30 Day Shred Starting 08/22/11

Does anyone know if you should do the 30ds every day or every other? I feel like my legs need a day to recover since I did it at 5:30 this morning and they are still shakey! LOl I have always been told that you are suppose to work your muscles every other day! Help!

Just finished Day 2 Level 1 and HRM said 198 calories burned in 28 minutes. Seemed to be a little easier today. ;-) I also did a 30 minute class at the gym today.

I also started back on my dvd today. I did D1 earlier. I'm going to try my best to keep this up again.. lol.

Day 2 done! I wanted to stop in the first strength circuit, but once that was out of the way it went very quickly. I can't do the proper push ups either, I just do the best I can on that bit.

Goooooood morning! Well, I'm not as sore as I thought I'd be so that is good! I can tell I worked out, and my walking is a little stiff, BUT I have been way more sore before, so that is good!

I am drinking my green smoothie and just wanted to say good morning!

Hope you are all "not too sore" either! LOL I'll be back on later as my workout won't happen until about 6!

Ok guys I'm hesitant to believe this since I'm only three days in and the scale actually showed increase today, but I caught a look at my torso in the mirror and I sort of think I see a difference already...

Finished up Day 2 and even though my quads (as well as a few other muscles) were slightly sore, I found it easier to do and was able to push myself harder. I like how GOOD I feel once I've recovered... its a welcome energy boost.

I don't know about anyone else but I'm taking care to do my own stretching for 5 mins or so before starting the dvd because I'm not totally comfortable with how little Jillian does and I'm concerned about unintentionally injuring myself in my efforts to put all I can into these work outs.

Hope everyone is having a successful day 2 (or 1 or 3 or whichever day you are on)!

Got it done today. Didn't want to, but I did !

Day 2 completed. I'm not feeling half as bad as I was expecting - my abs are a little sore but I'm able to walk ok unlike last time! I find the first circuit the hardest but the time does go quickly from there.
I'm going to supplement the workout with cycling with the family (nothing too strenuous) and I go to two workout classes a week. At the moment I'm doing the workouts last thing at night (when the kids are in bed) but I would prefer to get it out of the way in the morning (if I had a chance). Best of Luck with Day 2/3 everyone x

Day 1 completed, a day late and I didnt want to work out but I pushed myself through it with some modified movements. Yay me!

Just finished day 2. It was harder than yesterday because my muscles are still sore from yesterday. I had to drop the weights a couple of times and just use my arms without them while doing the side lunges lol I also had a hard time with the pushups. The cardio and abs were fine
Not sure if I can do it tomorrow because I have a dentist appt after work and then DH will be home with me.. we live in an apt so I can't really do it when he's here unless he's showering or sleeping.

I (technically) started the Shred last Wednesday. I did it on Thursday and then took Friday and Saturday off. So when I saw this thread, I decided I'd just restart with my first day on Sunday. Today I did day 3. The soreness is easing up a bit although I'm still very aware of my muscles. I have found that the cardio segments are challenging during the intervals but by the last segment, I'm pumping through it with little problem (maybe it's because each move only takes 30 secs and we do all four moves).

When I started I weighed 181.8. Already saw a loss as today I came in at 180.2. I have one of those nifty scales that measures body fat, water retention, muscle mass, etc and I noticed that my muscle mass has increased a small bit and so has my water retention (by 2%). Good to know my body is responding the way it should!

I did take before pics...and they are definitely depressing. Perhaps I'll share once we get through this. I also did measurements but did them in centimeters since it's a touch more accurate for me.

Oh, today I upped my weights from 5 lbs to 10 lbs on the chest fly segment. Five pound weights weren't doing anything for me and it felt really easy and I haven't had any soreness in my chest or pecs since starting so figured I needed to up that a bit to get a better burn. The 5 lbs KILL me on the shoulder raises when doing the side lunge. So I will sometimes grab my 2 lbs to get through that move.

As far as calories burned...I wear a heart rate monitor and it shows my heart rate sitting in 160s to low 180s almost the whole workout (with exception of abs when it comes down to 138-145). Therefore, after a 25 min workout it shows I've burned between 325-350 calories!! I'm 31 yo, 5'4.5" and 180.2 lbs (and my HRM is all set up according to my age, resting heart rate, weight,). I've often wondered why others report burning much less calories...and I wonder if it's because they are much smaller to begin with or if my heart is just so flat out of shape. / I started C25K on July 1st and was in the 7th week last week when I had to give it a rest when I started the Shred. So I've been working on conditioning my heart for those seven weeks and noticed my resting heart rate lowered after all the training. This is a good thing!!

Lastly (sorry this is so long-winded), I'm doing an additional 30 mins of cardio (brisk walking) after the Shred each day. I'm planning to take one day off a week (Saturdays) but once I get to level 2, I may need to reevaluate. hah!

OMG I did it today despite being sore! Push-ups are so hard for me and always have been! LOL I remember I used to do them every nght before bed (just 10) and by day 6 could do 15.... Soooo, just gotta push through the soreness!

After dinner had a great meal of spaghetti squash, marinara, brocc, onions, kidney beans, mushrooms and a HUGE salad filled with veggies!

Here's to day 3!

Completed Day 3 Level 1 and HRM said 196 calories burned in 29 minutes.

Will pick up day 3 tomorrow. Need motivation to keep on with this one, can't seem to make it past a few days