30day shred replacement weight exercise

tulip_girl100

Hi everyone,

I've started the 30DS video and I am having a problem with one of the weight routines. It is the first one you do on Level 1 where you stand with legs shoulder width apart and weights in each hand and slight knee bend and then you push up with your legs to a straight position and then push the weights up above your head.

Basically, the reason I can't do it isn't because it's too hard, it is because I have severely inflexible achilles tendons (due to a medical condition) therefore I can't bend my knees without lifting me heels off the ground which is exactly what Gillian said you should not do. It also means for that exercise I am not getting any benefit.

I'm pretty bad with knowing what weight routines are useful but does anyone have one that I could replace it with that is similar?

Thanks in advance, xx