30 Day Shred!! Who's with me?!

L1D6 (I think) completed! I was finally able to get through at least one set of push ups without stopping. I don't know why the push ups are so hard. I can PUSH through everything else except the push ups. Guess my arms are too scrawny and weak right now.

Alright, another day of shredding done!! It felt really good to workout today as I was camping all weekend and didn't do it at all for three days. :ohwell: On the upside I spent my time doing lots of walking and a bit of fishing so I wasn't completely still all weekend. Here's hoping that I can get to level three by the end of the week!!

Great to see everyone else is doing so well too!

Hi, I'm Trace and I'm a 30 DS dropout. Ok, not really. I've been on vacation for the last 2 weeks and didn't have a dvd player so I could shred while I was gone. But, I'm home now and jumping right back in where I left off: L2D9 today. I'm actually looking forward to it. Although I lost lbs while on vacation, I definitely notice the difference in my belly/abs and it's not a god difference! I'm ready to be back on my 30 DS schedule.

Hello to any newbies who joined while I was away!

Hi Trace,

I'm a newbie. Just joined on Monday. I was thinking about doing the Shred. What do you think of it? I am way out of shape but it seems to get so many good reviews. Let me know and maybe I'll get it today and start with you!

Great to hear that you still lost lbs on your vacation.

Pam

Alright Everyone, you have me interested. I can go purchse the DVD tonight, but what do I need at home to do the workouts?

Just a dvd player, a mat if you're working out on a hard surface, and hand weights (whatever lb your comfortable with -- I use 3's).

L1D9 DONE!! I'm starting to get nervous about moving to L2 but I want to see results (as Jillian says so many times in the 20 mins) I also use 3 pound weights. I think maybe after going through the thirty days I MIGHT increase the weight, but I guess I'll wait until I actually finish it to see. Trace- good for your for coming back. I also quit back in April and came back in June.

Did my shred!!! Day one, level one...... Done!!! Or D1L1!!! Ha ha,did a 1 mile run afterwards as well as fast as I could to get that extra burn on!!!! :noway: :noway:

L1D10 DONE!!! It feels great to have gotten through the first level. I'm nervous about moving up, but hope to try it tomorrow morning! Wish me luck!

L1D1, finally! I have been meaning to start the shred for 2 weeks and have not been able to. I have been doing some running though. I'm using the "Couch to 5K" program. Today, I choked during the 3rd day of week 6 and figured that maybe my body was tired...getting home - felt guilty not finishing the 25mins straight of running so decided to break out the Shred DVD.

It felt good! My thighs and arms were burning a bit -- also was sweating to the max. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next few weeks to see how my body gets toned.

Mpos- I am also doing the couch 2 5K program. Is yours on the ipod/iphone? I am only on week 3 and it is kicking my butt. Do you do it on a treadmill or outdoors?

L2D1 FINISHED! At first I thought L2 was a lot easier and then it got to circuit 3 and I thought I was going to pass out. The strength moves were tough to say the least.

L2D10 done!!! I think i may stick to level two for another day or two and then....level three here I come!!!

Mpos- I am also doing the couch 2 5K program. Is yours on the ipod/iphone? I am only on week 3 and it is kicking my butt. Do you do it on a treadmill or outdoors?

L2D1 FINISHED! At first I thought L2 was a lot easier and then it got to circuit 3 and I thought I was going to pass out. The strength moves were tough to say the least.

Hi. I have the couch to 5K in my iTouch. I run at the park. And yes, as you go each week, you sort of wonder whether you'll have the energy to finish the cycles of running. I was amazed how easy it was for me to finish week 5's 20min run. Week 6 - was easy during the 1st 2 mixes and when I did the 3rd mix which was supposed to have been the 25mins continous run....I just plain choked!!!! :sick: I felt so bad :sad: . I think it was also due to other things happening during the week so I really am not beating myself up, yet!

The bright side of the whole choking part was....I was finally driven to open up my Shred dvd (plainly out of guilt :blushing: ) So, L1D1 down and my plan is to re-start week 6 of couch to 5k then do Shred after each run. I think that will be better than not having days off in between my workouts. I'll see what happens and keep you posted.

Just keep running....it feels good to see the changes in my body's performance & of course, shape :happy:

Just done Day 4 level 1, followed by a 4 mile run, off out with the girls tonight so need the extra cals. :drinker: :drinker:

Yeah that is probably the best strategy. When I all out push and try to run 7 mph, I am okay for about a minute but definitely can't make it for the three minutes. I might try week 3 again later this afternoon guess it depends on how the day goes. I went from NEVER being able to run to this program though, so any running is an improvement at this point. I will keep at it with the far away goal (feels far away anyway) of being able to run for 30 minutes straight.

Hi everyone,

Happy to report that I got the nerve to do C25K week 6 mix 1 with L1D2 of Shred back to back. Man! was I sweaty but happy at the end of it. I am now drinking lots of water to avoid sore muscles....this is a suggestion I read in some posts some time back. I hope I can do this everytime. There are just days when I`ve had to much work or activities that doing them back to back might do me more harm that good.

Wish me well