One week has passed in the Shredded for Summer Challenge…. That means almost 25% of the challenge is over. Are you 25% of the way to your goal for the month?
If not, what can you do to get there?
Are you keeping a food journal? Are you keeping a workout journal? Are you cranking the intensity in all of your workouts?
If you aren’t on the right path to the results you want, maybe you need to switch somethings up. For those of you on the fat loss workouts, you should already be seeing some results. Whether that’s clothes fitting better, people complimenting you, or even a few lbs lost on the scale.
If you’re doing the strength or muscle building workouts, your results will come more slowly, but they will come. Muscle building and strength gains don’t happen as quickly as fat loss.
If you have any questions about your diet or workouts, be sure to post them on the page for the workout you are doing.
If you’re seeing some results so far, post them in the comments below on this post. They will serve as great motivation for the hundreds of people participating in the Shredded For Summer Challenge.
Make sure you check back next week, as I’ll have more video footage from Arvin, John and Lyndsey’s workouts this week. They are seeing some GREAT results in just 1 week. Stay tuned.
- Vic
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Vic,
You’re awesome for putting this together.
Personally, ive been busting my behind…and believe it or not, Ive actually lost anywhere from 5 to 7lbs…depending on the scale I use (gym or home) I did both weigh ins on the same day of the week and approx the same times. We shall see how it continues on!
Just to give a little history, I did lose 30lbs a couple years back (I was HUGE) and it wasnt that tough. Ive been about the same weight since then and relatively same physique. We all know that once we hit that plateau, its a bi**h to get more results.
Im so f’ing excited to see the month end results!!!
And yeah, I just finished the Man Maker workout. Vic, you’re crazy man!!!
-Mike
I couldnt start the much anticipated Shredded for Summer Plan from the start, due to a stubborn cold. But I started this Monday, and BOY AM I SEEING RESULTS! I have more toned arms than before, which is awesome! Looking good. Now it is my blubber belt around the hips that has to disappear!
Can’t wait to see the results after TWO WEEKS!
Trying to mix in HIIT and Tabata at least two or three times a week to maximize fat loss. Is this too much stress on the body, or just right?
-Luana
A little more definition over my body. The real results are gonna start coming in as of Monday when I stick to the diet 100%.
I haven’t seen any results yet, but I also didn’t see the article for the challenge until the 3rd. So I started “Day 1″ on the 4th.
Coming off almost 5 years of no regular training, I have already discovered how incredibly I out of shape I’ve gotten.
Time to fix that.
Vic, i weighed in at 221 pounds may 01 at 9a
as of 9a this morning (day
I am at 210. . I lost 11 pounds so far! and my goal was 200. . secretly i planned to SURPASS my goal
DAMNNNNNN!!!
That is awesome man. Congrats, keep it up!
ok, i didnt realize that emoticons were activated. .
it should read:
9a may 08 I weighed in at 210 pounds
My progress has been a little mixed (and I am a little disappointed as a result).
On the plus side, my Deadlifts and squats have gone up in one week. My Good Mornings have also gone up. My sprinting seems to be better.
But…
I haven’t been able to eat as well as I thought I would. I had to travel three days out, and the eating was quite bad. I lost 4 lbs by May 4th, when I weighed myself, but yesterday, I had regained 2 lbs. Much of this may be artefactual, and I am tightening up things.
Another unfortunate thing has been my mixing my workouts. I am taking one of yours, some made by my trainer, and am doing a Crossfit circuit one day. It should still work.
Thanks!
Another problem, BTW, has been that my caloric intake has not been as low as I wanted it to be. I was targeting 1800 cals a day, but I am hitting 2100 to 2300 even as I am eating clean (almost 90-95%). Fitday says my activities and BMR together account for 3000 plus calories a day, so I should still be running a good deficit, but my original calculation was off. I will see how my IF helps correct the balance. Sorry for taking up so much of your space, but you asked for it!
I have been following along in lurk mode.
1st off, Vic this is an awesome program and challenge. I appreciate you work and effort.
Doing fat loss for myself, goal is 15.5#’s gone on or before 5/31. As of my weigh in this a.m. I am down 5.5. I am totally pumped with the progress so far.
Congratulations! It’s really a matter of doing something that works and having the willpower to stick to it.
