STS CHECK IN DISC 16

[Shadow]

Morning everyone!

This was not a good workout for me . My chest was more than willing - my arms had a different opinion, though. I had to pyramid down on the flies and flat bench presses because I was so afraid I was going to drop the weights on myself. The tricep and shoulder portion went very well - the chest (normally my strongest output) just wasn't there. I don't even have DOMS in my chest - just in the shoulder joint, probably from struggling so much with the weights. Too bad I didn't read your advice, Cathe, before doing this workout . But at least I opted for safety when it came down to it.

Oh well - next time through will be better, right ?

[libra01971]

Hello! I did disc 16 this morning. I had a little bit of a hard time with the slight weight increase. Most of my sets ended up as 10, 10, and 8 but I figured that still counts as hypertrophy so it's all good. I was loving the back off sets! Feeling pumped right now. I'll definitely be expecting serious DOMS tomorrow! Gotta love it!!!

[drover]

heather, you must live in texas. those are texas bluebonnets on your picture. we did not have any wild flowers this year cuz we have had no rain. where do you live? i'm in new braunfels.

i did disc 22 yesterday and i must say i should have gone just a tiny bit heavier on some of the excercises. but, i like the workout. and i was lookin at meso 3 legs, did my 1 rms. think i'm gonna try the squat rack legs, dont know if my old body can take the plyos. but, i know i'm gonna have to try the plyos anyway. is it ok if i do both? or maybe 2 of the plyo workouts along w/the squat rack workouts?
cathy

[AliCurtis]

disc 16 is complete

[larks mom]

Originally Posted by drover

heather, you must live in texas. those are texas bluebonnets on your picture. we did not have any wild flowers this year cuz we have had no rain. where do you live? i'm in new braunfels.

i did disc 22 yesterday and i must say i should have gone just a tiny bit heavier on some of the excercises. but, i like the workout. and i was lookin at meso 3 legs, did my 1 rms. think i'm gonna try the squat rack legs, dont know if my old body can take the plyos. but, i know i'm gonna have to try the plyos anyway. is it ok if i do both? or maybe 2 of the plyo workouts along w/the squat rack workouts?
cathy

Hi, Cathy. I have family in Dallas, one of the years I visited (I live in Ohio), the fields of bluebonnets were incredibly beautiful. Sorry you don't have any this year.

I did disc 22 today. Could not believe pushups were back! Did better than I expected. Noticed wall squats are back for this week's leg workout

Also have previewed mesocycle 3 legs. I've decided to do the squat rack version--I KNOW my poor hips and feet would not survive all those plyo jumps, though I sure wish I could try them. I might as a future "modified" cardio workout just for a fun challenge. Don't want to mess up the progress I'm making with STS!

Janie

[SassyLady7]

Greetings All!

What a difference the 75% weights made! The increase really added a challenge, but I loved it. It was really hard, but I was able to complete all the reps during the chest exercises & able to get to 10 on the backoff sets. Shoulders were the same. Triceps--some exercises I was able to do 10-12 on the backoff sets, but the side leaning extension, my arm gave out after 6-8 even on the last lighter set.
I did indeed feel so pumped after I was finished! I'm already am looking forward to next week's chest workout.

I just have to add this: I complained about not feeling DOMS after during Disc 14 (legs). Well, Sunday AM I was sitting in my PJ shorts, eating breakfast & all the sudden my hand felt something firm. I looked down & my hand was resting on my thigh. I did a double-take because my legs have never felt that toned! I guess I hadn't noticed because I had not really felt my legs (usually just look in the mirror & groan at the saddlebags :O But once I felt that firmed up muscle, then I braved looking in the mirror & they actually look smaller & more toned! The saddlebags are even becoming less prominent! Needless to say, I spent the rest of day, looking at my legs, smiling, looking more at my legs, grinning, looking more & then thinking, how soon before I get to work my legs again???? I'm really motivated now! So, I'm looking forward to Disc 17 & hopefully having more reason to smile (that is after I get done grimacing during the actual workout!)

STS IS WORKING!!!!

[wgilchrist]

This work out was great but really hard! After taking my chest to that amazing level my shoulders were very afraid! Had to lower my weights to keep good form which starts to feel like a let-down, so I just need to forget that and move on. I so want to keep pace with the wts on my work out card for some reason.
I finished strong with triceps today which was exactly what I needed to end this workout!

[FiddleFit]

Good Monday, everyone,

16 down, and 20 to go! My goodness, we're almost half way done!

I did this disc yesterday afternoon. Funny, but I went to total failure with chest a number of times, and couldn't finish all my reps sometimes, and did really well with both shoulders & triceps. But today I'm not even sore or tight in the chest, or tricep area. My medial delts are very, very sore. So sore I don't like lifting my arms up. I truly don't understand why THAT's the muscle group to be complaining, given how hard I felt to be working in the chest & tricep sequences. Ah well. Life is a mystery, wrapped in an enigma...

This morning I did Cathe's suggested cardio workout: CTX Kickbox cardio & the Cardio Quick Fix. That was a nice workout. My arms weren't terribly excited about the workout, though (see paragraph above!). That's a lot of punching when you have sore shoulders!

I looked at next week's chest, shoulder, tricep workout and can hardly believe what I'm seeing. 7 sets!! Really?!?! That's got to be a typo!

Tomorrow is leg day. Thankfully.
Sandra

[auntiebev]

Cathe-on tomorrow's cardio workout should we do the arm drills that come after the kickbox segment???

Bev

[CollinsMom]

Like a previous poster, I had a HARD time with those bench presses, I dropped a could of reps. I dragged my husband out of bed early to spot me... Maybe he will buy me a rack so he can sleep