May 30 Day Shred - come one, come all

It won't kill you! But it has made my knees protest a bit, so am going to give it a few more days before I try again... DD making me go swimming with her yesterday didn't help either (note to self: do not do breaststroke with poorly knees). Still, they seem a bit better today already so fingers crossed...

30DSL2D9...I had to do it at the wrong time after missing two days because I just couldn't fit it in and I'm all

People should stop wanting me to do stuff, like you know, parent my children and what have you when I need to shred, lol.

Haven't managed to start L2 tonight. DH unexpectedly off work and ruined my routine!

However, we have been to the park and run around playing rounders and frisbee with dd, then I ran/fast walked back home. So not all bad.

L2 starts on Saturday after dh's birthday evening tomorrow.

Just ordered my copy

Just done 30DS L2 D9

Need to push myself to do some of the more advanced moves, still very sweaty at the end though!

I've just bought it and will start tonight. Can I join? I know I'm a bit late! I don't want to lose weight, just get a bit less wobbly.

Good Luck Toriana, I hope you like planks!

I did 30ds L2D6 today. I really didn't want to do it but the thought of being fat in my bikini next month pushed me and it was over quickly. I am finding it a bit easier, though still have to follow Anita for a lot of it.

Missed yesterday's shred, but done again tonight.

Moving up to L2 tomorrow, wish me luck

I'm 53 and started last summer, hasn't killed me yet either. On the contrary... I'm fitter, stronger and generally healthier. If you're gasping, just hit pause, recover, carry on. Do the best you can starting from where you're at and you'll soon improve.

Thank you, I will order it tomorrow

No it wont kill you.

I am 47 and started in April and hadnt exercised for a year (literally nothing except walking). It is hard, but nothing lasts longer than 60 seconds, there are easier options for all the moves and if you just do what you can to start after about day 6 you start to find it easier.

If you just think of it as a chore that you have to do each day like shower, or wash up and its just 20 mins, you can get through it.

I completed 30 days of Shred and am now halfway through Ripped in 30 and have so much more energy, have lost 18 cm of my waist and smile when I catch sight of my arms in the mirror.

Go on, just try it.

I've quite smoking but finding my clothes are getting a bit tight.

Be honest, if I get the DVD, will it kill me?

The exercises in BFBM aren't harder than Shred overall (and a lot of them will be familiar to Shredders, like skaters and high knees/butt kicks) but the relentless cardio and the fact that it's longer makes it harder. There are one or two really hard moves in there but she moves on quickly so the pain never lasts for long (at least in one place) :)

Hey guys, Can I join you? A bit late in the month I know!
I've done 6 days of level 1 then I have just done first day of level 2 today. I was starting to feel ok doing level 1 and feeling good about my improved fitness, but level 2 almost killed me! I couldn't keep up and couldn't do several of the moves very well - felt like I was just flinging myself around!
It didn't help that my living room rug kept moving around as there are so many plank based exercises. Think I will have to roll it up each day from now on! Please tell me level 2 starts to feel easier quickly?!

Ah ok thank you very much! I think I end up having the odd day off from exercise in general as other stuff gets in the way.

I have decided that it's actually no bad thing that I've missed a few days (just had yesterday and today off, but planning to Shred again tomorrow) as my knees are starting to protest a bit. Better to do it every 2-3 days and build up than to get injured and have to stop altogether I reckon! Today I did a LOT of walking instead so I don't feel too guilty. Am v impressed at everyone who's managing to do it daily though!

Kettlebells today, will shred tomorrow if the children behave.

Burma you don't train the same muscles on consecutive days when you are weightraining the muscles to exhaustion. For the type of exercises on the JM DVDs you probably could do them every day although you would get better results with at least one rest day each week.

Burma - I think it's a bad idea to do hardcore weight training (with bigger weights, lower reps) using the same muscle groups each day, but the JM dvds are high reps, low weights. I've been doing various of them for months now - always have the weekends off, and breaks during the hols but nearly every schoolday.

I'm doing L2 of 6w6p this week... ok but don't like it as well as shred/ripped or NMTZ. For something that's meant to focus on abs it has a lot of lunges, so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with dodgy knees.

Hello could I possibly join the thread please? .

I've literally only just started doing 30DS L1D2 but am fairly fit (or thought I was) as I run, cycle and do yoga.

I've read this thread the whole way through and everyone is very inspirational - do many of you run or cycle on the same day as doing shred or should it be one or the other? I think I've massively overdone it the last couple of days as I feel peculiarly exhausted but can't sleep! Newbie enthusiasm I suspect .

I was talking to a friend this morning who has trained in various disciplines for many years and she thought it unwise to do the same exercises on consecutive days as you shouldn't exercise the same muscles too many days in a row. This obviously goes against Gillian's ethos but I love the workout and so many people seem to gain great benefit from it.

Any opinions?

Yeah, BFBM takes nearly an hour start to finish . On the DVD you can skip to each circuit though so you could easily make it a shorter workout.

Oooh Meg I think i will try BFBM then. The full video of BFBM on youtube is 55 minutes, is that how long it is in real life or does that include a few different options you can skip through?

Did L2D5 today, I'm getting much better, can do almost all of it without stopping, but i keep pushing myself into a downward dog instead of plank on the planking exercises. I need to try and fix that, it's easier though!

Hello! Can I join in? I have shredded on and off for the last year or two, as well as running, but for various boring reasons I have let it slip side Christmas and put on half a stone which really needs to - especially as I can't get my favourite summer shorts on!

I am doing the shred every morning (if I have a day off it too easily turns into two then more) plus trying to do 30 mins of cardio 2/3x week - either running 5k or doing Burn Fat Boost Metabolism.

Currently on level two of shred - have never made it to level three! BFBM is a killer but one bonus is it makes the shred seem almost easy