OMG, Cardio 2 is torture! The only blessing is that the circuits are only 30 seconds instead of a minute like with Cardio 1. Hopefully, it will be easier at the end of the month. I am sure that I said a lot of curse words the first time I did Cardio 1 and I find it easy now. But oh my, it is quite a workout. Lots of jumping moves which I have to be really careful with since I have plantar fasciitis in my right foot. I add a lot more stretching than she does at the end of the DVDs. Most of the moves in cardio 2 are from the other DVDs in this plan or from her other programs but boy does she put them all together in one killer workout. NoI getting away from the shake your butt thing either. Let me know what y'all think about the workout. I do have a lot of weight to lose so it might not be so bad for those of you who are already pretty fit.

I'm almost done with my first week of doing workouts 5 & 6! Workout 5 is by far the most challenging so far and workout 6 is a great workout, but definitely not as difficult! I've been doing cardio 2 since week 1 so it's not new for me, but I still love it! One more week of these workouts and I'm moving on to weeks 7 & 8!

I totally HATED workout 5. It was so boring! I didn't say easy...I just hated every exercise in it. LOL

I cheated and did Workout 6 once already and I'm tempted to try Workout 5 and Cardio 2 too. I previewed 5 and it looked tough!

I did think 6 was a bit too advanced for me so I know I need to be patient and wait until I technically get into week 5

Great job ladies!

After workout 5 I hurt for two days! Yesterday I didn't feel well and I was really hungry. I started my #6 but only got through 10 minutes. I wondered if I had been pushing myself too hard and I just had to take a rest. Today I did a kickboxing workout because I knew I wasn't ready to push hard with Jillian quite yet.

Enjoyed #6 way more than #5. I can't jump. I just can't get any height! Maybe I'm internally afraid my knees will give out. I twisted my ankle something awful in October and it still hurts if I touch it in just the right spot. I get horrible pain on the outside of my foot and I think maybe that has something to do with it.

So, fast feet are not that fast, jumping jacks are out...but I can now do 6 of the planks where you lift your weights (on each side) - I thought that I'd never be able to do that!

So I watched workout 5 and 6 since I start it next week, and to see what everyone was going on and on about. YIKES! I'm a little scared. I still cannot do millitary pushups so i'm going to have a hard time. All I can say is you ladies ROCK that have been pushing thru these workouts!!

Cardio 2 is too much for me. I may have to go back to Cardio 1. I like the variety of exercises, but they're mostly too high impact for me.

I totally can't lift my legs on the crabs! What about those side lifts (I can't remember what she calls them). Where you lay on your side with your bottom hand holding your shoulder while you push your torso up with your other hand. OMG. I couldn't push up at all!

Cardio 2 is too much for me. I may have to go back to Cardio 1. I like the variety of exercises, but they're mostly too high impact for me.

I totally can't lift my legs on the crabs! What about those side lifts (I can't remember what she calls them). Where you lay on your side with your bottom hand holding your shoulder while you push your torso up with your other hand. OMG. I couldn't push up at all!

Don't give up yet! The first time I did it I basically just sweated and cussed at my TV. It gets better! It's still not easy but it definitely gets better!

Do those people have springs on their shoes? I don't know how they jump so high. I can't kick my butt and land my feet on the floor too. It's one or the other.

I'm inner thighs hurt like heck from horseback riding yesterday - now THOSE are the muscles I need to be working!