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

Hi everyone, couple of days off as away, so shall do NMTZ and BFBM today and tomorrow with hopefully, if the weather holds out a bit of cycling.
super hope you enjoyed NMTZ. I use it either as a standalone in its entirity, in combination with a shorter workout but selecting 3/4 (sometimes 5 if i'm really enjoying myself) circuits, or if short for time up to 5 circuits. I did once do a shred or ripped (I can't remember which) with a full NMTZ, haven't done it again though! You can do the same with BFBM but annoyingly it doesn't lablel each circuit so you can tell what's on it, so I always seem to pick the ones I find most difficult!

three forgot to say in answer to your qu about progress over longer term, I have continued to improve my cardio fitness. I have noticed with my cycling that when I get the top of some pretty step hills I can still have a conversation, I think that's partly due to JM. I have also started noticing more muscle development in my abs, lower back and arms, so the flab must be shifting off them. I still see improvement in the measurements of waist, hips etc but I do find that I tend towards the longer workouts now, I'm not sure I would be seeing the same progress if I stuck to shred and ripped.

Good news about body revolution being released here. Sound evil in a good kind of way!

Oooh, box set arrived this morning and I did BFBM! Enjoyed it but was rather sweaty and red by the end!! I think I need some more of this in order to shift my muffin top. Think I may alternate Shred and BFBM for next week or so and see if that makes any difference to my measurements. I now know what mountain climbers are and I don't like them at all! But I like the kickboxing stuff, used to do a Body Combat class in the days when I went to the gym before work. I really need to see some positive changes soon to keep me motivated. Have been tired the last couple of days and can feel my resolve weakening! Must go to bed at a decent time tonight.

Evening all

Thanks everyone for their thoughts on long-term Jm'ing and continuing to see the benefits. I do think I should start looking at upping my weights further, but I'm such a weed!

Did L4 Ripped yesterday and went to bikram yoga late afternoon today. Oh boy, that was one hell of an experience.

It's 42 degrees in there - and I had imagined I would leave looking a little rosy, I left looking like I'd stood under a shower dressed! Fortunately everyone else did too . It was 90 mins in all, and some of the postures were hard-going in the heat, but thanks to Jillian, I'm sure, I was able to hold them. Had to stop once when I felt overwhelmed but got back into it...

Apparently you burn between 600 and 800 calories in a 90 minute hot yoga session so anyone looking for an effective calorie burner, look no further! I wondered whether he meant water loss, but calories are calories aren't they? (rather than weight loss over 90 mins).

Greedygirl, 'weakening resolve' is not invited to this party!! Keep at it and enjoy all those new DVD goodies

Hi there ladies!

Managed my shred today; DD obliged with an unheard of 3Hr nap this morning after her first feed! Cos I'm not doing jumping jacks etc due to dodgy calf, I raced to my mountain bike & cycled furiously for the 2 mins instead. (it's on a Turbo Trainer stand-C'mas pressie from DH. Love it). Not feeling at all sore anywhere & haven't been since the second time I did the workout. Am phoning it in on the press-ups though. Can manage 4, then have to follow Anita ;-)
Also find the side lunge with arm raise tough.
Actually, though I've found it difficult to shred daily due to time/family constraints, I've probably done L1 8 or 9 times so maybe it's just time to move on.
Might try L2 Tom to see whether I hurt after that...like to feel as though I've made demands of my muscles.....
Am tucking into Massaman Curry tonight complete with Naan & Bhajis which Ive made DH for a Father's Day treat! Been pretty good all week though & reckon it'd be rude not to join him ;-)
Engel; I have a 9 wk old DD & am Bridesmaid in August for my Sis. It's motivated me to try to lose the extra stone & muffin top early this time (was a full 9m both previous times!). Good luck with Jillianing!

Marking my place. I've gained 5kg and own all of Jillian's (love, huge crush on her!) workouts. I do have a gym but I find her workouts sooo more effective for PCOS. Unfortunately I don't have anywhere to exercise yet, but will in a few weeks. Itching to get started! Love her workouts, so much fun, especially when combined with Callanetics (I use for my dodgy back and relaxation.)

Dear Lord! First time doing NMTZ and I couldn't even lift my arm up to have a glass of water! Really liked it though but I think I may combine it with others as I did miss cardio. Was still drenched in sweat after finishing it however!
Great advice on using different sets of weights too, thanks everyone

super' the first time I did it I could barely raise my arms to wash my hair. It does get better, the tricep circuit is the worst, I've been doing it for ages and can only manage 2kg on the surrenders, I think notyummy does something like 7kg. I consul myself that when JM talks about the weights she uses she is talking in pounds not kgs!

There is no cardio as such but I find it does elevate my heart rate and it burns something like 380-400 cals. I tend to do it all the way through once at week and then tag on some of the circuits, generally the arm ones, to a shorter more cardio workout.

5kg! I am a bit of a masochist but I don't think I could manage 7kg for surrenders (only dead lifts and clean znd presses currently.)

