Starting 30 Day Shred 11/14/11
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Took my half-way measurements today (finished Level 2 day 5 yesterday) - here's a 'then and now' comparison:
right lower thigh - 15.25" (now 14.75 -; lost 0.5")
right upper thigh - 23.5" (now 22.5" - lost 1")
butt/hips - 40.5" (now 39.5" - lost 1")
navel - 36" (now 34" - lost 2")
natural waist - 30" (now 29" - lost 1")
under bust - 28.5" (now 28" - lost 0.5")
over bust (wearing tight fitting sports bra) - 34" (36" - but I was wearing a different bra so probably actually no change)
right upper arm - 11" (10.5" - lost 0.5")
weight - 139.6 lbs (137.8 lbs - lost 1.8 lbs)
Great results! The inches really add up and we are only half way through. Thinking of doing the Shredded in 30 days next.
5'4"
I am very pleased with the results so far - I wasn't expecting a huge weightloss b/c I'm at a point where I'm only trying for 1/2 lb per week, so this is about right. Really happy to see some inches coming off though. :-)0 -
L2D2 DONE
L2D3 DONE
Ive done my leg in, think Ive sprained it, so i haven't been able to do the move properly
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Did L2D8 today. Can't believe I'm only 2 days from Level 3!0
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what would be the difference in the 30ds and the ripped in 30? I was looking online at some of her products but they don't explain what each is about.
I saw this review on Amazon, which cleared it up for me. I promptly ordered it and plan on starting it as soon as I am done with 30DS.
I absolutely love-love-LOVE this workout! It seems to me that Jillian took a lot of feedback she received in regards to her other workouts, specifically 30 Day Shred, and used the praise/criticism to create this incredibly effective workout. There are several changes she made that I really liked:
1) The workouts are *slightly* longer than 30 Day Shred, I think because the warm-up and stretching parts are a little longer and more involved.
2) LOTS of new moves are incorporated here! You'll see some familiar exercises, such as side lunges and lunges w/ bicep curls, but Jillian did try to throw in some new stuff that is still very effective. She also claims that she doesn't repeat ANY moves in any of the other levels. I've only gotten through level 1 so far, but I'll take her word for that.
3) In the strength circuits, there are 3 different moves per circuit as opposed to just 2. I personally appreciated this because it allows for more variation, plus in the past I have had trouble doing 1 strength move for a full minute and now you do each strength move for 30 seconds. Very nice!
4) I felt like towards the end of circuit 3, things began to cool down a bit - for example, Jillian finishes the final abs circuit with crunches and reverse crunches, which aren't the most difficult ab moves. In her previous videos she pushes you hard throughout the end, which some people may prefer, but for people like me who have been craving a bit of a cool-down without sacrificing extra time, this is beneficial.
5) I like Jillian's assistants in this video. Some of you might be familiar with Basheera, who I originally liked a lot in 6 Week 6-Pack. Basheera is Jillian's advanced assistant once again, and I could tell even in level 1 she was getting winded and very tired. Fortunately she did not CHEAT, like Jillian's other advanced assistant in 30-Day Shred.
7) Jillian takes a lot of time and care in instructing form, which is crucial. In the strength circuits, some of the moves are conducted more slowly, but this is not to make it easier - it is to help you concentrate on form! The slower pace gave me more time to sink down lower and really concentrate on what I was doing. I felt in some of Jillian's other workouts, they would fly through some of the strength moves and I would be struggling to keep up and would instead exercise with poor form. This is NOT the case with this newest video!
6) The music is much, much better!
Ripped in 30 is by far my favorite Jillian Michaels workout video. I will continue to do it every other day and will throw 6W6P and the Shred in the mix as well. This is a very tough workout but it is enjoyable and goes by quickly. Totally recommend to ANYONE, whether you are beginner, intermediate, advanced, young or old, looking to lose weight or looking to stay in shape. You will NOT regret it!
