30 DAY SHRED

Getting ready to do my day D4! I ended up doing both 30DS and 6 Weeks to 6 Pack yesterday. I had just found it on youtube and wanted to try it out. I'm soooo sooore today!

I plan doing 30 days of the dvd also, should be day 9 for me but am going to have a day off as have a stinking cold.. I reckon instead of doing it lacklustre i'd be better to try get more energy & get a more intense work-out tomorrow........ the first two or three days were worst for me but it does get easier ! am nervous of level 2 tho !

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Thanks for your replies, Chickenpie and Ebhemp about how you count your workouts and I totally agree!

I haven't gotten to level 2 this time around yet, but tried it once last time I attempted (and failed) 30DS and I thought it was pretty fun! I'm looking forward to a change in pace. Excited that today is going to be workout #5 for me today! I'll probably stick with weekends being my recovery days as well.

Since I get a little sick of hearing Jillian talk (haha, sorry if that's just me) I put Spotify on my phone and let it play out loud and I turn her volume down. I've got her routine down enough that I can pay attention and switch when they do. That's one way that I switch it up right now to keep me motivated.

Hope everyone is keeping up with their workouts and having a good week!!!

Hi guys, can I join in too?
Just completed level 1, day 2 of 30DS. Much easier than day 1 I'm glad to report lol! Some weeks I'll be doing mornings, some evenings as I shift work, so hope that won't matter.
Really need to shift this extra stone of Christmas/winter padding I'm carrying round and tone up finally. Been dieting really carefully for 2 weeks now and not lost a single pound

It'll be your diet that gets you there, not 30DS or any other program. Drop some bodyfat% and you'll looke more toned.

If you're serious about balancing out with muscle, you need to be doing resistance training. If you're untrained, then for now things like pushups and pullups/chinups should help you with this goal. Not to gain any noticable muscle if you're dieting though, especially in the short term.

Read New Rules of Lifting for Women if you're serious about this and not just looking for something to make you "feel" like you're working out.

Thanks for the tips both.
Yes, also following a change in diet as well as the 30DS to drop weight as well as tone up - or at least that's the aim!

I have a question - how repetitive is it? I probably could last 10 days (well, more like 16, I need my rest days) doing the same workout. But if the second level is pretty much the same, just intensified, I'll be bored. Variety is the spice of life, after all!

I am so jealous of you all.I started properly on monday 20/1/2014 and I have done 2 days of level 1.I forgot that I was having a minor surgery on wednesday,so now I'm post surgery I have to wait for my body to heal a bit before continuing. Good luck to you all.

How is it going guys? I am going to do my 7th training from the level 1 (I did some pauses) and I was thinking do you guys do anything else for abs? I think that I need something more because the 30DS doesn't really focus on the abs so I am planning to incorporate some additional exercises in the routine. How about the people doing level 2? Are the abs getting more attention there

Ooh I am sorry to hear that - I am glad you made it after all Great, I can't wait to start with level 2 :flowerforyou:

Sounds like everyone is doing good at sticking with it! I plan to start tomorrow. Wish me luck.

Hi... stumbled on this post! Just did day one of the 30 day shred, only found out about it yesterday,... doing the youtube video until my DVD arrives!

Going to Australia in nearly 5 weeks...need to sort myself out haha!

Thought I'd bump this thread, see how everyone is doing

Hi all, just found this post. I'm on Level 1 Day 8. I love the videos. I have the Insanity set but with my lower back issues, I just can't do it anymore. I like how for the first time in years, I can do jumping jacks with the trainer on the video. My only frustration is the scale is still going up a little each day since I started. I know I have to keep going. I am taking measurements but those barely moved as well. I'm starting out 5'1" 246lbs. I'm going to keep giving it 110% regardless and finally see one program all the way through.

Also just done day 1 of 30DS. It was hard work but made it the whole way though non stop and my lungs are burning.
I was nervous about doing it as I'd been told not to go to the gym or do any exercise for the last 10 weeks due to my lower back. I had caudal epidural number 2 at the start of feb, a year after my last, I've been doing my core exercises over the last 5 weeks, had no back pain, officially allowed to start exercising again so decided to give it a go. No back pain at all doing the exercises in level 1 So it's time to tone, improve on my core strength, get some fitness back and lose those last few lbs.

I'm starting this today! Bit scared bu will give it my best shot!