30 Day Shred-Suicide Mission?

The Shred is only about $7 on Amazon, and yes, you need hand weights, but you can reuse those. Or just do it without weights! You could hold a can of food in each hand instead and it'd be less intense. :P

Yes, you CAN see benefits from less intensive exercises for longer periods, but it will be very slow progress. If you're looking for some way to "jump start your enthusiasm" for getting healthier, that's going to be hard with slow progress. I'd say jump in and try it! Even at very unfit, you should be able to tell how you feel and what is "good" pushing it and what is "too much" - don't push it too much. If you're getting TOO tired, stop for a few seconds. If a move is too hard, modify it or do half as many. I still think the Shred is a great idea for seeing results.

I can tell you that you WILL notice a difference with it. Even if the scale doesn't move right away or you're not sure the inches are coming off, you WILL get stronger and you WILL notice it getting easier as you keep going. It's really inspiring to literally feel yourself getting stronger. :P

The only other tip I have is don't feel like you HAVE to do it all in 30 days if it's too hard. I'm doing it every-day-for-30-days now, but when I first started, I'd just do it 2-3x a week interspersed with other stuff. You'll still get stronger.

You can do this!! Good luck!

All I can say is don't give up!!! I did this DVD for 5 months straight and I was not the fittest when I started. Hard work pays off at least get throught the 30 days straight and then cycle through it again... but the key is consistancy!

You gotta start somewhere! Just try it, and think what a great feeling it will be in a few weeks when you remember back to the first time and celebrate your progress. Progress feels good!

I was very out of shape. Went from the couch to 30DS. The first day I could barely do a modified pushup. After day 2 my leg muscles were screaming so I took a rest day. After I skipped a day, it started getting easier. By the time I did Day 6, I could do 15 real pushups. It is okay if you stop and huff and puff, just keep going and do as much as you can. When I got to level 2 and 3, I came across a few things I really couldn't do, I just substituted something else, like just marching in place, or squatting and punching. The key is to just get moving and keep moving. The first few days you will feel like you want to die, but if you push through, it will get better and probably surprisingly fast. And it is okay to take a rest day in between, you do not have to do it every day to see results. You could just take a walk on rest days or something lighter. It will just take you 60 days or however long, instead of 30.

I actually just tried it this morning and didn't even make it thru the first circuit. I was practically hyperventilating (I'm a NON smoker, just fat and outta shape). I have only been walking and then decided to try it, maybe need to start a little lower first

well done starting it - what you could do is take some rest time and carry one with what you feel you're able to handle? I didn't do the last minute of a circuit last night on level 2 as I really was beat. I don't mind, I had reasons such as lack of sleep night before etc, so it's a case of doing what you can and knowing that is good enough for now!

Good luck - stick with it and you'll see progress, even if you just get 30 seconds further in each time it'd be a great achievement.

I have tired the 30 Day Shred almost killed me. I went to Target and got the SparkPeople 28 day boot camp, much better DVD... I think it is, you can follow Coach Nicole's workout plan... I love it lost 8 lbs doing it.

I don't have 30 day shred, but I do have 6 wk 6 pk and ripped in 30. Love her DVDs. I say JUST DO IT! So what if 30 day shred takes you 45 days or 60 days. So what if you are doing week 1 for 2 weeks. Just do it. If you can only do 10 min on day one...that's fine. How awesome will you feel when you can do 20 minutes?!

With the 2 DVDs I have, Jillian has 2 assistants. One does a modified, easier version and the other does an advanced super hard version. I usually do somewhere inbetween. I have bad knees and arthritis so I have to modify a few things...but still get an awesome workout.

So find a copy....and get started. Doing a little is better than doing nothing. I've seen results on me.....and haven't heard of anyone NOT seeing any results from doing her DVDs. You may be miserable doing them, but you'll feel great AFTERWARDS.

Good luck!

I am doing the c25k at the mo, but one day when it was raining I did the 30DS level 1 and found it okay. But I have been building myself up slowly for the last 4 months with walking and jogging, so I am probably a little bit fitter by now (but not much!) I really want to finish the running programme but once I am confident I can do a 30 min run 3 times a week then I think I will add in the DVD on other days. Personally, I think 30 consecutive days is a bit too much - you might injure yourself and I get horribly overtired if exercise every day but then I've got two little kids so that probably doesn't help!!

If u just want to try it u can rent it from a local library. That's how i first tried mine. I really love it cuz it's only a 20 minute workout, but it does kick your butt!. I don't think it matters if u do it for the whole 30 days or longer, i pretty much do it every day just as my normal routine and i switch it up to whatever level i feel like doing. I have gotten awesome results and feel great.
It does have different levels for you in the workout, too. There's one girl that does all the really really hard stuff and another that does modified less impact stuff. Still killer. It's a really great workout, I'd tell anyone to go ahead and try it.