*PS* - I have now lost 30+ lbs. using various Jillian Michaels workouts, 6 of those being lost after I started Ripped in 30, which I got just over a week ago! I am also much stronger, much more flexible, and no longer have pain from a wrist injury I sustained a couple of years ago. Really, if I can achieve all that, I'm sure anyone else out there can.0 -
what would be the difference in the 30ds and the ripped in 30? I was looking online at some of her products but they don't explain what each is about.
I saw this review on Amazon, which cleared it up for me. I promptly ordered it and plan on starting it as soon as I am done with 30DS.
I absolutely love-love-LOVE this workout! It seems to me that Jillian took a lot of feedback she received in regards to her other workouts, specifically 30 Day Shred, and used the praise/criticism to create this incredibly effective workout. There are several changes she made that I really liked:
1) The workouts are *slightly* longer than 30 Day Shred, I think because the warm-up and stretching parts are a little longer and more involved.
2) LOTS of new moves are incorporated here! You'll see some familiar exercises, such as side lunges and lunges w/ bicep curls, but Jillian did try to throw in some new stuff that is still very effective. She also claims that she doesn't repeat ANY moves in any of the other levels. I've only gotten through level 1 so far, but I'll take her word for that.
3) In the strength circuits, there are 3 different moves per circuit as opposed to just 2. I personally appreciated this because it allows for more variation, plus in the past I have had trouble doing 1 strength move for a full minute and now you do each strength move for 30 seconds. Very nice!
4) I felt like towards the end of circuit 3, things began to cool down a bit - for example, Jillian finishes the final abs circuit with crunches and reverse crunches, which aren't the most difficult ab moves. In her previous videos she pushes you hard throughout the end, which some people may prefer, but for people like me who have been craving a bit of a cool-down without sacrificing extra time, this is beneficial.
5) I like Jillian's assistants in this video. Some of you might be familiar with Basheera, who I originally liked a lot in 6 Week 6-Pack. Basheera is Jillian's advanced assistant once again, and I could tell even in level 1 she was getting winded and very tired. Fortunately she did not CHEAT, like Jillian's other advanced assistant in 30-Day Shred.
7) Jillian takes a lot of time and care in instructing form, which is crucial. In the strength circuits, some of the moves are conducted more slowly, but this is not to make it easier - it is to help you concentrate on form! The slower pace gave me more time to sink down lower and really concentrate on what I was doing. I felt in some of Jillian's other workouts, they would fly through some of the strength moves and I would be struggling to keep up and would instead exercise with poor form. This is NOT the case with this newest video!
6) The music is much, much better!
Ripped in 30 is by far my favorite Jillian Michaels workout video. I will continue to do it every other day and will throw 6W6P and the Shred in the mix as well. This is a very tough workout but it is enjoyable and goes by quickly. Totally recommend to ANYONE, whether you are beginner, intermediate, advanced, young or old, looking to lose weight or looking to stay in shape. You will NOT regret it!
*PS* - I have now lost 30+ lbs. using various Jillian Michaels workouts, 6 of those being lost after I started Ripped in 30, which I got just over a week ago! I am also much stronger, much more flexible, and no longer have pain from a wrist injury I sustained a couple of years ago. Really, if I can achieve all that, I'm sure anyone else out there can.
Really want to try the Ripped in 30 video next. Thank you for the post above. Great info!0 -
with ripped in 30, what is the difference with that one to 30ds?0
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Did L2D9 today. Not sure if I will really be ready to move on to L3, but I am ready for a change...0
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Level 2 day 7, done.0
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Level 2 day 7 done! Feel good. I think it will be nice to change it up in level 3.0
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Okay so I just went to the fat2fit site and put in my measurements from the start of the 30 day shred and my halfway point measurements. At the beginning the calculations put me at 24.3% bodyfat with 106 lbs lean mass and 34 lbs of fat. My halfway point measurements put me at 22.5% bodyfat with 107 lbs lean mass and 31 lbs fat. So I've gained around 1 lb of muscle and lost around 3 lbs of fat. How awesome! I really hope that calculator is fairly accurate b/c those numbers make me really happy. :-) Can't wait to get my full 30 day results and plug in my new numbers!
