30 Day Shred?

First off, I am 52 years old so you may not have the same results. For the first 3-4 days of level 1, it was hard for me to go up and down stairs due to muscle soreness, the good kind. I couldn't have added anything if I wanted. It got much better after that. I made it through to the middle of level 2, decided I was strong enough to start a very rigorous stepping exercise and then injured my IT band so now I am sitting out until I get healed. I am planning to restart Feb. 1st. Be cautious and pay attention to what your body is telling you. Definitely do the warm ups, a physical therapist told me that I probably didn't warm up enough and then did the violent jumps in the video which is what probably led to my injury.

I did notice more definition in my abs, legs and arms. I could also feel the difference. Jillian knows her stuff, you will get fantastic results. You're going to look great!

I'm on Level 2. Just listen to your body and take breaks where you need to. It's an awesome workout for less than 30 minutes. I'm going to recommend a rest day every now and then and not try to do the 30 days straight. My knees got sore in level one and I did it straight through. I am taking rest days in level 2 and I feel better. I've done 30 min or so of cardio after it on a bike so I'm not sure about jogging. Should be fine if you are already jogging.

I am 56 and lost pounds and inches. I did this at almost my goal weight so only lost two pounds and 1/2 inch on waist and hips. After the first day I was really sore, but by day three not so bad. Level three made me really sore again. I felt much stronger after completing all three levels. It was hard on my knees, but I accomplished it. I could not have managed much else the first few days. I recommend it and wish I had done more strength training much earlier in my journey.

inches mostly. But keep your diet correct and you will lose weight. I've got a 7 days left of level 3, and have lost 1/2" from neck, 2" from waist, and 1" from hips and 5 pounds. That's just thus far. Don't stop, keep pushing through. Good luck

I was looking into this last night and its something I'd really like to do I wanted to know if you do level 1 for ten days straight and then level 2 for ten days and so on? Do you also have to do it 30 days straight? What happens if you take a rest day? Sorry so many questions but I'm interested to hear what people did and how hey completed it x

Cannot reccomend the 30DS enough... started in nov/dec but then Christmas got in the way (my bad.)

Started again and just 7 days into it, along with drinking loads more water and eating right (and quitting smoking not sure if that helps weight loss?), I've lost an inch from my hips waist and neck and down nearly 4lbs!

I also do a youtube video called 8min abs after as thats the area I want to tone up. I do this 5 days out of 7 with a rest on the days I work longer shifts at work.

Not all down to 30DS I'm sure but doubt i could have lost as much in a week without it! So excited to get to the end now! The first few days were tough and no day is "easy" but that's the point of it, you can't have a 20-30 minute workout that gives you these results unless you work for it!

best of luck on your journey :flowerforyou:

I've seen alot of success stories on Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. I found the three levels on youtube and decided to give it a try before buying the dvds. I'm planning on doing it tonight.
If you've tried this, did you lose weight or inches? Also, can I combine the 30 minute workout everyday with 30 minutes jogging on the treadmill, or is that too much?

If you can do another thirty minutes high impact on top of what is supposed to be a challenging high impact workout that is completely new to you you are not working hard enough. It's not simply about DOMS (muscle soreness) it is your ligaments and tendons that take the most time to adapt and are at most risk of injury, this thread shows that. Be sure you are wearing shoes that have been fitted to you following a gait analysis.

I am just starting Level 3. I started the program quite a while ago, but I do it only on M-W-F. I do at least 5 Jazzercise classes each week, so I get 15-20 min. of strength training with each of those. I missed a couple of weeks over the holidays, but am back to it now. I have lost inches and weight, but I am tracking and eating to lose weight along with the 30 DS. It is a GREAT program!

BTW... Jilllian recommends following this pattern - 2 days of 30 DS, followed by 1 day of cardio, followed by 2 days of 30 DS, followed by 1 day of cardio, followed by 1 rest day.

I have never had a problem with my knees, but I did with adding the 30 DS with Jazzercise (which I do mostly high impact). I now do NONE of the jumping with the cardio, just do low impact moves, but do the arms very vigorously as that keeps your heart rate up. Also I have started alternating high impact with low impact at Jazzercise. My knees are fine now.

How do you log this workout into your exercise? I can't find it in the choices. Thanks!

I just did the first day of it about an hour ago and holy smokes!! i can feel it!

First day! Yay!

I feel like such a wuss but I did day one yesterday and am so sore I'm not sure I can do it again tonight! Anyone else super sore after the first day? Wondering if I'm just being and wuss and should do it again tonight or if I should give it a day???

Did you give yourself a rest day at all at first?

Day 2 went better than I expected. As of right now I'm less sore than when I started the dvd tonight.