JILLIA MICHALES 30 DAY SHRED LEVEL 2 FULL
JILLIA MICHALES 30 DAY SHRED LEVEL 2 SERIES

The program is great for someone just starting, but they may need to take additional breaks or modify the moves. Each workout is a level ofВ difficulty and progresses through the month. The DVD includes 3 20-minute totalВ body workouts. Below youвЂ™ll find my complete guide to the program as well as some affiliate links to Amazon. You need incredible balance to follow Nat, but if you've done the first two levels until they were relatively easy, then you won't feel so bad following Nat.Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred was oneВ of the first month-long programs I did at home. The last ab move, when you should be cooling down because stretching is NOT an appropriate cool down on its own, hurts, but it does get your heart rate down if you're following Anita.

JILLIA MICHALES 30 DAY SHRED LEVEL 2 FULL

If you haven't done pilates, you might feel like death when you have to do full sit-ups and not just crunches. If you've done a lot of pilates, you'll scoff at the first two circuits, where you do a half V-sit (a straight-leg double crunch), scissor crunches with don't feel like crunches at all, and just normal sit-ups. All of the jumping around in the last circuit- there's that 'pylometric' word again- is almost a welcome break.ДЄs far as the abs go, it does get kind of difficult. But then we add the handweights and all of a sudden, the cardio moves from levels 1-2 makes you feel like you're going to die. The cardio section didn't seem like anything knew at first, with the mountain climbers we saw last level and the new 'sumo squat' with a small wide-legged squat and a jump. The difficulty comes from the fact that you're probably very sore and after doing cardio, you're also winded Overall, strength felt engaging, but not too deathly difficult but only if you're following Anita like I was (injury). The first strength segment, though, introduced you to two knew moves that aren't particularly straining, just odd- 'walking plank' which contains no walking but a shift from being on your arms to hands and 'superman' where you just lift your legs and upper body- backwards (on your stomach). Instead of just lunges, you will be introduces to the word 'pylometrics' as you JUMP to change legs (unless you're following Anita), and unlike your normal squat press, you do full out one-arm cleans where you touch the floor first. Instead of normal rows, you're doing rows while in plank pose and alternating them with leg lifts. Instead of just doing pushup, for example, you do 'traveling pushups' in which you do one pushup and then walk your hands to the side, re-situate your body, and do another pushup. The strength sections included some familiar workouts with a new twist. You will burn calories no matter what and *feel* exhausted and sore even if the thing is on mute, but the pumped-up gym soundtrack really leaves you more energetic than peaceful. I found that while this was really intense, the intensity comes mostly from the music. If this is your first time and/or you STILL have poor upper body strength (like me), she will be your Light. The lack of much instruction during the video is expected- you're level 3 and should know the form well enough to just follow the girls. Trying to do the butt-kick running with a strained calf is difficult, by the way.

Jillian is smiling a lot in this one, which can either be seen as positive motivation or some kind of torture, depending on your attitude. Level 2 Cardio makes its debut into the warmup- if you can't double jumprope or butt-kick run, you'll find even the warmup difficult. Warmup is 'harder than the others' for sure. Also, because of my injury and soreness, I didn't exactly push myself as hard as you should- so take the quick facts with a grain of salt. Just don't follow my lead, and if you're injured don't do anything to aggravate the injury. So, I pushed through my calf injury, and I'm sure I'm going to feel it later and will be limping still by Sunday.

JILLIA MICHALES 30 DAY SHRED LEVEL 2 SERIES

Today, I am limping, but I wanted to get this series done.

I took yesterday off because I was sore- especially in my left calf. Heed that advice and do not follow my lead. So, I'm sure you all have heard if you have an injury you shouldn't push yourself because you might worsen the injury and delay recovery. Run time: Approximately 28 minutes, 22 active circuitД®quipment needed: Hand weights necessary, workout mat if hard or slippery surfaceДЇitness Stats: Still weak, calf strain, upper body incredibly soreД¬alories burned: 210 per 25 minutes (warmup included), 180 more calories than daily life.

Jillia michales 30 day shred level 2