Shred and knee pain

Haribo47

I am doing the 30 day shred but its killing my right knee? Did anyone else have trouble with their knees doing this?. What did you do - take a day off?

WalkingGirl1985

If you feel the need take a day off, there was a time I pulled a muscle in my back and had to rest..if you can handle low impact, and do the modified version then do that. Do not push yourself.

Edestiny7

You have to be very careful with knee pain. Anything that causes pain is a no-no. You may have to avoid those exercises that cause the pain and strengthen your leg muscles to support your knee better. I went through it last summer cycling and have to spin at a high cadence to avoid putting stress on my knees.

amberlineilene

I have had the same problem, when my knees hurt I will substitute that move with another from the same level..and keep going.

Ely82010

Yes, it did cause knee pain which made a pre-existing situation worse. I didn't do the jumping at all, I modified all the exercises but I had to stop anyway. And I only did the Shred 2 or 3 times a week since I do other things too. I read that other MFP members had knee problems with her DVDs too.

Jillian doesn't do a good warm up for the kind of exercises that she does in her DVD. I recommend that you do your own warm up for 10 to 15 minutes before doing the 30DShred. I used to do Pilates before clicking Play.

Take a rest (ice your knees), before going back to the workout.

jtndle

I just did the Ripped in 30 for the first time the other night and now my knees are killing me. I have had surgery on one knee but it has been doing well even through Zumba and light running. Now major pain in both knees.

I was telling my husband I am pretty sure it is lunges that do me in so I will be avoiding lunge moves from here on out.

Haribo47

Thanks everyone. Think I will take a day off and then modify the routine. My knees so sore:-(

AniMarieSt

I did have a lot of trouble at first. I actually brought it down to doing the 30 Day Shred every other day - or 4/week to give my knees more time to heal between workouts. After every workout I used relaxation, ice, compression, and elevation to help it. On top of the 30 day shred I was and am currently also doing the Couch 2 5K workout. It was the same thing - relaxation, ice, compression, and elevation after every running interval session.

I've been very determined and have worked through the pain. But at the same time I've listened to my body - taking an entire day off from working out when necessary.

FINALLY, about 2 weeks ago the pain disappeared. So it was almost 6 weeks of straight pain. Now I'm able to do the 30 Day Shred and the running everyday w/o finding myself limping afterwords.

I will also say that I think Jillian's Level 1 is a little bit harder on your knees (I'm now on level 2). There was one awkward move where you keep moving from side to side, repeatedly landing w/your legs slanted. My knees didn't like that one at all!

Kate_UK

I had this for a long time too. I continued to do the moves up to the point that my knees started to hurt, then just continued with the arm movements. Slowly but surely I was able to increase the number of reps until I was able to do the whole set. Now my knees are stronger than they have ever been. Stick with it but don't work it too hard.

shouts12

The problem for most people is that they are not used to that much exercise (of course, if you looked like her subjects on the video, would you be doing it in the first place?) PT is working for me.

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135599703/got-joint-pain-maybe-the-answer-is-more-exercise&sc=nl&cc=es-20110501

AniMarieSt

The problem for most people is that they are not used to that much exercise (of course, if you looked like her subjects on the video, would you be doing it in the first place?) PT is working for me.

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/25/135599703/got-joint-pain-maybe-the-answer-is-more-exercise&sc=nl&cc=es-20110501

That would make sense in my case since - like I mentioned in my previous response - it took exercising through the pain for it to finally disappear.

Tangerine302

She also mentions not over extending your knees with the moves. Like for lunges not to put the knee past the ankle. Have it at a 45 degree angle instead.