![]() ![]() If you want to get a solid workout in 20 minutes, you have to give it your all-and then some. Keep a water bottle within easy reach there are no breaks here and you'll have to hydrate quickly between segments. As for hand weights, the only other equipment the Shred calls for, consider starting on the lighter side and moving up as your strength improves. Invest in a good sports bra, and wear nonrestrictive workout clothes and good shoes. If you're working out on a hard surface, you'll need a mat for the abs circuits. There is nothing precisely comfortable about the exercises themselves, so make the best of it. Take as long as you need to feel strong in your current level, even if it means your 30-Day Shred becomes more like 52 days (or more). Even following my 10-days-on-each-level plan, I jumped the gun when moving from Level 2 to Level 3 and probably would've benefited from a few more days of prep. By Day 6 on this level, I witnessed major improvements in my endurance (read: I didn't collapse in a sweating, moaning heap after the cooldown segment). Granted, I'm not the poster child for fitness, but even if you think you are, heed Jillian's advice in the DVD intro: Start at Level 1 and progress as you feel ready. Thirty-some-odd days later, here's what this Shredee has learned. I set out to spend 10 days on each level, with the goal of coming out the other side leaner, stronger, and, hopefully, still breathing. The program consists of three progressively more challenging levels, each composed of three circuits: three minutes of strength, two minutes of cardio, and one minute of abs. ![]() I bought the DVD on impulse, reeled in by its reputation for quick results, its attractive sale price, and its length: 20 minutes, plus a short warm-up and cooldown. ![]() She says so herself, right around the third circuit of the second level of her 30-Day Shred program, when you're drenched with sweat and your muscles feel like half-set Jell-O. ![]()
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