October Shred Thread

frogs

you poor thing, that's crap! so sorry you are in pain.

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do read back if you want to see how I could not do L1D1 without stopping every 2 minutes!
jumping jacks are vile.
but by day 6 I was actually ok, I only stopped twice!

I had to stop and as kids have fallen ill I haven't been able to get back to it just yet, but even if I wobble again, it's worth just getting through it, any which way you can!

the warming up and cooling off are very important, but if you only manage 5 or 10 mins the first time so what?
You'll get better, stronger, fitter. it is not supposed to be easy!

so go on, push yourself and see what you can manage!
posting here you'll get a record of your progress and I bet in a week or two you'll be wondering how you ever had a problem!

just do it! you can do it!

I can only conclude that the shred is aimed at PE teachers or summat right?

What might be better for me?

TBH, it isn't the star jumps that kill me, it is the other stuff and the star jumps kind of like the last straw.

I tried the strength stuff without weights and it appears I cannot support my own hands

And as for the push ups, are they having a friggin laugh? I can't even hold the starting position let alone lower my body up and down.

I have the shred. Every now and then I attempt it but don't seem to make it past the first set of star jumps before I have to sit down and give up.

Is there a pre-shred DVD?

Yes that sounds awful frogs - you must be feeling very frustrated, please don't be hard on yourself.

Errol yes it was a lovely weekend and thank goodness I did Shred on Saturday, feel like the whole of the rest of the weekend was spent eating and lolling about.

I don't Shred on Sunday but should have been back in the swing today. The plan was to dog-walk early with 2 pals then come back to Shred/shower - this routine works well for me and I love getting exercise out of the way early. But the weather was so dreadful today we opted for mid-morning cakes & coffee (half term here) rather than rain drenched walk. Once DS was ferried to work there was no 'slot' to Shred, and I just can't do it later in the day! Really must do it tomorrow - off to Madrid for a few days with DH on Wed so no opp to exercise though plan to walk everywhere.

So, fellow worshippers at the altar of JM, I hope to be fully back with you all next Monday 28th, when no doubt I will be back on L1!

Good luck and hope not everybody gets as easily de-railed by half term as I seem to!

to say Hi Shredders

Haven't shredded in over a week now :( got to L1D7 and put my bloody back out :( :( sodding sciatica (long standing due to damaged discs) has had me out of action since, it's feeling a bit better but I can now feel something's wrong higher up and will probably need a MRI

I was/am so pissed off that I got through the first few days of torture pain and will now have to do it all over again, once I can actually walk properly,of course.

Keep up the good work ladies.

Good morning all. L3D5 done. After the first few days of L3 I started to have a few problems with my foot (old running injury) so I've had to take it easy on the jumps in circuit 3.

Good luck burning and zing with the restart - always hard to get going after a break but I'm sure you'll be back into the routine in no time.

Don't give up! I'm battling through level 3 in a very stop start manner, but consoling myself that stop start is better than nothing at all, so it must be worth carrying on...:)

burning

I'm restarting tomorrow.
you and me, we can do it together, what do you say?

Evening! How is everyone's weekend going?

I'm so disappointed in myself, haven't done the shred for over a week because I lost motivation.

Went to do it today and started at L1 and I couldn't even complete the 2nd circuit as came over all dizzy and faint. Going to re- attempt tomorrow

Did L2 day 7 yesterday with my amazingly supple yoga-bunny dd (22) who is home for the weekend. We had a laugh exercising together, but then spent the rest of the day grazing on carbs followed by a huge roast dinner & apple crumble !

Level 3, day 7 done, only 3 days to go, but following errol's example, am thinking of starting again after my holiday with the vague hope of finishing round 2 this calendar year....

Ohhh, I thought the different levels referred to the different difficulties of each exercise, I didn't realise it was a completely different video- thanks for letting me know! I'll think I'll order the DVD then, I wanted to try it out first to see how it went. The hardest bit was trying not to clobber DD2 in the head with the weights, she kept getting under my feet.

Hello! I was planning to start the shred in Nov but I'm impatient so I started today. Just did day 1 on mostly level 1. The cardio I found quite easy being a runner, but my strength is similar to that of an anaemic mouse and I don't think I actually have any abs.

I'm watching the vid on youtube, should I be doing the same thing every day for 30 days or is there a week 2, 3 and 4? Thanks.

Well I did day 4 today, think legs feel a tiny bit better? Still find sitting down on toilet painful! Haven't weighed myself, mostly because DP bought Doritos and biscuits home last night and I was too weak not to eat them. Fool!

Am intrigued by the 5:2 thing. So many people seem to have had amazing success with it - must do some research on it & give it a go soon!

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L2 day 6 done. Had lost 2lbs since last Fri when I weighed myself thus morning !

Keep at it ElleBelly, it really will stop hurting soon

Zing I cannot begin to imagine how it feels. But sending hugs anyway.

Well I did day 3 today and legs feel worse than ever, but you ladies are very good motivation! I don't know how I will physically make my legs squat tomorrow though.