If anyone wants to try out the body fat calculator, here's the link:
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/cbbf/0 -
Hi Guys, I have not been on in a while, but I am on d8 and I am still on level 1, i have not been doing it everyday, I have been doing other things in between. Those who are on day 8 level 2, does that mean you went through all of level 1 30 days? That is impressive. My old bones need a break every few days but I can be a little more aggressive. Love reading the posts, they motivate me all over again!0
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Okay so I just went to the fat2fit site and put in my measurements from the start of the 30 day shred and my halfway point measurements. At the beginning the calculations put me at 24.3% bodyfat with 106 lbs lean mass and 34 lbs of fat. My halfway point measurements put me at 22.5% bodyfat with 107 lbs lean mass and 31 lbs fat. So I've gained around 1 lb of muscle and lost around 3 lbs of fat. How awesome! I really hope that calculator is fairly accurate b/c those numbers make me really happy. :-) Can't wait to get my full 30 day results and plug in my new numbers!
If anyone wants to try out the body fat calculator, here's the link:
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/cbbf/
love this site, I didnt know they had that calculator though, it gives me more realistic goals, based on my measurements. Thanks for sharing!0 -
Okay so I just went to the fat2fit site and put in my measurements from the start of the 30 day shred and my halfway point measurements. At the beginning the calculations put me at 24.3% bodyfat with 106 lbs lean mass and 34 lbs of fat. My halfway point measurements put me at 22.5% bodyfat with 107 lbs lean mass and 31 lbs fat. So I've gained around 1 lb of muscle and lost around 3 lbs of fat. How awesome! I really hope that calculator is fairly accurate b/c those numbers make me really happy. :-) Can't wait to get my full 30 day results and plug in my new numbers!
If anyone wants to try out the body fat calculator, here's the link:
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/cbbf/
Awesome results! Are you the one doing the workout twice in a row? If so, how do you do that?? I am so impressed.
I don't know which site to believe - I WANT to believe that one, because it puts my body fat % at 31. On that same site, the military body fat calculator puts me at 42%!!! I KNOW thats not right. That one only uses your weight, neck, waist and hip though) I have a scale that also measures body fat, and it puts me at 35.5% (this morning), but when I tried it after a workout yesterday afternoon, it was 32.5%. My feet were more moist (just took my socks and shoes off) and I was a little more hydrated. It is very sensitive to those things. I am thinking the 31 - 32 sound more right. I build muscle pretty easily and definitely have a decent amount of lean mass. To get down to 25% body fat, it put my weight goal at 145, which is what my initial goal has been (although I might go further to 135. Guess it depends on how much muscle I have.0 -
Okay so I just went to the fat2fit site and put in my measurements from the start of the 30 day shred and my halfway point measurements. At the beginning the calculations put me at 24.3% bodyfat with 106 lbs lean mass and 34 lbs of fat. My halfway point measurements put me at 22.5% bodyfat with 107 lbs lean mass and 31 lbs fat. So I've gained around 1 lb of muscle and lost around 3 lbs of fat. How awesome! I really hope that calculator is fairly accurate b/c those numbers make me really happy. :-) Can't wait to get my full 30 day results and plug in my new numbers!
If anyone wants to try out the body fat calculator, here's the link:
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/cbbf/
Awesome results! Are you the one doing the workout twice in a row? If so, how do you do that?? I am so impressed.
I don't know which site to believe - I WANT to believe that one, because it puts my body fat % at 31. On that same site, the military body fat calculator puts me at 42%!!! I KNOW thats not right. That one only uses your weight, neck, waist and hip though) I have a scale that also measures body fat, and it puts me at 35.5% (this morning), but when I tried it after a workout yesterday afternoon, it was 32.5%. My feet were more moist (just took my socks and shoes off) and I was a little more hydrated. It is very sensitive to those things. I am thinking the 31 - 32 sound more right. I build muscle pretty easily and definitely have a decent amount of lean mass. To get down to 25% body fat, it put my weight goal at 145, which is what my initial goal has been (although I might go further to 135. Guess it depends on how much muscle I have.
