SO SORE (I feel like I can't move!) *30 Day Shred Related*

This happened to me too and I live in a 3 story townhome . I didn't leave the ground floor for a couple of days:) Try getting protein within 15 minutes of finishing your workout and drink plenty of fluids before and after the workout. I took a bath with Epsom salts and after I got out did some light stretching. Still sore, but able to go up the stairs without looking like Frankenstein!

Just push through it, when you exercise it helps with the soreness, but it will be there for a couple days, but it is only a sign that it is working.

You guys I was sooo sore after the first few days of 30DS that I honestly contemplated whether or not it was something I could do. I think I did 3 or 4 days and then I took a day off, which REALLY helped.

I also bought a huge think of epsom salts and wrapped my knees with hot compresses soaked in epsom - it was amazing. I've heard that soaking in a bath with epsom salts really helps relieve muscle pain.

I took sooo much ibuprofen my first few days too... but it really does go away!!! I haven't been sore since the beginning. I completed L3 D8 today!! I'm starting Ripped in 30 on Monday.

Stretch! After your workout, before bed, in the morning, before your workout. Invest in some resistance band and lay on the floor with the band under yoyr foot. Go slowly side to side, up and done. Hold each stretch for at least 15 seconds. There are upper body stretches on line. Immediate relief!

Take rest days. Jillian Michaels actually tells you to. It is really really important for your muscles.
Also, do not take ibuprofen, it can actually interfere with muscle recovery and gain.

I push through it and then take a rest day on the 5th or 6th day. I agree with the suggestions to go for an easy walk before or after the shred.

I use differnt weights for the various excercises... 5's(front raises wth the lounges), 8's(chest press/fly), or 12's(squat and press).

1. Foam roller
2. hot bath soaks
3. BCAA's & Glutamine
4. Stay mobile... sitting is your enemy.

Rest days are essential for two reasons. One, it allows your muscles to repair and two, if you are in that much pain (as I was!) you won't be doing the moves effectively anyway and could injure yourself.

Days 2 and 3 seem to be the worst. Jillian doesn't do those stretches at the end for long enough. I would say hold them for 15 seconds, she barely holds them for five. Do some different stretches and then walk around/ do some small chores to work it off, don't just flop on the nearest chair, however tempting And make sure you have enough protein - mfp is notoriously low with protein numbers so go over. I've been taking whey protein this time around and am no-where near as sore as the first time I attempted it. Dont give up

Edited to add: I try to do Shred 4 times a week - take weekends off as I do a lot of walking then anyway, and a rest day in the week.

Just keep moving! When you first start any exercise there is going to be pain no matter how much you stretch. The more you move those muscles the better you'll feel. Stick with it and push through it. Eventually that pain WILL go away. Make sure you stretch it out. I find I'm the most sore after my body has been idle for a long time. Once I actually start the workout and my body gets moving the pain subsides. I always feel better after my workout. Then after a week or two you probably won't have any pain at all as your body get used to the exercises!!! Keep on truckin'!

30 day shred is not meant to be done everyday. It's ok to take a rest day or 2 and let your body heal.

This. Jillian said, in an article that I read, that "30Days Shred" was the name the marketing people came up with--she does not recommend doing it every day for 30 days. You should not work the same muscle groups everyday without resting them. Do 30DS every other day or at least rest every 3rd day if you want to avoid injury.

Take a rest day! As someone else said stretch out for longer than they do on the DVD I don't find it anywhere near enough. Try protein I always thought it was a load of rubbish until I tired it, seriously makes a huge difference for me ..... I cycle to work so now use protein shake as part of my breakfast my legs thank me for it.

Brace yourself for level 2 you can and will do it if you want it

I did it last week. I got to day 5 and now I have a partial tear in my meniscus. I started feeling pain during jumping jacks and stopped doing that. I guess little ol' level one was TOO much on my legs. For my health and safety, I will not be going forward with the rest of 30DS. I will tell you that I felt like I was dying after the first 2 workouts (so day 2 and 3). By the 4th day, I was okay. No pain whatsoever. But I had a majorly hard time going up/down stairs and sitting on a toilet, lol! I just won't do this workout anymore because I am not risking a serious injury over a silly DVD. I will stick with cardio and strength training at the gym.

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This!! I did the first 3 days and experienced the same type of pain - so I put it aside. My left knee recovered - but not my right knee! I ended up having to wear a brace for over a month on it for normal every day activity (I work in an office so NOT labor-intense) of just walking. I was really angry because I had also started a running program a month prior and was really loving it, nad had to give it up and am just now able to start back at the beginning of it, having been able to be without the brace for three weeks now. I had never had knee problems or a knee injury in the past and I had done circuit training, elliptical trainers, running with no problems. I ditched 30DS - and I NEVER plan on doing it again! Matter of fact, I plan on warning everyone I hear talking about it of this very problem!!