30 Day Shred - Anyone want to join me ?

hiya

i would like to do this too.. :O) i have the DVD.. but till now its not been taken out the wrapper

I will start today :O)

Nikki :O) x

I could use the motivation to do it daily! Sounds good to me.

Hey everyone

I'm going to join you with this, I have 9 weeks to till i go to Marbella for a weekend and with the imminent threat of having to get into a bikini, I really need to get back on track!! I've been totally slacking on the exercise front since I got back off holiday at the begining of june and a sneaky 7lbs has crept back on

I'll measure up in a bit and post back once i've completed day 1!

Good luck everyone xxxxx

I will! I started on the 7th, skipped yesterday because I was doing some back-to-school shopping and picking up some necessities (sports bras!). Did it first thing this morning and was surprised at my endurance level after just 2 workouts. Only made it through about 7 minutes the first time, but stuck through the whole thing today. Had to catch my breath a few times and do some modifications, but I'm pleased.

Oh my goodness, I got up this morning feeling fine and thought i'd crack on with day 2 of the shred and.....

jeez were my arms sore, I didnt even notice it till i started with the stretches lol.

I did find it hard this morning but I dont think it helped that I was doing it at half 6 in the morning so I couldnt blast my music out which i find really helps make the 20 minutes go faster lol!!

I would love to join. I got up to level 2 back in April and fell off the wagon. I wanna try again and this time go all the way through. I will post my weight and stats tomorrow.

Let's do this ppl!

I'm so glad I popped in on this board. I had no idea what you were talking about so I looked on-line, saw a demo and today I'm on a mission to find and purchase this! Hopefully I'll find it and either start later today or tomorrow morning.

For now, I'm off for my walk!

Can't wait to try this!

So far so good for me. I completed day 2 this morning. I upped my weights from 3 lbs to 5 lbs. That made it a lot more challenging!
I also work out on my elliptical every day for 45 minutes. I feel the elliptical plus shred is really going to get me started on where I want to be.

I adore the 30 day shred, I started a bit ago, did it for a few days then had to stop, Auntie Flo visited, and now I am passing a Kidney stone, so once this bad beast of a stone exits, I will join up with fellow shredders to keep me motivated. Add me if you want, the more the merrier..

I did it! Just completed Day 1-Level 1. Holy Cow! Yes I may have skipped a jumping-jack or two till Jillian said "don't you dare give up on me!" and perhaps I did call her a "b%&*ch" during that last 2 minutes of cardio, but I DID IT! And it was great!

Thanks again for posting this thread! Now if I can just get the next 29 days down.

On that note, I have two questions.

1. Do I do 30 days at level 1 and then another 30 at level 2 and three? Or am I supposed to be changing levels as I get better at this?

2. Does anyone know how to estimate the calorie burn for something like this? Is there a formula for that?

Thanks and happy Shredding everyone!
Christine

Thanks for the calorie help. I had a similar experience with pain when I started including 30-40 second jogging intervals in my walks. I was going to stop for a day or two but everyone told me just to keep walking through it and in two days it was gone. The walks were hard and I didn't put the runs back in but it helped! Don't know if just modifying a little and pushing through might do it?

It's pretty funny, as the day's worn on and I have been running some errands, every time I had to get out of the car, I groaned! I think tomorrow I'm going to be hurting even more but I'm going to make myself do it. I'd like to get into the habit of doing it before getting ready to teach all day, but that means getting up at 5:00am to do the 20 minutes. It also means that my husband is going to have to put up with me groaning, swearing and sweating in the living room while he gets ready for work! That will not be pretty.

I'm going to talk to him about how he feels about that and maybe try it that early tomorrow.

The muscle aching stops after a day or two, trust me. Just stick with it. Maybe I'm a stinge but skipping a day kinda defeats the object of '30 Day'.

The general accepted thing to do about level progression is 10 days at level 1, then 10 days at level 2 and 10 days at level 3. Obviously you can progress whenever you feel like it's getting too easy but to make it even, I'd rather suggest upping the weights half way through a level. Tomorrow morning will be my day 8. When I did the shred the first time round, in May/June, I was using 0.68kg (1.4lbs) dumbells the whole way through, though occassionally upping it to 1.13kg (2.4lbs) when I felt like it during level 3. The first five days of this time round, I used 1.13kg (2.4lbs) dumbells because I knew the lighter dumbells wouldn't benefit me. I then challenged myself and on day 6 (yesterday) I used mostly my heaviest weights, 2.27kg (5lb) dumbells. They're really testing me, which is good because I know I'm keeping the burn up. I can feel my arm muscles building up now just like the first time round when I was weaker.

When I move up to level 2 on Monday (day 11) I'll be switching back to my mid weights, the 1.13kg (2.4lbs) ones then on day 16 I'll be shifting it up with my heavier weights.

I finished Day 2 today...omg, intense. I leave for a trip tomorrow, though, so I don't know if I can keep it up the next 2-3 days. I did notice an improvement between today and yesterday, which is really cool! I'll do my best to stick to 30 days, but I won't mind if I don't. Good luck, everyone! Let's do it! (:

STATS- August 11:
Bicep 15
Chest 42.5
Waist 37.25
Hips 46
Thigh 28.25

ikiness,

Thanks. I don't know what I was thinking but now 10 days at each level seems obvious! Also, you've already done this in May/June? How'd that go? Did you see the progress you hoped for?

Christine

I didn't lose many pounds but I did lose quite a few inches.

Stats last time round were:

Weight - 196.2lbs // 193.8lbs (lost 2.4lbs)
Waist - 35 inches // 33.5 inches (lost 0.5 inches)
Hips - 43.5 inches // 42.5 inches (lost 1 inch)
Bust - 40 inches // 40 inches (lost nothing, phew!)
Neck - 13.5 inches // 13 inches (lost 0.5 inches)
Left Arm - 14 inches // 12.6 inches (lost 1.4 inches)
Right Arm - 14 inches // 12.6inches (lost 1.4 inches)
Left Thigh - 27.5 inches // 27 inches (lost 0.5 inches)
Right Thigh - 27.5 inches // 27 inches (lost 0.5 inches)
Jeans - UK Size 16 (maintained)
Top - UK Size 16 (maintained)
Total inches lost: 6.8

THIS WEEK I lost 2.6lbs (I started the shred this time round last Friday, in about half an hour I'll do Day 8). I'm already noticing a few half inches going. I'm gonna measure myself on Day 11 then Day 21 then essentially Day 31, when I've finished completely. Perhaps this time round it's a bit more effective because I'm using much heavier weights and I've been out of the loop with exercising whereas last time I was using really small weights (though it was the first time I'd EVER used weights) and I was already exercising about 3 times a week anyway, plus walking about an hour to, then from, Uni 4 times a week with the occasional 3-6hour walking day if I'd visit town. So I was already up and about and keeping up my fitness a little bit back then. This time is a bit different. 30 Day Shred is putting me back in my place.