Lovers of Jillian Michaels meet up here

Good holiday thanks idkick. Insanity classes are 50 mins (which I think is the same as the DVD version, not that I've done it).

L1 Shred done today. Was feeling a bit demoralised at still finding it really hard after 3 years... But then remembered that 3 years ago I was using 1kg weights and doing modified push-ups; now using 3kgs and full push-ups, so definitely some progress!

Nice one Errol. I love it when you have moments of realisation like that, of how far you've come!

Anyway, I did shred L2 today - pleased I can really do the squat thrusts properly now, wouldn't have believed it possible this time last year!

buffers - hi! There's a new September shred thread , which is probably where a lot of people starting shred will check in. 10 days on each level works for most people - I do each weekday morning and then have the weekend for rest days (though usually do a 'real' activity on one of them).

Back from holiday and just catching up with the thread! Well done notyummy and others who kept up the exercise on holiday. I managed T25 workouts x8 in 2 weeks away, plus 3x 25-30 min swims. Not bad, but still put on a couple of lbs due to food and wine!

Have signed up to an Insanity class starting next week, gulp!

idkick, sounds like you are really going for it!

Rooner, agree re NMTZ and shoulders. Circuit 1 is horrible!

Am back! Holiday included ES and S, 6W6P, BFBM, Bobs Yoga and Pilates. Plus 5 ten KM runs. Was pleased to get back to some weights today- NMTZ as an intro before I hit Bob on Tuesday :-). Knotty- you are bang on re Bob. It's the amount of moves he does that wears you down. I do find the scorpion push ups and the mountain climbers into push ups are my personal low points on his cardio conditioning.

Anyone starting 30DS tomorrow? Last did it in June. Want to commit to it. Would love to have some support to keep me going.
Will do one level each for 10 days.
At least that's the plan

I have to say I've enjoyed my return to 30DSL1 - think I'll do L2 next week.

I hadn't realised SIWW was kettlebells - I thought it would be a more weight-intense dumbell routine. Shouldn't it be called Shred it with Kettlebells then? I feel like I'd like to try something with less reps, bigger weight.

30ds l2 d6 this morning. I'm finding that as I'm getting better at it, it gets harder - so I'm doing all the plank bits properly now, and feeling totally done in by the end. Still not doing most of the plyometric stuff, though, but I think it's better to focus on good form than flailing about all over the place.

Kettlebells for me in several years' time I think...!

Sorry the date wasn't better Applied. SIWW is with kettlebells. I know that someone on here (sorry, I can't remember who!) had to stop doing kettlebells because they aggravated a back problem? I like it though!
Did a Kickboxing FF 2 yesterday as I was very short of time. Slept in a bit this morning, so will have to see if I can fit something in once DP is awake - planning to do BFBM but only once through each circuit as DS's maths tutor is coming early today and I really don't want to be a sweaty blob in workout gear when he arrives! We're away then Fri-Sun so I won't be doing anything until Monday.

Shred it with weights? Isn't that what happens in the other Shreds?!

Shattered tonight. 1km swim at lunchtime - first for a while zzzzz

Shred It With Weights - JMs latest offering, I think.

My triceps are are really hurting today, the first strength set is getting to parts I evidently don't use much. I'll have to remember to do something with them during breaks in future.

Go Errol and Rooner! (I don't know what SIWW is either...)

Did 30ds l2 d5 this morning. Still achey but did it anyway. Maybe I just need to be less precious about it?

Date was a bit meh. Oh well. At least I still have Jillian

Just a quick one - NMTZ. Gawd, tis hard on the shoulders.

What is SIWW?

shred L1D2 - wow, this time last year I'd have never believed that I could do it (apart from full pressups) reasonably easily without stopping at all! Legs fine too, just a bit of tricep ache for some reason.

Not sure whether to go through shred maybe 5 days at each level or just a couple of days on each level and then something different. Wondering whether to get SIWW - what's the verdict on that?

Hello all. I'm completely at tough mudder - electrocution? Cripes! Perhaps one day... I'm plodding along still - should be doing day 5 of level 2 30ds, but am achey all over, so am giving it a rest, at least for this morning. Maybe I'll have loosened up by this afternoon. Plus I have a date(!) tonight, so whilst I'd like to be freshly shredded, I'd also like to be able to move

Went for a run yesterday too, just because I suddenly felt like it. I seem to be turning into a newly sporty version of myself - hurrah!

So, back to routine 5:2 and JM - after hols and then last week off recovering from them . I had bit of a walk and a nice sail on Saturday and a longish (though flat) walk yesterday. Today I put ES&S on, watched the intro and then chickened out and swapped it for shred L1. Which (apart from pressups) I'm glad to say seemed like a pretty gentle restart (though whether my thighs agree tomorrow remains to be seen) - didn't need to stop at all and only got through half a pint of water. Only slight problem is that something on holiday seems to have strained my thumbs, which sounds a bit daft but they hurt when I tried to use 10lb dumbells for the squat&press, so I stuck to 3kg throughout (and 5lbs for the anterior raises).

Did a 5 mile walk yesterday, although with a buggy and a cliff top path and several hills, it felt like more! Went for Bob's Cardio Conditioning this morning - found parts of it very hard going! I don't think his moves are any harder than Jillian's but he just does them again and again, and again.... that coupled with the fact it's an hour long makes it much tougher! But I need to get rid of my spare tyre, my "baby" is now 20 months old!

Rooner, that's what put me off that and the monkey bars, oh and the 12 miles. Good on your DH though! My friend is a fitness instructor so very fit but even she has struggled at times during the training.

Just did Killer 1 - I really struggled with the side plank things where you pulse your lower leg, don't usually, but it really hurt my back so I just stayed in side plank on my elbow instead.

knotty that is some week!! Very impressive. Tough mudde is horrendous -DH does it every year. I don't fancy it tbh - I have done similar events but the electric shock stuff really puts me off. DH loved it but is a lunatic...

idkick great effort on the tri. How far is the swim? Do you train outdoors for the swim? It's something I hope to try in the future (outdoor swimming -not tris as I have hung up my running shoes for now!)