I'm not planning on taking rest days unless I feel necessary.. It's not super hardcore for me, as previous said I do 30DS everyday and on Sun/Tues/Thur I add weightlighting, and on Mon/Wed/Fri I add an extra cardio vid (p90x) and Saturdays are only 30DS

I'm on Day 5 today but was up ALL night with a pukey 2yo so I'm a little tired so will be doing it a little later on tonight I need to nap

L1 D6 completed.

I did my shred this morning before work. I felt something give in my left shin and I thought I tore the tendon/ligament completely away from the bone. Darn shin splints!!!! Once I got to work this afternoon I stopped into to see a doctor friend and ask his opinion. He thinks there may be some micro tear and told me to stop jumping! LoL!!! So I guess I will be punching from now on and modifying my jacks, jump ropes and butt kicks. Off to google some alternative methods for those!

I'm in the same boat with the jumping, my knees just do not like it. Instead I walk in place very fast and do arm crosses for the jumping jacks and butt kicks. For the jump rope, I'll do quick calf raises with the jump rope arm movement. As long as I watch my form on the lunges and squats, I'm ok with those.

Day 3 Level 1 DONE!!! I thought today was better still sore but its worth it. Plan on doing my Jackie Warner circuit tonight after taking the boys trick or treating. But we will see. Hang in there everybody. We've got this!!

Day 4, DONE!

This is day 3 for me..I had to take a rest yesterday. My shoulders were killing me and when I laughed it hurt!!
But I will not give up!!:ohwell: :ohwell: : Keep it up and good luck!

Day 2, level 1 complete. Still felt like I was dying. lol. i am holding onto hope from all of you who say that it get's better at like 5-7 days. haha

Day 8 finished just before midnight. Can't believe I'll be on level two in a few days. The exercises aren't that surprising since I've done JM's Burn Fat, Boost Metabolism dvd and she uses a lot of the same moves. It will still be challenging though, I'm sure.

Just did Level 1 Day 1. Not too bad, and I love that it's a short workout. I remembered there were push-ups in the video (which I hate!) but I was happy to see that it's the very first exercise. That means I get them out of the way and then they're finished. And no way am I going to wuss out on the first exercise. If push-ups came at the end... I might not give them my all

L1D1 done!

I also threw in Turbo Fire HIIT 15 afterwards and am now feeling pretty shaky and REALLY hungry! Going to get me a protein shake.

I did an additional warm up (mostly for the old quads!) before starting the Shred, so I'm hoping I won't be as sore as I've been starting it before.

Level1 day1 done! Wow am I out of shape, the push ups are KILLER but I am soo thankful that they are first!

Didn't do day D3L1 yesterday, I figured by staying under my calorie goal and the 2 hours of walking taking my little one trick or treating would be a nice off day.

I AM SO SORE... in my armpit area??lol anyone else feel that there?

Anyway, happy and motivated to start day D3L1 today

eeg214 - I had the same the first time I did it - It's definitely the push ups!

D4L1 done! Finally found my 5 lb weights and put them to use. My arms were definitely more tired afterwardst than with the 2 pound that I had been using.
I took my "before" pictures this afternoon too. OY! Not pretty. It certainly was motivation to push myself harder though!

D3LI done! But I am so sore!! The first day it was my legs and now for the last 2 days it has been my arms. I know it is the push ups! I love the way that the DVD is organized though... just when I think I can't do any more we switch to something else. ;D

Lightning Spar you definitely should have a rest day, it gives the muscles time to recover. How often you have them will vary between people. In the very least taking 1/2 days off a week is really important - afterall what we're doing whilst shredding is breaking all the muscle fibres and just like an injury they have to be allowed some time to heal.

I am taking one enforced day off a week (although this week it's a day late because I'm going away) and allowing myself one other day off if I feel I need it.

When I used to body scuplt I would weight train 4/5 days a week (all in a row), and just do cardio the rest to allow my muscles recovery time and back then I was a machine (haha!). I know my trainers all recommend newbies start out training two days and resting one. But do what feels best for you. I know a lot of people do the workout with no rests but they tend to be the ones who struggle through not giving it their all every workout (and not getting the best results) or they're the ones who burn out and give up or worse who get injured. I mean absolutely no offense intended to anyone who decides that training with no breaks is right for them, but don't feel you've failed yourself if you need to take a break!