30 Day Shred - question about levels

Yogi_Carl
Yogi_Carl Posts: 1,906 Member
edited January 1 in Fitness and Exercise
I am looking at doing this.

1. Do people follow each Level 1, 2 and 3 for ten days each or is it 30 days per level?

2. and - are you supposed to work for ten days consecutively and rest on the eleventh day or do you factor in a rest day every, say 5th day? I know it's my call but I am wondering what the program advises?

Looks interesting nd might be what I need to kickstart my fitness.

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  • szonjakun
    szonjakun Posts: 94 Member
    You should be doing each level for 10 days. So level 1 for 10 days, then level 2 for another 10 days and finally level 3.
    As for the rest...I think it's something you should decide by yourself. ^^
  • melliebelly77
    melliebelly77 Posts: 231
    Im on day 6 right now on the Shred and I am planning on doing it everyday, with no breaks. Im also doing my walking 5-6 days a week. The first 2 days were tough. I was pretty sore. I feel good now and my endurance has definitely improved a lot!
  • brandyk77
    brandyk77 Posts: 605 Member
    I only do it 1x a week as cross training. I really do like it and normally do level 3. I'll do level 2 sometimes if I had a heavier run day
  • cheerforsteelers
    cheerforsteelers Posts: 686 Member
    I just started this and I don't plan on doing breaks. I'm also doing other things like walking and I'm going to start the Eat to Live eating plan for at least 6 weeks and go from there. Of course it depends on how you feel and how your body is reacting to it.
  • gingerjen7
    gingerjen7 Posts: 821 Member
    Im on day 6 right now on the Shred and I am planning on doing it everyday, with no breaks. Im also doing my walking 5-6 days a week. The first 2 days were tough. I was pretty sore. I feel good now and my endurance has definitely improved a lot!
    That is not how Jillian recommends doing it; your body needs to recover. She recommends 1-2 rest days per week.

    To the OP: I am just wrapping the program up this week. I did level 1 9/1 - 9/9, level 2 9/10 to 9/19, and level 3 9/20 - 9/30. I had rest days on 9/2, 9/7, 9/13, 9/16, 9/23, and 9/30, so I ended up doing 7 days of level 1, 8 days of level 2, and 9 days of level 3. The result was a loss of 5.2 lbs and 13.75". However, when I got to the end, I decided that I wanted to do 10 days at each level, so this week I am doing 3 days of level 1, 2 days of level 2, and 1 day of level 3. So it will be more like a 36 Day Shred for me, but that's really not asking too much.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    For best results, you aren't supposed to take rest days for it. Rest on Day 31. :drinker:

    I just started Day 1 last night, so I hope I can take my own advice, else be subjected to less than the best results. I will be having a beer on my last night thought! :bigsmile: :smokin:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Im on day 6 right now on the Shred and I am planning on doing it everyday, with no breaks. Im also doing my walking 5-6 days a week. The first 2 days were tough. I was pretty sore. I feel good now and my endurance has definitely improved a lot!
    That is not how Jillian recommends doing it; your body needs to recover. She recommends 1-2 rest days per week.

    That is interesting. I had heard otherwise, but just from forums online. I didn't buy the DVD. I am not doing any other exercise right now.
  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
    I'm on Day 3 of level 1. I am experiencing terrible shin splints. I've been working out for a while, as I trained for a 10 mile hike in Glacier National Park via hiking and treadmill hill intervals (and was doing about 2 hours of vigorous strength training per week). I also recently started the Couch to 5 K running program. I didn't experience any shin problems when I started running but now this 30 Day Shred is killing me. I had to take a break after two days and ice my leg. I am doing low impact cardio on my days off of 30 DS and frankly the 30 DS had sidelined my Couch to 5K a bit. I find the strength training and abs portions easy and there is no huffing and puffing, just a lot of pain in my leg. Anyone else had this issue? Should I just bag the Couch to 5K and alternate 30 DS with elliptical and stairs or walking on a 15 percent incline or something? Ideas? I do love Jillian as an instructor.
  • gingerjen7
    gingerjen7 Posts: 821 Member
    Im on day 6 right now on the Shred and I am planning on doing it everyday, with no breaks. Im also doing my walking 5-6 days a week. The first 2 days were tough. I was pretty sore. I feel good now and my endurance has definitely improved a lot!
    That is not how Jillian recommends doing it; your body needs to recover. She recommends 1-2 rest days per week.

