Caroline Girvan 2026- sore but still scrolling.

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The new Fuel doesn’t appeal to me at all, so I gave some Jasper workouts a go after seeing him mentioned on here and have decided to work my way through his for a change now. I’ve cancelled my CGX app as it was about to renew. Might go back to it in the future depending on what gets released but think a change is doing me good. Getting some terrible doms! But figure this probably means I needed to try different moves.

Im over halfway through the Max Programme,im very busy with work so this is perfect for me right now,as I may only manage 3or 4 a week.
Going to start Fuel but a week later so I can re organise the workouts to fit in with my schedule.
After hearing positive feedback about Jasper will also give him a go at some point (lucky guy 🤣😉)

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I’m a bit peeved that we have waited since April for a new programme and now each of the new sessions is 30 minutes or less

quite looking forward to seeing the regulars falling over themselves to post the first comments even though they haven’t even done the workout

im really enjoying the 50 minutes epic programme on you tube. Not sure it’s worth bothering with the app when there are several free programs available with such a wide range of variations which she doesn’t bother with now

there’s a new prolific one who calls her sweet Caroline 🙄

jasper's stuff is really working for me- he does lots of ab work but no boring leg lowers and crunches, so I am actually doing ab work now. I am getting great results from his stuff and feel well worked, but not thrashed. It was leap of faith because he hasn't got the ridiculous volume that Caroline has, but my muscles have started growing again ofter a plateau with caroline.

I cancelled my app renewal which is due to renew on 17/9. I might subscribe again once she announces her next series after the xmas one. There is such alot out there that is free.

Jasper is going to be very pleased with the number of new followers from this thread! I did Day 11 of his Hero II programme today. I love the different variations he introduces each session so today was 1 armed shoulder presses then a kind of see-saw shoulder press. He just kind of mixes it up a bit and, as I’m always saying, he seems like a really nice chap.

I too have cancelled the CGX app. Have no interest in doing the new Fuel programme as loathed the first one. Have got another couple of programmes lined up in my head to do after Jasper then might get the App again or might not.

@SpaceRaccoon it was worse than that, he was devastated! I could've handled cross. He's a very simple, gentle man so I think the sight of his tortoise covered in blood and mangled was a lot to handle. He's okay, though, now that the tortoise seems to be recovering. He is very much like a tortoise himself.

Oh no 😔I can imagine. Poor wee thing, I'm glad the vet could sort it out, and your poor dad. Just stressful all round really.

Ooh seems like i need to try Jasper too, then! I think my app is also due for renewal, I might reconsider. I could do with saving some cash after the house move debacle.

Hero 2 day 15 for me today- push presses and I managed 12.5kg for those. Am super happy with that. He seems such a nice fella 🙂

Just done Hero 2 Day 12 - glutes and hammies. How refreshing not to do endless thrusting. Also find the positioning for his one legged RDLs really hits the hammies.

We’ll have to rename this thread Jasper McDermott soon 😂

Could be the Jasper/Caroline/Heather thread? 😃 I am getting a bit of fomo around Jasper but I think I’m going to stick to Heather for now. I started her 12 week 3.0, good so far! Today was an arm day doing things with a band I’ve never done before.

News from the CG FB page: people wondering what add ons they should do, as Fuel is only 30 mins. 😏

I saw that one - about par for the course on that group.

I wouldn’t mind trying a Jasper workout but presume I can’t play my own music over it? I do like the ability to play my own playlist when I’m doing the CG workouts.

I've got Heather's app, and I really like it. Currently paying monthly, but thinking of taking the plunge and subscribing for the year. I'm waiting to see if she has any deals on as it's the one-year anniversary. She has an eight-week strength/metcon series starting this month and then another 12-week one in the new year.

I don't think you will get quite the same strength gains with HR as with CG, but HR has so much more variety and is better for my overall fitness. When I had the CGX app I got bored and really struggled to motivate myself to workout. Saying that, I am tempted by Fuel as I loved that on YouTube, so I may come back to the CGX in the future to do that.

It's a lifesaver. I'm on round 2 of Iron Pro and I'm enjoying it a shocking amount more, I would get genuinely demotivated when I was doing it with the selected music.
I'm not quite sure why I foolishly suffered through it first time round though.

If anyone is not doing Fuel but still fancies doing a "live" programme, I saw Sydney Cummings is starting a new one tomorrow - Program 75 it's called. From what I can glean, it is very much strength based, which is unusual for her as she usually includes a fair bit of cardio. It's billed as a "Strength training and Stretching" programme.

I'm torn now between carrying on with Jasper or jumping ship to this new programme. It's going to be free on her Youtube channel (I'm assuming like CG she'll drop one workout at a time) but you can buy the calendar for it for £7 if you want to see how it's going to pan out. I think I might look at tomorrow's and decide then what to do.

Anyone who's not done one of her workouts before - she's very different to CG and talks all the way through! Not for everyone I imagine but I don't mind it too much. It's only if you repeat the same workout several times (which I used to do) that it starts to grate.

Yes same, I loved Fuel on YouTube. It’s just a little too late on the app - I deleted it earlier this year because I just didn’t see what I was paying for and had discovered the wealth of Heather’s free material!

I also agree that Heather won’t increase your strength to the extent of Caroline - I definitely use lighter weights. Today’s workout had (unusually for her) some straight chest press sets, I used my 10kgs as that’s what I use for Caroline and it felt a bit challenging! So maybe my overall strength went down during 2.0, but I think my overall fitness has improved and I also think I may be slightly leaner - although I have been trying to watch the biscuit intake so it could be that.

HR has been using heavier weights on the app workouts. I definitely get muscle fatigue. But her strength workouts aren't as grueling as CG's and she doesn't have as much repetition, which, bored as it makes me, is great for muscle gain.

Saying that, I did a HR metcon workouts after about 6 months of doing CGX, and I nearly died. It made me realise that I definitely need cardio built into the programs I do. I feel so much better for it. If CG has more programmes like Fuel in the app, I will give it a go again (or else just redo some of the YouTube ones).

I agree that I need cardio.
I hate doing it however so when I have to add it in to my workout schedule,I often cheat and find a reason not to do it thay day 🤣
So to do a program with it actually built into the strength workout is great and works best for me.
Im looking forward(kinda) to fuel and plan to start the leg day after work (should be my cardio day, so again..an excuse)
I tried HR but didnt like how she used to slice bits of her workouts together, so not done in real time.
Plus her weights where always lighter,or I wasnt really sure what weight to use.
I basically got bored and went back to CGX.
Man am I bored of rear delt flies though,I eye roll everytime I see them, and I will never like Bulgarians.
Going to try some jasper workouts like I said at some point,did have a quick look and was put off my the balcony space(silly I know)

I mentioned this before but in a recent review of all YouTube trainers Aryana Active was the only one with a similar level to CG (i.e tough!) so maybe worth trying https://youtube.com/@aryanaactive?si=UnlFBGXJw-njWAz6

@TessTickle0Hero 2 is filmed in a studio or has a studio background added (looks a bit like a dungeon) so that avoids having to look at the balcony.

The sycophants on FB are going wild I see today. Someone got up at 1.30am in her excitement to take a look at the new Fuel workout 🙄

I had a quick peek at the write up for fuel 1 this morning,I scrolled down to see that hundreds had already commenent
Bat shit the lot of em!