I did the '30 Day Shred' by Jillian Michaels today. I must say I'm not as impressed as everyone else seems to be. Yes, it's a decent workout but there is not much to choose from. If you do this for thirty days there are only 3 different workouts and if you're a beginner chances are you're not going to be ready for Level 3 at the end of the 30 days. She also doesn't say how often you should do the workouts or when you should move on. It isn't enough of a workout for me to do alone and only do 1 workout.
I did Level 1 and Level 2 today. I skipped the cool down of level 1 and the warmup of level 2.
Here are my stats:
Total Time: 50:58
In Heart Zone Time: 33:03
Average Heart Rate: 132
Max Heart Rate: 164
Calories Burned: 341
If I would have only done 20 minutes I would have burned only 150 calories. That is definitely not enough burned for the entire day. But she doesn't explain this either, even after all her talk about why it's important to burn calories.
Bottom line, I think these workouts could be misleading if they're used by themselves. I think I did get a decent workout and my muscles were definitely tired. I am glad I got a spin class in this morning and didn't use this by itself though.
I did Level 1 and Level 2 today. I skipped the cool down of level 1 and the warmup of level 2.
Here are my stats:
Total Time: 50:58
In Heart Zone Time: 33:03
Average Heart Rate: 132
Max Heart Rate: 164
Calories Burned: 341
If I would have only done 20 minutes I would have burned only 150 calories. That is definitely not enough burned for the entire day. But she doesn't explain this either, even after all her talk about why it's important to burn calories.
Bottom line, I think these workouts could be misleading if they're used by themselves. I think I did get a decent workout and my muscles were definitely tired. I am glad I got a spin class in this morning and didn't use this by itself though.