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April 30 day shred anyone?

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Chuckthefucklebrothers · 31/03/2014 08:36

I hope there isn't already a thread, had a look & could only find the March one. I have it on good authority that Tesco have the DVD for a fiver - I'm off to spend some club card points so that I have no excuse to not get cracking tomorrow!

I've also taken a 'before' photo (eek!) so that I can marvel at my transformation at the end of it if the shred doesn't kill me first

Who's with me?!

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IdkickJilliansAss · 11/04/2014 16:41

NMTZ done plus 5 out of 7 circuits of BFBM

BadRoly · 11/04/2014 22:44

No shred today for me . We are at miles for a few days and I had a lazy lie in but did go for a long walk with mil and the dc so will treat today as a rest day and aim to be up and at 'em tomorrow...

BadRoly · 12/04/2014 09:34

Done it L1D5.

I feel better for doing it - yikes!

ditavonteesed · 12/04/2014 16:00

do you think it matters if the 30 day programs take 60? I have had to take a few days off with work and I have been poorly. I seem to be ok to do it after night shift but not after a day shift, there just isnt time, I get in at 8 and try to be in bed for 9.30. Anyway hoping to get back on it today, I definatly have less energy when I dont do it. Been looking at hip hop abs but I dont know if the music would drive me up the wall. Anyone tried it?

Nightwish · 12/04/2014 17:09

dita it took me 60 days to do the Shred almost exactly and it still gave me great results!
Personally I have a lot to do other than exercise and for me fitting it in as and when I can is most certainly better than not doing it at all.

BetterWithCheese · 12/04/2014 19:36

Hello all! I'm new to the thread but have dabbled with 30DS before. I had my daughter nearly 15 weeks ago and am very motivated to lose weight. So I did L1D1 today. It was actually not as awful as I remember but I suspect tomorrow I may not be saying that. Thank you for the modifications WeeLors - I have a bit of a prolapse so need to be careful with high impact moves so those will really help. I haven't decided if I'll do it every day, I think I may alternate it with other workouts but will have to see how I go.

ditavonteesed · 12/04/2014 19:46

good luck better with cheese. I forced myself to do ri30 and while I found it hard I dont feel any worse for having done it so glad I did. so that was ri30 day 4.

sunshinysummer · 12/04/2014 21:21

I had a rest day yesterday, NMTZ tonight and will do day 10 of the shrd tomorrow.

My body must have needed the rest day-much better at the press ups today (though still doing girlie ones).

very impressed with shredding with a 15week old. I wish I had done it then rather than waiting until she's 2!

hinkyhonk · 13/04/2014 08:41

After a couple if days of blip I'm back on it and already done L1D9. I find it is so much better getting it out if the way early on.
Still dreading level 2 and off to mil for 5 days so going to have to take it with me and figure out on to stealth do it there...

BetterWithCheese · 13/04/2014 09:13

Thanks dita.

sunshiny I also have a three year old and I didn't quite lose all the weight I'd gained with him but then I went back to work and gained even more . So I've got 3.5/4 stone to lose now.

pinkflaming0 · 13/04/2014 11:11

L3D8 done. Almost there. It's taken 8 weeks so far. Still good results and I have taken up running again now the weather is better.

Plan to carry on Shredding once I get to L3D10 maybe alternating L2 and L3 whilst keeping on with the running (5k Race for Life to aim for in early June).

GandTnow · 13/04/2014 16:14

Really missing doing any of this. Have inlaws until tomorrow and can't believe I'm saying I miss JM!

Have done about 4/5 days on level 1 ripped, but feel like I might move on up to level 2 tomorrow night - does that sound like madness after 4 days off? Ripped vets please advise!!

ditavonteesed · 13/04/2014 18:15

I went back after 4 days off and did level 1 and 2, actually seemed easier, I think the days off are when the muslces build. Also did one of the hip hop abs workouts from you tube as well.

sunshinysummer · 13/04/2014 20:52

Better with cheese -I was the same between my two. In think I found it easier to lose weight after my second because I know I'm done with being pregnant/c sections now ifkwim so the body I get now, I'm going to be stuck with!

level 1 day 10 done. NMTZ again tomorrow before moving to level 2 on Tuesdays. Really hate level 2 so dreading it!

sunshinysummer · 13/04/2014 20:52

What is hip hop abs like? is it similar to Jillian's moves?

yadahyadah · 13/04/2014 22:03

30DS D6&7 done this weekend. Really looking forward to having a rest on Thursday. I daftly decided that 30DS meant you had to do it in 30 days (this is typical of my ill-informed decision making skills as I had not read about having a day or two's rest before I leapt in willy nilly). Will definitely be doing 5 days on/2 days off for Ri30.

yadahyadah · 13/04/2014 22:03

oh, D6&7 of L3. yay.

ErrolTheDragon · 13/04/2014 22:11

I think the days off are when the muslces build
I think they sort of repair and knit back stronger.

I've done lots of gardening this weekend - mega weeding session and a bit of compost-bag carting - so much easier now than last year, no aches at all.

BadRoly · 13/04/2014 22:13

Evening L1D6 done - dh joined me this morning! Not aching at all now BUT I haven't been using hand weights at all.

I may not shred tomorrow but then I'm thinking I'll bring the hand weights in for days 7-10 before I go onto the dreaded L2...

It's reassuring to read that taking breaks is not the end of the world - I was under the clearly misguided impression that if I didn't do it daily it wouldn't work.

Definitely feeling better for it though

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ErrolTheDragon · 13/04/2014 22:15

Will definitely be doing 5 days on/2 days off for Ri30

I find that works well for me - usually do something active on the weekends but different. at 5 days a week 30 days takes 6 weeks which isn't bad. (I'm actually doing 2 weeks on each of the 4 levels of Ri30 so that's 8 weeks... I don't think 30 is a magic number!)

ErrolTheDragon · 13/04/2014 22:21

money - I'm not sure if there's anyone else doing shred and c25k on this thread, but there certainly have been in the past.

'how do I schedule in rest days' - whatever suits you. As per my last post, I do the dvd on each weekday morning, and have the weekends off, but it's really up to you. Have at least one rest day per week, 2 is fine, some people have more but as it's only a short workout you do want to try to do it pretty often.

ditavonteesed · 14/04/2014 07:49

my rest days have to be my work days, I work 12.5hr shifts and just cant fit excercise in when I get home.

I dont now what I thought of hip hop abs, I did the ab sculpt one and it was quite good fun, but I looked up the schedule and for the first week you do this one which is 25mins, or a cardio one which is 45mins, all good, then the second week you do both in one day, I am never going to be able to find that sort of time and can see the novelty wearing off very quickly. I think Shaun t's programs are very much one day rest a week.
Might give the cardio one a go later depending on how I feel as I have round 2 of evil dental clean this morning.

yadahyadah · 14/04/2014 08:25

Thanks Errol I think I will borrow your schedule from next week. 30DS D8 L3 done. Got nephew and niece staying over tonight and they are accustomed to a far more regulated household than mine. But am determined to do the shred in the morning just as I have with my kids during the hols while they breakfast.

spinningirl10 · 14/04/2014 09:27

Morning shredders

KB&T L3 d2 done! Gym later.

I'm away from tomorrow till Friday so will be having a rest! Want to do it early tomorrow before I leave but have a feeling it might not happen if we leave at 7am!!

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