As I say, its simple, but not easy…
If you can do it, be proud of yourself. You’re one of the few people in this world who takes control of your life…
Not had chance to weigh in yet Vic, however I feel great. I’m full of energy, getting up an hour earlier every day for a healthy breakfast. That’s never happened before. not once.
The beer gut is slowly going. Got a small amount of back pain after deadlifts yesterday, do you think this is due to poor technique or too much weight?
Hi Ben, there is back pain and then there is bad back pain. If you are feeling any pain along the skeletal structure (spine or pelvis), this is bad back pain. Back off of the deadlifts until the pain goes away.
If you are experiencing soreness in the lower back along either side of the spine (should actually be both sides), this sounds like delayed onset muscle soreness and should not be a problem. The deadlift is a back exercise as much as it is a leg exercise (hell, it’s a total body exercise), and soreness in the lower back is typical. But it should be the same type of soreness that you may get in your muscles for other exercise.
Technique is the likely culprit. Be sure to start the movement with the bar touching your shins, shoulders back, chest high, back tight, and run the bar right up your legs during the lift.
Train hard, but train safe.
I’ve lost 4 pounds so far. My goal for the month was 8 pounds, so I’m very impressed!
The best part is that I don’t feel hungry – I had to set timers for when I’m supposed to eat or otherwise I would forget.
Great work, Dana!
I’ve actually gained a couple of pounds (130 to 132), but I’m half an inch smaller in the waist, and half an inch smaller in the thigh, and I look more fit. I need to be more careful with the diet; I’m doing well calorically but not so well with *what* I’m eating.
It sounds like things are going in the right direction. Do your best to recreate the conditions of your weigh in each week: same day, same time, before eating, etc.
Good luck!
Thanks! I am at right now a weight that is very comfortable for my body (I’ve been within five pounds of this weight for ten years), so I’m less worried about the weight loss than body composition, if that makes sense.
My weight has dropped 3.6 pounds as of today, but the past three days have been essentially flat. That is ahead of my goal of 7.4 pounds to lose this month to get me to 189 even.
Diet has been remarkably clean, with no diet soda (my FORMER bad habit), and no cravings for sweets, so I just eat when I am hungry and don’t worry too much about it.
I am slowly adapting to the intensity of the exercise. Today is the first day I was able to go run some sprints, as soreness had prevented any real exercise outside of the planned workouts so far. My hope is that now that I am able to add a bit more intensity on the OYO days I will continue to see good results.
Thanks Vic, for providing the push I apparently needed to rev up the intensity a bit. My fears of aggravating my multitude of old overuse injuries is abating and for the most part I am holding up better than expected.
Good to hear you are cranking up the intensity. You must push outside of your comfort zone to get new results. Rarely in nature is there growth without pain or effort.
That being said, keep it safe. Be mindful of your injuries, but don’t let them hold you back. There is almost always a way to train.
Good luck with those OYO’s and keep us posted on your continued progress.
I am on the advanced fat loss gym program.
I did my one week weigh in today and I have lost 6.6 pounds!
Thankyou Vic.
If anyone is wanting to lose fat and is having any doubts about taking up this program, I can wholeheartedly say just go for it. Follow the eating and workout plans and you’re sure to be as astonished as I was with the results you’ll get.
Awesome, David! 6.6lbs in a week is a huge accomplishment. Stay the course and I think you’ll be amazed at the end of the 31 days. Keep us posted on your progress.
As on Day 10, I am down 4.4 lbs. Now I am sure I will hit the target fat loss by this month end! Tightening up the carbs is the ol’ trick I am doing now!
4.4 lbs. down is great! Tightening up the carbs will help with your continued progress. Keep up the great work!
I’m down about a pound since the beginning of the month, but more importantly, the jeans that were starting to get a little tight are back to fitting correctly again. I even tricked my running buddy into doing the Push and Burp workout. Normally, we meet up to run three or four hill loops. This time, we did two rounds of a 1.4 mile hill loop with a 7-1, 1-7 push-burp workout tacked on. Halfway through the first set of push-burps, I looked up and he was giving me the finger. Hilarious!
Yes! Gotta love obscene hand gestures during training. Stay the course and more results are sure to come.
Vic,
I couldn’t believe it! I got on the scale and had lost 10 pounds in a week!
I’m really motivated now!
Thanks for the guidance,
Terry
Awesome, Terry! Keep up the great work and stay the course – only 20 more days to go.