any 30 day shred tips before I start???

Watch through the first day with out doing it, it helped me to know the moves first. On day 3, and i hurt. But its good hurt

If you want or are tempting to push stop and give up, keep telling yourself, "It's only 20 minutes out of my 24 hours in a day. I CAN do it. It's 20 minutes....20 minutes...." I can't tell you how many time I had to tell myself that over and over and over and over.......

I did my first day today...my tips.

#1, Take pics & measure before you start.
#2, Don't eat before the workout...the earlier in the morning the better. But DO drink water before & after the workout!
#3, DON'T give up...just push through it. My bro [who is my best friend] is in the USMC, so he's constantly working out...when I wanted to cave, I imagined him next to me doing it & hearing him say 'Buck up, we don't quit' & I finished it all.
#4, After you do it, use handrails when going down stairs! Lol.
#5, Eye on the prize.! :-)


If you'd like to add me, feel free! I just started it for the first time this morning & LOVE the way I feel right now. :-)

This! Really-the handrail thing! The second day....I laughed at myself trying to get downstairs in the morning!

Also-I think form is important-someone said earlier-not speed.

I actually did level one alot longer than 10 days-I wanted to do it 'perfect' before I moved on.

Just do it- It is over before you know it :-)

I agree. Do as many unmodified as you can, and then when you feel like you can't do anymore, then do a modified version. You will be able to do more everyday and will most likely be able to do the unmodified moves exclusively by the end of the phase. This was true for me even with my knee issues.

For a modified jumping jack, just do a step touch while keeping up with the arm movements. Although I highly recommend just doing a full jumping jack if possible and just doing it slower than they do on the video, I did it both ways and felt myself getting stronger by doing regular jumping jacks slower than by doing modified ones at their pace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g1T-ff07kM ---for the modified version

I think most of it has probably been covered but here's what I would say:

--Take before Pictures AND Measurements. The first couple weeks the scale wasn't moving (was actually going up for whatever reasons) and I was bummed, but then I checked my measurements and I'd already lost a couple of inches!!!

--You will be sore the first 3-4 days. But push through it. It will get better once you start moving and after you get through that 4th day, it will go away mostly (and then you start Level 2 mwahaha). But seriously, if you stop because you're sore and then go back to it a few days later, you will just be sore again.

--You will probably want to stop, but push through it. It is a rough workout, especially level 2 (although I think level 2 is more fun)

--When you need motivation, search for "Before/After pics" and that will help.

--I didn't use her diet plan. I've been following my own for over a year, but I'm still seeing results. Just try to eat healthy. I workout in the morning before I eat mostly and then follow up with greek yogurt and protein bars.

--I'm only halfway through the Shred but I've been supplementing with her other DVDs too, and I'm seeing results. It's legit, if you push through and don't give up!

Good luck!! Feel free to friend me if you want.

The program is a real toughie for me and so its hard to push through. I don't stop moving tho even and sometimes I can't to both upper and lower at the same time, just keep moving. I do yoga (hatha stretching) before and after as well as 20 minutes or more of hula hooping. Don't give up.