30 Day Shred- Get a Shredload for August!

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A thread for those wanting to shred and chat.

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Evening all

monster yup I often go backwards I can have days when I'm all 'yes! Go me! All strong and shit' and the next session I'm flat out on the floor unable to barely lift my face!

Quiet on here tonight, hopefully that's because everyone is off SHREDDING

Evening shredders L1D5 just completed in my hotel room. Away for work this week so trying to eat relatively healthily (not easy when you are out every day of the week) and shredding using YouTube on my phone. Resorted to using wine bottles from the mini bar as weights (oh the irony!)...good knows what my neighbours think what with all the jumping around and grunting and huffing

Don't worry about going backwards a bit monster, it'll be down to tiredness/diet/hormones on a particular day. As long as you are powering through and generally on the up I wouldn't worry at all

L1D8 done followed by an impromptu meal out rather than going for a run

Not looking forward to L2 as I know what's to come! Ah well.

I feel like I'm going backwards some days. Particularly with the press ups.

Aha, sheep you are 3 days my senior, I shall be watching your progress to the next level like a kid watching her older sister startat big school!

My shred was ok, left me feeling better, and I'm getting better at push ups, although what I'm calling better would not be an achievement worth shouting about! How your bloating eases soon iwill, will you continue shredding or take a break now?

Late night shredder...L1D2 done, just in time for it to count as today!

Hi all,

Ripping and Lego kindly posted on my thread (asking for advice on exercise) and suggested I come and join you so here I am. I have the Shred dvd and I'm going to give L1D1 a go this evening. Wish me luck! I'll let you all know how I get on.

hello Ruby

glad you found us

L2D6 done, and i can see how much i've toned up already, feeling very positive about this time around

L1D6 i mean

Hello everyone, and welcome Ruby

Very impressed with Standings late night Shredding!

I know what you mean about toning up Ripping, I've started to kiss my 'guns' purely to wind up the kids

I'm posting this so it will make me do it! L1d5 I really don't feel like it today, came on period yesterday and then was up in night with awful stomach ache and the runs! Tummy still not right but I'm gonna try to give it a go!!!!
Oh and I am awful at the bicycle crunches I look like a dying fly on its back! And they kill my back I think my stomach is just not strong enough yet!

Done it

L1D1 round 2 - done

Oh it's a horrible workout, I forgot that!
Will be interesting to see if it hurts tomorrow

Well done to everyone, persevering through periods and illness, much respect to hotel Shredders!

Where's Grimma? She on hols?

Listening to how hard some of you have found shredding while on your periods I just looked, I will get to day 20 to 22 before starting. I presume this means I will be doing the hardest part at the most difficult time?

I did my day 6 this morning. I have to do it first thing or I won't, too tired in the evenings. Sure is hard to do first thing though, that initial jumping jack is a real shock to the senses! The sit ups are getting easier and my stomach muscles no longer ache so that's a good sign. I was also able to add a small (1 mile) walk so I feel pleased.

Me too lifes I'll be on day 4 or 5 of level 2 and as far as I can tell level 2 will be hell, I've read a fair bit about shredding and a lot of people say level 2 is worse than level 3, I'm dreading it, I did day 4 this morning and was still shattered after but not so achy today happy shredding everyone!

I had read so many times that Level 2 was the killer. When I actually did it for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised as I'd expected it to be much much worse!

The second time I did it, it was a killer

7.5k run followed immediately by shred (L1D6)...oh.my.god.... I am tomato. And Noel, you are NOT making me feel better! Dreading L2 now!

Well that's L1D1 done and after all that worrying about collapsing in a heap 2 minutes in I managed most of it. It was very very hard work - I could only do girly push ups and I don't want to know what the bicycle sit up things looked like (after 2 c-sections and years of not exercising my abs are shockingly crap) but I surprised myself. The hardest part was the boxing/punching bit - my poor legs were feeling the 150 or so squats we did in body pump yesterday and I REALLY wanted to stand up. Just hoping I can walk tomorrow never mind do L1D2 .

What weights are most of you using? I found a set of 1.5kg weights hanging about in a cupboard and used those - they are a bit lighter than I use at body pump but felt about right for the day after. Will they be okay?

Bum, I felt better by day four too, I worry that the aching will start all over again when we go up a level!

Things, you are tomato? even if you are a weird fruit I'm still in admiration and slightly jealous of you and ruby for the extra exercise you're able to get in! Ruby I don't have weights yet, didn't want to purchase a dust collector. I'm using tins, but I now hope to get some weights at the weekend.

I don't have weights either, having always just run before. I have been using whatever is at hand really -1kg bottles of squash, tin cans amid at the moment, wine bottles as I am away for work and that's what I could find in the hotel room

Bookmarking my place to have a ponder about this. May start in September if there is a new thread starting (I presume there will be?) Have been doing an online program since April and have sort of plateau'd and would very much like to see results quicker. Bit afraid of Jillian though

Brilliant to see you rugby . Sounds like you were ace!

I have just had a curry...and started my period so giving it a miss tonight ....looks to find but i did a decent run at the gym so guess that counts as todays exercise! L1D3 tomorrow then....

Ow, ow, ow, ow!

things I could never do a 7.5k run never mind following it up with shred! We were thinking of getting a dog after Xmas might use that as an incentive to start pounding the pavements, It will be nice to leave dh with dc and have some time to myself one more day down, well done everyone!

Managed to sneak L1D2 in while DD2 napping. The lunges really really hurt today and I wimped out half way through the bicycle crunches when my back started aching and did normal crunches instead. I have to walk the 40min to DD1's nursery later and push both DDs back in the double buggy - think I'd better leave myself plenty of time to crawl there! DD2 won't be happy, she hates being stuck in the buggy for the long nursery run.

Day 7 here, definitely getting easier at Natalie's level. I don't struggle with any of the abs or squats, hatehatehate the jump rope and ass kick thingamajig but getting better at it and I manage to keep some sort of movement going, and I'm ok for the first set of push ups now but can't do many after that. It is amazing that I can get that kind of improvement after only 7 days and hope it continues, I feel really proud of myself and am feeling better about my body which, after the two miscarriages I had come to see as being useless to me - I guess that's why I let the weight pile on. I think I'm too flabby to notice an improvement visually but I will take my measurements in 3 days anyway.

Standing, totally get you wanting a curry night with your period, I'm dreading that time! Hope you have a restful evening.

Rugby, !

Things, so a lot of us are using ingestibles as weights, this makes me laugh, I can't see guys doing this!