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..

feel free to add and best of luck to you

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!

Ok, so I just finished day 2 of JM's 30 day shred. I realize that its only day 2 but I have been working out 6 days a week for exactly one month and feel really discouraged. Level one totally kicks my *kitten*! I beleive that it will get better and easier but theoretically, does it count if you only do level 1 for the whole 30 days? And are you supposed to do it every day for 30 days with no rest day? Just wondering what the general consensus is on that. Prior to 30DS I was doing workout 1 of her "Kickboxing-Fast Fix" which I thought was pretty intense but I have the whole thing memorized and wanted to switch it up a little.

I'm open to suggestions, comments, and questions, and any other Jillina fanatics out there, feel free to friend me. I'm hooked.

Thanks in advance for your repsonse(s).

Morgan

The only person it matters to is you. Do what you can while working up to being able to do the whole thing. If you need to rest, just keep walking in time and keep moving until you can start again. You will be able to finish it eventually. That is a really good goal to set for yourself and there is no rush to reach that goal. Go at your own pace.

I'm on Day 18 of the Shred, and I've been doing it 3-4x per week, mixing in a bit of walking, yoga, and hula hoop dancing for more overall activity. I did the first 8 days straight but was finding it very hard on my knees, so I decided to take more rest days in between. The high impact jumping stuff can cause knee pain and shin splints, for that stuff I just modify as I feel is needed, some days I go more high impact than others. But WOW I can feel a huge difference in my strength level already, it's amazing!

Dude. Take a deep breath. Trust me, at around day 4-5, you will have no problem doing it.

so true. If you keep pushing your way through you will get there (I spent most of the first 4 or 5 days swearing at Jillian...and it's totally okay because she can't heard you!! lol)