I purchased the Jillian Michael Get Shredded in 30 Days video a couple of months ago but got seriously discouraged when I saw all the deep knee movements (lunges & jumping jacks). I've had a lot of pain in both my knees, but moreso my right one that has pretty much affected my quality of life for the past 3 years so all I've been able to do with Jillians DVD workout were the non-impact portions.

Well apparently all the yoga/pilates, strength training, & swimming I've been doing has made me & my knees stronger.

Oh my God you guys today I did half of the video as a warmup to get me ready for my swim laps today & I did 20 jumping jacks & 20 lunges. I'm most excited about the jumping jacks though because knee pain or not, before I couldn't even lift my body to even do an actual jumping jack. I'm so excited I could cry.

Afterwards I completed 30 swim laps today. Most with no stopping in between laps & the others with 5 to 10 second intervals.

Seems like I'm getting stronger & stronger with each workout which just gives me more motivation for the next one.

Man! I can't believe I did jumping jacks!

Amazing! You are doing so well, what an inspiration!

2007, that's great see all your hard work is paying off!!!!!

Wonderful! I haven't started an exercise program yet, but you inspire me! It's great your knee pain is subsiding - think of all the things you will be able to do now. Congratulations on the jumping jacks!

That's fantastic!


Thank you for sharing that. It's an encouragement to me to keep at it.

I love your story - exercise can be so healing. I started running thinking it might help a 20 year old chronic knee problem. Since I started, it's never come back. I never have to worry about sitting in the airplane causing days of severe pain anymore. You are an inspiration!

2007, You are an inspiration! You too Jschawb! Too bad we can't get together and exercise! LOL!

Love, love!

wow - that's great!!! Keep going!

Thank you ladies. I appreciate the feedback & support.

This morning I got up full of energy (i guess so since I slept all day Sunday) I walked the dog, completed one hour of yoga/pilates, 30 minutes Jillians DVD, & then went crazy scrubbing the kitchen from top to bottom. lol

This time I was able to complete 52 jumping jacks & 30 squats. Note: I called them lunges earlier but I stand corrected; it was the squats I was able to do. Still can't do the lunges as of yet - they're still causing pain in my knees. Oh well, no worries, I'm going to stick with what I can do for now.

Aren't squats amazing? I love them! I need to get moving with lunges, too.

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I love them (squats) because I can do them.

I wish Jillian did all her floor work at one time then all the stand-up work. Heck! You get a good workout just from going up & down on the floor. It's like she can't make up her mind what the heck she wants to do next.

Thank goodness for the pause button so I can catch my breath between sets.

That's fantastic!!! I'm scared of the jumping jacks in 30 day shred too, so you give me hope I can someday do them!

I'm sitting here icing my right knee now and will let it rest 24 hours more before I let it do jumping jacks & squats again. So today I did mostly upper body strength training & some lower body, but nothing that required knee impact.

Tomorrow totally low impact day 'cause that's a swim day.

Awesome job!

The first time I walked into a hot yoga class, I could see ppl looking at me and smirking - you could tell they thought I'd never make it.

Well, I DID - when I left the class, I had the smirk! And, now I go at least 3x / week. (Last week, I did a freakin' headstand for the first time , and you couldn't get the smile off my face!).

It's amazing when we shatter the narrow definition of what we think (or what ppl think) we are capable of. I guess a 250lb girl can do hot yoga... and run... and do jumping jacks...