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

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First thing this morning that was in my face, before I'd even had coffee 🤢
I don’t understand why everyone is pretending it's all perfectly normal.

Madness

I’ve not got Facebook on my phone. Is he in a mankini?!

No but he is shoeing of his teeny winky.
@Gobacktotheworld maybe j need to big. Cheap dvd omger and do some of her stuff again.Rhe issue in the past was all her stuff was region 1 and it was really hard to find a cheap multi region player . Think things ah e changed now though?
Her yoga inferno was good- I think the one I like a lot has 4 seperate sessions about 30 mins each. Like 3 mins strength, 2 cardio and 1 abs.
i am near the end of day 14 and am bored to tears . Just answered the door and don’t think I cm be bothered to press play again.

I posted on the last thread as a newbie and have been doing Ultimate Beginner and really enjoying it - someone said to me then, prepare to get addicted, and so it has come to pass 😂

Can anyone recommend what to do next please? Ideally max 35-40 mins and no cardio needed as I get that from running. Don’t mind either full body workouts or more targeted. Don’t mind if things get repetitive as long as my poor knees can manage ok. Mild preference for app over YT but not a deal breaker. Ideally something that will continue to help resurrect my non existent arse but also love upper body. Thank you wise CGers.

Thank you @Gobacktotheworld much appreciated 🙏
3x a week is perfect for me.

Hi @NormaMajors1992coat the CGX iron is also good. I wasn’t a huge fan of max because I generally loathe full body days. I also loathe circuits so the iron pro Fridays are hideous for me 🫣
@Gobacktotheworld that is so funny!
that is very kind of you . I should probably just buy a player or try and persuade my oh to hand his over as he NEVER uses it. I will promise to give it back when he uses it ( but he won’t).

OMG that pic!

Ha I’m Irish but my boyfriend isn’t. He says my family all sound like Caroline. We’re from the midlands, we sound nothing like a Belfast accent! I told him to never say that aloud to any of them.

I love her accent- but she hardly speaks so I can’t see how anyone would mind really. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Gobacktotheworld ive been in the uk a long time and the ‘th’ thing still catches me out in a complicated sentence. And there are loads of other quirks. I love accents, the world is a much better place with them. Mine is mostly boring university accent English these days but the Irish used to come out after a trip back home or when I was drunk!

@Fibrous yes my south London does too - it is a very specific accent.,I kinda miss that I have lost it.

@Gobacktotheworld are you a brummie? Half my family are.

My first thought. I'm one too, no-one loves us!

I presumed scouse!

People think scousers are a bit funny or clever. They think brummies are stupid!

I’m also from South London!

Following advice on here I did hamstring curls instead of lifts this morning. Really feel them more, plus I read that they’re good for the knees. Getting the dumbbell in position is a bit scary though. ’Don’t break your toe’ suggested the 11 year old. So…can anyone suggest some good ankle weights purely so I can do hamstring curls? 😁

@Minesril where abouts? I was a Peckham, East Dulwich gal.
@DuesToTheDirt i always smile when I hear a brummie. Reminds me of my childhood spent with family up there.
anyway no sessions for me until Tuesday and and the. Thursday. Birthday coming up and have three days of doing things that involve alcohol during the day.
I feel a bit guilty and then mad at myself for feeling guilty. I know it will do me the world of good 🥳🤩

Happy birthday @BigButtons !

I spent my teenage years in south London but further west. Went to school in mitcham and Wimbledon but most of my friends were Streatham and tooting way. It’s changed a lot since the 90s!

@Fibrous thank you. It’s Monday but I think of it a a birthday week!
I have fond memories of Streatham ice rink. So grimey. It’s all posh now I am sure.