JILLIAN MICHAELS 2012-Part 2 "This is Not your Mother's Workout"- Shred/Ripped and all the rest!

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Happy Shredding / Ripping / BFBM'ing / 6W6P'ing / Killing / NMTZ'ing

Enforced rest day yesterday. Helping at DS1s Sing Up concert all afternoon and evening. Then too tired once kids in bed. DS1 is on the brink of going back after his op (tomorrow probably)but now DS2 is off with a temp, headache, cough combo..... House of crocks! So will prob have to work out this evening as I may struggle to pull them off the TV!
No DH tonight either so absolutely no excuse. Will probably do L3 Ripped again because I am a masochist! Now I have written it here I will have to do it!

Go for it happy piglet!! I'm lucky enough to hve another tv upstairs I use but both DC insist in watching or joining in with me anyway so I just work round them. DS again this morning was picking on me when I stopped or wasn't jumping high enough!! He's worse than JM herself!

Anyway I got through level 2 shred again and OMG was it hard??!!! Sweat was running off me in rivers!! Felt I wasn't going to be able to function afterwards but feel great now after a cold shower!!

Good days all!

Everyone's doing so well

Hope all those with foul moods yesterday are feeling better today. I'm heaps better. Have no idea what caused that!

Have sweated through BFBM today and that'll do me! I LOVE at punch and hop move in the 2nd circuit. In my head I'm a mean looking professional looking boxerciser when I do them rather than a red sweaty panting thing

Hope everyone's having a good day...

oo, and sorry if I depressed anyone with the snowdrifts thing! I sort of saw it in a positive way - i.e. the drifts will definitely go, it's just a matter of melting the layers

BFBM for me tonight when it cools down a bit! I do agree with the snowdrifts, arms and abs were the first bits to see some definition, hips and thighs are going to take a while longer!

glad to hear so much jillianing going on! I have grown really fond of BFBM. I was going to do level 2 6 week six pack last night but literally half way in, I couldn't muster the strength...didn't like it and so switched for a hiit workout instead. I love those, go so quickly and feel like you have worked really hard.
Today did workout 11 again. I do both sets of scorpion pushups unmodified but there are so many bloomin exercises in pushup position, by the time I come to later ones, I have to modify after a few. Did better at the dive bombers with reverse...the reverse feels funny so just have to get used to it. Holding chaturanga though kills! The three part push up I have resigned to the fact I will probably always have to modify...trust her to leave that to the last circuit when my arms have about given up.
And by the end of the next week I will be able to do standing mountain climbers for a minute! Always stop literally a few seconds before the end..they kill me!
Threesteps I love the jab cross hop combo too!
Happy you will have to do it now, yes!!
Virtuous your son sounds like fun! My boys get under my body when I am doing down dog moves/push ups or run circles around me when I need to do kicks with my legs!

Hi all. I'm on day 8 of the 30DS now, have done level 2 for the third time today. Am hating all the plank position exercises, I'm hoping they get easier if I keep doing them. Am sweating like a pig and boiling hot by the time I have finished so must be doing some good!

Oh and I went horse riding this morning so have been very good today to earn my wine for tomorrow night!

I think today is going to end up being a rest day - although I did do some set of press-ups and pilates core stuff this am.

Back in the saddle tomorrow - and my 2kg hand weights are on their way!

CHST my ds also runs circles (rings!) around me trying to dodge the kicks. It is going to end in tears one of these days! Where do you get your hiit workouts from?

shutupanddrive I agree, I am always lathered by the time I have finished so it must be doing us good. Plank poses definitely get easier IMO, when doing mountain climb type things in plank pose now I can feel that I am resting most of my weight on my arms. Level 2 shred used to make me feel a bit sick actually!

threesteps you didn't depress me, it made me feel determined to carry on and melt that fat! After all it has taken a lot of care and dedicated eating to lay it down in the first place so I shouldn't expect it to disappear overnight!

Well I did L3 shred tonight. Still hate it! I am coming up to 30 days although I have messed around with the levels and done a bit of running and BFBM so not done pure shred. I am starting to think about my next challenge. Going to do L3 shred and running until the end of the month and then thinking about 6w6p but a few of you don't seem that enamoured of it? I will be running for cardio and I want to keep working on my coRe strength and I like the idea of a 6 week challenge. What is the consensus on 6w6p?

In the interests of solidarity I revisited L2 Shred today and I found it easier than when I did it when I did the 30 days of shredding. So actually all these weeks /months of ripped and killer and BFBM and NMTZ have paid off.. Hope that inspires some of you!!! Keep at it. I actually managed all the CV stuff fine and even did one set of v raises with 2 kgs....unheard of!!
Greedy I have never done 6W6P so can't comment. My trouble areas are my bum and thighs so I went for Killer which I love. I also would say NMTZ is good for core.

Well done everyone on a good day! I went and bought my weights. Being a cheap skate I went for 2kg! ! But the 1kg felt very light and 1.5kg ok - going to regret it I'm sure!! but we'll see how I go!!

Ooh I can here my shopping delivery!!

