Cerulean
Silver Member
Hello - I started Jillian Michaels' 6 Week Six-Pack today. The recommendations are that you do it 'at least' 5 times a week, so I have planned a schedule of 5 days a week with rest days, taking me over 6 weeks and 1 day (this may change). The DVD lasts 35 minutes so it's a little trickier to fit in to my day, especially as I am out of the house from 8am - 10pm most days of the week for the next 3 weeks.
The beginners moves are pretty much up with the advanced moves on 30 Day Shred - you are expected to do full plank jacks and mountain climbers so it isn't a beginner's DVD - by the way, Shred is not an easy beginners DVD, but you can do it as a beginner with a few rest stops and the improvement scale is tremendous over the first few days of level 1.
I got through most of it with a few exceptions - like any first time through a new workout you realise where your mat should have been placed. I have a sticky yoga mat which should stick to the floor like glue - but on my first burpee it flew out from under me - I am already terrified of burpees since a dreadful PE session in 1989 where they made me violently sick. So I rested during the burpee sets. I could not get the balance on my side planks - I know that will take me a few days to suss out. I am a bit confused by spider planks but I was kind of giving the press-up version a go by the end oh - and I kept forgetting what leg I'd done as I kept switching my mat end.
In short - after Level 3 of the shred, this is not that hard - I did everything with weights and sure you sweat for longer than you do on shred - but without the leg work it just doesn't feel quite as exhausting. Maybe it's the mental concentration of doing core work - I'm not sure.
I will be doing this in conjunction to my 5k training (3 runs a week for 6 weeks) to try to combine fat loss. I may also knock in a couple of sessions of Banish/Boost and Shred to up my cardio and fat loss (and keep some leg work in), because at 37% body fat, you ain't going to see my six-pack after 6 weeks.
The beginners moves are pretty much up with the advanced moves on 30 Day Shred - you are expected to do full plank jacks and mountain climbers so it isn't a beginner's DVD - by the way, Shred is not an easy beginners DVD, but you can do it as a beginner with a few rest stops and the improvement scale is tremendous over the first few days of level 1.
I got through most of it with a few exceptions - like any first time through a new workout you realise where your mat should have been placed. I have a sticky yoga mat which should stick to the floor like glue - but on my first burpee it flew out from under me - I am already terrified of burpees since a dreadful PE session in 1989 where they made me violently sick. So I rested during the burpee sets. I could not get the balance on my side planks - I know that will take me a few days to suss out. I am a bit confused by spider planks but I was kind of giving the press-up version a go by the end oh - and I kept forgetting what leg I'd done as I kept switching my mat end.
In short - after Level 3 of the shred, this is not that hard - I did everything with weights and sure you sweat for longer than you do on shred - but without the leg work it just doesn't feel quite as exhausting. Maybe it's the mental concentration of doing core work - I'm not sure.
I will be doing this in conjunction to my 5k training (3 runs a week for 6 weeks) to try to combine fat loss. I may also knock in a couple of sessions of Banish/Boost and Shred to up my cardio and fat loss (and keep some leg work in), because at 37% body fat, you ain't going to see my six-pack after 6 weeks.