Ripped in 30

Jillian Michaels
Year Released: 2011

Categories: Circuit Training (cardio and weights)


Thankfully, others have provided a good run down of the exercises contained in this DVD. I'll just give my general impressions and give some comparisons to 30 Day Shred.
The big difference between this and Shred is that the strength component for the most part contains three different exercises as compared to two in Shred. To me, this translated to a little less muscle fatigue when performing the exercises. Another difference is that there are more than a few body weight/ less traditional exercises such as an ab hold to bridge, or a pike push up. Sometimes they work, sometimes they seem kind of eh... What was that about? The cardio segments are fairly similar to Shred-- maybe the plyometric component was toned down a bit. I found workout three had the toughest cardio segment- the jacks in something of a squat position were brutal. I guess I did not appreciate the plank jacks/mountain climber cardio section in the second workout either. Too much time exercising in a prone position, if you ask me.
The warm ups seemed a little longer than Shred's. There were some odd moves-- especially the "military march"-- ummm, yeah they may be military-- but you'd be more likely to see that sort of march in "Triumph of the Will" than practiced at Fort Benning, Georgia.
All in all, I would say that I like the workouts OK and like Shred they pack a punch in a short amount of time. I do think they don't seem as well designed as Shred's workouts, however. Something seems off.

Instructor Comments:
Jillian is pretty annoying here. Far worse than Shred, in my opinion. I really wanted to mute her. The speech after her last workout was classic Jillian self improvement psychobabble.

Roz

08/02/2011