30 Day Shred

HI Morgan
I am on day 8 of Level 1 the first few days killed my legs , I still struggle a little to get through the level although my squats have improved immensley from day 1 and so has my endurance ..But I am still breathing like mad by the end of it and sweating so I assume i must be getting something out of it ... I had a days rest on the Sunday .. I was planning on every sunday off but i will not be doing it , it was to hard to get back into it on the Monday..

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I am also on day three of the 30DS it seem not too hard the first day but I was super sweaty and then sore the next day and starting out in the workout on day two was tough bu got easier as I went. Today I am even more sore the yesterday and had the same questions you asked here, rest days? 10 days each level? should I work out other than the 20 mins? I haven't worked out this hard in 20 mins ever so I am hopeing for great results. Thank you.

I do mine at work, so I have a 2 day break each week on my off days (if I took the DVD home I know I would forget to bring it back all the time.) 8-)

ETA: I could not do a push up either, until I started the burpee challenge. Day 1=1 Burpee, Day 2=2 Burpees, etc. If you skip a day you do those burpess the next day along the the ones for that day (IE: skip day 2, on Day 3 you must make up your 2 and then do the 3 for that day so 5 total!) You don't have to do them all in one setting, you just have to get them all done each day.

I am on day 62 now! If you would have asked me 62 days ago if I would ever do 62 burpees in one day I would have said NO WAY!! I am to the point now where I usually do them in sets of 10 and it has been taking me about 10-15 minutes, but now that I am getting higher in numbers I am thinking about splitting them into two different times a day. (I do them on my first break at work so I can't go for longer than 15 minutes otherwise I would keep doing them all in a row). When I started the challenge, I was walking the stairs for 10 minutes on one break and on my second break I was doing a abs, butt, thighs workout, so an ok workout, but not a whole lot of cardio. Now doing the 30 day shred I usually get about 15 pushups in the first pushup section of the workout and about 8-10 in the second set, and they are the real ones, not the girly kind! (Oh, and by the way, I have heard that wall pushups/stair pushups give you more of a workout than the girly on your knees pushups, just an FYI!) :happy:

-Here is a link to what a burpee is... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjCgoa7C01M&feature=related) Skip to about 3 minutes 40 seconds for an example

I did day 6 of level 2 yesterday. When I did level 1 I thought I was going to die after the first couple of days and the ache I had afterwards was malicious! But, day 3, I could do all the exercises okay, still a bit achy for the next couple of days but by day 5 I was absolutely fine. Level 2 is HARD work, but I don't ache afterwards, so it's a bonus! I just find learning new moves a bit tricky. I take one day a week off (Sundays) where if I do any form of exercise it's walking (usually around the shop or to the park, etc) and that has me on for good form the following day, so... it takes a little more than 30 days
Stick at it chick, because you WON'T regret it xx

I've done about 35 days of the 30DS DVD and I only took 3 days off out of that time. I didn't give myself a day off until I moved on to level 2 and now I feel bad/regretful if I dont do the work out. I moved myself on after 10 days whether I wanted to or not. Your body needs the change up! I started with 3lb weights and I just started (last night) level 1 with 5lb weights and I can feel it again! I never got to the point that I was going ALL out like {Natalie} on the dvd but I can see and feel the muscle tone in my body that I didn't have before. It's a great feeling. Combining that dvd with MFP and some intermittent walking/running etc you WILL see a difference. You may not have Jillians body in 30 days but it sure didn't take 30 days to get me to the fluffy body I had before I started.

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I've done 30DS about 6 times in the last 2 years and every time Level 1 sucks after the time away from Jillian but every time I achieve the results that I'm looking for. I'm glad you settled on taking a couple of break days otherwise all 30 days back to back gets really unbearable (at least in my option)! Keep at it - the great thing about Jillian on DVD is you can yell at her and she doesn't yell back

I started 30DS 12 days ago. I was supposed to start Level 2 yesterday, but you know what, I was feeling like my body needed a rest from it, so I took a rest day. It does get easier. By Day 4 I was noticing my endurance was increasing and I was able to do regular pushups.

You won't believe how much your endurance will improve after only a week of sticking to it. it might still be hard, but you will begin to feel stronger during each circuit. stick with each level as long as you need to. I thought I was relatively in shape when I started, but these videos let me know that my fitness had a long way to go. I have both RI30 and 30DS and rather than focus on getting through the sequence, I mix up the workouts from both discs (levels 1, 2 and 3 on RI30, and levels 1 and 2 on 30DS) so that I am constantly changing up the routine. Once I am a bit stronger, I will mix in the higher levels, too.

Have fun with them, and you'll see, your endurance and strength will ramp up quickly, just stick with it!