I have officially completed 10 days of the 30 Day Shred. I'm now out of the achy soreness and into the painful soreness where it feels like the muscles in my legs are going to pop. That's the only way I know how to describe it. I have also discovered that my left arm is a major weakling. My right arm harbors intense feelings of disgust towards it for holding it back from reaching its goals. I should start training like that guy in that horrible movie Lady in the Water.
There are three levels on this dvd and the idea is that you do each level for 10 days...hence, the 30 day shred. I've decided to not workout on the weekends (thanks Mere) and do each level for 20 days, working up to the "advanced version" of each level after the first 10 days. Make sense? In effect, it will take me a full month to do each level. Wow...I've managed to take a 1 month shred and stretch it to 3.
Even 10 days into the first level, it's still causing me trouble. To start, the first circuit kills me. 3 minutes of strength = pushups, squats with arm presses, pushups, squats with arm presses. Way too much for my arms...I'm still doing the puny girly pushups but I have advanced to actually doing the arm presses (with squats) for the entire time and with 5 pound weights. When I first started, I couldn't do the presses with the weights. I'm hoping to do regular pushups in the next two weeks. From there you do 2 minutes cardio = jumping jacks, pretend jump rope, jumping jacks, pretend jump rope. Easy, right? WRONG! After doing the pushups and squats, I can barely get through the cardio. :oP It annoys me to no end.
Circuit two is fine and I can now kick my butt when doing the butt kicks. *haha* But then in circuit three, part of the strength is side lunges with shoulder raises. AAGH! Again with the arms. I still can't do this one. The way you're supposed to do it raise both arms in front of you while lunging to the side. I can only do one arm at this point. I start off doing both, but then resort to just one. :oP
I shouldn't be so hard on myself...I do see improvements, I just thought I would see a bigger difference in my upper body strength than what I'm currently seeing.
I'm dreading the next two weeks and the advanced version. :o/
Haha! Love the Lady in the Water reference. I think I'm the only person alive who liked that movie.
ReplyDeleteWay to go on finishing Day 10! :D
Dude. Level 2 makes Level 1 look like a cake walk. But you can do it!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat I did for the lateral raises/lunges in the 3rd circuit is to use just one weight and hold it with both hands while raising your arms at the same time. And even that was tough - I would have to stop every now and then because my shoulders were on fire.
Keep it up, though! You're going to see results!!!
I did 15 real pushups at the gym on Wednesday and may be able to move my arms today if I'm careful.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I still want to try the video but this post made me a little scared. Hmm......
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