Ripped in 30, who's completed Week 4?

Yes I completed it last spring and it was tough. I blogged about it so here is my post:

Yesterday I completed the Jillian Michaels' Ripped in ~30 program. She also has a meal plan free online which I did not follow. I altered the workout times to suit my schedule. I also run or hop on the elliptical for at least 2 miles 5-6 times a week for maximum results. I found that adding cardio to any one of Jillian's workouts is necessary. I would go into this workout being surprised that it is not exactly like the 30 Day Shred. I wanted to experience the workout myself to give my honest opinion. Jillian's comments may come across as somewhat crass at times, but I usually mute her and put the captions on my laptop while watching tv or playing music.

Week 1 - 6 days - Sun, Mar 6 to Sat, Mar 12 (1 rest day - Thurs, Mar 10)
I learned that Jillian loves back moves throughout this whole program. She also focuses on shoulder strength moves which remind me of 30 Day Shred. I love shoulder moves!
The circuits were pretty basic and easy and doesn't really prepare you for what is to come in the next 3 weeks.

Week 2 - 5 days - Sun, Mar 13 to Sun, Mar 20 (2 rest days - Thurs, Mar 17 to Fri, Mar 18)
I cut this workout short because my back was in so much pain while transitioning from one move to the next. She did some type of back move that really hurt at the shoulder blade. My husband joined me one day and he experienced the same pain for 1 day after.
I am glad she included the modified version of the oblique (legs raised to each side) push-ups because Shaun T. just assumed we were the beast push up people in the Insanity workout.

Week 3 - 6 days - Mon, Mar 21 to Wed, Mar 30 (1 rest day - Thurs, Mar 24) - I joined a new gym and started taking classes and running more this week so I took longer to finish this week's workout.
Is there another word for hate with this workout. This was probably my least favorite because the bear crawls and duck walk made me mad. Don't do these if you have bad knees! I don't have bad knees but those moves really aggravated my knees.
I actually liked what she calls the rock and roll squats which I've seen in P90X. I felt like I was in middle school gymnastics again doing a backwards jump to a handstand (have no idea why that entered my mind when doing this move).

Week 4 - 6 days - Thurs, Mar 31 to Tues, Apr 12 (1 rest day - Thurs, Apr 7) - more running and classes at the gym.
I had to WARM-UP with this workout. I hurt myself again during this week so it took longer to complete. I think a proper 1 mile jog/run is sufficient to warm up for this week's workout. I actually enjoyed this workout and felt like my core was getting stronger. It was reminiscent of the plie squats from 30 Day Shred. The cardio really kept my heart rate up around 150-160 range. Also she did the Shaun T. ski abs from Insanity but called them moguls? I have no idea where she came up with that name. Oh and my favorite . . . burpees! Can we say the perfect plyo move in my opinion!

I really dragged through this workout but it's officially done! Overall I felt accomplished knowing that my core is tighter and stronger which improved my balance for sure. I may not be completely ripped but my arms (shoulders and triceps) have some definition. My abs are starting to have visual lines.

Body Change RESULTS!

Dropped: 4.2 lbs
Waist: 2 inches
Hips: 0.5 inch
Thighs: 1(L) to 0.5(R) inches
Arms: 0.75 inches

I thought week 3 was harder than week 4, personally. I thought level 4 looked really hard when I flicked through it during week 1, but once I got to it, it wasn't that bad.

Not me, I just did day 3 of week 2 today and my arms are killing me!! I am scared of next week!! I completed week 1 in 7 days - 6 days of Ripped, 1 day rest. Hoping to do the same for week 2, but my one shoulder is hurting me so much today, I might take a rest day tomorrow!

Don't want to though, I am really starting to see definition in my arms!

I just finished the full DVD.. Sadly I did not finish it in 30 days cause I had to go on a trip for vacation and then ended up with the flue when I got back. If it were not for that I know I would have finished on time, I was determined. I was half way through week 3 when this happend so after the trip and illness I started week 3 again all over again, needless to say week 3 is my least favorite week lol.

I enjoy the work outs lots, I'm a beginner so I found many of the moves very challenging, for the first 2 weeks it got easier but for week 3 and 4 it was challenging the whole time. I spent the last 2 weeks out of breath with sore muscles but I pushed through it. Please no more more planks, pushups, bear crawls or duckwalks lol.
I did have some knee aches on week 3 and small back ache in week 4 but nothing big. I noticed when I first started doing lunges it would hurt my knees but by week 4 I was able to do lunges perfect with no pain so I think my body was adapting. I also think it would be helpful to have a full length mirror close by to make sure you are keeping your back strength and follow her moves exactly cause I could see yourself getting hurt if your not careful.

I found my flexibility, energy and muscle tone has increased. My self-esteem is 10x better from completing something so challenging, I've recommended this to others but they all quit after week 1 because it's very hard. Gratz to all of you who've completed it. I hope I will get better at doing pushups cause I still don't have the muscle strength to do them without being on my knees but I've worked desks jobs all my life, recently quit smoking and this is my first exercise program so that's probably why.
Can't wait to get stronger!

Originally I planned to jog the same days to add some extra cardio, my husband does 7km every second day but I did not have the energy to do both. I will continue to do her videos because I'm happy with the results and they make me excited for the future!

I've completed it a few times over the last couple of years, most recently two weeks ago.

I personally found Level's 2 & 3 to be much worse than Level 4 - Level 3 is just pure evil as far as I'm concerned and I hated every second of it!

I've always had pretty good results with this programme; this most recent time I lost 5 pounds in weight, 2 inches from both my waist and hips, and an inch from each leg and arm. Considering that I was quite small to begin with, I was very happy with that.

I'm now on the the 2nd week of attempting Body Revolution for the first time!