Does the 30 day shred bother anyone else's knees?

I just started it (I've done it once!) and I noticed today that my right knee is really swollen. I'm thinking from the jumping jacks or maybe I'm doing something else wrong. I just really don't know. Anyone?

I have knee problems as well so I am starting out doing 30 DS every other day rather than every day. I am only in my first week so am not sure it that will make a difference or not.

I've gone through the whole thing a few times, and I'm in the midst of doing it again. At first it hurt my knees a bit, but at the time I assumed it was just because I had just started working out again and I was jumping weird, but it stopped bothering me maybe half way through the 30 days. But that's just me...and I was doing it bare foot on carpet. Maybe a good pair of runners would help..? I'm no expert...

just do a search of the forums, and you'll see there a million posts about this, so you're certainly not alone.

I hava had knee problems, but surprisingly the 30 day shred didn't bother me when I did it last year.

I noticed the same thing, i have a squishy mat that i do the jumping jacks on (my floor is concrete with carpeting on top of it so there's no way I'm jumping without a little buffer). I just got two knee braces from amazon today and tried them on to see if they'd help. My knees felt SO much better!! I've only used them on my walk so far, but tomorrow I'm going to put them to use for my day 6 of level one Mine is the Yasco knee support and I think they were about 10 bucks each....

It didn't bother my knees, but I found I definitely had to invest in a $50 bra for the jumping jacks and jump rope. The double jump rope stuff in level 2 does me in so I just do normal jump ropes like in level 1. I have a really bad right ankle - broken once, sprained 3 times and arthritis, but the cardio parts don't bother it, either. I'm grateful for the circuits and how it switches up - you never get bored! I wear my Nike Free's on a carpeted floor.

I love this video and I did day 3 today but holy crap do the jumping jacks and jump rope bother my knees. Just wondering if it bothers anyone else and what you did about it. Did you modify that part with something else or just end up quitting...or did it get better? I don't really want to quit but I don't know if I can a whole month of this without hurting my knees. I just thought about doing the strength training and abs part on my own (I love those parts) and then do my treadmill for 30 - 40 minutes to get the cardio part of the video. Would I get the same sort of results? Help...not sure what I should do.

You seriously need to be careful because if you sort through the low ratings on Amazon almost everyone who rated the 30 day shred low had a knee injury..Seriously! I read hundreds of comments and decided to chance it myself and just not push myself too hard in the beginning and until I can handle it entirely I won't do what I can't. Don't push yourself beyond your personal limitations.

Please, for the love of God, if you have any swelling, grinding, popping or pain severe enough you can hardly walk, SEE A DOCTOR! About 20 years ago I neglected to do so after an injury, and I'm paying for it with osteoarthritis now.

I thought about buying 30DS, but after reading review after review concerning the knees specifically, I decided it wasn't worth it to me to even take that chance. I can't afford it. ALTHOUGH, I've seen that some people were able to effectively modify some of the exercises (ie do not lunge as deeply, only do the arm movements for the jumping jacks etc) if your problems are not severe. Also, as another mentioned, knee braces/sleeves might do the trick for as well. Don't force it.

My knee hurt (before, during and after 30DS) and so I modified my movements. When she tells me that there's no modification for a jumping jack and her 400 pound people on Biggest Loser can do them, I just laugh at her and say she's obviously never met me and my bum knee. I wind up just kicking out one leg at a time while my arms still go through the motions of jumping jacks. I know it's not the same as jumping up and down with both legs in and out, but I figure it's better than nothing that I keep moving during that portion of the video rather than just standing still. And for the jump rope (since I don't own one) I just lightly bounce in place.

I think I'm going to try brazil butt lift. I've heard really good things about this workout. Who wants to try it with me? On amazon it's around $60

Ive never had knee problems before.. started 30ds last week and I have noticed that the knee circles in the warm up are what's making my knees hurt so I just miss them out now and they feel fine.

I sometimes get a bit of a twinge in my ankle occasionally, but my knees are fine - its the boobs that hurt when I'm doing the jumping - don't really want to knock myself out with them!! :laugh:

I do the dvd in my living room, without shoes, just on carpeted floor, so maybe thats whats causing the twinge in my ankle? Who knows!

My knees used to bother me too until I found out I wasn't doing squats or lunges the right way. Make sure your knee does not go past the front of your foot - if your knee goes past your feet, you are putting too much pressure on your knee. I tore my menincus this way and had to have surgery.

If the cardio is bothering you, I'd take a break or march in place but just keep moving for that portion. Doing the exercises every other day is a good idea.

It's my calves that hurt me, ALOT! They began to hurt around level 1 day 8 and im now on level 2 day 4 and they still hurt