Feb Shred Thread - come on, you know you want to join us!

New March thread here - come on over!

OK, no-one else has started a march thread, and I'm back on my laptop so I'll spin one out in a mo...

Thanks Errol. I've just done L1 again and found it surprisingly challenging! Clearly I'm a bit of a goldfish!

Oct - Ripped in 30 is very similar format, starts maybe a bit easier than shred L3 and then gets a bit harder.

Blod - I find NMTZ gets me going enough alone! But I think its cardio companion is Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism, I've never tried it but there are people on the thread doing it.

Right, I need to get downstairs and start moving - Ri30L4 awaits!

Thanks Errol, will see how I go with rotating the levels, and see if I can find any of the other routines on YouTube before I shell out. I very much like the short workouts of Shred, are her other DVDs similar?

Finished 30DS L3 last week so have moved onto NMTZ over the weekend.
What is the recommended cardio DVD to do alongside?

octonauts - rotating through the levels isn't a bad idea or you could try ri30 or one of the other DVDs. Btw we need a March thread - I'm just trying out the app for the first time and I can't see how to start a new one.

L3 D10 finally done! I feel a bit sad, what do I do now?? Was thinking of rotating through the 3 levels?

I'm definitely much fitter (not hard as I started utterly inactive) but still got a long way to go in terms of weight loss and body shape.

L2D10 complete!!
Managed to get through plank twists without stopping so I'm feeling stupidly proud. Going to have my rest day or two then move onto level 3

Will do Errol I was jogging regularly before I did the shred, so I may start doing that again if the weather starts getting a bit warmer.

L1D7 done. I'm not sure what I had done when I turned off the DVD last night but it went straight into L2. For a moment, I was tempted to do L2 but decided I wasn't brave enough to face it tonight.

AtAt. I'm not sure - apart from anything else you need to be careful because of your ligaments getting stretchier. See how it goes - if your body hints that it might not like something, listen to it!

Thank you magpie for the congratulations

Looks like . It explains how tired I've been, and the lack of energy. I don't want all my hard work to go to waste though, so want to try and carry on as much as I can.
I may do some of the easier circuits, not sure about all the planks and a bump.....

I think the general advice with exercise and pregnancy is that you can continue with the level of exercise you were doing pre pregnancy as long as you feel comfortable. It depends on individual circumstances though and it's best to check with your midwife if you're concerned.
Are you pregnant then AtAt? Congratulations

Does anyone know if the shred and other JM DVDs are ok to do when pregnant? Thanks

I did my exercise this morning. Got sucked in by the pep talk, again!

Level three is not as much harder than level two as level two is from level one, Magpie. Personally, I think level three is the most fun. But yes, there is one thirty second bit of star jumps with weights.

L2D9 complete!

I'm looking forward to level 2 being over but I might regret that when I find out what level 3 has in store. I'm sure I remember someone in here saying something about jumping jacks with hand weights?

Three days off with a cold so I did L1D5 last night & have just done D6. On the strength of another MN thread, I have ordered a couple of Davina DVDs so will be interested to see how I find them.

Well done, Panda! Which ones are you finding the hardest to coordinate? I feel like such a tit doing the chair flys.

You'll get used to them, I'm sure. Have you just done the Shred and then straight on to Ripped?

I'm doing day four tomorrow (at a more civilised hour, I hope!) then resting on Sunday.

Thanks Magpie & Errol I just happened upon this thread errol while doing a lunge ....thanks for the advice, I did day 3 today and I found it fine, I did my last night at Bootcamp last night so I need to be doing something! You are all so active, I'm very impressed Elphaba I'm in awe, your Ds2 is only 6 months, think i was still in the 'I've just had a baby' phase at that point and eating too much cake

Well I'm out most of the day tomorrow with the kids so exercise will be limited to chasing said dc around other people's houses, so the plan is to get up at around 6 and try and do a little bit of running....that the plan now 6am could be different!!

So nice to see lots of activity on the thread... ! Sorry I didn't reply yesterday Raspberry, yes, I am in! (Yesterday I was lazy and greedy and didn't do any 'ripping' )

I did D2 of W1 Ri30 today and I disliked it a little less than day 1. I think the exercises swap around too quickly, just as I've got something worked out, I have to stop.

Tomorrow I am planning on going Mountain biking so probably won't do anything more tomorrow, but Sunday will be day 3.

Anyway, I did Ri30L3D5 this morning. Then DH and I took the dog for a walk - about 5 miles very muddy so just finished bathing the dog (he's very good at picking his way round puddles and patches, but this walk he just had to plough through, poor sausage!

Hello MrsS, however did you find us?

You're supposed to have one or two rest days per week. So you just carry on counting - either 10 days per level or whatever feels right to you. You don't need to get everything perfect before you move on - not all the moves in L2 are harder than all of the ones in L1.

Magpie DS2 is six months old.

I really enjoy the babywearing exercise class, as he's such a Velcro-baby that I cannot get him off of me long enough to get anything, much less real exercise, done. He even has to nap on me (which isn't always bad, as long as I've got something nice to nibble on and my iPad )

Quite a few women have come to my class with toddlers in a back-carry. I'd happily do it with DS1 (2.8yo) but he WILL NOT be worn, especially not for a 45 minute class like that.