I did it. I DID IT. Not a big deal for some, but for me it is. I've done very little exercise of any form in the last couple of years. So for me it's huge.
Saturday was Day 10. I made Hubby do it with me (it being the 30 Day Shred, get your mind out of the gutter!). He was hilarious. You should have seen him trying to do the high kicks and the pendulum lunges. I would have taken a photo if I wasn't laughing so much. I am going shoe shopping this week. One pair of grey suede pumps will be mine.
I took Sunday off from running and the Shred. I started Level 3 on Monday. My plan is level 3 for 10 days. I haven't decided if I'll 10 days straight, or every second day. After Monday's effort I thought it would probably be every second day. My goal for Monday was to try the full version of all the moves. I tried.
Warm up - arm crosses, backwards windmills, jump rope (I do the single, not the double), high kicks, butt kicks, knee circles . These I can do!
Circuit 1
strength - walking plank move - had to go with the modified version, superman - this I can do!, repeat.
cardio - mountain climbers in plank position, plie hops, repeat. Surprised myself by doing the full first set of the mountain climbers and the plie hops. I did about 1/4 of the second set of the mountain climbers and all of the plie hops.
abs - Pike crunch for 30 secs, Scissor crunch for 30 secs. Tried the full version of each but I so didn't have the strength. So modified it was.
Circuit 2
strength - dumbbell cleans, jumping lunges, repeat. Dumbbell cleans were easy! I could probably do with an 8lb weight for this. The jumping lunges I probably did about 1/2 of each set. I didn't stop, I was doing the non modified lunge and it just took me longer to stabilise after the jump.
cardio - shadow boxing with dumbbells, butt kicks with dumbbells, shadow boxing with dumbbells, jumping jacks with dumbbells . I could do the first set of shadow boxing but not the second. My arms/shoulders just aren't strong enough. I did finish the butt kicks and jumping jacks.
abs - Classic sit ups. OMG. So not a fan of these. I could not do the full sit up, not even one. I had to do the modified version and even then I only managed to do about 1./2, if that.
Circuit 3
strength - travelling push ups, plank rows with leg raises, repeat. I did both sets of the push ups in the modified position. I tried the full plank rows but NOT happening. So I did both sets in the modified position.
cardio - jump squats, rock star jumps, repeat. Did both sets of squat jumps, none of the rock star jumps and aobut
abs - plank raises. These I managed...but only the modified ones.
Cool down - the stretching is the same as level 1 and 2, and the stretching I can do.
I'm pretty sure it's going to take me more than 10 days to be able to do the whole workout. I'm going to need a pretty big self reward to bribe myself through 10 days of level 3.
Update:
Tuesday - I completed circuit 1, the only modification I used was the pike crunches. I made it through circuit 2, again I did the modified sit ups. I didn't do all of circuit 3. I skipped the travelling push ups, I just couldn't do them, I did do the modified plank rows/leg raises and all the cardio and abs.
Wednesday - I just got back from a run, and have a massage therapy appointment in 30 minutes, as yet I haven't decided if it will do day 3 tonight or tomorrow.