30 day shred

NLfoodie · January 2012

I just finished day 1 and I feel like I'm about to die.

2 questions:

-Is that normal?

-Is it going to get better when I do it for a number of days?

If I keep feeling like this, I think I'd rather stay fat

neeps · January 2012

It does get easier, but really listen to your body. I "pushed through" a little knee discomfort in order to stick with my goal of doing all 30 days. That turned into me ending up in a knee brace and not being able to exercise for weeks.

kelly321 · January 2012

I thought about getting it, but on amazon a lot of the negative reviews talked about serious knee pain and lasting damage. Since I have knee problems anyway, I didn't get it. I would say, though, that if you feel pain in your knee(s), then like neeps said - listen to your body and stop.

NLfoodie · January 2012

I have knee issues and did actually modify a couple of the jumpy things that hurt. I've had extensive PT for my knees though, so I know exactly what I should and shouldn't do. I'll make sure to stop when I feel actual physical pain though, thanks for the advice/warning!

oneslybookworm · January 2012

I started over and did Day 1 today. Personally, I don't think that doing it for 30 days straight is beneficial at all, especially if you've had knee problems. I push through until I feel pain in my knees, but I also only do it 3-4 times a week. Anything more than that seems a bit much on my body, but that's just me personally.

Don't worry, I died too today.

ooolalalolo · January 2012

The first time was definitely hard and I was really sore for a couple of days, especially in my shoulders, which have always been a weak point for me.

It does get easier--to the point where it felt like a great workout, not like I'd just been run over!

I don't think you should do it for 30 days in a row. At most, I did it 2-3x/wk and I modified for areas where I was not as strong (i.e. I only did push ups for 50% of the time because those were really hard, but then I would do extra ab work because the existing ab workout wasn't challenging enough for me).

On days off, try doing another exercise that doesn't target your knees--swimming, elliptical, etc.

NLfoodie · January 2012

Thanks for all the advice! And I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who died today

bail229 · January 2012

Thanks for posting this! I was thinking about doing the 30 day shred after baby comes but seeing all the people with knee pain has made me change that plan since I have had two prior knee surgeries. Good to know this now before I bought it! I'm sorry you died!

EnidFalcor · January 2012

I've looked at the workouts but will never be doing this...looks way too hard. But I do agree with pp's...even if you are switching the main focus of what body part you are working on day to day, working out that hard 30 days in a row is too much, IMO.

NLfoodie · January 2012

Now that I'm up and awake (had my coffee, so now I can actually sense things

) I have decided that it must indeed work, as my ass and legs are really sore and I can really feel my arms too. I guess I'll try doing this every other day with modified versions to save my knees and then go on a walk or something the other days (just something easy, but still active.)

PittPurple · January 2012

I had a lot of success with this last year but I never, ever did it 30 days straight. Once it stopped making me feel like I was going to die, I did 1 day / week of workout 1 and 1 day / week of workout 2. I then went jogging a few times a week. With some modifications since I (along with everyone else on this board apparently!) have some knee issues and can't do squats. I never attempted workout 3, I watched it once and giggled a lot.

I think it's a great workout actually and it definitely gets easier. I didn't lose any weight when I was doing it regularly but I did go down a size and noticed a significant difference at my waist in particular.

I really need to start this again actually... I keep talking about it and failing to actually do it!

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