30 Day Shred Questions

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  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    I have a question about it as well - On the back of the box it says you need weights for it, but gives no indication of what type of weights or how much they should weight.

    I would love a little input.
  • millyvanilli321
    millyvanilli321 Posts: 236 Member
    Hi, I'm on level 3 at the moment, I started off doing it every day but once i started combining running too I decided to just workout every other day, so I go for a run and do the shred 3 times a week. I actually saw more results in body weight and inches lost once I chilled on the exercising a little bit! Rest days are as important as exercising, it gives your muscles a chance to rebuild stronger every time.

    I log it as circuit training.
  • DG82
    DG82 Posts: 105
    Yay I'll be starting 30 Day Shred once it's delivered this week. Reallyyyy hoping I can keep up with it and tone up!! :-)
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    I have a question about it as well - On the back of the box it says you need weights for it, but gives no indication of what type of weights or how much they should weight.

    I would love a little input.

    2 pounds or 3 pounds to start with unless you are already in good shape. When I first started I didn't have any weights so I pulled a couple of big cans of beans out of the cupboard, or filled 32 ounce water bottles, for 2 pound weights. You could also do it with no weights and still get started.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    Thank you - that does help!
  • risak
    risak Posts: 79 Member
    I do all three levels on the same day and love it. I use a HRM for calories burn which is usually between 400 and 450 calories for 72 minutes.

    Holy hell!?!? All three levels on the same day???

    That's amazing!
  • AshleyLo_44
    AshleyLo_44 Posts: 206 Member
    Hello everyone!

    I just started the 30 day shred today and I had a few questions for those of you who have done it at some point:

    1) Do you take one "Rest" day a week?
    2) What do you list it as on your exercise journal here? Or is it something you just put your weight in and the minutes you did the activity? If you have a HRM, have you found that the number of calories MFP says you burn is accurate?
    3) Do you incorporate any other activity during the day while you're doing the 30 DS as well?

    Thank you for any tips, suggestions, and responses!

    Thanks started today and you helped answer all my questions I had :)

    Hi! Just finished it Aug. 31! Doing Ripped in 30 now.
    1. Yes I took one rest day per week (usually sunday)
    2. I put it as 20 minutes of circuit training due to what other people on MFP did. I didn't have an HRM.
    3. Sometimes. I ran 3 miles once or twice a week, went for an easy bike ride once a week I think, and walked my dog 3-4 days a week.

    I loved it and had great success with it. Only lost 4lbs but lost tons of inches and really toned up. With Ripped in 30 I'm using 5lb weights (I used 3lb during all of 30DS because I didn't think I could handle 5lb). When I finish this, I'm starting P90X on Oct. 1! Even though we use light weights for Jillian stuff, I still feel like it's a great intro into strength training (especially for me, who has NEVER lifted a weight!)

    Good luck!
  • tattedchic
    tattedchic Posts: 66 Member
    I do on for 2 days, off for 1 day. Adds up to 5x a week, which works well for me. You can put it as "circuit training", or I found this handy formula online to calculate exactly how many calories you are burning:

    3.267 x your weight = X
    X= # of calories burned per hour doing 30DS
    Divide X by 3 for the 20min workout and you get the # of calories burned in one 30DS 20 min workout.
  • earthsember
    earthsember Posts: 435 Member
    I do on for 2 days, off for 1 day. Adds up to 5x a week, which works well for me. You can put it as "circuit training", or I found this handy formula online to calculate exactly how many calories you are burning:

    3.267 x your weight = X
    X= # of calories burned per hour doing 30DS
    Divide X by 3 for the 20min workout and you get the # of calories burned in one 30DS 20 min workout.

    Hey, I was wondering where you got that formula from? I just tried it out, and it's coming up about 60cals higher than my HRM, although that is a lot better than the MFP estimate if I log it as circuit training!

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