One Week Shred

When it comes to DVDs and workouts, there is a lot of personal preference. I am a certified fitness instructor and I prefer high-rep interval workouts like Jari Love and Angie Gorr. I just feel the burn more with high-reps. However, I realize that it is good to mix it up. Each instructor has their own style, and Jillian is great at what she does. I don't agree with the marketing of losing 7 lbs in 7 days, as I don't feel it is safe to lose more than 2lbs per week, but it is really marketed as a crash one-week shred. I actually think it is a great workout. I like to do the DVD all at once because I don't have time to work on in both the morning and the evening, but from the research I've studied, the old research thought that cardio was better in the morning and weights at night, but the research is now showing that if you are going to do a split, weights are better in the morning and cardio at night, and that our cardio abilities peak between 5 and 7 PM. If I am going to mix it up, it is easier for me to do weights in the morning because I don't have enough energy to be bouncing around that early in the morning. However, I typically only have time to do it all at once, so you can actually use the DVD in multiple ways. You can do 1 hour cardio followed by weights, or do weights followed by cardio or split it up. I REALLY loved the cardio portion, so for cardio days this will be a great 30 min workout to do.I would say this DVD is a blend between her Burn Fat Boost Metabolism and Hard-Body The weight portion combines weights and body resistance. I personally don't like body resistant moves, but I know they are good for me, so I do them. I am very advanced and had to use 8lb weights, but could probably even go higher next time. I really prefer high-reps for weights as opposed to switching it up every 30 seconds, but this is just Jillian's style and it is good to mix it up. The weight portion did have some unique moves, and you can always modify. I did prefer the cardio to the weight section. I like Jackie Warner’s time saver training 30 min weight section where you do each exercises for 1 min, so I would prefer the weights to be done a little longer; however, the weight section was good and there were some unique moves that work different muscles. Each weight circuit has about 6 -8 exercises each done for 30 seconds and then you do it again and move on to the next circuit.The Cardio section was great and I love this athletic style of cardio. I agree with others that the cardio moves aren't unique, but they don't have to be, it is all about the flow of the moves, getting your heart rate up and getting results, and these athletic style moves are great, and you only do them for 30 seconds, so time flies by!I like Jillian in this video. I think she talks just the right amount, motivates and encourages you. She also does a good job explaining the form and encourages modifications if you need it. Some of the moves are hard, so modification is easy. There is one move where you twist and kick your leg out and this can be hard for anyone with back pain. I just did jumping jacks during this portion and I kept my heart rate up.It is a more advanced workout (the cardio is similar to insanity, but maybe not as intense, but it can be depending on how hard you work). However, for beginners you can always march it out if it gets too tough.Some people mentioned the lights and the studio, and I agree but it really didn't bother me. Is this a good workout, YES! Will this burn a ton of calories, YES! Does Jillian motivate you, YES! Are there modifications, YES! Does she explain good form, YES!Therefore, the workout is good. Someone also mentioned they prefer 30 day shred to get a total body workout all at once. I like the 3-2-1 format of 30 day shred (and ripped in 30 which is a little harder). However, this DVD is just a different program, and it is great to switch it up. I've done over 200 DVDs and I would say this is one of my favorite of Jillian’s. Here is a list of my favorites: 30 day shred, ripped in 30, Burn Fat Boost metabolism and the One week Shred.Also, I really liked her hair color in this video…whoever did her hair did a really good job!

First off Id like to say that I workout pretty intensely about 6 days a week and I also use my fitbit to get at least 10k steps per day, so I'm pretty active. I've also been actively working to lose the last few pounds of some leftover baby weight. I regularly do Bob Harper, and Jillian Michaels workouts so when I saw this I thought awesome, a new workout to add to my rotation. I did the morning and evening workout for 3 days straight (which I swear I noticed a difference after just 1 day), then I took a day off for rest, and did 3 more morning and evening, etc. I decided to continue the workout into the 2nd week, I probably did it morning and night about 3 more times. Don't get me wrong it is tough and you will feel it, but it is seriously amazing how much my body has changed just over the past week and a half - my husband keeps mentioning it to me as well...like everyday!Also I want to mention that the majority of the moves are moves I have never done before, and I have done them all, that made the workout exciting and challenging.Just to put it in perspective, I weigh myself regularly but that's not super accurate with muscle etc, so every few months I take the same measurements and I record them in a book I have. Last Sept I took my measurements, then again mid March, I had lost about 2.5 inches total - so whats that over like 6 months. Well from mid March (I started the DVD about a week later), till the end of March I lost 3.5 inches. So basically it took me 6 months to lose 2.5 inches but only a couple weeks to lose 3.5 inches with this DVD, that to me is incredible, and the main reason why I'm continuing to do the DVD morning and night, I'm seeing serious results so why not continue. Total since starting the DVD I have lost about 3 lbs, and I don't have that much weight to lose, so that's really good for me. But the muscle tone and the way my clothes are fitting has really changed, I still can't believe how little time it took.Get this DVD, you won't be disappointed!!

This is a great DVD to add to a home workout collection! The moves are fun and varied, the time flies by, and you are left in a puddle of sweat! Definitely not for beginners but she shows modifications if you need to dial it down a little. I have done many exercise DVDs and this one is different than others in two major ways. First, Jillian recommends that you do the strength in the morning and the cardio at night. All other advice I have ever heard/read from trainers and fitness magazines etc recommends the other way around, but leave it to Jillian to buck the conventional wisdom! Also, if you follow her one-week plan, in which you do both workouts every day, then you are doing the same strength training exercises every day for seven days in a row, which most trainers and videos do not recommend. For example, in Jillian's Body Revolution, you do weights every day, but you alternate muscles - working the front of the body one day, working the back of the body the next day. But here we are doing the same exercises every day. I think that's why she has us using such light weights (3 lbs) in this video - if you are going to do the strength every day, I think you need to go light or your muscles wont have time to recover between sessions and you might injure yourself. One final tip: if you dont want to shower twice in one day, you can do the two workouts back-to-back. You can save a few minutes by doing it that way - start with the cardio workout but then stop and skip the cool down, then start the strength workout but skip the warm up because you're already warm from the cardio, do the whole strength workout, and then do the stretch/cool down at the end of strength. i did it that way and I felt just great after - and it saves a few minutes and brings the whole thing closer to an hour (its about 38 min for strength, 34 for cardio but by cutting out the cardio cool down and the strength warm up, you cut out about 10 minutes). Fun!! Keep 'em coming, Jillian!!