel gym with no dumbbells" but she had no wedges so she stood on dumbbells. 😏

This means the whole year of 2025 without any kind of cardio workout uploaded (besides what short HIITs may be in the cgxmas), no kettlebells, no mobility. Ho hum.

Some of the posts on there are nuts. Quite a few women look so beefy, I wonder if they are taking steroids.

I've been resting but I think I'm over the worst of my cold now. Gonna attempt a slow run with the hounds. Might do some iron pro later. I'm two weeks behind. And also have lots that I missed, so all that will take me to christmas.

I'm afraid I didn't take any before pics and currently I think I look worse than when I started due to a couple of weeks of eating mince pies and doing nothing, so I won't be able to put my boast post on facebook unless I master photoshop. What a shame.

@Gobacktotheworld this year has been a disappointment app-wise . I was on the fence about renewing just because ever exercise is the same now for each body group- all the variety has gone. Unless changes come in future programmes I won’t renew next year.
She wrote a far too long and un punctuated paragraph in her latest piece. I have absolutely no idea what she was on about and yes - I noticed the no dumbbells but dumbbells thing.
the film the silly boi and his silly wife put up doing the finale literally made me feel sick. Why the fuck does anyone need to see his nasty sweaty back and both of them waving at the tv screen. But the adoration they get is truly mind boggling.
i would be very interested to see the % of people who started pro and then dropped out . I suspect it will be quite high.
lol @Fibrous and your mince pies. Mince pies are good for you. I still have this cold and don’t feel like working out at all.

@Fibrous glad you are on the mend now. Don't make life too hard for yourself- you can always draw on some abs with foundation or marker pens.

I have been without weights again but just got my hot little hands on 2 x 10kg kettlebells, so will be playing truant from CG and doing Daniel PT kettlebells on YouTube for a bit. Alease Botte (sp) off Caroline's toxic group is one of his commenters / top fans btw.

I was determined to do something today. I’m not really feeling any better and am sick of feeling crap. I did PE day one- slowly - and it was so so hard . My bum hurt a lot. I am glad I managed to finish- cut a few steps short though.

ha ha I have plenty of pens around @Gobacktotheworld2 in all different colours, I could definitely sculpt some abs on the belly rolls.

well done @BigButtons. I keep saying today is the day I do some too, but it hasn't happened yet. I did make it out for the run the other day and it was fine, so it's definitely laziness and inertia holding me back now, not illness.

I'm so crap once I get out of a routine.

I broke my lazy streak and did a workout, it felt good! Did iron pro 42 shoulders, chest, and triceps. I felt noticeable weaker than a couple of weeks ago but I've been gardening all day so it might be that. Gonna carry on working through Pro till I get it completed. I've done 34/50 so far.

Well done @Fibrous I know what you mean re strength. I am still floored by this bug. I sleep alot A and cannot lift at all. So depressing.

Wow, @BigButtons it's really hit you hard. Sounds like rest is definitely what you need!

Epic two day 15 today. I’ve managed to time this series so the hour long full body workouts fall on a Saturday, which I’m quite enjoying doing first thing. And Sunday morning hiits. 😖 today went by really fast - good format - 3 circuits, each done 3 times. It even took me until about halfway through to realise that most of it was body weight which I usually hate!

She has to be on steroids, surely? Nobody has that much muscle. Or she lives on a diet of protein powder and cheese? 🤔

@Fibrous work is toxic and stressful and is certainly making this ‘bug’ hang around.

@BigButtons I know the feeling! I’ve been reducing my hours year on year and have started freelance gardening recently to top my money up. Getting very close to kissing the toxicity of corporate life goodbye as my mood is night and day between those outside and those at my desk. So is the money, but I’m reaching the point where I don’t care! I work with some very good people but have an awful leadership team and it just ruins absolutely everything.

@Fibrous sounds horrible but j am glad you are finding a way out of it. I am in a primary school and slt are just awful. I have been in this school for a long time and it was always a lovely caring place to work but this leadership team are nasty . I think I need to be signed off sick for a while because it is making me ill. If you reach out for help you are seen as weak and failing/ the kids’ behaviour has become atrocious.