Hi boxfish100,

I'm 49 and just started my 5th(!) round of Body Revolution last week. I did my first round in the spring of 2013. I was already fit and at goal weight before I started, and had dropped 5 more pounds and improved my muscle definition, balance, and stamina by the end (See my profile pic.) Second round was an "express" round ( just did each workout once and finished in 3 weeks) before leaving town for a summer job where I had no access to weights or DVDs. On my third round (Sept-Dec 2013), I increased the weights to see how heavy I could go. Not such a great idea to use 15s and especially 20s, since my form tended to suffer and it strained my forearms too much. Did a fourth round this past spring, but have been gaining weight like a freight train from falling into old bad habits of overeating and binging for most of the past year. Let's just say I no longer look anything like my profile pic after gaining back 20 pounds. Starting over as of August 1st. So far so good.

I love BR--it's the best workout system I've ever done. I'ts *great* for strength, stamina, and balance. I get most of my cardio from cycling while the weather's good. I've never had an injury from any of Jillian's workouts including BR, but I've heard others say they are hard on the knees. I would say if you have pain other than muscle soreness you should rest that body part so it has a chance to recover, and then take it really easy while you work your way back.

I find that BR is only lacking in flexibility training. My muscles already tend to be tight and stiff, and they only feel more so when I do the BR program as recommended. For my fifth round of BR, I'm modifying it and doing the strength workouts only 3 days per week so I can fit in a yoga (or at least yoga-inspired) workout twice a week for balance.

You will *love* this program!

Hi there - I just turned 43 last Thursday, and started the BR yesterday (Sunday)...so far I love it! I'm really hoping to lose about 20 lbs, get in shape, and all of that. I've worked out with other JM programs - as well as a few others - and really, Jillian's programs just seem to work the best for me. I'm really excited about finally doing this, and doing it right!

Thank you all for sharing your stories - I find them VERY inspirational! I'm doing the Kickstart program this week, and while Workouts 1 and 2 are great and tough-but-manageable, I found the cardio to completely wipe me out! I guess I know where my challenge is...! Good luck to all of us!

Hi there. I'm 47 and just started the program this week. Whew, I'm sore but I'm determined. I WILL complete this program and be that much closer to my health and fitness goal.

Looking forward to sharing this programs experiences with similar aged women.

40-something update:

I am about to go do my final day of Phase 1. I can now do (drum roll, please....) SEVEN military-style push-ups. !!!! I could barely do two lady push-ups when I started back in May.

I can see lots of new muscle definition in my upper arms/shoulders. Happy about that.

I take Sundays off, but will be starting Phase 2 on Monday. Wondering what Jillian has in store for me. She hints about "no more recovery breaks" and I suspect that's around the corner. I remember that Week 4 of Ripped in 30 had nothing like a break and I LOVED it. I'd never worked out so hard in my life.

I'd love to hear how some of the rest of you are doing!

Hey everyone. I'm NOT a 40 something but I have been trying to get started into the BR program for about a year and a half. I am not anywhere near my goal weight, and I have never been one that LOVES working out. I am not an athlete, but a few years ago I was 200 pounds and needed to do something so I put my mind into running and lost 65 pounds. The only problem was that I was smaller and yet still looked disgusting. Today (5 years later) I am back up to 180 and feeling like crap again. I only just recently regained the weight. Again I have been trying to get into the BR program I can't seem to get past the first week. First problem is that I am totally alone in this. I work out in my garage and I don't know anyone or have any friends to work out with. My family who also have no interest in working out with me come out to the garage to talk to me or bug me, or get food out of the fridge while I am working out and I get frustrated and angry so I just quit. I do not know how to get motivated and stay that way.

Hello - I'm 45 and just started ... today!! I tried P90X for about 2 months about 2 years ago and absolutely nothing changed!! So I wasn't too motivated. I think Jillian's style works better with my attitude and patience level. We'll see. I've always been skinny without trying one bit. I'm 5'9" and was around 130-135 for decades. Now I'm about at 155, and when I did P90X I was 145 and freaking out. So the age has creeped in even though friends still say I have nothing to change. Husband has let me know in no uncertain terms that my body is disgusting (OK, that's another subject...), but I'm also really upset about the gain and am sick of buying new clothes to accommodate the fat. (GROSS!!) So I'm motivated for me, I have time, I want to be healthy, and I want to keep enjoying wine and good cheese (we live in France) and still be fit. Exercise is the key! Anyway, I'm starting with a good base and know that it would be perfectly natural for me to be around 130+ so time to burn off the excess in time for a scuba trip to Asia at the holidays..... Here goes!!!