Threesteps I am now not quite the hormone crazed woman I was last night .Panic over :)

Greedy I abandoned my shredding for 6w6p last night in my frantic bid to gain über abs. I really like it , more l1 than l2 though. It is fast with not so much cardio. I do the harder versions and have really tried to push very hard on the moves. Wonder if you can check it out on YouTube before you buy it? I've decided to do a week of it for a change and can feel different thigh muscles being stretched, which is good . I think :)

Shutup planks do get easier ...one day you just realise you can hold them for longer and you can't remember when that happened!

Happy it's nice when that happens isn't it...reminds you that it is worth all the blood, sweat and tears.

Thanks Gypsyfloss, it sounds just the thing I need next! I have a box set of her DVDs including 6w6p just haven't looked at it yet. If it is about 30-40 mins that would be ideal, I find BFBM harder to fit in with DS.

Happypiglet I had a look at Killer on Amazon and it looks good and gets great reviews. I don't know if you have had any cellulite and whether Killer has made any difference with that? I am going to have a go at 6w6p and then maybe graduate to Killer. Good job that JM has done so many DVDs to keep us all busy!

Well today I am going to have a rest day. My knees are aching. I have not been bothering to wear trainers whilst shredding and I think that is a mistake! Hope you all have a good day.

Interesting you say that greedy girl - I wasn't wearing trainers the first time and then thought perhaps I ought to - for some reason it seems unnecessary inside.

Well horrid weather here today (again!). I'm off for my regular spin class after the school run. Weighed myself this morning one week in and no change!. Slightly disheartening but I haven't been eating any less so suppose can't expect miracles! Off to measure myself in a bit - hoping for at least half-inch loss somewhere to boost me!. Otherwise it will be tempting to hit the !

Happy Friday everyone!

Owww - did 6w6P level 1 this morning and my back is suffering badly.

Can anyone tell me if the BFBM is hard on the knees/back? Is there a lot of lunging and moving the knees under stress?

I like the shade analogy - I am really happy with my body after JM. My arms have lost their dimply bits, my bum is still a bit dimply but lifted enough that I'm okay with it, my shoulders are looking fabulous even if I do say so myself, but my tummy has this weird oblong of fat that won't shift. If that wasn't there I would be walking down the high street in a bikini thanks to JM. Oh well, I just have to keep going and wait for the sunshine to hit that shady bit.

Morning :) L2 day 4 done! It was definitely a bit easier this morning, and I did the non-modified plank jacks which I felt very proud of

My 2kg weights are due to arrive later - very strangely I feel the urge to try L2 again this evening to see whether I can manage any of it with them. What is happening to me???

world - did you have actual weight to lose or have you just toned up? I have lost just under 3 stone, and have another 2.5 to lose - so seeing any muscles/firmness feels some way away!

Wow Ali - you have done so well on your weight loss!

World - BFBM relatively high impact I think for the knees. Jumping lunges etc. You could possibly modify though.

I have a small window coming up where I can fit a run in before I have to go and help out at the school fair. The sky looks pretty black outside. Oh dear!

Hi everyone, some people may remember me on the old thread while I was doing the 30DS. I'm now back on the bandwagon as I have been busy for a few months so I stopped doing the DVD :(

Anyway, I am on L1 D2 of the Ripped in 30 DVD, my bum is killing me, I walk like a penguin and the backs on my legs are so so sore but I love it! Definitely prefer RI30 to 30DS.

Will do D3 later on today!

Greedy re the Killer cellulite effect. I, of course, had cellulite (who doesn't!) i always have even when i weighed 8 and a half stone, but what was unnerving me was that it was creeping around to the front of my thighs and further down towards my knees at the back. Killer (and loosing half a stone!) has helped. The front of my thighs are back to normal. I still have cellulite at the back and think I always will but my bum has lifted and I am developing a nice 'kick' between bum and top of thigh....
Both DS still off school will try to fit something in later. Nothing long again then prob L2 Shred again to see if last night was a fluke.

alibaba I have some weigh to lose - I'd be happy to lose a stone but it's not my main goal. Funnily enough, that blob of fat on my tummy would probably account for a good proportion of that stone!

notyummy thanks for the info on BFBM, I think I will probably give that one a miss. Jumping lunges are a definite no-no and I don't want to splash out on another DVD only to replace half the exercises with high knees.

Actually World - my mistake. No jumping lunges, but lots of jumping in general and definitely jumping squats.

Quick question about Mountain Climbers. On some videos it looks like they are sort of a running on the spot, so the leg you're pulling in doesn't touch the floor. On other videos it looks like a little jump off both legs at the same time and a switch of the legs. (hope that makes sense). Does anyone know if there is a definitive way they should be done. I haven't been able to figure it out.

That does make sense but I don't know the answer! They are my bête noir and I start off doing the alternating leg jump thing but quickly end up doing a slow jog/ weary leg in, leg out affair.

6w6p L1 again today, not quite so hot & humid here which helped.

world I do as if you were running on the spot so as your leg comes up into your body the foot doesn't touch, you can do it in the way you have described but usually its done as a beginner modification by stepping rather than running. To do it as running, I think is difficult, so if you can maintain running pace may be better to do without foot touching.

Feeling a bit bleargh tonight, may do something later if have energy.

Have a good weekend all.