After Sunday's football excitement, we were a slightly smaller crew than usual. Could it be a coincidence? Whatever the reason, spirits were high and there was plenty of energy where it counted.

Before we set off, it was quiz question time and this week it was a clean sweep: everyone knew that Avatar is the highest-grossing film of all time. It was far too easy for the brains of GG - be warned, next week's question is going to be a lot trickier! We headed down to Doddington for our monthly visit to this fantastic community rooftop garden . It's an incredible local space, not just for growing fruit, veg and flowers, but for bringing neighbours together, sharing skills and creating a green oasis in the middle of the estate. Exactly the kind of place GoodGym loves to support.

A big Wandsworth welcome goes to Michael, who joined us for his very first GoodGym session! It was brilliant to have you with us—and little did we know we'd also recruited an absolute quiz ringer for later in the evening. More on that shortly...

Once we arrived, Malissa showed us to our patch for the evening. Our mission, simple but satisfyingly tough, was to pull up invasive mallow (and a healthy collection of other weeds) before turning over the soil so it would be ready for future planting. Half an hour of digging, pulling and turning later, we'd made a big difference. Along the way, conversation covered a wonderfully eclectic range of topics including all things green, killer cows, and the importance of getting a good night's sleep (particularly if you're Felix!)

With the gardening complete, we moved over to a (semi) green space for a fitness session. This week's theme was unusual planks. There were diamond planks, walking planks, bear planks, commando planks, pull-through planks and side planks.

Then came the decision between stretching at base or straight to the pub quiz - where we're delighted to report that we finished first! The winnings will be going straight into the pot for our 10th birthday celebrations on 10th August. Keep an eye out over the coming week for more details—it's the big one.

Next week we'll be splitting into two groups to spread the word about Balham Nursery and the Battersea Youth Scheme helping two brilliant local organisations reach even more people.

See you there!

Last night's task was a firm favourite as we returned to find Doddington community garden in full bloom and looking glorious. It's always rewarding to see how much the space changes through the seasons, and even more satisfying to know that the work we've put in over many visits has played a small part in helping it flourish.

It was also fantastic to welcome two new faces to GoodGym Wandsworth. A big hello to Katia and Adam – brilliant to have you along and we hope you enjoyed your first task with us!

Before setting off, it was time for our warm up and our controversial question of the week - which country invented the French fry? Adam and Veronica came up with the correct answer of Belgium, and we headed off towards the garden, where a few GGers were already there and well stuck into the raspberry canes.

Once everyone had arrived, we split into teams and tackled a whole range of jobs. There was soil to be transported up the stairs, which turned out to be quite the workout. Another group set about digging over a badly trampled flower bed (apparently the work of a visiting corporate group – we'll say no more!). Elsewhere, we were busy raking up swathes of yellow grass, composting, pruning and generally doing helpful tasks. We even put some found rubble to good use, stabilising a wonky orange planter and giving it a new lease of life. There was certainly no shortage of jobs to keep us occupied.

With the gardening complete and the tools packed away, we headed down to the square for our fitness session which quickly revealed itself to be a rather intense lower-body blast. Three levels of effort, 45 seconds at a time, and plenty of squats, lunges and pulses later, there were some well worked muscles all round.

After that it was time to choose your own adventure: back home for stretches or onwards to the pub quiz. At the time of writing, no reports of victory have come through on the wires, so the question remains: did GoodGym Wandsworth claim the pub quiz crown? We await news...

Next week we're heading to one of Battersea's most beautiful and oldest churches for another evening of doing good. We'd love to have you join us!

Yesterday’s session was a bank holiday special. A brilliant crew of runners giving up their time and potential long lunches to do good and create community spirit. Nice one!

We met, as always, at Battersea Arts Centre, where things kicked off with not one but two questions to get the brain firing—covering the unlikely pairing of cricket and the human skeleton. A true test of both sporting and anatomical knowledge before we even set off.

From there, we headed out to Doddington Community Garden, ready to get stuck in. Tasks included pulling out stubborn dry grass, giving the space a tidy-up, planting valerian root—known for its calming properties and often used to aid sleep—and, of course, plenty of watering to keep everything thriving. Solid teamwork all round.

