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

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Play is apparently a 10 week programme, the info came through on the CGX newsletter with the rough outline of what workout for what day (starting with a leg day)

Play sounds interesting and I’m sure I’ll do it, but the font of the logo looks like a sex toy brand 😂

Ah yes, I saw that come through but didn't read it. Okay, cool, I'll mostly follow that then I reckon, just dropping 1 or 2 sessions a week. And that gives me time to finish Iron Pro in between christmas and that one starting.

I haven't done todays advent yet but I did get out for a run and got a fair bit of christmas shopping done, so I'm winning. Now just need to squeeze in some work so I don't feel too guilty.

Agree about the sex toy icon!

I am in awe of some of the weights you people on here manage to lift. For lower body I aim for roughly 50% of what CG lifts and a slightly higher ratio for upper body. In my defence I have arthritis in my hands which makes lifting heavier than 10kg really hard.

That is EXACTLY what I thought. I decided I was twisted so kept it to myself. Even the name- I reminded me of an ad for condoms🫣🫣😂

"PE but with full days" sounds good @samthebordercollie if you want yet another straight lifting program, but maybe there are some cardio elements in there. The titles suggest complexes, pre exhaust etc so perhaps there is some epic III style variety. We can but dream.

I hope this next program is really hard.

The logo is fucking atrocious.😆

Enjoyed today’s session. My arms are aching. I love a pullover!

I love pullovers too, Fibrous. My chest aches from Monday, where I used a slightly higher weight than usual on them.

I did IronPro 16 Quads (40 mins) plus the short app so-called LISS cardio one with the burpee staple (20mins) - decent workout.

Liss with burpees- only caroline😂

I enjoyed today's xmas session, but I was giving her the finger by the time the push ups came and my dead stop push ups must have resembled a human flapping fish hybrid- not pretty or correct😁

Lol only Caroline indeed.

I see some of her FB devotees are in awe of the "new" move, the "contralateral RDL." When it's literally just holding the dumbbell for staggered RDL in a different hand. No idea why she has decreased the weight for these. Whichever hand, or both hands so you can lift heavier overall, all work. 🤷‍♀️ I have been doing staggered RDL with my heaviest pair of dbs on either side of my front leg the last few weeks (as my heaviest single isn't heavy enough). Amazing DOMS.

I did those other hand RDLs this morning (followed by day 15 CGX the bodyweight glute thing) and didn't get on with them at all. I think I'll stick with the regular hand next time. I was bloody knackered after doing the two together but they looked like they would combine well and they did, I suppose.

I'm also following my usual trend of being really unproductive after a morning weights session. I just want to go for a nap.

I didn’t like those RDLs either - found it cumbersome and hard to get a rhythm. I just switched to regular staggered RDLs.

I can only lift with one hand at the moment so have unintentionally been doing the "new" RDL move on one leg for a few weeks now🤣.

Over on FB I see people are beside themselves with excitement in anticipation of Play.....despite no-one actually knowing much about it!! Xmas Eve should be fun when CG releases more details!

@Gobacktotheworld recently ish I do a hammies session from one of the epics which had lighter weights and went much faster with fewer rests and I had awful doms. I don’t get hamstring doms at all really even with heavy weights.

Do you know? Im actually missing the Kearneys nonsense posts, it gave me something to laugh at and mock.
Im in a right miserable mood these past few days, not sure why! Gonna just eat crisps and drink wine until into the new year I reckon

Youtube is generally so much harder than the app, right?

I do think the hardest variant is staggered RDL with a barbell though- though since she doesn't even use her barbell for regular RDL except in a couple of random short videos, I suppose she isn't going to suggest the staggered version any time soon.

Lol Tess... be careful what you wish for. Those narc twats are currently "punishing" everyone for not adoring them by staying away, I'm sure of it. Ivan the Terrible and Joseph Stalin did the same thing. They'll be back, and worse than ever.

