I didn’t choose the trug life, the trug life chose me

There's nothing better than chasing away that Monday feeling than coming along to a GoodGym session - you'll never regret starting the week with some activity that leaves you buzzing and is also very rewarding!

Last night a dozen of us were up for just that, and we started off the evening with a warm up, before naming our favourite green spaces in London. It was little surprise perhaps that Battersea Park came out top, but special mentions go to Wandsworth common, Hyde Park, Fulham Palace and of course, our GoodGym garden!

We set off for Doddington and our task for the evening. It is always a pleasure when we climb that metal staircase to see how the garden is changing and developing all the time. Last night the transformation was particularly evident as this community space had been given loads of fabulous furniture and other bits and pieces from the Chelsea Flower show.

Our first job was a particularly precarious one. We were trusted to move an incredibly heavy - and even more expensive (several thousand pounds...!) table into position. Our first attempt wasn't successful so we drafted in more GGers which did the job. We were also told the chairs were designed and donated by Jay Blades of Repair Shop fame, which is pretty exciting!

Our next task was to transport and spread two tonnes of top soil. Now, we're always up for a challenge, and yesterday was no exception. We only had a series of trugs to be able to do it, which added that extra element of fun. Bonus upper body workout!

After all that lifting, it was only right we worked our lower body as well, so we went downstairs for our legs blast. Six intense minutes and loads of different variations later and we were done. Great work everybody!

Next week we're back at our own GoodGym garden - come and check out how we're doing!