New Thread and New Home for the JILLIAN MICHAELS DEVOTEES....

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Hi guys, hope everyone finds their way here and also hope that I manage to successfully link this to the old thread!

This thread is for anyone and everyone who loves is a fan of Jillian

Welcome all the old-timers and please come and join us new people, it will be great to see you!

Happy JM'ing all :)

How about a slightly longer workout (30 mins ish) like 6W6P or Killer Buns and Thighs? Alternatively No more trouble zones (strength) and Burn fat boost metabolism (cardio) are both good- around 45-50 inc warm up and cool down but split into 7 circuits of 6 mins so you can opt to do 5 circuits.

Well did 6w6p Friday and yesterday.

Noticed today that my backside seems to be slipping down my legs a bit. Also, I've been losing fat all over but it's still stubbornly clinging to my thighs so they could certainly do with some toning. I've put the triple collection with Ripped in 30, ES&S and Killer B&T on my Christmas list, so hopefully I'll get that and I can tackle my thighs next year.

Quite intrigued by Bob too, so might look into that if I start fancying a change from Jillian.

Hi all I am back...hoorah!
Hope your back feels better threesteps how frustrating.
Well did ES&S L1 this morning - was thinking of 'easing' myself back in after 2 weeks lazing around eating far too much crap off with Ripped L1 but then thought that was a cop out.. pleased with myself
I did find it tougher than I was doing before half term but managed the weights when she adds them in.
Still hate burpees with lateral jumps tho!
wrigglebum that sounds like a good plan re the triple DVD Killer is excellent and has really helped my thigh area, and I also love ES&S So far L1 quite leg heavy so ideal for that area... lets hope Santa is kind.

Hello everyone. Just popping into say that I'm still on my round 3 of 6w6p and I have started L2 again at the weekend.

I've decided to get ripped in 30 next. And I better bloody well be ripped in 30!!!

Evening all!

Happypiglet welcome back :)

MrsFlorricks the lovely Jillian promises to get you ripped, ruined, broken and to end you It's a good DVD!

Still out of action but chiro appointment tomorrow afternoon so hopefully it won't be long. My 2 sacral bones feel different sizes so something has definitely gone wrong

Notyummy I spent part of the afternoon watching my new Bob DVD from the comfort of my sofa ...

Despite the fact that even the hardcore one is screaming and sweating buckets by the end, I still sat there eating biscuits thinking "that doesn't look too hard" LOL! I can't wait to have the chance to eat my words, my hat, anyone else's hat ...

Everyone sounds like they're doing great, keep at it :)

Threesteps.

I did it today. I started with Week 1 but I barely broke a sweat doing it despite using 3 kg weights.. So I did Week 2 immediately after. Week 2 is harder so tomorrow i will do that one and start it there.

I have been doing shred and 6w6p continuously since April (small break in July). So I've worked for it.

Doing a double Jillian duty is digging deep! I wish I had time for hat more often. Sadly it just takes too long.

Yes MrsFlorrick- I think L1 Ripped is literally the easiest workout of every single one her DVSs that I own. It's almost like people cok

Argh! Posted too soon.

It's like people cil

Now I am getting irritated.....

Complained about L1 Shred being too hard with pressups etc straight away, so she built in a beginner/tutorial level for Ripped. L2 is def more of a challenge.

Did BFBM on Monday and had a rest day yesterday. 5 mile power walk just now followed by Callanetics DVD. Think I may do NMTZ tomorrow. Am low carbing at the moment. Thought I would try 2 days a week of hard core low carb and eat healthily but less restricted for the rest of the time. If I do this for 3 weeks in the run up to my big weekend away, hopefully I will have said goodbye to the additional 4lbs that appeared over the last couple of months. Fingers crossed.

Time short today so did Shred L2...its still hard! And I have a nasty chesty cough and so breathing was a little tricky... I feel a bit wheezy now actually so need to keep an eye on that.
Ripped L1 is quite easy going- but great to learn proper form if you are new to her DVDs- which maybe why she did it.. But I love the other levels L3 is my particular bette noir..
Hope you diet plan is effective notyummy you sound very disciplined!

Isn't it funny how you can love yet loathe her stuff (loathe it when you're doing it, love it when it's over!).

Take care of yourself Happypiglet - I think the advice is if it's below the neck, rest up...

Notyummy you sound like you're on fire at the moment I'm sure operation big-weekend will be a success!

