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

Well done to everyone. I had aches for a while and I think I pulled some muscles in my back and side at the beginning as discomfort last for a few weeks.

I did NMTZ last evening. I have always tracked it on MFP as 40 circuit training. I brought a heart rate monitor the other day (along with a new sports bra as the other is now too big) and used that for my last session. It was only 7 calories off, so at least I know that I have been tracking it correctly.

I will do 30DS L3 tonight and see how many calories I use during that workout.

Thanks granny. But judging by how I feel this morning, I could be on L2 for a while! So, I'll see you when you get to it.

Unusual aches: between my shoulder blades, and my ankles. I think I'll be shredding later rather than sooner today - I need time for everything to stretch and feel comfortable again.

Errol - I only use 1kg weights for the anterior raises, 2kg for everything else. Don't think it helps that my quads are still tight by the time I get to the side lunges so keeping good form is a struggle, hence the lower weights. Is getting better though. On the positive side I can struggle up to 8 big girl push-ups for the opening set, 4 on the second set. Perhaps I should add some sets of anterior raises without lunges to the end of the workout but use the 2kg weights for those?

Umbongo - day 5 and no rest break, am thoroughly impressed. How many days L1 are you planning before you go on to L2?

Pippistrelle - well done on the second day of L2. It sounds like there is lots of fun in store for us.

MsRaspberry - is written down now so you can't chicken out!

Don't worry muddymits, some of the moves can take a while to get the hang of. I pause and rewind as necessary. Also sometimes I think it's better to take it a bit slower rather than keeping pace with them until you've got the form sorted out.

Well done but I am not counting it as was so slow working out what I should be doing! I am not a natural or seems:)

Hi Muddymits I hope you did ok this evening, I've just done day 5 and the aching is much less, but the 2 minutes cardio still tricky. Although ds had cubs this evening so I didn't get it done til 9.30 ish which is a bit too late! Not looking forward to level 2, may have to go out running by then.

Reading through the old thread, I saw that some people reckon L2 is actually harder than L3. That gives me some comfort, and hope for the future!

They are difficult, pippi, I never thought I'd be able to do a squat thrust but eventually I found I could. (whether competently or not I wouldn't like to say!)

Oh hello. I did my second day of Level 2 of the 30DS today. I can't actually imagine ever being able to do it competently. The squat thrusts, and the plank things are incredibly hard for me - even doing the 'easy'versions.

granny - for 1 min plank! The anterior raises really are hard - what weights do you use for those? They were what made me get some 1.5kg weights as I didn't used to be able to do them with 5lbs (and they still weren't easy). Upthread someone said they didn't know why they were so hard - well, mostly its the fault of physics, the leverage is maximised if you've got your arms straight out in front of you. Same sort of thing with 'pushouts', which are another I find need smaller weights. Oh, and same again with weighted supermans (which last time I tried I had to get some 500ml water bottles, couldn't do it with weights at all).

D4L1 30DS done. Not as bad as I feared after a rest day although those anterior arm raises with lunges are still killer. No run as the sky was so dark the threat of being soaked didn't appeal, so did a bit more ab work and finished off with 1 min plank.

Muddymits hope your shred went well.

I have five child free days coming up as I had booked time off for a holiday that was cancelled. I thought I could use the time to get mega fit, which just goes to show how crazy Jillian can make you!

I am not sure of the format yet. I'm planning to start Friday after finishing work, so I will let you know. (Provided I don't chicken out!)

Maybe we should do a swapshop, as different people like different things.

If anyone wants to try Six Week Six Pack and/or Extreme Shed and Shred PM me and I'll pop them in the post. First come first served.

NMTZ this morning.
Intrigued by the One Week Shred MrsRaspberry. Does it have the same format as the 30DS? Will check out and may get it as an alternative to BFBM and NMTZ. On the lookout for other JM alternatives as have found Hard Body too annoying to use regularly so it is gathering dust...

Welcome, muddymits!

KB&T L3 again today. Did a little better with the rock star/cannon ball when I realised that natalie does a little bounce between them, that did allow me to get my feet a few inches off the ground. Obviously nothing like she does though!

Can I join, am starting tonight. 30day shred thingy, here we go.

Thanks Imogen, I liked that cardio workout much better, but then I like the plié hops and the cross jacks much more than jumping jacks. I struggled with the weighted supermans too last time I did Body Rev. I think I did go down to 1kg for them as otherwise I wasn't doing them properly.

Day off for me as I have a 12 hour day in London. My boss commented on how slim I was looking (although that might be the navy blouse, navy trousers outfit I have on today). Week 4 starts tomorrow for me.

Well done UmBongo - I took a rest day today and kind of wondering whether I made the wrong decision. Too late now. Have to hope day 4 tomorrow isn't too bad.

Well done bongo, you're over the worst now. I always hated the jjs and jump rope combo so swapped one of them with one of the set 1 cardio moves.

Cheers Errol, will check out Argos and put my kettle bell yearnings on the back burner for this month!

Me again! I have been lax recently. I have been going through Kickbox Fastfix lots in the last week though. Loving the kicks and punches and the very short running time.

I'm thinking of doing the One Week Shred starting this weekend. Two forty minute workouts a day

Day 4 done, shred level 1, aching a bit less, but the middle cardio with star jumps and jump rope was a bit tricky. Good luck Ruddyhell

I have some 1kg weights I got from argos a couple of years ago when I last tried this. I did start with bean cans though.

Our weights are a mish-mash aquired in different places over the years but the 6kgs are these from Sports Direct. The foam grip is comfortable. The weights tend to very slightly unscrew, nowhere near enough to actually fall off but a bit annoying to have to tighten them. I use those for the hammer curls and concentration curls, but 10lbs for the rest of set 3 (so ~4.5kgs, you're beating me there blod! ) apart from the deadlift which I do separate to the hammer curl with DH's 10kg pair and careful obedience to JMs command not to round my back (learned that the hard way last year).

The 8kg pair are I think these, again they're comfortable but they're solid. (DH's, I don't use them for much.)

If I didn't already have weights which covered this range I'd like the look of this set. (2,4 and 6 kgs).

(I should add that I use 3kgs or 5lbs for most of the other sets!)