May 30 Day Shred - come one, come all

We heeeee well am just back from a 5km jog (ponderous plod) but am still very impressed with myself! I had this as a target for the end of the month and was meant to do couch to 5k but didn't start on time... Hopefully am still walking and able to shred tomorrow! Tsk and to think I was missing whisky and crisps earlier:)

Yes Errol, trainer free and I will be in A&E soon. Will brave the hell of sports direct tomorrow... Will get the lighter weights and some a bit heavier than the ones I gave too.

safety - this has come up on previous monthly shred threads; I'm afraid I can't remember details - I was lucky enough not to suffer this myself but its common in mothers. if you google: safe exercises "split abdominal" there seems to be quite a lot of info. You might be better off doing pilates moves that you know are beneficial during the abs interval rather than risking injury.

Just done L1D5. Has anyone had split abdominal muscles? I spent most of my maternity leave doing Pilates and have closed the gap quite well, but I'm worried that all the crunches will open the gap again. I tried to be very careful today when I did them.

Babesh - yes, you need trainers and ~ 1 - 1.5kg weights for anterior raises. The first time I did shred I'd hurt a toe and couldn't get my trainers on, was ok with level 1 but really needed them for L2, fortunately by the the toe had subsided. I just use an old pair which I've scrubbed clean.

Anyone who's having difficulty coordinating the pendulum lunges in L2, try just practising them more slowly with no arms. The first time I saw them I was hopelessly confused, didn't realise you only move one leg at a time and do the other one the second time round!... but a bit of practice you'll nail them.

30DS L3D11 done and that's me finished! It took 74 days from start to 30 days.

Sorry for the image Better:)

Lambzing your inlaws sound excruciating!

Tabula yup I reckon you are right so I will shop this weekend for trainers and I need some lighter weights for the anterior raises-2.5kg are no good for those!

30DSL2D6

Stopping for a break in the middle makes it worse btw...it wasn't an experiment, just a neighbour popped in for coffee and weirdly I didn't say, oh aye, sit down, I'll just finish doing this, lol.

I feel like I did it twice, even though I just paused it and then did a wee warm up.

Babesh at shredding in pink bikini on ILs dining table.

So just did day 1 of level 2 of 30DS and it was...awesome! Really hard and really sweaty but I kinda liked it. Think my shoulders and abs are going to hate me in the morning though.

Yep. They are quite set in their ways and overly interested in the minutiae of our lives as if we are alien creatures ("tell me what you had for dinner every day last week") and like to make the odd "with it" comment which are usually staggeringly inappropriate.

Omg your inlaws would say that?!?
Ha mine are the opposite and pretend everything is normal. I could turn up with yellow hair shredding in a pink bikini on top of their dinning room table and I doubt they'd bat an eyelid publicly at least.

I use 3lb (1.36kg?) weights for the anterior raises and 3kg weights for the rest. I started off using the 3lb ones for everything.

Hmm, my in laws would stand there with a cup of tea, watching me and making encouraging yet embarrassing comments. I can imagine it now.

FIL: oh Lambzig, those weights look heavy on the bend over row, I have to say it's given you a very tight bottom, hasn't it MIL?
MIL: yes definitely, very tight, mr Lambzig, son, you must find her pretty sexy at the moment.

Aaaarrrgghhh, doesn't bear thinking about. DH would run from the house screaming.

Day 6 completed. I might start level 2 on Monday as I am finding it a bit easy.

Maybe heavier weights. I am a bit of a wimp about heavy weights though. What are you all using?

Babesh level 2's much harder without shoes on, you've got no grip when you're doing all that plank stuff, I bought some halfway through and was amazed at the difference.

Thanks Babesh.

That's enough of my manky boob now though so I'll bugger off til I'm shredding again.

Keep up the good work everyone.

Lambzig you coukd shred with the in laws- there is the video we are all waiting for:)

I varied Gimme-the forward backwards lunges were a complete mess, I can't keep straight legs for walk out press ups but and didn't go very deep into the press up. Could do the rest on a sliding scale between non modified to modified as I got tired. Need to practise those lunges today. Think I need some indoor trainers to as bare feet and big rug made the skater moves too much of a big slide!

I have just been reading about JMs latest 'shred it with weights'. Apparently it uses kettlebells. Will definitely get that when I have done RI30.

Fed up with myself for missing two days this week as I have just realised our trip to the inlaws this weekend will mean I miss Saturday and Sunday. I will do L1D6 when DS goes for a nap in a minute.

L2 D5 done. Some things are a bit easier but some of it is still hard, even doing the modified versions

I think I'm going to do the shred again after finishing level 3 and hopefully I will be able to follow Natalie. When I can follow her for everything I might try ripped.

Gimmesomemore I do the shred in the morning before I school run and find I can get up a lot easier if I don't snooze and just get up. Otherwise I don't get up until 8 and have to leave the house at half past!

Babesh, did you follow the modified versions?

I did it! Level 2 d1, last evening.

I've never sweated so much. I found my stomach muscles were burning, which they wasn't so much with level 1. Although I've had three large babies and a huge abdominal hernia mesh, so my stomach muscles have been struggling to come out of hibernation.

Dh was supposed to do day 5 of level 1 this morning. But couldn't get out of bed. He was really disappointed with himself.

So l2d1done, non of it as bad as it looked other than those squat in front then behind ridiculous thingies...did arms separately and still struggled! Am no great success at standing on one leg but did better than I thought I would so hurrah! Felt the cardio was better and loved the twisty things:)

Still found level 1 got harder after the first few when I learnt to do the moves properly...

Thanks!

Plants Here is the link. Hope it's helpful!

Babesh I'm know! And it's so disheartening - gives me the rage

Thank you for your answers, I feel reassured. Will check out Aprils thread too.