Well done for getting through it Super.

Thanks threesteps, I did L2 shred today and really, really enjoyed it, did all the plank stuff and could do the hard versions of everything (well, almost!) and could see a real difference from the first time I did L2 so that made me feel motivated, I must be doing something right! Hot yoga sounds awful! But wow, that is an amazing amount of calories to burn.

DH conceded that i may have lost some weight...off my face . I think I look more toned around my chest and arms so maybe the weight loss is working its way down!

Jellybelly that curry sounds delish! I reckon you definitely deserve it. Enjoy .

Oooo this is is that true. So in the bicep sets in NMTZ she is using 3lbs... I use more than that!!! Feeling better already.
Away yesterday at a wedding and consumed miles too many calories...and no disco to burn them off with!!!
Got back today lateish but have managed a L4 Ripped. Enjoyed it.
Must try to get a NMTZ and BFBM in this week as it has been a few since I tried the longer ones and all you talking about them has put me in the mood for a longer work out!

Only 5kg notyummy, still 3kg more than I can manage!

Yep happypiglet makes me feel good as well!

Hi everyone, and welcome to lurking

I haven't done NMTZ for ages. Might try and do it this week. I think it was Knotty who used to pick 3 circuits say from NMTZ and intersperse them with cardio blasts for anyone who's missing the cardio element!

Well no serious aches and pains from yoga yesterday so I did a double-shift today, Levels 3 and 4 of Ripped. Still with 2.5 kg weights so there's still room for improvement on the weights front! Although Ripped doesn't have as much emphasis on weights as Shred I don't think, there seems to be more where you use your own body weight, especially L3, tricep dips anyone? .

Hope everyone's had a good weekend

Are there any ladies here with PCOS? That's why Jillian was originally recommended to me!

I have all her dvds I just have no idea where to start! What do you ladies recommend?

Hi all, I am intrigued by the Jillian Michaels workouts and would like to know if there are any starting dvd in particular you would recommend for a first timer? I am reasonably fit, having been running regularly in the past, although not recently, and am looking to do some cardio, tone up and increase my level of fitness. Thanks! Would probably prefer one which doesn't need weights as I don't have any.

Don't know a huge amount about PCOS so not sure if there are any additional considerations to bear in mind. I think most people start off with Shred. It's quick and you will see results if you do enough, 5/6 days a week. Then you could work your way through the others once you have established a base level of fitness, sorry don't know how fit you are, alternatively you could mix it up and do different ones depending on how much time you have.
I'd advise you to forget weighing yourself, measure yourself instead and do that once a week, its a better way to see progress.
Don't be put off by the push ups as the first strength exercise in level 1. When I started I could only do the beginner version, build it up and you will see how much stronger you become.

Happy shredding!

shimbo banish fat boost metabolism is all cardio and you don't need weights. For all the others I think you need weights for parts of the workouts, but for something like Killer buns and thighs you could get away without more than say you could for shred or no more trouble zones.
You can get weights from Tesco, thats where I got my first ones 1 and 2 kg from, they were really cheap.

Thanks so much Sign! I thnk starting with Shred is best anyway since it is the one I originally used to use.

With PCOS I think you're supposed to do 75% strength training, hence why I'm so damn confused lol!

Oh in that case shred will be good as each circuit is 3 mins of strength, 2 mins of cardio and 1 min of abs (which I would count as strength) as you are using your own body weight.

You can then move onto no more trouble zones which is 100% pain strength!

I've done Shred before (used to be one of my failsafes for keeping fit before I got depressed and let myself go.)

Shred is brutal enough, I'm so nervous about when I start NMTZ!

I also have her latest 12 week program. The dream is to be able to do that with ease one day!

yes will definately order body revolution when available here. You can work your way into NMTZ by just selecting circuits rather than the whole thing. The music is probably the worst of all her dvd's though- and that it saying something. I have to mute her and stick the ipod on!

Haha I actually like listening to Jillian! She doesn't make me feel as bad about myself as Chalene from Turbo Jam does! (Plus can never been able to keep up with the moves..)

Anyone tried Jillian's new kickbox dvd? I haven't tried it yet.

lurking I like Jillian too she is quite motivating...
Just done Killer L2 hard hard hard....but good work out. I too will try Body Revolution when it comes out...maybe we should all scynchronise!
Altho I still have L3 Killer to try...I am too scared to even look at it!

Aching slightly from NMTZ yesterday!

A friend from another thread has found using a heart rate monitor that L2 6W6P has a much better calorie burn than any of the shred/Ripped levels (although it is a bit longer son that may partially why.) Has anyone tried the same calculation for Killer/NMTZ/BFBM? I dont have one so can't.

Going to do L2 Ripped tonight, a run tomorrow, and L 3 or 4 Ripped on Wednesday. Probably a run on Thursday and some sort of double session (maybe double shred or 6w6p plus a shred) on Friday. Now I have written it all down I will have to do it!