I do usually do it 2 times in a row. Which is kind of funny b/c I'm also the one that got her butt kicked so bad on day 1 that I had to take 3 days off for recovery. LOL It took a few sessions after that for me to work up the confidence to try doing it twice in a row. But the thing is, when I was only doing it 1 time, I was then getting on the treadmill for around 30-45 minutes just to earn some more calories for the day. I figured if I had the energy to do that, I might as well try doing the Shred twice b/c it's obvious that it really works muscles that walking/jogging just does not work. :-) Anyway I go through the first time pretty much the way they do it (except I substitute in different cardio in a couple of places where my knees can't take it, like the jumprope and that twisting jump - and I also do the 'beginner' version of the squat thrusts in Level 2 b/c my knees won't let me do that jumping action). Except I do not do the cool down stretches in the first round - I stand there and do various cardio things to keep my heartrate up. Then I start the second round and keep doing various cardio exercises or sometimes various strength exercises while they do the warm-up exercises. Then I get right back to it once they start the circuits and finally I do the cool-down stretches at the end of my second round. Usually I try to do it back-to-back but sometimes I end up with a break in the middle if my kiddos need something. :-)
I'm not sure which calculator would be more accurate, the one in my link or the military one, but that military one sounds kind of crazy. LOL I *know* that I've read in multiple places that the scale estimates are not reliable - mine puts me around 27% BF which does not sound completely unrealistic, but it seems to change throughout the day just like my actual weight changes throughout the day which I KNOW cannot be right since your BF% is not going to bobble up and down throughout the day like that. It changes along with my hydration number on the scale too which makes no sense. I'm pretty sure it just has to do with the way that it estimates. I'm sticking with the calculations from the fat2fitradio site b/c it just makes sense to me that various measurements need to be taken into account to get a good estimate. Of course it also is rounding off the lean mass and fat to the nearest pound so my real results might not be quite as awesome as they look. LOL But I love it. I've lost less than 2 lbs overall but the site says I really lost 3 lbs of fat and gained 1 lb of muscle, which is just so much more exciting than 'just losing 2 lbs'. :-) So I'm going to choose to believe the site b/c it is WAY more motivating than my raw weightloss number and my silly scale's estimates. LOL
I'm also thinking, from what I've read from various people, that my results may be one of those 'beginners gains' scenarios where I gained a little muscle b/c I was so out of shape to start with. Seems like a lot of the people that know their stuff say that USUALLY you can't gain muscle on a deficit, unless you are really new to strength exercises or you used to do it a lot and just recently got back into it. I'm definitely a beginner. LOL Makes me feel good about eating so much protein all the time though, maybe that's actually helped me. :-)0 -
L2D7 complete!0
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Finding myself getting bored with doing the 30DS everyday. So I've been changing it up here & there with Jillian's shred it with a kettle bell. I also walk 30-60 minutes on the tredmill after each video. Ill check my measurements later today. Currently Im on L2D7 of 30DS. :happy:0
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I'm not sure which calculator would be more accurate, the one in my link or the military one, but that military one sounds kind of crazy. LOL I *know* that I've read in multiple places that the scale estimates are not reliable - mine puts me around 27% BF which does not sound completely unrealistic, but it seems to change throughout the day just like my actual weight changes throughout the day which I KNOW cannot be right since your BF% is not going to bobble up and down throughout the day like that. It changes along with my hydration number on the scale too which makes no sense. I'm pretty sure it just has to do with the way that it estimates.
It sends an electrical signal through your body - which passes through fat with much more difficulty than other tissue, which has alot of water in it. So, first thing in the morning you are going to get the highest fat readings. The important thing is to weigh yourself at the same time everyday. As long as it goes down, you're golden!
