30 Day Shred ... (:

Finished L1D4 today, and.....while me knees aren't hurting quite so much, and this is a good thing....I'm almost finding it.....easy?


Well, easy isn't *quite* the word - my endurance has improved greatly, though there's still a couple of cardio sections where I miss maybe three or four reps right at the end.

But I don't feel as 'worked out' at the end as I have with some other workouts. :-/

Now, perhaps this is just a factor of the length - 20 minutes really isn't very long. But it almost doesn't feel like there's enough of the strength moves, either. I mean, I can actually do the pushups and I'm not dying by the end (not on my toes, but I haven't been able to do full-out pushups since third grade, you know?). The ab work seems.....puny, almost.

I guess I'm just concerned that I won't actually see any change in my body. I took pics today (second set, first set was in November when I started this journey), and I don't see any difference...and I've lost 7 pounds and I thought I'd lost a bunch of inches. But when I measured again today, some measurements were actually *up* - and yet some were down, so I didn't totally screw up my measuring, but yet the measurements were totally screwy. (This is the third measure - the second set were all down, some significantly. It's so demoralizing to see them go up for no discernible reason.) :sad:

Has anyone *gained* inches doing the shred?



I'm almost looking forward to level 2, if it's harder. As long as it doesn't kill my knees, bring it on, you know? I'm doing this for results, not for laughs. :grumble:

don't forget to measure your waist hips and thighs in the early stages of your 30DS. Many of us who did 30DS didn't lose a lot of weight but many inches. That just shows you're building muscle and losing fat. I'm ALMOST done with the 30 days and my body has changed a lot.Fat upper arms: gone, big thighs and big bum: gone. Can even see my abs and the baby pouch from 25 years ago is much smaller. Just amazing. Will start another JM workout next week (buns and thighs maybe)

I just did D2L1 and I feel great! I don't sweat that much but I am all sticky though. Yesterday I was worried that I wasn't feeling any pain; I woke up however with pains in my upper part of the body and I was pleased, because I knew I worked well.

Today I struggled at the end with the abs and the legs at 90 degrees, but seeing my rolls of fat wobbling I pushed myself even harder.

Good luck to all of you with it! I am already looking forward to day 3.

I'm on L2D3, and like like some of you, on level one I tried to see/get through level two and struggled. But I got past the first circuit and everything goes fine now ^^ Don't quit it's worth it :-)

Today was Day 8 of Level 1 for me. I def did not want to work out today. But, I did. And it felt great to get it in. I'm excited (and nervous) to start Level 2. I've lost 2.4 pounds already with this DVD. I can't wait to see what the rest of it will bring.

Keep up the good work everyone!!!!!

tonight will be day 5 for me! it looks so easy but it's definitely not. i really suck at the push ups and by the end when you do the last jump rope, my calves are throbbing!!
normally i wouldn't work out so many days in a row if i was experiencing pain but it's not a throbbing pain, more of a 'burn pain' - so i trust that jillian knows what she's doing with all of us
GOOD LUCK, stick with it!!! i will too!

I started the 30DS on 1/9/12 and I just so happened to have completed my 5th day right before I saw this post. It's still hard for me but it has gotten a little easier. My biggest problem is the push-ups (really weak in the upper body) and the lunges (balance issues), but I'm going to stay with it. If it takes me 30 days just to master level 1, then that's what I'll do. I'm choosing not to move into level 2 until I can do the full 20 minutes with relatively no issues. Then I'll move on from there.

Bump...so much to say but no time tonight.

Hubby and I did L1D3 today, he reckons it was the hardest day, I'm finding the abs ok, and the stength and cardio hard

I look forward to it each day, hate it while doing it then am so glad once its finished!

I just did Day 7 of Level 1 - it was meant to be day 9 but I had a couple near all-nighters for work last week and had to leave it out a couple of days. It's definitely getting easier, although I still have to do the modified pushup!. Today I watched Level 2 to see what it was like, and holy cow that looks really intense! Hopefully it will bring results though!

I am already losing inches for sure (haven't measured, but yesterday my trousers nearly fell down to my knees when i was walking along so that's a good sign)!

Is it as good as a longer, super intense regime like insanity or P90x? - probably not, but with my very strict time availability, it's fabulous and I think I will definitely have results! Keep it up everyone, we can do this!!! Great to hear that I'm not along in struggling through the shred!

I have done maybe 4 or 5 days of level one till I got bored with it, now I'm on level 2 and have done like 2 or 3 days of it and i like it better but also i find it somewhat easier than level 1 in some aspects. i'm doing another program too on top of 30DS and I take off Sat and Sundays off of the 30DS and I follow the chart for the other one, but Sometimes the chart has you working out for 7 days in a row so i'm thinking of doubling up on Saturdays if I have a workout on Sunday, Sundays are my usual days off

Good luck I know that you can do it!!!

For those who have done Ripped in 30, how does it compare to the 30 Day Shred? Is it more difficult or just different?