May Jillian be with us - it's the new Shred thread!

Thanks for replying.

I seem to replay "just when it starts to hurt, those are the ones that count the most" when I'm knackered. The Shred is imprinted on my brain. I did levels 1, 2 and 3 this morning while waiting for a friend.

I'm going to get the boxset. The kickboxing one sounds right up my street and I like the idea of the One Week Shred. Yoga in the desert in sunglasses I may skip. In fact, once I have the boxset, I'll do it once for the sheer fun of it and then I'll check back on here and see if anybody wants it? Happy to share the Jillian love. Besides, yoga isn't really my cup of tea. 6W6P is still my favourite Jillian for effectiveness on the core. Hard Body sounds okay as I'm quite keen on push ups. I'll come back and gate crash again after pay day!

And the bit during the bicycle crunches when she tells you your pain is fear leaving the body. By that point, you're so exhausted you'll believe anything!

I also love the bit in Ri30 when she says "Do not release the contraction on your bicep because that would make me angry!"

Pippi

And as for the 400lb people she has doing jumping jacks... Always makes me want to yell 'yeah, but I'm 500lbs'. (I'm not, but she's not to know, is she? Or is she even more omniscient than I previously thought?)

I know what you mean. There's a set of mountain climbers in one of her workouts, maybe BFBM, and just when I'm about to give up, she says something like, 'You have no idea how strong you are until you try' and I keep going. Bless her. I think people will be doing these workouts in 100 years' time. She is da bomb.

"that is a false message of lethargy..you cannot just take the stairs. You are capable of working out and working out hard" - that's my fav Jillian quote.

Pipistrelle, that's impressive! Those things are hard!

Peonies "You don't get these kind of abs for free, people!"

Is that from the first level of the Shred, right? I think everything she says during that is permanently imprinted on my brain. "Can't I just do curls? No, you cannot!"

I've been reading reviews of Body Rev online and WHY is it so much cheaper in America?? It's unfair! I want those abs for free cheaper

Oh, and the One Week Shred sounds terrifying. Makes me realise that I have a long way to go. On the other hand, I've already come a long way, so it's all good.

I have slacked off from shredding for a week (although I've been doing other stuff), but got back to it this morning to find that I can now do squat thrusts, and plank jacks. Not quite for the full time required but I could barely manage any at all last week. I quite impressed myself!

Well then yes, I can definitely recommend that boxset because I purchased it recently. It's much more motivational to have many work outs to choose from.

The results of One Week Shred:

Upper stomach very tight
Legs like thick cables
Arms that have been described by my boyfriend as 'too strong'

Downsides:

It hurts like you wouldn't believe
Dehydration headaches from all the sweating and forgetting to drink enough water
I got cramp in my ABS yesterday. I didn't even know that was possible. It was terrifying!

Sorry about all the mistakes in that post... My phone keeps inserting words everywhere.

Amazon says that the Ultimate Jillian box set has:

1. Hard Body - which I personally was v disappointed with, but could suit if you like pushups and have plenty of space

1. Kickbox Fastfix - haven't done but want! Has had mostly rave reviews

1. Killer Abs- did level 1 a few times, like it ( but prefer 6wk6pk)

1. Yoga Inferno... Good workout but not for purists! Models wearing sunglasses and doing yoga moves to techno beats in the desert

1. One week shred- see Raspberry. Not done it myself but it is definitely now rely on my wishlist.

Can't offer much insight but at twenty six pounds that's certainly ok value-wise... plenty to be going on with! I'd get it for the kickboxing and one week shred alone.

Now Raspberry... more about these results please!

And fabulous work, Peonies! I hope you love them your new acquisitions

What's on the Ultimate Jillian, Grantaire?

I've been doing the One Week Shred over a longer period of time due to intermittent issues with vertigo. But guys! Guys! Let me tell you, the One Week Shred gets results!!

L1D6 of 30DS, almost didn't do it but forced myself and feel so virtuous. AND I think it is actually getting a bit easier

Have ordered the Killer Buns and Body Revolution, also tempted by the cardio one as I miss running so much.

Can I just gatecrash and ask if any of you have the Ultimate Jillian boxset? I am going to treat myself to a new boxset or dvd at the end of the month and want some recommendations.

I've done lots of other Jillian DVDs (shred, 6w6p, nmtz, kbt, ripped) but am not sure whether to splash out. I'd like Body Rev but can't afford it. I tend to err on the side of whatever Jillian puts out being good but am umming and aahing.

I'm pretty fit and find Shred a bit easy for example so am looking for a bit of a challenge.

Chris! Managed to wrangle an unexpected half-hour to myself so thought I'd 'just' do Ripped Level 2 as I have it mentally categorised as an easy workout. Flipping hell! I'd forgotten of her two minutes of plank jacks and mountain climbers repeated. The first circuit is properly vicious! Got quite sweaty. Must revisit Ripped as I'd forgotten how effective it was.

Peonies, I love the daft workout titles too. In the country where I live, Killer Buns was sold on a pirated DVD under a title which can be translated back into English as 'Murderous Buttocks.'

Thanks for the lovely welcome I will look at some more DVDs online tonight. I love all the names esp Killer Buns and Thighs - I suspect my thighs could already kill someone if I unleashed them but not in a muscular athletic way

BR

Yay Peonies! I was on 0.5kg for the first , so resPECK. After Shred, there are lots of great Jillian DVDs. My favourites are the ststrengthening DVD No More Trouble Zones, the difficult but wonderfully invigorating cardio DVD Banish Fat Boost Metabolism and my favourite one, Killer Buns and Thighs. The first two take 50 odd mins each, Killer Buns is more like 40

Very interesting following your reports on BE, Imogen.

may I join? I'm on day 5 of the 30DS, I've been unable to exercise due to major surgery and have put on weight and lost a lot of tone (before surgery I was running 3-4 days a week). I find it challenging but do-able, using 1kg weights - would people recommend higher weights?

Also I am wondering what to do more long-term after 30DS is over... do people just swap between her various DVDs?

We'd rather sail without sun than sit on a beach doing nowt!