30-day Shred - class of June 2014

Sorelip I'm very scared of level 3, everyone has hated it!

Ri30 L3D2 done today. I hate it.

Almost there, Anya!

Ri30 L1D6 done. Quite enjoyed it today but I am sweating a shocking amount. DD stayed entertained by her Sophie Giraffe-thingy which I only had to retrieve for her a few times so wasn't too bad. She found my arm circles very amusing. Oh and I'm up to 6 full press-ups before I fall to my knees [insert proud emoticon here].

Going to do first couch to 5k run this evening - wish me luck.

30dsl3d7 I think

Took a long weekend off as had a strange sick bug.

Have you tried an ice pack on your knee to bring down the sweling?

Sorry yadahyadah, no idea about your knee but I hope it gets better quickly.

I've not done my workout yet. I was waiting for DD to wake up from her nap as she's only been sleeping for about 30-40 minutes and I hate being interrupted but of course today she slept for over two hours. I wish I'd done it now. Oh well she can watch me in a few minutes. I've just ordered a pair of 5kg weights because they were cheaper than the 4kg ones I was looking at. I'm just going to have to get stronger faster.

30DS L3D6 done. Still have a cold, and bailed out of the second set of plank raises altogether. Also have to leave for work in a minute. Groan. Wail. Self-pitying sobs.

Felix, no tips, I'm afraid, except hot bath and maybe Deep Heat or similar? If it really hurts you may need to take a couple of days off and rest it.

Welcome, Scarlett. It does get easier, and if you weren't very aerobically fit to begin with it would be surprising if you could do all the exercises straight through from day one: you just need to keep pushing yourself and do as much as you possibly can without actually dying from heart failure . If you're due on this week you may find it improves next week - I don't suffer from pre-menstrual problems but other people in this thread have mentioned that they see a difference when they're due.

Hi everyone, sorry for just jumping in [with an imaginary skipping rope of course!] I'm after some reassurance from the experts

I've just done the 4th day of 30 day shred, I started on Thursday & missed yesterday. The thing is I still can't do all the exercises without stopping, I feel I should have some kind of progression & I don't feel like I'm seeing any?

The only sections I can complete in full are the floor exercises - the rest I am crap at and have to stop in the middle for a few seconds.

I can't even monitor any change in weight/measurements as I'm due on this week so I'm 2 inches bigger all over

Is this normal & does it get easier? Please please tell me it gets easier!!

Tssk - you're doing it wrong, you should be feeling smug about struggling through it :)

I would be if I'd done it, lol

I've no deadline, I'm only doing it for me, I figure taking an extra rest day if it means me keeping up my motivation is better than just feeling horrible and getting demotivated.

tabulah I'm working to a deadline. Also I only realised partway through that I really felt crappy.

Sorry, phone, hit the button by accident.

I woke up this morning having slept funny with a sore back and thought, stuff it, I'm having a day off

I feel guilty now seeing you all struggling through...I w

Ri30 L1D5 done. I felt awful today, I actually almost gave up after the second circuit but managed to press on. I was up a lot in the night with the baby last night so I may just be really tired.

Stunt I really struggle with the press ups on 30DS. I can barely do 3 in a row, even on my knees. I'm getting slightly better but might not move on to level 2 until I can do a few real press ups!

Imogen I am knackered then I'm so clumsy it's unreal. I'll just get on with it and see how I do.

I've pulled a muscle in the side of my right calf and it's killing did it last night and it felt better this morning, but hurting again after doing 30DS. Does anyone have any tips on how to make it feel a bit better? I'm new to all of this exercise malarkey!

RI30 L4D5 done as there are no trains to marylebone today so working at home. Is it tragic that my first thought when I got to the station and found out was "ooh, I can do my exercise".

Five days until my holiday and still no sign of those last 2lbs shifting.

Has anyone taken a look at JM's eating plan that goes with RI30. I think if I ate that much food,might would be the size of a bungalow.

30DS L3D5 done. Slightly feebly, but I've got a cold and I really wanted to stay in bed, so I feel it was an achievement to do it at all.

Felix, my main problem with L2 is that it wanted more co-ordination than I've got: if you can walk around without falling over your own feet you probably won't find it as hard as I did. The only bit that I found really, really hard in itself was the squats with V-raises in the final circuit: I think the anterior deltoids were just left out when I was constructed, and I really struggled with it even with very light weights.

Yadah I'm the same when in premenstrual I need to eat regularly or I get cross. DH has been known to shove a chocolate biscuit in my mouth in an emergency!

Felix you don't have to move on to level 2 at any particular point, stay on level 1 a bit longer if you need to. I'm doing Ri30 at the moment and level 1 really targets the muscles you need for press-ups so I'm going to stay on it until I can do proper press-ups rather than move on after a particular number of days.

30DSL1D6 done. Accidentally skipped a day yesterday! The side of my right calf is really hurting afterwards and I don't know what I've done

Not looking forward to level 2 from what everyone has said

I've still got 2 days to go, lol, it's just that I hate level 2 and I can't help thinking, god how bad is level 3 going to be?

Actually I don't hate all of level 2, it's just that I hate the plank cardio circuit and the second strength one enough to make me hate the rest by default, lol

No, because I don't believe it, lol

3's going to be the hardest isn't it? Like 2 was with the shred. :(

Tabulah, yes of course, level 3 is really so, so much fun. There, did that help?

I used the x-box to get it on youtube...I'm not very up on consoles, but if any of the rest of them can get youtube it's handy to use the tv, so you can see, well I need to anyway, lol