    That is interesting. I had heard otherwise, but just from forums online. I didn't buy the DVD. I am not doing any other exercise right now.
    On the DVD there are recommendations, and in that section she advises that the workout is not intended to be done every day and, as stated above, you should take one to two (no more than two) rest days a week. Several people have reported that they saw no changes on the scale until they took a rest day (I experienced that as well). Additionally, others have reported that on her blog she has said that an ideal weekly regimen would be 2 days of shred, 1 day of cardio, 2 days of shred, 1 day of cardio, and a rest day.
  • gingerjen7
    gingerjen7 Posts: 821 Member
    For best results, you aren't supposed to take rest days for it. Rest on Day 31.
    I doubt that Jillian would recommend rest days if it wasn't in your best interest. You do what you want, but I took the advice of the fitness guru who designed the program and have seen great results. In fact, I need to buy a whole new wardrobe because all of my clothes are too big. Shame it's not in the budget. :laugh:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Im on day 6 right now on the Shred and I am planning on doing it everyday, with no breaks. Im also doing my walking 5-6 days a week. The first 2 days were tough. I was pretty sore. I feel good now and my endurance has definitely improved a lot!
    That is not how Jillian recommends doing it; your body needs to recover. She recommends 1-2 rest days per week.

    That is interesting. I had heard otherwise, but just from forums online. I didn't buy the DVD. I am not doing any other exercise right now.
    On the DVD there are recommendations, and in that section she advises that the workout is not intended to be done every day and, as stated above, you should take one to two (no more than two) rest days a week. Several people have reported that they saw no changes on the scale until they took a rest day (I experienced that as well). Additionally, others have reported that on her blog she has said that an ideal weekly regimen would be 2 days of shred, 1 day of cardio, 2 days of shred, 1 day of cardio, and a rest day.

    Thanks! That's a relief because I was worried about that!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    For best results, you aren't supposed to take rest days for it. Rest on Day 31.
    I doubt that Jillian would recommend rest days if it wasn't in your best interest. You do what you want, but I took the advice of the fitness guru who designed the program and have seen great results. In fact, I need to buy a whole new wardrobe because all of my clothes are too big. Shame it's not in the budget. :laugh:

    That's great! I was thinking that I would end up taking rest days anyway, but I was going to attempt it.

    I'm glad I peeked at this thread! :smile:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I'm on Day 3 of level 1. I am experiencing terrible shin splints. I've been working out for a while, as I trained for a 10 mile hike in Glacier National Park via hiking and treadmill hill intervals (and was doing about 2 hours of vigorous strength training per week). I also recently started the Couch to 5 K running program. I didn't experience any shin problems when I started running but now this 30 Day Shred is killing me. I had to take a break after two days and ice my leg. I am doing low impact cardio on my days off of 30 DS and frankly the 30 DS had sidelined my Couch to 5K a bit. I find the strength training and abs portions easy and there is no huffing and puffing, just a lot of pain in my leg. Anyone else had this issue? Should I just bag the Couch to 5K and alternate 30 DS with elliptical and stairs or walking on a 15 percent incline or something? Ideas? I do love Jillian as an instructor.

    I finished that Couch to 5k last week. That's what made me confident to try 30ds. I think that I would not have lasted a minute on 30ds if not for completing c25k first. But then, I'm sure I couldn't walk 10 miles either, so...
  • Yogi_Carl
    Yogi_Carl Posts: 1,906 Member
    Thanks friends.

    I have just completed Day 1 of Level 1. Excellent programme. I feel great and it has sorted out my evening hunger pangs. I was able to eat two slices of yeast extract on toast out of my calorie target so I feel pretty good.

    In the weights sections I found some exercises I wanted heavier dumbells than others (like in chest flat flyes and bent over rowing) so it was a bit of a pain spinning collars off and on to adjust weights, but I can work around this one by pre-loading dumbells and adapting other exercises so I can just use a weight disc (like the side lunge with front shoulder raise - I can just use a weight disc there).

    I think I will be doing as gingerjen posted: 2 days of shred, 1 day of cardio, 2 days of shred, 1 day of cardio, and a rest day. So each level will take between 7 - 8 weeks. I also have two Yoga classes to fit in so that will be a great way to keep muscles relaxed and stretched after all the cardio and shredding. I like Jillian's instruction style.
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