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OUCH! Day 3 Check in and a Question For Everyone
Well, I woke up this morning and it hurt to breathe. Jillian is seriously kicking my butt and I am starting to dislike her.
Ok, my question for the day is for everyone, not just the shredders - What is your workout/activity regimen? If you are doing the 30-day Shred, are you supplementing with any other activity? If you are not shredding, do you workout on your own? What do you do?
Ok, discuss :-)
Here's my answer - I teach my bellydance classes (6 a week! but I'm so used to them I barely break a sweat anymore 
) and I also take a ballet class on Wednesdays and a yoga class on Sundays. If it ever stops raining, I am going to try to squeeze in some walks/runs as well - I was thinking maybe 2x per week. The last time I was shredding I didn't do the video every day, especially days I had other activity. But this time around I am going to be religious with it - I will do it every day even if I'm doing other activity.
I keep telling my self "It's only 30 days, it's only 30 days..."
Re: OUCH! Day 3 Check in and a Question For Everyone
Wow Danielle, that's awesome!
Thursdays during the summer I have beach volleyball and will definitely not be shredding those days. I'm thinking that since I'm so out of shape that maybe I'll do 30DS every other day and try something less intense from Exercise On Demand on the days I'm not shredding. This will keep it from getting repetitive and hopefully not kill me.
Now to work on the eating habits...
<a href="http://www.thenest.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Home Dthe first part of the video was so much harder last night than the first - but by the end i was ok. I totally know what you mean about starting to dislike her!
how long do you do level 1 before you move onto level 2?
I've been trying to run 2-3 times per week - but i got off track last week, so i'm being a slacker and using the rain as an excuse. definitely need to get 2 runs in this weekend!! other than that DH & I will do a 30min Abs class (yes, 30min of just abs - its killer but amazing), some weights and cardio 1-2 times a week. also we've decided to do some backpacking/hiking/camping trips this summer. so at least once a month we'll be walking/hiking for a weekend.
all that being said, i have a really really hard time losing any weight. but i'm really motivated this time - i want to lose as much as i can before TTC.
That's what my motivation is too! I want to have a good body one more time before I have kids and ruin it.
I was thinking of taking another round of bpics at the end of the summer - this time, for me, not DH. Like Samantha in SATC - I want to preserve what I (hope to) look like now, so I can remember it when I'm old and saggy. 
Oh, and when I did the shred before my surgery, I did about 1.5 weeks of level one before moving on to level 2 (OMG, I hurt just thinking about level 2)
Wow. Really impressive ladies.
That's actually all I can add at this point.
Maybe this summer...
I managed to sneak in my Friday shredding even though work seemed to being trying to stop me.
I'm also trying to run 2 times a week and on other days I do about 45 mins of cardio at the gym. I like the 30DS for the strength moves, because I tend to neglect my arms even though I have to work hard on arms.
Now I just have to get on a better eating plan.