The July 2014 Shred Thread - Go on, you know you want to

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Okay, it's not just 30 Day Shred anymore but if you would like to log your daily JM fix and get some tips and tricks from fellow Shredders, step this way.

& shadow with my diastasis everything sinks into it rather than bulges out when I do the abs movements. Smaller though 1-2cm. 2cm at umbilicus

Hmm I'm not sure then Owl! Maybe just keep at it, give it everything and see how you go?

Congrats on the weight loss Tabulah. I think the shred is ideal for changing the blancmange situ

Today I took the kids for an epic walk. I'd guess around 6-7 miles, across country and some uphill. They both walked a little but the majority was me pushing them both on the buggy. I was going to shred tonight but the fucking internet crashed. I have now ordered the DVD! I did do a load of ab exercises though. Am now going to fall into bed as am knackered!

Sinking is a good sign Ddas, slow and steady and keep doing the zip exercise I mentioned on t'other thread. Do the zip one in the shower, every time you open the fridge, literally as much as you possibly can during the day. You want to get the zip done up above your belly button and then slowly unzip.

The reason it's so vital is it strengthens the transverse muscles which hold everything in like a belt. If you strengthen the other muscles with shred etc your tummy will start to bulge out because the belt muscle is still slack. So by strengthening that one it holds everything in making the other ab exercises more effective and slowly shrinking the separation.

Hi everyone.
I did 30DS L2D5 until 3 days ago and had to stop as my back hurts now. Not sure if I pulled a muscle or something but it hurts every time I bend forwards. I ran 2.5miles yesterday and nothing today. It's easier today.I would like to go back to shred but feel scared that I might cause more problems.
Any suggestions would be welcome.

Hi darlings, L2 is killer on my back, I avoid it now. L3 is better, or try Ri30, it's not bad at all.

Hmm I'm now paranoid about diastisis. I did the lay down and crunch thing and my fingers don't go inbetween the muscles, but they do go in a little, there's kind of a ridge where my muscles meet in the middle. Is this 'normal' or is it diastisis? Would I know for sure if I had it?

Yaay for walk shadows, hope you get some sleep tonight.

You don't have diastasis Bustle. If you did your fingers would fall into a gap between the two muscles, it would be big enough to fit several fingers inbetween. Don't worry!

Thanks Bustle. Will try Ri30 today.

Had a rest day yesterday, but just done 30DS L1 Day 9 this morning. Going to do one more day at L1 then move up to L2 on Sumday. Still feeling ok with it, although used heavier weights this morning so may feel that later.

(Oh, and I'm also 5ft 2.5!)

RI30 L1D9 done. IN two minds whether to finish it off tomorrow and start fresh with L2 on Monday, or have a weekend entirely off (or doing my Pilates DVD) and have one more day of L1 on Monday. Have to travel to my conference on Monday so I'll be doing it in a hotel room on Tuesday morning.

Great that there are so many fellow short people on this thread! I was doing this mornings' workout and suffering badly from envy of JM's arms.

I am giving it all I've got and it certainly hurts a lot whilst I'm doing it but not afterwards. Not that I'm complaining!

I think it's making a difference though. I deliberately haven't taken any measurements, photos or weighed myself as, for me, it is purely about how I feel if that makes sense. I need to feel good in swimwear as I'm off on holiday at the end of the month! I so should have started this earlier...

My aims are to be slim again, not to end up bordering on obese like my older brothers, and to be able to run 5K without dying!

BR phase 1 week 1 cardio 1 done.

30DSL1D3 done - while 3 teenage girls made pancakes in my kitchen...hmm, I didn't think through the implications of summer holidays at all, lol

30DSL1D6 done! Felt much easier today, could kick myself in the ass quite literally

Also walked 5 miles this morning, getting the hang of this fitness thing!

Tabulah I stick mine in front of the evil box of lights in the hols for 30 mins before breakfast in order to do it in peace and tranquility. However, they are much younger and therefore more biddable - especially where the evil box of lights is concerned.

