New to STS

[Debinmi]

Congratulations! I think it's an accomplishment to fully complete the series as designed.

I don't love the original STS either. I don't dislike it either though. It was a great learning experience for me. Many trainers seen to be moving away from the 1RM concept as outdated, too complicated and unnecessary and are using the 1,2 or 3 Reps in Reserve concept.

But I do love STS2.0. And I'm enjoying this summer's Premix Rotation with it too.

 

[Hazlady]

Congrats on completing STS 1.0! I've only fully completed it twice, the first time back in 2018 and the second time last year. Also, the second time was with shortened workouts. It is quite a commitment.

 

[FitSaxe]

@Kellyro77 Congratulations for completing STS original. Hope you're happy with the result. Hope it outweigh your input and expectation!

 

[Kellyro77]

Dropping back in to post a sort of "Results" update

Today I started in on my planned two weeks of STS 2.0 Body Parts workouts. (I took the recommended rest week last week after completing Meso 3.)

The workout I started with today was Body Parts Legs with the added bonus section. I was really excited to see that my previous weight selections I had marked for this workout no longer felt extremely challenging, and I was able to up my weight selections for quite a few of the exercises to feel the appropriate exertion. (Hooray for heavier deadlifts!!).

Aside from being able to lift heavier, two other things really made me happy:

#1 - My grip strength did AWESOME. I used to have to throw on hooks about half way through the workout in the past because my forearms would start burning out. Didn't have to use the hooks once!

#2 - I used to have to "cheat" to get my barbell in the right position for the hip thrusts. Note - I do these on a stability ball. In the past, if I wanted to use an appropriately challenging weight for these, I had to lift the barbell on stackers on either side of me then kind of scoot myself under to lift the weight onto my hips. Now, I was able to just lift the weight from the floor, hold it, and then sit down onto the stability ball - showing me my upper body strength has significantly improved since doing STS. (Lower body, too, since getting the barbell into position for how I do the hip thrusts is kind of adjacent to a deadlift.)

These kind of improvements are what make progressive training so fun - especially when you re-visit a workout you've not done since you did all that work and find that your body's gotten so much stronger.

Wish Cathe read these forums - a huge thank you to her, anyway. Maybe some day she'll see the message.

 

[Debinmi]

These kind of improvements are what make progressive training so fun

I agree!