Shred for Couchto5Kers and anybody else

Awww pistey. Hope you get the inhaler today and that the asthma is back under control. I know you're juggling a lot at the moment (how is DD's foot?) and I tend also to sort everyone else out and then realise that I haven't been looking after myself, particularly when home alone. So I won't tell you off, because I know what it's like, but I will remind you to look after yourself and prioritise your health.

Linzer I think I found the running a bit easier the other night as I re-started C25K, and one minute of running was a breeze compared to two minutes of Jillian's cardio.

WhoKnows keep going. I did day 8 today and managed the walk out press ups. I also dropped my belly down more in the last abs which made a difference. I'm still over-heating and huffing and puffing so it must be doing some good .

But at least you're still doing it, WhoKnows. I took a rain check on Day 3 yesterday, so really must do it today. I've found the running slightly easier since I started shredding so I'm sure it's helping - and that's my main motivation for carrying on (much as I love Jillian and her two best girls ).

I have done something really stupid and you can all tell me I'm really stupid

I ran out of one of my preventer inhalers last Friday and will get replacements tomorrow (v disorganised) But my lungs are feeling more and more congested and ropey, so I think it is unlikely that I will (or should) shred or run until at least Sunday as these things need to build up again.

When my asthma is under control, it is exactly that, under control, but it isn't at the moment

I shall post this on both threads, then you will all know what a loon I am, I'm far too casual..

Well done melody, I've just done day whatever (too tired to count )

Day eight - tick. I went back to level one. I know,I know Jillian would be very dissappointed at my phoning!

I might try alternating level one and two next week, plus have teamed up with a friend to go running - I have given up on DH ever going running again.

WhoKnows - munchies in the evening are my downfall too.

No shred until next week now. Tomorrow is allotment day and DS1 has offered to come too... should be amusing.

Have a good weekend every one.

My legs are also really aching today, which is surprising as they were fine after day 1 of level 2. Maybe it's because I ran and shredded on the same day. Or maybe I just phoned it in too often on the first day.

I'm quite strict about rationing my favourite foods, mainly because I can't get them here so generally have to make my fruit & nut and hobnobs last for around six months! Wine, OTOH, is very easy and cheap to get hold of (am always at the prices in the UK) and is definitely my downfall.

I've also decided to alternate between shredding and running once I've done the 30 days, and may even allow myself to have weekends off.

I should probably try to join you on the not drinking from Sundays to Thursdays shredded, as I've got into the habit of having a glass or two of wine every single evening once the DC are in bed. I didn't have any while DH was away and didn't miss it at all, but I'm sure I'll find myself reaching for the corkscrew this evening...

WhoKnows, I have decided to do the 30 Days, and then alternate between shredding and re-doing C25K to try to build up some speed. Well it will be just short of 30, as we are going away next weekend, so I'll have got up to day 26, and I plan to start to alternate when we get back.

I would have run this evening, only there was a drinks party at work and before I knew what had happened I had necked a glass or two of white wine (it was disgusting btw, the only way to get it down was to take massive swigs ). I was a bit with myself, as I've been doing well on not drinking Sunday-Thursday. I'm also going out for tomorrow night.

I can only do the Anita version of the planks. In fact, I can only do the Anita version of virtually everything except that ice skating move.

I had an e-mail from Amazon to say my weights are finally on their way. Was quite tempted to write back and say, "No! Too late! I don't need them now!" It's as much as I can do to cope with the 1 kg ones. But seeing as they're purple, perhaps I shall use them for decorative purposes.

Talking of purple, I'm loving my Vivid Violet nails, which are lasting surprisingly well. I may have to stock up on some more Stay Perfect colours when I'm in London.

Level 2 Day 2 done, but it has taken me several hours to summon up the energy to post that I've done so.

Day seven tick - moved up to level two as feeling left out! Needed a long lie down after.

VivaLeBeaver - I get in a pickle with those too, and often have to restart!
Sweaty - at 'dainty jumps'

My pelvic floor can't cope with the double skipping jumps, so I do dainty little jumps and barely leave the floor.

I just get so jolly HOT doing it all! Maybe it's my advanced age.

I find the oblique twists the hardest. I always end up jumping with my feet and hands in the same direction when they're meant to be opposite. So even though it's still good cardio I don't think I'm getting the same benefit to my abs. Ah well.

Oh, and well done on Day 4 Pistey! I was definitely stiff this morning. I couldn't do those in and out things either, and had to start following Anita after a few seconds.

I think it would be quicker to list the things I can do, rather than those I can't! I can do the walking out bit of the walkout press-ups, but not the press-up itself. I can't imagine using anything heavier than my 1 kg weights for any of the exercises either, so I'm quite glad my 2 kg weights haven't arrived yet (as purple as they may be).

shredded I keep thinking that there's no way I could have managed the cardio bits if I hadn't started running, so it's the other way round with me! (At least, that's what I thought when I was on Level 1, when the cardio often came as a welcome relief; it's a bit more of a struggle with Level 2.) I'm sure the Shred has helped with my running too though, as I definitely feel like I have more stamina now.

Well done pistey!

I can't do the forward and backwards lunges, or the v thingies at the end. I went back to my 2lbers this morning and it was still really hard

I'm slowly getting there with the walkout press ups though, and as I said on the other thread just now, I think the cardio has really helped with my running fitness, although that could just be the PRSP talking

Well I crunched my obliques with my two best girls.
Day 4 Stage 2 tomorrow.
Thing I find hardest on stage 2? Those sort of plank in and out jumps near the end.

But I'm not stiff afterwards anymore i realise which is a big step forward!

Here I go.....

Level 2 Day 1 done. It was definitely hard work, but I did have a nice surprise when I discovered that I was actually on the last circuit and not on the second (had just been thinking that it was really dragging). I also had to fall back on Aneeda's modified versions more often than not.