30 day shred and what jillian says

Thanks a lot for the sharing!! Just want to share my 2 cents...

I am still a little bit confused as some others said JM has repeatedly mentioned that 30 Day Shred should be done everyday! But I think I will ascribe to common sense notion and play safer for my already bad knees. Honestly I think switching to cardio in between and having a weekly rest day make a lot of sense.

What people keep talking about 30 Day Shred is the concept of muscle confusion. But after doing some research about this term, I think muscle confusion refers to the use of circuiting in her workouts. The routines are composed of cardio, strength and abs (core). It doesn't seem to have too much to do with "you can't take any break in 30 days". I think the non-stop emphasis is more about "you can't take any break during every 30-minute workout".

I talked to my hubby earlier today. He actually raised a paradox: if our muscles really got accustomed to a particular routine so quickly that we have to constantly change our routine every 2 or 3 minutes, then shouldn't our body get used to the 30-minute Shred routine very soon if we do it in 30 straight days? Shouldn't it be better to confuse the muscles by taking a weekly break or doing some other cardio in between?

I hope I am not offending anyone who believes in the "30 straight days shred" approach. Frankly I love the workout and found it pretty effective -- I've just completed 2 days, but last night my hubby said he could see the muscles in my arms and abs were pumped up. So indeed the muscles were building up and 30DS is definitely working. But I think it is also very important to lose weight safely without hurting my body... At the moment I think for the sake of my knees, I will try to experiment the "2 day Shred 1 day cardio approach" plus a weekly rest day... I can foresee that the progress won't be as drastic as others who are both mentally and physically strong enough to do 30 days in a row without any break. But who cares? Maybe I'll be already overjoyed by my progress. After all I have been overweight for over a decade or two. Patience & tolerance won't be my problem. I think I can afford spending an extra few months to get rid of them.

(Again, just my 2 cents. Apologize if it upsets anyone. Also English isn't my mother tongue so pardon me for poor English. Cheers!)

I just thought I would throw this out there since its hard to find if you dont know what your doing and there are so many out there that do things a different way (30 days straight which i am not against BUT...)

Jillian had a question in a podcast about how often to do it and her answer was...
2 days of 30DS one day cardio 2 days of 30 DS and one cardio then a rest day. She said the name was more so what her marketing people came up with since each level is meant to be 10 days (just not 10 straight) thats marketing for you!
Not saying not to do 30 days straight if you want but she was very adamant about how important it is to have a rest day. Just thought I'd let you all know :-)