One of the reasons I like this workout is that it is only 25 min - I go all out and am dripping sweat off my face at the end (and I work out in a cold basement!)0 -
Oh, yeah, and I did L2D10 today. Can't wait to see what novel and twisted tortures Jillian has in store for me tomorrow!0
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Level 2, day 8, done!0
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Level 2 day 9 done! One more day of this level and i'm moving up.0
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OMG! L3D1 done. Actually started feeling a little queasy part way through (I sometime get nauseous after I really push it, but not til after the workout) - probably doesn't help I had a slight headache. Had to follow Anita more than usual - even on some of the ab stuff. Some moves were fairly easy, but they make up for the ridiculous ones. Oh my thighs!
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OMG! L3D1 done. Actually started feeling a little queasy part way through (I sometime get nauseous after I really push it, but not til after the workout) - probably doesn't help I had a slight headache. Had to follow Anita more than usual - even on some of the ab stuff. Some moves were fairly easy, but they make up for the ridiculous ones. Oh my thighs!
Yikes! At least you know you only have 9 more and you're done. I've got a few more days of level 2 left, but now I know what to expect. Scary!0 -
OMG! L3D1 done. Actually started feeling a little queasy part way through (I sometime get nauseous after I really push it, but not til after the workout) - probably doesn't help I had a slight headache. Had to follow Anita more than usual - even on some of the ab stuff. Some moves were fairly easy, but they make up for the ridiculous ones. Oh my thighs!
Yikes! At least you know you only have 9 more and you're done. I've got a few more days of level 2 left, but now I know what to expect. Scary!
I don't know - I may stick with this level more than 10 days. I am going to do Ripped in 30 next, and I hear that it is harder still. One of the things that makes this level harder is a lot of jumping.0 -
OMG! L3D1 done. Actually started feeling a little queasy part way through (I sometime get nauseous after I really push it, but not til after the workout) - probably doesn't help I had a slight headache. Had to follow Anita more than usual - even on some of the ab stuff. Some moves were fairly easy, but they make up for the ridiculous ones. Oh my thighs!
Yikes! At least you know you only have 9 more and you're done. I've got a few more days of level 2 left, but now I know what to expect. Scary!
I don't know - I may stick with this level more than 10 days. I am going to do Ripped in 30 next, and I hear that it is harder still. One of the things that makes this level harder is a lot of jumping.
I'm planning to do Ripped in 30 in January. I may just do it 3 days a week, because this 7 days a week stuff is just too much to continue with for so long. But I'm going on vacation in February, and I'm gonna have to put on a bathing suit. That's a pretty good motivation to keep at it! We'll see...0 -
Wow I just started this L1 D3, way harder than my other workout due to the high intensity. Might rotate in rev abs but we will have to wait and see. already getting results so all is good for now.0
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Im not going nearly as fast as any of you guys, I am still on Level 1, day 9 now. I was planning on doing 30 days level 1 then 30 days level 2 and so on, does it recommend we only do 10 days per level?0
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Im not going nearly as fast as any of you guys, I am still on Level 1, day 9 now. I was planning on doing 30 days level 1 then 30 days level 2 and so on, does it recommend we only do 10 days per level?
Yes, it recommends 10 days per level, but I've heard some people will stick with a level longer if they are still having trouble, or some people will even skip to the next level more quickly if they find the one they're on is not challenging enough. I think you have to do what works for you. Whether you move up or stay put for awhile, you're still exercising and you're still going to get results.0 -
i just finished day 5 of level 1 and there are a few that i feel comfortable doing and do well now but a few that i still struggle with ( like the push ups), so i don't know if i should stay till i can master them all before going to level 2 or jump ahead on day 10?0
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i just finished day 5 of level 1 and there are a few that i feel comfortable doing and do well now but a few that i still struggle with ( like the push ups), so i don't know if i should stay till i can master them all before going to level 2 or jump ahead on day 10?
I think you'll be amazed at how much more you can do on day 10. That being said, I certainly had plenty of room for improvement on each level when I moved on. I will probably do the whole thing again some time - you can always push more and do better. Switching levels just keeps it interesting and keeps you out of a rut, in my opinion.0 -
Decided to do L2 again today. So, I guess that would be L2D11! Felt great. Think I might spend a few more days at this level before I try L3 again.0
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