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

[BigButtons]

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A place that Looshkin would love to visit 😆 I used to love the ice rink!

Damn- my plan is discovered 😳😂

Happy Birthday , enjoy your birthday week 🎊🍷🥂🎂

I think Streatham ice rink was where I learnt to perve. A hormonal Mecca for 13 year olds! I think we had nicknames for every fifteen year old boy who frequented the place. Judy Bloom would’ve had a field day in there.

@Fibrous 😂
Yeah all those spotty boys who hadn’t grown into their feet. I had a long bus journey to school and we used to mercilessly rib the boys going to the near by boys school - poor buggers- we were awful.😳

London bus journeys at school were a whole world of education. Looking back I feel so sorry for normal people riding those buses. It was carnage.

Ha yep I reserve my perving now for Yoga with Tim!

@Gobacktotheworld well she won't be painting them herself! Ah the oompa loompas. why would you want to look like you had rolled in gravy?

I'll be starting new Iron either tomorrow or Friday, I've bought a barbell set now so I can go heavie on the hip thrusts. I tried it out and hastily had to get a towel to sit it on as omg the pain on my pubic bone otherwise! But fine with the towel.

I’m still going with Iron Pro. Starting to flag a bit now they’re consistently about 45 mins - I guess they always were this length but as the term drags on I start to feel they take longer and I get time anxiety in the morning!

I’m a HUGE FAN of CG using the bench for support in Bulgarians and weighted lunges - honestly I can’t even describe how game-changing this is for me! I hate both moves usually but just the lightest touch on the bench makes it completely bearable and I can finish full sets. Worth buying the bench for! So that’s a plus. I also think I need some heavier weights but I’m enjoying using the big ones throughout Iron Pro. Overall another solid programme.

Don’t know if it’s related but I’m starving today!

I'm keeping up with Iron Pro, just skipping days regularly if they don't fit with my schedule. I did 16 on Monday and 17 yesterday. Might do 18 this evening after my hill reps but we'll see. Had a rant at DP this morning after he yet again returned from the dog walk after 30 seconds saying they wont go anywhere when I wanted them all out of the house so I could clean. I think I need heavier weights to help me release the anger of incompetent men! (not all men, blah blah, just all the bloody ones I've been in a relationship with, which is quite a few!). And don't start me on my useless brothers...

I haven't got a bench - I'm balancing between a sofa and my much maligned poof.

yeah- up them weights gal

you know years ago- on the cg facebook page people used to call holding on for balance cheating- top contributors no less. There are some people posting there today who would berate people for holding on for balance in the past- i have no idea why it has stuck with me but it has, probably because the comments were so nasty, now they are extolling the advantages of doing such a thing- tossers. It does make a difference though- love it, make me work harder.

@AtomicBlondeRose i am starving all the time too

I went for a run with my neighbour, and he cooked a nice dinner while I was gone, then cleaned the kitchen and walked the dogs while I had a bath. Redeemed!

still getting heavier weights though as it won’t be long until I’m annoyed again I expect. The middle aged rage is real.

I’m trying to resist making apple crumbles everyday. I have so many apples and my greed knows no depths.

Oh I hear you! We have a Plum Tree, the amount of crumbles made this Year...(and a million tubs of plums put into the freezer for future crumbles)

How is everyone doing? Are your birthday celebrations finished now @BigButtons? Are you in full house move @Gobacktotheworld? I’m picking and choosing workouts now, keep wanting to do more Iron Pro but can never be bothered to get out all the weights required so constantly go back to PE or Intent. These comments from Reddit made me laugh, we aren’t the only ones fed up with Silly Boy!

Interesting- according to mr pick me - we have ‘issues’ because we hate what he is doing.
i have - for the first time in My life- an outer ear canal infection. Came from nowhere and has floored me . Am on a plethora of meds and pain killers and good for nothing but a glass of wine or two. Fuck knows how I managed to get that . So I have Done nothing for a week. I did have jolly excellent protracted birthday celebrations- I am also in a pub now. The antibiotics I am on mean I am not allowed to eat most of the time- I am allowed to drink though😬