Next stop: the square for a proper legs session. Lunges in all their forms, squat variations to keep things interesting, and step-ups to really finish things off. It was intense, but the group rose to it—serious effort from everyone.

All in all, a bank holiday well spent. Next week we’re heading to Balham Nursery. Hope you can join us

Spring was in full bloom on Monday evening, so we couldn't have asked for a better task than a visit to one of our favourite spots - Doddington Roof Garden! After a quick warm up and spring-inspired intro question (Bluebells won the prize of favourite spring flower) the group ran 1.5km to Doddington, where we were met by volunteer Melissa, who wasted no time in taking us through the evenings tasks. There was a lot to do, but with plenty of GoodGymmers on hand, including first-time GoodGymmer Joanna and a few tourists from other areas, no-one was phased by the long to do list. Beth, Jordan and Felix straight away volunteered themselves for the unenviable and rather smelly task of composting, transferring waste veg to the compost heap and turning the contents. While no-one likes to see food go to waste, it's good to know that those overly ripe vegetables have avoided the landfill and will instead help nurture future growth in the garden. Veronica and Nathan grabbed trowels and started pulling up grass to create a pathway across the lawn area, which will be filled with wildflower seeds to help the garden attract more bees and Dan, Dave and Hannah uncovered a resident toad in the veg patch! The rest of the team were busy digging up and relocating plants, weeding, pruning and sweeping; essential tasks that help the garden to thrive and keep it accessible for other volunteers and visitors.

After all that hard-work, some of the group went on to The Latchmere Pub for our monthly pub quiz social, and their heroic efforts won the team second prize - an amazing effort from everyone involved! Those who couldn't make it to the social this time ran back to the meeting point for some cool down stretches.

It was another busy night in Wandsworth yesterday, featuring a bit of thinking outside the (cardboard) box, a lovely visit from Cardiff GGers, a beautiful plough moon and the monthly pub quiz!

It all kicked off with some cheering for Annabel and Pritesh, who smashed the Olympic park half marathon yesterday, a reminder that there are two Missions this weekend, and welcoming Ben to his first ever GoodGym session. We then did our warm up, each had a guess at which country has the most islands (well done Felix!) and then set off for Doddington community garden.

We arrived soon after to find Beth, Johnnie, Catherine and Veronica already hard at work, and settled down to the tasks. These included pulling mallow, clearing grass, digging a trench (lovely job, Johnnie!) and laying down cardboard.

Turns out that it was the perfect day to be doing it - the plough moon traditionally marks the beginning of the growing season. We couldn't have timed it better! With such high energy levels we whipped through the jobs. Check out the very impressive before and after shots!

Not quite finished, we headed down to the square for fitness. This week we got competitive, pairing up for a challenge that involved dashing round the circuit combined with strength exercises. There was some amazing form from everybody, but Jordan and Felix's tactical approach saw them take gold. Great work everybody.

Next week we're back at Larkhall to do some prepping and planting - hope to see you there!

We had some amazing milestones to celebrate last night, with Ali earning her GoodGym wings by doing an incredible 100 good deeds, and Jordan getting to 300 good deeds. Such an achievement making a really big difference in Wandsworth - give them a cheer! And while you're at it, please put your hands together for Catherine and Jack who both came along for their first GoodGym session - brilliant to have you both join us.

We started off the night with a warm up and a reminder about this session coming up on Saturday. This is a big task and we really need some more helping hands -it's going to be a great workout and one that has a big impact at a local nursery school.

After a short run down to Doddington, we were met by Malissa, who divided us up into groups and got the tasks underway. From strawberry snipping to raking, mallow pulling to weeding and planting there was plenty to do. Not forgetting some more work on those infamous orange planters that have made it into GoodGym history! This time these colourful yet massive planters needed yet more shifting about and some compost dug out of them. We' ll be back before long to plant in them.

After a good stint in the garden it was time for our fitness. Teaming up into partners we alternated from and upper body to lower body focus, keeping the intensity high and getting all those muscles working.

Great job everybody!

Next week we're off to the scout hall - hope to see you there!