Lovers of Jillian Michaels meet up here

Thanks for the fight fx recommendation idkick

Have you tried others in the series? It's a nice cardio change...

Lots of hard work going on here - well done everyone! My back has been tweaking since I did both levels of Bobs workout on Tuesay- think it is all those roll backs and get ups at tops speed.did manage 40 mins on cross trainer on Wednesday and bobs yoga on Thursday though. DH and I did NMTZ this morning as we go to Italy tomorrow so will be confined to workouts with relatively little weights for 2 weeks. Have downloaded a range of stuff so hopefully will do some stuff. Staying at airport hotel tonight with gym so will visit in the morning.

Wow Jackster and StuntNun - v.impressive with the extra weights.

I did 30ds L2 D2 today after a late night (and two pints of beer, which were not part of the low-carb plan...), so can't really complain I feel tired Just glad I'm keeping with it rather than giving up at the first blip.

It's 11 times on level 1 Ri30 and once on level 2. I think I'm going to stick with level 1 as it seems to be good for working up to press ups and I have added weights to some of the cardio moves to make them more intensive. I'm going to need some heavier dumbells though as my heaviest is only 3kg which isn't enough for some of the exercises.

Ri30 level 1 done but I've lost count! I really went for it with lots of added weight and now I'm knackered.

DS1 is 11 Jackster so DH wants to improve his fitness a bit before he starts high school and has to do 'proper' PE.

knotty good to see you back. applied well done. stunt that's so cool, how old is ds1? idkick martial arts sounds fun!

V proud of myself. Did L2 shred with 3kgs weights for the whole thing for 1st time. Have previously had to drop to 2kgs for circuit 3. Today I didn't give myself the option - deliberately made sure I didn't even have 2kgs in the room! Strength circuit was not as bad as I expected but plank jacks and plank twists afterwards smarted on the old shoulders!

I went for a run with DS1 today. I'm not used to running so I'm all hot and sweaty. I was thanking JM though as I wouldn't have been able to do it before.

Bobbing, not Bobbi!

Hi all! Have been absent for a while but still JMing and Bobbi. Took JM on holiday but only managed 4 workouts in 2 weeks, but the only place I could do it was right outside DD's room and depending on what time she woke up, there wasn't always time to do anything before we were out for the day. But anything is better than nothing I guess. Still enjoying Kick boxing Fast fix, but did Shred L2 today, and I still HATE it! Will either do Killer Abs 2 or Ripped 2 tomorrow. Hope everyone's OK, will attempt a proper read through at some point!

Whoo! Moved up to 30DS L2 today. Definitely a step up. Got back from hols and did a couple of 'refreshers' on L1, but ready to move on now. Not because I can do it all, but just need something different.

Am also cutting right down on carbs after having rather a lot of pastries while away. Not easy as am veggie, but am managing ok so far. Felt pretty yuck for the first couple of days, though - could have been post-holiday comedown, I suppose. Feeling a lot better now, but skin is still a bit ropey. Does carb flu give you spots?

MFP is helping - mainly because the faff of having to enter something into the app puts me off eating it!

Apologies for all the typos!

I am trying to remember L2 Ripped as it gas been a while since I did it! I guess its worth remembering that compound stuff generally works the core harder as it involves balance too (serving biceps with lunges for example- if you ding put your foot down then the balance work will activate the core.) So although it feels harder and hence more frustrating, your body is getting a lot more out of the exercise. She uses Hollow in one format or another in most of her DVDs so I assume it is a good exercise. I guess lifting your legs higher takes the strain off- you could drop them down for a little while and lift them up again as soon as it gets too much? Good luck! There is a big difference between 1 and 2 in Ripped. L1 so easy abc them all of a sudden L2 really isn't!

I did 45 mins on the cross trainer on Sunday and then a rest day yesterday. About to do Bobs Workout, which is hard

It's the lack of a balanced work out Notyummy. I can do bicycle crunches until the cows come home but I can't do the hollow man at all. Also some of the compound movements require too much coordination to maintain form. So I can do an anterior raise with 3 kg weights but if I want to combine it with a sideways lunge then I have to use 1 kg weights to maintain form.

The shoulder stuff is my nemesis too.

But if it was all as hard for me as the shoulder stuff is, I wouldn't enjoy it as much.

I think females don't naturally build strength there as easily.