Day 1
Last night I
completed day 1 of the 30 day shred. My mother and I decided it was about time
we started it after the DVD had been sitting in the kitchen for over a week (it
was on top of the crisp cupboard, exercise or crisps, tough decision...) Turns
out I have no upper body strength and can just about handle 1 push up.. Technically,
I can go down but can’t push myself up so it’s more of a push down and stay
there for me.
It felt
good doing it though; it was only a 20 minute workout (I did have to check to
see if it was almost 20 mins when it was only 11!) – and was a mixture of
Cardio, Strength and Abs workout. Unlike other exercise DVD’s I have tried,
there is no stopping to watch her do the exercise and then you copy – it’s a
non-stop workout, which is clearly more beneficial as the second you stop, it’s
hard to get going again.
We built up
a sweat doing the exercises which is always a good sign that you are actually
doing them correctly and not cheating and I did have to sit down for 10 minutes
with a bottle of water upon finishing, plus my knees felt like they wanted to
pop out their sockets. This is surely a sign that I have had a “work-out”. About
3 hours after completing Level 1, my legs felt like jelly whilst walking down
stairs and my knees were still a bit achy, but it was that good achy that
exercise fanatics always talk about, like you know you have done some good with
your body.
Waking up
in the morning wasn’t too bad; normally when exercising I skip the warm-down
part and only do some brief stretches as at the time, you just want to collapse,
but from what I have heard from other people, the morning after can be a bitch
so I wanted to minimize that as much as possible. It must have worked, because I
didn’t feel any different really, until I started walking down the escalator to
the train that is, ouch. I thought my leg was going to give way and I would roll
down the escalator taking innocent passengers down with me. As much as that
would be entertaining if you were watching from the top of the escalator, being
involved however would not. The real pain I am feeling is in my shoulders, neck and armpits, stretching behind to crack my back is a no-no. This is probably from where I got over enthusiastic at the start of the warm-up doing the windmill motion with the arms (swinging them in circles like you used to when you were younger until they went numb). My thighs are also wincing a little like I said previously, walking up and down stairs (or moving escalators which you would think would help ease the pain?) that is definitely from the squats, which even though they hurt, are always my favourite.. mainly as you can actually feel the burn of exercising.
I don’t
like weighing myself (as I am part of the larger chest percentage of women, I
like to believe that however high my weight is, it’s down to my chest. It’s
much easier to blame boobs right). However I will be able to notice the
difference in my stomach/legs/arm area to see if I am benefitting from this
routine, I’m not doing it to lose weight, I just want to tone. Obviously, no
matter how much Jillian will tell me I can get abs like hers, that’s a lie, she’s
a machine. But to start my way to the beach body I have always desired will
suit me nicely.
Here’s
hoping I don’t collapse half-way through.
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