I’d never heard of the 30 day shred before I saw a couple of people talking about it on twitter, one quick google later and I was stocking my amazon basket with the DVD and a set of weights. It’s basically a fitness DVD with a 20 minute circuit workout, spanning 3 levels of difficulty/effort, and holds the promise of being as good as a long session at the gym.
My weights & dvd arrived this morning and I couldn’t wait to give it a try. I’d psyched myself and was prepared to feel like I was going to die like all the reviews told me I would - “You’ll feel like you’re being killed, but that’s a good thing”.
So I just got finished on day 1, level 1, and I loved it! It’s pretty relentless.
I didn’t find it too challenging (I probably will tomorrow when the aches set in, if not, I’ll up my weights) but then I do go to zumba (lots of cardio, stretches and recently squats/lunges) three times a week so it’s not like I’m starting from scratch. The hardest part for me was the jumping jacks and bicycle crunches. I decided to do some extra warming up and cooling down, too (the 20 minutes includes a 1 minute warm up & cool down, I don’t think my muscles would’ve liked that… they’re already screaming at me from some squats at zumba yesterday).
My main hope from doing this for the next 30 days is to gain some upper body strength, I’m weaker than a kitten in the arms! It’s quite fun to do the workout with weights, I’ve never done one like that before and I can definitely feel that my arms have had a good workout from it.
I would say, though, that I do find the Nike fitness club workouts more of a challenge, but they include burpees and planks from the get go (which I think appear in level 2 or 3 of 30 day shred).
I’ll keep you updated! :)
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