Ripped in 30 starting week of August 14 - any takers?

ardeornellis

OK, today was D1/W1 for me. It was tough, but not as bad as level 4 of 30DS. I finished the shred on Sunday and started a new running plan so I am yet to have a rest day.. Tomorrow I rest..:) I am going to do Ripped 3 days a week in addition to my running.. I seem to sweat a lot more doing Ripped than I did with Shred.. So hoping I'm meltin LOTS more fat..:)

SunnyDispo619

I'm right there with you. I keep thinking my arms/hands are maybe too far back....??? Don't know, but I'm not getting that right. I'm really struggling with the plank stuff also...I don't have the strength yet. BUT, I'm sticking with it!

Week 2, day 4 done. Tomorrow is my "off" day. Finish week 2 on Sat/Sun, then on to week 3....lord help me!

frats

Week 2 Day 6 done! We are going to a friends cottage tomorrow morning, so I might take it off and start with Week 3 on Sunday.

hcn74

Week 3 Day 1 done. I like week 3 better than week 2. It seems faster (and I do think it's 3-4 minutes shorter). Some of the moves I'm not attempting due to my too-recent knee surgery (jumping lungings, the single leg cross jumps, and the squat walk duck thing). That said, I made sure to do something during those moves, whether it was a modifier or whatnot. I was happy that she did a 30-second ab hold. Her saying that it might not feel like your lifting at all made all the difference to me, and I was able to really focus on my abs, and not all the flab that apparently hangs off my butt preventing me from doing it perfectly!

And I gotta say, I do not miss the crow pushups!

Can't believe we're about halfway through this! Hope everyone has a great week!

frats

Awesome for starting week 3! I didn't get to it today, and we are going out tomorrow morning. Hopefully I will find the time energy tomorrow afternoon to get it done. I am back to work on the 6th so I want to get week 3 out of the way before then!

SunnyDispo619

Week 3 Day 1 done. I like week 3 better than week 2. It seems faster (and I do think it's 3-4 minutes shorter). Some of the moves I'm not attempting due to my too-recent knee surgery (jumping lungings, the single leg cross jumps, and the squat walk duck thing). That said, I made sure to do something during those moves, whether it was a modifier or whatnot. I was happy that she did a 30-second ab hold. Her saying that it might not feel like your lifting at all made all the difference to me, and I was able to really focus on my abs, and not all the flab that apparently hangs off my butt preventing me from doing it perfectly!

And I gotta say, I do not miss the crow pushups!

Can't believe we're about halfway through this! Hope everyone has a great week!

My right knee is killing me...had to do a lot of modifiers this morning. I think this workout is really hard, but I'm also glad week 2 is done...hated the cardio in plank and never felt like I was doing the ab hold correctly. I'm hoping I'll improve as the week goes on...So happy to be half way through it!

hcn74

My right knee is killing me...had to do a lot of modifiers this morning. I think this workout is really hard, but I'm also glad week 2 is done...hated the cardio in plank and never felt like I was doing the ab hold correctly. I'm hoping I'll improve as the week goes on...So happy to be half way through it!

I decided after yesterday (day 2, week 3), that Jillian is attempting to ruin our knees this week! Good grief! I do modify it as needed. I am not willing to risk being on crutches for another 8 weeks.

Did anyone else notice that she blows off the second set of the crooked rows (1st strength circuit - I'm not sure if that's the real name of the exercise or not, but you're in a squat, and you have one hand palm down, one palm up - holding weights - and you're rowing)? Cracks me up a little, but also annoys me. Should I pause the dvd and do my own 30 seconds? Probably, but I haven't yet. I sort of thought I was crazy the first day, and then realized that nope, it's definitely not there the second day.

I have a lot of trepidation about Week 4.

jj1983

I did Week 2 Day 1 yesterday - dripping sweat at the end!! OH MY! A different sort of challenge, I can do everything pretty well except that whole two minutes of cardio in plank. The 30 seconds of holding plank in week 1 was NOT enough to prepare me for 2 minutes. What a crazy lady that Jillian is. Tonight I'll be doing Day 2 and going for an hour long walk.

hcn74

I did Week 2 Day 1 yesterday - dripping sweat at the end!! OH MY! A different sort of challenge, I can do everything pretty well except that whole two minutes of cardio in plank. The 30 seconds of holding plank in week 1 was NOT enough to prepare me for 2 minutes. What a crazy lady that Jillian is. Tonight I'll be doing Day 2 and going for an hour long walk.

The plank cardio in Week 2 is killer! That's probably the one reason I prefer week 3!

jj1983

I have practically given up on this dvd, why does week 2 seem to get HARDER every time I do it?? I'm thinking I may go back to week 1 for a while.

hcn74

I have practically given up on this dvd, why does week 2 seem to get HARDER every time I do it?? I'm thinking I may go back to week 1 for a while.

Well, if you can get to Week 4, I liked it a lot better than Week 3! Maybe try to skip to Week 3 rather than going back to Week 1? Might be worth a shot. Week 3 was killer on the knees, though.