Ah yes MrsFlorrick, I should have mentioned that L1 is very easy. Level 2 and onwards is a definite step up... hope you're enjoying it :)

Had my chiro session yesterday and it's still not quite right, so I'm a bit scared of exercising and throwing it again, what to do... I have another appointment in 2 weeks but don't want to take that long off.

I may stick to yoga / pilates for the rest of the week and then hopefully work up to something more sweaty at the weekend, oo er.

Hope everyone is doing well :)

p.s. meant to say that my mum had her hospital appointment on Monday and it is cancer, but it is very early stage and they're confident they can successfully treat it, I am thrilled :)

So glad to hear that threesteps what a relief.

What good news threesteps.

Threesteps. I'm sorry to hear that but also glad to hear its early and will treat well.

Big massive hugs for you.

Wishing you the best. Dig deep!

Aw, thank you for you all and a big bunch of virtual tulips for my fantastic and much-loved mum :)

Just read my post back and 'thrilled' sounds a bit weird, but hopefully you know what I meant!

Now I just need to get my canine boy back on track and it's all gravy!

Did L1 YM this afternoon and I'm glad I didn't push any more as my back felt a little bit delicate. Will do the same until the weekend I think and hopefully build things up after that.

Happy exercising all :)

Threesteps. You can do a Jillian workout, you can do a
ANYTHING! Inc supporting your mum.

Had an impromptu day off today- my chest feels 'weird' and I am finding breathing difficult almost like I am breathing thru cotton wool (if that makes sense) so it seemed a bit mad to push myself today.
However I have then spent the day on my feet doing jobs and have only just sat down with a cuppa and a funsize Flake
Well done on YM threesteps sounds like you are right to take it cautiously.

Glad the news is fairly positive three, hope your back gets better soon.

Just did NMTZ and I think I might just have to learn to love my trouble zones, it was really bloody hard today. I am so pathetically weak in the shoulders and triceps- I struggled with the 2kg weights for those and had to cut back to 1kg and the strain was messing with my form. Oh well, I can only get better. I was nearly crying at some points it was so bloody hard. I will keep trying it as a challenge but I'll stick mostly to the shorter workouts with some cardio thrown in.

Doesn't help that I slept funny so major crick in my neck. I'm also bloody grumpy today- didn't work out for two days (apart from a hula hoop session on Tues) and ds1 is being a bugger (tired from school=mega strops) plus ds2 appears to be a biter- joy! It will pass (repeats to self whilst rocking in the corner).

Got a bug piglet? Hope it passes.

wriggle my arms are still pathetic... I use 1 kg for quite a lot of arm stuff and can still only do about 10 proper press ups on a good day
I like NMTZ as its less CV and I am crap at CV

Stick at it Wrigglebum- it's hard, yes- but the benefits of full on strength training are huge in terms of reduced body fat/raised metabolism and body tone. But I know what you mean.

I hear you too Wrigglebum. NMTZ is one of my dust-gatherers!!
The serving biceps with pendulum lunges are just AWFUL and make me want to cry too!

Nothing today, which was annoying - I help out at a shop on thursdays and had a vet appointment after that (that would be the dog, not me) - but might well be a good thing in the long run to have a day of rest in between. Another YM tomorrow and then something else at the weekend.

Happypiglet poor you, hope you feel better soon. Feeling it in the chest is a definite sign to rest for a bit I think

Thank you for your kind words all . I'm impressed at 10 push ups piglet- I can only manage eight and that's after a fair bit of practice. I suppose I only resumed working out about 3 months ago and I've come a long way since then.

Well, I might be completely mad but I've just done BFBM. I did take it a bit easy and I just had to do squats instead of the 180s and scissor kick things but I got through. I needed to cheer up a bit and it was either crap tv and or some good old cardio. Plus I had a rather carb heavy dinner and thought it might make me feel less bloated. So I'm very sweaty but feeling much better. Still got that cricked neck though.

Well, not going too badly here. Did most of NMTZ on Thursday, a really hard 45 min minutes session on the cross trainer followed by stretching and Callanetics yesterday, and most of Bobs Strength workout today. Ran out of time so had to stop after hideous press up and t stand section, so missed final 15 minutes (of which 5 is cool down.) Still a 50 minute workout even missing out that though. Suspect my arms are going to feel it tomorrow!!