Fuckalella you are on fire!

Fuckalella - you rock! Keep going!

I think we get extra points if we're exercising with (quite literally in some cases) 'hangers-on' and onlookers. I did the last section of 30DSL2 whilst simultaneously answering DS2's questions about what I was doing and returning the hand weights he kept passing me!

Anyhow 30DSL2D8 done! And getting easier, thank goodness. Sticking with Anita for the Plank Squats, to avoid screwing up my knee, but otherwise following Natalie.

Now waiting for DH to get home so we can crack open some prosecco and have a glass in the sunshine.

Happy Friday everyone!

Thanks both! I might regret it tomorrow though!

Well done for keeping going with an audience, I had to contend with DH being off today and telling me I looked like a beetle that couldn't get up while I was doing bicycle crunches...

Prosecco and sunshine sounds good, enjoy!

So I can blame my stick

Crappo phone.

So I can blame my sticky out stomach solely on the cake then, shadows!

Macnab - just seen your post about the 1200 calories, its not a lot at all. Have a Google and find your TDEE, then subtract 20% from that total. I've been using Mfp and have lost 9kg since March on 1600 cals, which is my TDEE -20% and it's much easier than being miserable on 1200 cals .

I like your aims owl, better bot to be hung up on weighing and measuring but I'm finding it hard to break the habit of years and years.
Imogen am also happy that there are many fellow short arses here and slightly envious of the tall people.

Yadah, must look at Br and see what its like.

Tab - well done on shredding avec an audience, I hope you had a pancake afterwards to compensate.

5 miles fuckatella, woo!

Mmm prosecco bimble, sounds great!

I did nothing today, fecked my back a bit in work last night and had to take today off excercise and work. Hopefully better tomorrow, rested a lot today so fingers crossed!

Bustle TDEE - ?

Another couple of rest days (DD's school play and birthday filled up my evenings). Back to it this evening though - 30DS L1D6 done (in between gymnastics drop off and PTA social swim).

I've just attempted Level 2 and I can see this causing me back problems if I'm not careful. I have an osteopath appointment tomorrow to sort out the fact that my lower spine is locked up so I might have to drop back to L1 for a few days anyway (great excuse as I'm knackered!

I can not do the walking press up thing, or the squat thrusts or the plank jacks (was that what they were called?). Still, I couldn't do L1 last Tuesday so onwards and upwards!!

It has taken me a long time to get to be comfortable with not weighing etc. I do think it can be counter productive - I feel better so I don't want to know that I've only lost 1/2 an inch of my thighs or half a pound. Also, 10 stone (say) may be right for one person but not another. I want to look and feel good and I think that only I can decide what good and "happy" is for me.

I'm lucky to be 5'7" which helps as height can be more forgiving!

Did a three mile walk with DC again today and we had a great time at the pet shop watching the rats and came home via the alpaca farm. I was so upbeat and ready to crack on with the shred this evening and then twatface ex rang and got all in my head with his horrid twattishness. And since 8 when DS fell asleep, when I should have been cleaning up dinner things, tidying toys and then exercising, I've been sat staring at a wall feeling shit. And now it's bedtime and the house is a mess, I seem to have subconsciously inhaled crisps and cake, and I feel crap.

Since I've started the Shred I haven't let him in my head or life. It's been great, it's boosted my confidence and given me something to work at and goals to achieve, I've been totally twat free. But this means I haven't contacted him or answered his calls, which means he is angry, which means he will now be an utter utter twat and be as vile as possible when he picks kids up tomorrow.

Off to tidy quickly and get some sleep. Maybe if I get an early night I can get up early and get Shred done in the morning.

I liked the punching exercise in L1. Guess whose face I was punching.... :)

yes Owl, I do find visualisation techniques maximise the effectiveness of that particular exercise! Is it terribly awful to leave all the mess and just sleep and deal with it in the morning? I can hear my mother "SHADOW, you CANT leave it, you will gets RATS".