Clearly, I need to work on my shoulder and back strength. They felt great on the bicep curls and chest flies, but were a little too much on the shoulder press and anterior raises.
It moves a little too fast for me to be careful with my form, and I almost always tweak my knee at some point.ĭay 15, Level 1: Used the 5 lb weights today to make it a little harder. Not too sure about the pendulum lunges, where you lunge forward and then backward in quick succession repeatedly. The jumping oblique twists in the cardio section are actually kind of fun the plank twists at the very end, not so much. Still tough though, and my headband can no longer contain the sweat produced by the workout. I switched in a simple plank pose for one of the pushup sets, to build strength for the plank jacks, etc, and I’ve switched out the jump rope cardio move that I didn’t like for the high-knees introduced in level 2.ĭay 14, Level 2: (Day 3 of Level 2) It’s starting to feel a little better. I’m feeling a little freer about modifying Level 1 now, starting to mix in level 2 moves. Ow.ĭay 13, Level 1: I’m going to alternate level 1 and level 2, at least until I get strong enough with Level 2 that I’m not sore the next day. Basically anything where you hold plank pose with your upper body and move your lower body around. There are several exercises that I just can’t quite imagine doing in the “hard” setting the modified “easy” version is bad enough! Like the plank jacks and squat thrusts. I’m not interested in damaging my muscles that badly.ĭay 12, Level 2: (Day 2 of Level 2) Yep, it’s still hard. Rest Day: My back & shoulders were absolutely killing me in the morning, so I took the day off. I like that there’s some balance work going on in level 2. It looked impossible, but it was actually doable. Like the shoulder press + stand on one leg and extend the other. Some of the exercises that were most intimidating when I saw them demonstrated were not so bad to actually do, however. In general, it seems like level 2 increases the overall movement and whole-body involvement in the exercises. Also plenty of lunges and other fun things for my knees.
Lots of plank pose, in all three of the circuit sections. I continued to log my reaction to the workouts, and got through another 10 days at a mixture of Level 1 and 2.ĭay 11, Level 2: (Day 1 of Level 2) Level 2 is brutal! It definitely kicks it up a notch. After 10 days at Level 1, I attempted to advanced to Level 2 of the 30-Day Shred.