If you need rest days for muscle growth, then why...

trapped

If you need rest days for muscle growth then why are there no rest days in the 30 Day Shred? I don't understand. Even in my health/kinesiology course we were taught that your muscles need rest for growth. Ummm, so why does Jillian want you to work the same muscle groups, intensely, day after day for 30 days? I don't get it. I want to try her program but am skeptical because of that. Thanks.

Mokey41

Honestly, Jillian will not jump out of the TV and slap you silly if you don't do it every day!

Tyggress73

Personally, I think 30DS is more of a cardio program. You are not using very heavy weights (5lbs, I think?) and you are doing many, many repetitions at a fast pace. That is cardio. It is not meant to GROW muscles in the true sense of the term.

True lifting, using weights heavy enough to actually tear down muscle fibers for growth, would require the rest days for repair.

JenMc14

JM isn't going to build muscle anyway. As someone else said, 30DS is really more cardio than strength.

trapped

Personally, I think 30DS is more of a cardio program. You are not using very heavy weights (5lbs, I think?) and you are doing many, many repetitions at a fast pace. That is cardio. It is not meant to GROW muscles in the true sense of the term.

True lifting, using weights heavy enough to actually tear down muscle fibers for growth, would require the rest days for repair.

But if you are sore doesn't that mean you've at least done some muscle tearing? Serious question. Because lots of people say that they do get sore doing it.

Tyggress73

Anytime you use your muscles day-in and day-out you are going to be sore until they get used to the routine.

There is SOME benefit to your muscles from 30DS, but as I said prior, it's not enough of a strength routine to require the days off that true muscle growth would require.

danimalkeys

Personally, I think 30DS is more of a cardio program. You are not using very heavy weights (5lbs, I think?) and you are doing many, many repetitions at a fast pace. That is cardio. It is not meant to GROW muscles in the true sense of the term.

True lifting, using weights heavy enough to actually tear down muscle fibers for growth, would require the rest days for repair.

But if you are sore doesn't that mean you've at least done some muscle tearing? Serious question. Because lots of people say that they do get sore doing it.

People get sore jogging, or weeding their garden, or any number of activities that if you don't do them all the time, are going to make you aware that you used some muscles in a way they are not used to being used. That's alot different than doing a heavy squat/deadlift workout that really does take several days to recover from. The heavier you lift, the more recovery time you'll need.

ktliu

I started heavy cardio for 70-120mins a day, it's been 40+ days non stop . you can do it. Only when you do heavy lifting, you might not want to deal with any work the next day. So I just use light weights, like 1,3,5 lbs dumbbells to add to the burn daily, I have no intention to stop until I reach my goal weight.. The cool thing about doing it every day, is that you can see the result. Things you couldn't do a week a go now is easy.
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JesterMFP

Jillian Michaels has actually said (somewhere... podcast maybe?) that you are supposed to take rest days with the 30DS. The whole "30 Days" = "30 Days consecutively" is more of an assumption that people make, based on a good marketing gimmick. They don't make it explicit that you should take rest days because it sells better as a 30 day transformation type thing.