Fit Cat: Attempting a “30 Day Shred” (Day 1)

After hearing about Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred from tons of people, I decided to take the leap and order it. The DVD arrived just in time for a bad week. I’m teaching at VBS next week during my normal workout time.

Given we have practices and other commitments in the afternoon, fitting in an hour at the gym most days will be difficult. So, Michael’s 20 minute workouts should help. Even though Jill is my favorite trainer on The Biggest Loser, I was skeptical about a DVD workout being able to match my classes or workouts at the gym.

Time will tell on this. I can tell you after working out with two different trainers for a good length of time, her moves are classic ones and her mixing of cardio and weights is a combination that I have been given and has worked for me in the past. 20 minutes does not sound like a lot, but her intensity level is very high.

I started off using the only handweights I could find, which were 8 pound ones. I normally use 5-10 pound weights in my body pump class at the gym, so I didn’t think this would be difficult. But, it was. In fact, I found myself dropping one weight and using just an 8 by itself several times.

I did break a sweat. And, I normally hate jumping jacks on the gym floor because my flat arches just die during those. But, doing it on the carpet seems to be fine and I was able to keep up.

Today, I started with level 1. However, because I’ve just come off a training program and I’m still working out fairly regularly, I am going to try Level 2 tomorrow…even if I am super sore.

I’ll report back in after a week and let you know my progress along the way! Wish me luck–I would really like to lose 8-10 pounds over the course of this DVD and before I hit the beaches of Destin, Fla for my family reunion in July!