How to move past physical exhaustion?

Start with a yoga class. I think you will like that. Just see how you feel doing yoga. You can build stamina and strength here to step into more challenging excercises like the one you mentioned. Want you to continue with excercises and not end it...you will benefit from yoga for sure.

Jillian Michaels is pretty intense. Back in my heyday when I was running long distance, I thought to give her dvds a shot. I started with 30 Day Shred and I puked and was really upset at myself because I thought I was in excellent shape. I could run 6 miles without breaking a sweat, but her dvd's would have me drenched and walking like a newborn afterward.

What I'm saying is, just try your very best. You chose some pretty intense workouts, and while effective, are still a challenge. Even if you fall to the ground, wiggle around and try to keep going.

i have never done anything by jillian michaels but i know she is intense... try modifying and not going at it full force right from the begininning... i have to modify my workouts but i try the original move and i am slowly being able to do some stuff without modification.. i do bodypump and zumba..

Those are both intense workouts for a beginner. That doesn't mean you shouldn't do them. It does mean you may need to modify them. Instead of jumping, try jogging or marching in place. And, seriously, when you need to stop, stop. If you're just out of shape, you will make gains in endurance, and I would encourage you to work on that for now. Once T25 is doable for the full 25 minutes (even if you are marching for 15 of those) try upping the intensity - A LITTLE BIT.

The old joke is, it doesn't matter how slow you run, you're still lapping everyone sitting on the couch. It doesn't matter if your intensity starts out low, you're still doing more than you were before, right? Give yourself time to build stamina. You may be surprised at how quickly you can do a low intensity workout for longer and longer periods of time. Once you build some stamina, you can start increasing the intensity.

Congratulations for pushing through your depression and starting. That is no easy task.

missuswells wrote: »

Am I jumping in too fast? I've been walking a mile every day.

Personally, I would get that up to 3/4 miles a day, at a reasonably brisk pace, before moving on to more vigorous forms of exercise.

Good luck!

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The first key here is to find your proper progression. Work up to a point where you can walk or move for the full 30 minutes. The add intensity (speed or time).

The second key is perseverance. You’ll need to do this a few times a week to begin seeing real training effect. Your muscles will get more efficient (stronger) and you’ll develop your cardiovascular conditioning to a point you can do more and more.

The third key is patience. We didn’t get where we are in a day or a week or a month or a year. We have years of inactivity. It will take years to get fit. You’ll see progress if you do the first two, but it will take time to get to a point where you can kill those intense programs without a struggle.

Progression, perseverance, and patience.

Unrelated, but OP: I love your profile photo, you look very pretty

I do videos on fitnessblender and due to certain disabilities I have there are certainly moves I either cant do or have tO modify like anything jumping. I will do one leg at a time as far it will go with no jumping. I cant do the boxer shuffle because I can't point my feet so I just walk or high knee in place. I am the most incoordinated, red faced, ridiculous looking person when I workout but, its just me in my dogs here. I wont even do a video in front of my husband. Haha!