30-Day Shred - Let's Keep Each Other Accountable

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  • chedeco
    chedeco Posts: 109 Member
    We may be adding one more new member, which will give us an even number of 12 members. I've asked her to post her stats here by Friday night/Saturday morning (she contacted me personally.) If she does not choose to join us, we will stay at 11 members. Looking forward to getting this whole thing up and running!
  • sugarbone
    sugarbone Posts: 454 Member
    Neat, I'll go about friending everyone later :-) I am GMT+12, way down here in NZ. The time difference is so dramatic it's actually pretty close to normal haha.
  • olpbabe
    olpbabe Posts: 89
    Hey everyone! I should be that new member Michelle talked about. I'm Cristina! I've started the shred twice before, and almost made it to level 2 last time, but quit on day 9. That was about a month ago. I really wanted to start it up again, and felt like this was just the motivation I need! So, here's my stats:

    Name: Cristina
    Age: 29
    Height: 5'4"
    HW: 213
    SW: 209.6
    CW: 193.8
    MG1: 189.6 (20 pounds lost)
    UG: 130ish (size 6/8)

    I also run and was doing the c25k program. I loved it! Today was my first day doing distance and not just timed running. I ran a 5k on the levee by my house. Ran a 14.45 minute mile...not horrible! I'm running my first race 5k on Sunday and the Disney 5k on Oct. 1. I can't wait for that! Looking to tone as well, which is why I want to incorporate the shred into the mix. I live in Louisiana, right outside of New Orleans.

    Here's to us having a great 30 days!
  • jmelyan23
    jmelyan23 Posts: 1,648 Member
    Question for everyone. I've been doing the Shred for 5 days now, and I'm just wondering if any of you have trouble doing some of the exercises. I really struggle with push ups and the (I think that they're called) bicycle crunches. Everything else I seem to be doing fine with.

    Anybody else with this problem? Suggestions to get better?
  • sugarbone
    sugarbone Posts: 454 Member
    Since push ups are a pure strength exercise, I imagine all you can do to get better at them is do them a lot, and eat a lot of protein so those muscles can strengthen when they repair the next day!
  • olpbabe
    olpbabe Posts: 89
    Question for everyone. I've been doing the Shred for 5 days now, and I'm just wondering if any of you have trouble doing some of the exercises. I really struggle with push ups and the (I think that they're called) bicycle crunches. Everything else I seem to be doing fine with.

    Anybody else with this problem? Suggestions to get better?

    On the shred, the worst exercises for me are the push-ups, bicycle crunches, and the jump rope for me. I have tried and tried to do a regular push-up, and my upper body still cannot handle it! So I stick with the knees on the floor push-up. For bicycle crunches, I'm usually screaming and halfway through I move into a regular crunch because I physically cannot do another bicycle one. And for jump rope, that causes my calves to tighten to where I can barely move, let alone jump, so I'll jump rope until they start to tighten, then usually move into a butt kick with my hands still doing a jump rope motion.

    Never made it past level 1 yet, but I'm confident this time! It does it easier with each passing day.
  • rawrkeia
    rawrkeia Posts: 75 Member
    I did Day 1 last night. It kicked my butt major. Bad knees + being asthmatic + being out of shape = a very tired Keia.

    Any ideas for whhat to use for weights? I don't have any or the money to buy them. I was debating using my text books, but none of them weigh around the same.
  • chedeco
    chedeco Posts: 109 Member
    Good morning, ladies! We are officially a CLOSED Challenge Group for 30-Day Shred! Our members are as follows:

    1. Carol - CarolM742

    2. Laurel - sugarbone

    3. Rosalind - rosalindphyllis

    4. Ginny - ginny5775

    5. Theresa - Twoody83

    6. Tina - Tinasmythe

    7. Tiana - t_rog

    8. Danika - DanikaDawn

    9. Jamie - jlinan23

    10. Michelle - chedeco

    11. Keia - rawrkeia

    12. Cristina - olpbabe

    Please make sure that you are friends with me, as well as all of our challenge group members so that we all show up on each other's news feeds as well. I am also (right now) creating a new board called "CLOSED GROUP-Get Ahead With The Shread!" That is where will we post from now on. I will input everyone's info onto the new board. When you weigh in tomorrow morning (Monday morning), put your weigh-in amount on the NEW board, the one called "CLOSED GROUP-Get Ahead With The Shred!" Thanks, ladies! Good luck with your weigh-ins!
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