30 day shred results

To everyone above: you shouldn't be feeling that sore afterwards!

Jillian doesn't make you stretch for long enough afterwards. You need to do a longer cool-down and reaaaally push the stretches. If you do that, you won't feel sore. Seriously, if you don't stretch properly and carry on doing the work-out every day you're going to do yourself an injury.

In answer to the OP, my stomach started to look more defined after about day 6/7 - everything else took a LOT longer. It really depends on your diet as well. The full work-out burns roughly 1.6 calories X your weight in lbs, which is great for ~20 minutes of exercise but 160-320 calories can't balance out a bad diet.

I did Level 1 Day 1 on Monday this week. I was so sore yesterday that I walked yesterday evening instead of attempting 30DS (I thought the walk would loosen my muscles a bit...no joy there). Got home last night and after 1/2 hour of sitting down I could barely move. I had a long soak in the bath (could barely climb back out of the bath, lol) & now today I am still pretty sore & stiff.

I have to admit its been a long time since I did squats & lunges or any resistance workout at all. If I haven't exercised for a while & then join the gym - I would always be pretty sore a couple of days after the 1st session & then I would be ok after that.

I plan to do day 2 this evening or tomorrow & then hopefully after that I will be able to do it daily without being quite so stiff/sore. Bit annoyed that I've not been fit to do it for a day or so, but I certainly gave Jillian my all for the 20 minutes on Monday - I only did the simplified version of the press ups - everything else I did the harder ones.......right now I feel more 'broken' than 'shredded'

I did take measurements and pics too, so will re *kitten* those after I complete each level.

Hi guys, I've finally decided I'm going to start the 30 day shred DVD tomorrow. How does everyone log it on the exercise section of my fitness pal?

Thanks in advance x

I use a heart rate monitor, so I created a cardio entry called "video" and I just enter the minutes and calories from my HRM. That way I can use the same one for different videos. Although, come to think of it, it might be nice to have a reference later of calorie burns for various videos in case I want to repeat them, so I may change that to be more specific.

I did day 5 today. it was much easier than the previous days. the last 4 days I have been so sore but I kept pushing thru. I can tell I am building up my stamina as today I didnt have to stop to catch my breath as many times. my legs have been the sorest. stairs and standing after sitting for an extended time (i have a desk job) killed the first 4 days. today only minor soreness. I am loving the video tho! so excited to keep doing it to see the results after! :-)

I'm on the last few days of my second time through it. I do each level 10 days and then move on to the next level, regardless of how well I'm doing the current level. I log it as circuit training. I do it 6 days a week but I do not do any other exercises at all.

I've lost weight each time but I am tracking calories as well. I'm pretty sure the calorie tracking is what is dropping the weight. I've lost one inch off my waist and one off my hips. I don't measure anywhere else. For some reason inches come off much slower than weight for me. Frustrating, ugh, whatever! grr.

So the things I've noticed with 30DS. When I started I was *really* out of shape. I'm 44yo and had not done much of anything in the way of exercising since my last pregnancy 8yrs ago and that was twins. I gained so much and my babies were so big - which was all good but my internal muscles took a major hit. I also had a period of rapid weight loss and then rapid weight gain 3yrs ago and that is just not good. I didn't use weights for the first week and then I used these wrist weights I had laying around, then 3lb weights. I have 5lb weights I use now for most of them (3lbs for those v-flys - gawd they kill me) and 10lbs for a couple of them.

I have noticed significant improvement in endurance, ability to breath in my daily life, my upper body and core strength, and in how my arms and shoulders look - which is a big bonus with summer coming up That alone has all been worth it. My resting heart rate is better and I have high blood pressure and I take meds for it but it was still borderline but my last check it was down in a better range. I could not do one single modified push up when I started. Forget about 'planking'. I can do all the modified push ups called for in the DVD now and planking is not 100% but 90% better. I still do some modifications and occasionally need to rest for 5 seconds but nothing at all like when I first started. So - it has been really good for me.

I wasn't overly sore but a) did not use those weights at first b) I modified them so much - had too. It was still massive work out for me. I have a 7yo that watched me once and he in all seriousness asked me if he needed to call someone, lmao, that is how much I was struggling to get through it. I was so tired after I did them. I wanted nothing more than to lie down. Holy cow.

I'll probably take a couple week break and do something else (want to be able to do a real push up) and then do it a third time just to see if I can get through it without making so many modifications and no 5 second rests.

Just finished day 1 of 30ds, it really hurts! Walked up the stairs after and my legs felt like jelly! But the saying goes 'if its hurts then it works' ..

Hopefully I am not too sore tomorrow!

My legs, and especially my knees, were in agony after the first day, but I took it easy on the second day, it got better on the third, and I feel pretty good now. It's amazing how quickly gains can be made in indurance...I can already do more pushups (modified) and jumping jacks etc. than I could on the first day.