September Challenge - Jillian Michaels's 30 Day Shred.

Day 2 of level 1 completed, i'm really sore, my thighs are killing me, does that feeling get better? any good stretching tips to prevent this?

I am in! Started today. Can I ask how you log it in your exercise area? Thanks

Day 2 of level 1 completed, i'm really sore, my thighs are killing me, does that feeling get better? any good stretching tips to prevent this?

Ive just completed day 5 level 1 and Im still really sore. Its mainly my bum, groin and thighs so much so if I sit for too long I seize up and walk like an old lady! :P
I shall keep an eye on here for stretching tips in order to actually walk properly! :P

Day 2 of level 1 completed, i'm really sore, my thighs are killing me, does that feeling get better? any good stretching tips to prevent this?

Ive just completed day 5 level 1 and Im still really sore. Its mainly my bum, groin and thighs so much so if I sit for too long I seize up and walk like an old lady! :P
I shall keep an eye on here for stretching tips in order to actually walk properly! :P

In my first round of the Shred, I took D7 off, and felt much better. I always add this stretch to the end of the DVD: http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/GluteusMaximus/Lying.html

I have done 6 days so far in Level 1. I have the most pain on the inside of my shins. Is that normal? Am I doing something wrong? Any advise welcomed. Have a great day!

make sure when you are doing all the strength moves where you have to bend your knees that you are not making your knee go over your toes. also, you might have to do some extra stretching afterwards. i hope this helps.

Day 3 completed last night and i actually feel better, i took the advise (thanks ladies) and stretched longer afterwards and today i'm still sore, but i can feel the relief, i'm glad i powered through becuase to be honest i really didn't want to do it last night.
I think i'm going to do a day off after each level, what do you think? or should it be sooner than that? i just think my body will need a break! Also are you guys also sticking to a calorie intake? mine is 1200, i'm finding that challenging but i'm doing it. :bigsmile:

In the workout suggestions section of the DVD, Jillian says to take a rest or two every week and that your muscles need to rest in order to respond the way you want them to. I made my rest day Sunday, so I did one day, took a rest day, and then will continue on Level 1 through Saturday. After my rest day on Sunday I'm going to start Level 2.

After only 4 days doing this brilliant DVD I am delighted to report that my flab, which made awful noises flopping about as I did the butt kicks/jumping jacks, is no longer making those awful embarrassing noises!!! The DVD must be working already!!!!! I LOVE Jillian!

lucky! i got a ways to go before that happens. lol. but the noise has gotten a little quieter.

Day 6 of week 1 of RI30 Done. Was feeling very sluggish this morning and almost didn't do it but I pushed PLAY, DID YOU?

Just finished Day 7 of Level 1! Level 2 starts tomorrow. So far I'm down 1.4 lbs and 3.5". Feels good! I am going to do some yoga later today, though. I need some serious stretching!

Hi guys, i just did day 6 on level 1 last night and i actually am feeling better, not as sore anymore and can feel a huge different in my endurence from day 1 and 2. Hoping this continues.

I fell a couple days behind, but I've been having the worst stomach pains. I hope to do the Shred today. Otherwise, walking it is.

I did the 30 Day Shred. It's a great program! Jillian is my favorite trainer. I am doing Body Revolution right now. I plan to repeat the last 2 phases.

Ive just completed my 1st work out. i'm in.. I'll post up my measurements soon

Has anyone worked out how you could enter them into the exercise section in myfitnesspal?

thanks

MOO

Ok! Day 1 Level 1:

I was surprised by how much it kicked my butt! When I skimmed thru the video - it didn't look that difficult but - wow.

Here are my measurements:

Arm: 16
Waist: 51.5
Thigh: 31
Hips: 52

So...yeah. I need all the butt-kicking I can get!

Finished the first day of Level 2--almost successfully. I did the low-impact version of plank jacks and squat thrusts, and on one round did a single jump rope instead of a double. And I only made it about a quarter or the way through the second set of chair squats with v-flys. That stuff is no joke, people.

As for how I track it: just before I started, I did the free 7 day trial at jillianmichaels.com, which had almost all of her work out DVDs in a similar database as the one on MFP (it didn't have No More Trouble Zones, wtf?) and it said that I would burn the same number of calories doing 30 minutes of 30 Day Shred Level 1 as I would doing 30 minutes of stationary biking at a moderate resistance/pace. So then I used this database to find out how many calories I'd theoretically burn doing 28 minutes of stationary biking at a moderate pace (it was pretty close to what I found on jillianmichaels.com, except that Jillian's website only lets you track in five minute intervals) and then built my own exercise and manually entered the same number of calories. However, that night I got a new battery for my HRM and the next time I did the workout I used my HRM and found it was a full 20 calories less than the estimates I was given on MFP and jillianmichaels.com. Now I stick with the HRM. Some days I guess I don't put as much in, or maybe it's the time of day, but I've been as low as 161 and as high as 185 (and that day I did a couple extra minutes of cardio because I needed to burn off an extra 10 calories I went over). JM has it at 203 (for my weight) for 30 minutes. I don't think the extra 2 minutes would really make that big a difference!