Caroline Girvan 2026- sore but still scrolling.

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I’m sporadically doing Iron. I’m going on holiday in a week - hiking in the alps. Thought I’d be in good shape for it but I’ve really let myself go! We’re going in a big group, though, so I’m not too worried. It just means I’ll be mid pack rather than up front.

there is no end in sight with our house purchase. We got the deeds at last and there are loads of problems. So we are resigned to ending up in some form of temporary accommodation now as I’ve finished answering all the queries for my house sale, and they want to start talking dates.

It’s raining here this morning. I’m glad the heat has broken, we have no spare bed at the moment so we both have to share a bed, and the dogs sleep in the room with us, and sometimes the cats. It’s making for a very hot and stuffy room! Hoping when we’re finally in a bungalow everyone will spread out a bit.

I'm going to do Iron day 17 back and biceps a bit later. Will do a 5k first.

I’ve not been following any of her new workout posts. I presume she still hasn’t broken her silence on why the long wait for a new program?

I’ve been doing Heat very sporadically, mixed in with Heather Robertson, if only to change the music and try some new moves.

i’m trying to force myself to keep it up in this heat, if only to “bank” as much muscle tone as possible as I need to have an op in the next few weeks which will require a fair amount of bed rest and I’m worried about everything withering away.

It’s been a bit of a challenging period lately, with family illness and redundancy and I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed. Trying to focus now on exercising and eating properly and simply looking after myself as it’s been easy to neglect stuff, which of course then leads to a downward spiral.

Has anyone tried Apple fitness? I keep getting prompted to a free month’s trial, but the snippets of sessions I’ve tried out have been somewhat unchallenging with too much inane chatter. I was therefore wondering if there was anything worth doing in it. It would be handy as it sets the programmes on my watch automatically, but I suppose that’s a lame reason to get it.

@Fibrous 🫣😱re your house purchase. I still have nightmares from my last one nearly three years ago. It is beyond stressful in this country. Just awful. Fingers crossed for you. You holiday will be amazing though- what a lovely thing to be doing🙂
@Melassa sorry you have been have life stresses too- sounds really tough. Good luck with the op though.
i have just come to the end of half term where I did nice busy things and no weight training at all- which was nice actually- lots of walking and gardening.
i shall pick up on play again with a smattering of heat from tomorrow.
i was so tired before half term that I found all the sessions exhausting and was getting g lots of muscle strain that I would not usually get.
hopefully things will be better next week.

Im following along with Caroline's schedule.
Only one new workout a week and mostly bodyweight lower body ones.
There was however a bit of unrest amongst the faithful followers...some posters dared to mention their annoyance at the lack of weights for the new workouts and saying it wasnt good enough that no new programe until September.
Got told caroline is the queen and deserves some time off.

@TessTickle0 can’t they just add their own weights?🤷🏻‍♀️
Even though I have not done her new stuff I for one am relieved that she has backed off a bit . She has been going like a bull at a gate for years now- that is not sustainable on the joints and tendons as she ages.

Sounds like you really needed a rest @BigButtons !

@Melassa good luck with the op. Banking some strength is a good idea, I’m sure you’ll make a much quicker recovery from being fit, too.

I’ve missed out on the internet beef, I’ll have a look. Bloody tendons are a pain. I’ve had Achilles tendon pain for months and months now. Of course I’ve not been doing enough physio (does anyone??) but I was hoping it would just sort itself out by now.

Ive just done Iron day 17. The half hour workouts are a lot more tolerable than the 40+. Maybe I’ll be more up for the longer workouts in winter.

In recent months I have been cycling through some of her full body workouts from various YouTube series, but I feel I need a new challenge. So I’m pondering which of her past series to tackle next to stave off the boredom.

Honestly, my heart isn’t in it. I need a kick up the backside. Maybe I need a different trainer? But I’m bored with Heather and Anna as well.

Sigh.

Sorry about your house move not going smoothly @Fibrous. What a PITA for you. Enjoy your hiking break!@MelassaGood luck with the op and eat plenty of protein after to help with recovery. I do,t know apple fitness. @BigButtonsit certainly was a hot half term holiday! @TessTickle0i saw the comments on the App for the glute band workout, the usual Biggest Fans but a lot of fed up people too. I have to say I agree with them especially as Caroline is completely ignoring the subject of lack of workouts in her latest June programme planner. I wonder how many su scribes she’s lost? I’m still working out with her because I’m not bothered about doing the same workouts and I know that’s the most effective way to build muscle even it it is a bit boring sometimes, but lifting weights is generally boring! Last week the leg days were particularly horrible in the heat 🥵very pleased it’s cooled down now.

I see on the FB group that apologies have been made from you know who about not being around much lately.
After sorting personal issues they are promising to post more
So that’s something to look forward to 🙄

I am still peeved at the lack of new content. There’s only 3 new workouts in the whole month of June including the obligatory hour of yawn fest glutes

Many are saying that there’s plenty on the app to do whilst waiting and I agree but that’s not what I’m paying for. I want the motivation of a series or programme and a gap of 5 months is ridiculous !

I agree with those that are unhappy.
3 new workouts for the whole month is shit!
Waiting until September is also shit! when we are paying a monthly fee.
I have plenty of workouts to do on the app, but I can still think it's all a bit wrong.

There are actually 4 new workouts but 3 lower body and one upper, yes, delts 😱what a surprise. I don’t think she’s giving a great service to her subscribers. Already a lot are bored by her exercising focusing mainly on glutes and delts and no programme until September will be the last straw for many. I don’t care about her salads and silly boi boring articles. If she can’t deliver she needs to refund or bring someone else in who can

@samthebordercollie couldn’t have put it better myself.
@Enrichetta I also feel the same way. Caroline is excellent because she pushes you hard and gets results BUT the sessions have become as tedious as hell. It is always the same fire exercises and far too much emphasis on glutes and not enough on upper body.
i want to train but when I start sessions now I just get bored- really bored- oh- more rear delt work ? Another bazillion hip thrusts? 45 minutes on the quads with just three different exercises? This is where the epics were so excellent. Can’t say I miss renegade rows though.
i might just have to go back to epic three because I am starting to dread the training on the ap.it really is the lack of variety on the moves that is spoiling it for me. So, if anyone from CGX is scanning these boards please take note. There are a lot of fed up people out here.

Epic 3 is the one I keep coming back to!! But I’ve done it - or bits of it - soooooo many times…

Oh, to be able to muster the enthusiasm of the early days!! Hard to believe that I’ve been doing this for SIX years🙀

I did the newly released legs one today which I quite enjoyed. For some reason I did thrusts in place of bridges which I wouldn’t have done once upon a time. I’ll be actively choosing rear delt flyes and rows before you know it 😂.

I looked at the comments under the workout before starting it and again there was some unrest on there and people saying they wouldn’t have renewed if they’d known there was going to be no new workout till September.

Today’s workout wasn’t bodyweight so that might mean CG (sorry, I meant our Queen) isn’t nursing an injury after all.

I did a couple of rounds of the new workout as an add on. I think all the circuit workouts she does are a bit of a cop out as much less programming is involved when you’re doing several rounds of the same or nearly the same exercises! Must try harder, Caroline!