30 Day Shred in 60 days

I have a hard time with the push ups too. I can do everything else but the push ups kill me. I have no shoulder strength. I have been running for a while now and the jumping jacks and jump rope mix kills my calves.I don't know why i thought my legs would be able to handle everything, I have always had a weak upper body. I have been doing the workout 30 min after i get up so around 5 am and do my walk run for 5-6 miles or yoga in the pm.

Checking in:

I should have done day 2 yesterday, but it looks like I'm now on the 62 day plan! It was a super long day and I was exhausted so there was no way I was going to do a full cardio workout after getting home at 9:15 pm. I should have done it in the morning, but I was so wiped out from the previous day that I overslept. I suppose if I'm really that tired, it's probably best not to work out crazy hard to avoid injury.

Instead: I did do some slow, controlled strength training with my dumbbells, a few crunches for good measure, and bought a tape measure to take measurements. I'm in for another whirlwind of a day today, but at least there will be a break.

So question: Are people up for sharing measurements/progress as we get through this, or you just want to share the results at the end? I'm up for either, but I don't want to be the only one posting measurements!

April

Day 4 completed today. I will share my measurments. We could share at the end of each level or at the end? I'm up for either.

I started 30 ds this week and as of today, day 3, level 1, my legs and arms are sore so I am taking the weekend off before starting day 4 on Monday. I like the idea of doing the shred in 60 days rather than 30. This way allows for rest days and for me to mix it up a little. I too, love yoga. I like gentle yoga and have Peggy Cappy's 'Yoga For The Rest of Us' dvd's. Anyone can do her yoga. She has senior citizens doing yoga who are benefiting from it. I also walk to Leslie Sansone's walk off the pounds dvd's.

I thought I'd die when I did the 30 ds those 3 days. My boobs hurt during the jumping jacks and jump rope and this is where I had trouble with stamina. This is also where I had to catch my breath. I need a lot of work in this area.

Ooh, this is exactly what I've been thinking about doing, so I think I'll join in with y'all if you don't mind. I've wanted to do 30DS for a while now but have been letting excuses pile up for why I've been avoiding it. Frankly, I'm so out of shape (with asthma to boot) that I've been half terrified of starting it. Plus I don't personally know anyone who's started it at my size (I'm about 224 now). But I've got a convention coming up in February that I need to buy a dress for, and I'd really love to get down a size or two by then if possible. I've heard from people that have had great results from this, so I think it's time to just suck it up and give it a shot.

I'm not sure when I'll be starting, but sometime in the next several days (so I'll be a ways behind everyone else, I suppose). I'm having a bit of trouble planning out a workout schedule because the gym I joined ages back while they were still getting it ready finally opened, and I've been using the weight machines there, just started c25k (on the treadmill there, as the area I live in isn't the best for running and it's starting to get into rainy winter weather now anyhow), annnnnnd zumba to boot (started on Thursday, also going tomorrow morning). If I'm not feeling too destroyed after zumba tomorrow, I'll see if I can start it then; otherwise it'll probably wait a day or two while I try to shuffle around my gym plans.

In response to a question posed upthread, I would be up for sharing before/after measurements (er ... soon as I take them, heh...).

I am going to do day five level 1 today. I have been using canned vegetables as wrights since I have no upper body strenghth. Today I am going to buy three pound weights. Would love to provide support.

Just finished Day 3. The jump ropes are getting a little easier, I get worried about my back when it comes to jumping. I abhor the bicycle curls and push ups, but I tried my best to get a really good quality modified push up today. Only took a couple breaks for water and sweat wipe-age.

After starting and stopping the 30DS many times, I have found that (although it is great) my one complaint is the whole psychological struggle of when to move up levels. I always start it thinking I will do L1 until I can do it all and it feels easy. Well, I think I can safely say that even if at my fittest and thinnest, I never found it totally 'easy', certainly not after doing it for a week to 10 days. It can also feel demotivating that each day it is not easy and it may never be. This time I am going to move onto L2 fairly quickly and also L3 (which I think is easier from memory) and then mix and match. Otherwise it gets too boring and it kind of messes with my mind!

It might be a long and boring wait until L1 gets easy

Had a fight with myself on Day 4 today. I want to be able to do the full push up at least by the time I move to level 2, and thought I'd be ready to start working towards that goal today. I can barely bend my arms in a full plank, which ended up discouraging me and I shut the video off throwing a ***** fit. I finally convinced myself to finish, and I even started it over. I'm glad I did, and I hope I can do a push up soon, it will be my first ever! The jump ropes are getting much easier, I can finally keep up and even get a bit of height in the beginning. Still hate the bicycle crunches, but slowly improving. Hope you ladies are doing well!