@TessTickle0 lol! I do know what you mean.! I certainly don’t miss them spamming the groups and the awful posts and photos but I would like to know what they are up to in a perversely curious way.
I guess they must have been made aware of people’s general dislike for them. Hopefully this will mean no more useless articles on the app. I am not holding my breath. Caroline could do with having more articles from actual experts.
i also suspect she is gonna have one hell of a shock when Peri starts to rear its ugly head.

@Gobacktotheworld yes you tube is way way harder than the app. It was way more enjoyable though. The app is so glitzy. Last week she had the most bizarre hair style for a work out. Looked like she had put half a bottle of strong hold gel in her hair. I do like her outfits- I work out in an ancient pair of Primark shorts that have almost no elastic left. Maybe that is where I am going wrong 😂
I am supposed to be going back into Brighton Xmas shopping. Waiting for daughter to get out of bed. I dare not wake the Kraken though and it is pissing with rain 🫣

@BigButtons gotta say im not loving her hair wavy.
Would love to have her hair mind you,mine is thinning and scraggy right now.
Fuck peri.
I do like her outfits-she must have an entire wing of her house to store them.
It has made me up my workout outfit game(though I only currently need three drawers to store them!)
Sports direct always have reduced items so it's become a bit of an obsession 🙄

I have more exercise clothes than regular clothes. I rarely bother changing out of them since I started working from home. Just throw on a jumper for my video calls.

The thinning meno hair seems to have passed me by. Mine is bigger, bushier, greyer and more wilful by the year. Alongside my chin hair, moustache, and the pubes that seem to grow the whole way down my legs now. Fortunately their growth coincides with my declining near vision so they only bother me when I can feel them erupting and then the 30X mirror comes out for a full harvest, which is a satisfying game in itself.

@Fibrous I attacked all my unwanted hairs with an IPL- brilliant things.
i always had thick hair which is still thick but not as thick.
@Gobacktotheworld I shouldn’t have spoken too soon about not having hamstring doms any more as mine are nasty today. Went on a bracing walk in the wind and rain and had to bend down to retie my shoes laces. It took quite a long time to get down there😬
@TessTickle0 seems I am alone in my paltry work out gear!

@BigButtons yes I had a series of laser hair removal about twenty years ago and it made a big difference but I need a refresh before they all turn grey.

I did todays advent calendar. I think it's all starting to mount up, though, I was feeling the burn from the outset. I'm gonna be in need of some rest days at the end of this.

Just ate half a brie and a load of cheese oatcakes, though, so gotta keep on trucking.

I actually wanted to do the abs one (day 19?) because it said "hover to tuck" and I love hovers, assuming she meant an elbow plank variation- but it seems she meant hollowman or hollow hold. That is a perfectly good exercise, but her supine, lower abs focused exercises are so excessive and boring.

Anyway, got bitten on both hands and arms by some off-lead feral creature who went for my on-lead dog two days ago. The inflammation from the worst bite means I can't hold weights in that hand, and the tetanus jabs they gave me in A&E have left both arms quite sore two days later. Overall I got off lightly (and my dog was amazingly totally unharmed) but it's annoying not to be able to do weights. I might try step aerobics tomorrow- just have to remember not to clap haha.

Hope your hand is better @Gobacktotheworld2 - I had a tetanus injection a few years back and it completely killed my arm for over a week.

I did today’s ab one after a run with the dogs this morning and felt sick. It was grim.

My mum arrives today so soon I will have her observing my gluttony in disgust/fascination as she eats next to nothing and has never been one for exercise. Her comments make me eat even more! So the plan is a daily 5k for the next week and will do the four advents I’ve missed in that period.

@Fibrous thanks, my hand and arms stopped hurting on Christmas Day- exactly a week- thanks Santa. Might finally be able to lift again tomorrow after the final requisite extended family visits are done. Christmas chaos, does anyone really like it?