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Funnily enough I had pull ups today! In fact it was all upper body. The sets are starting to ramp up, (20+abs), but are still manageable. I think it's next week where the pain begins. Now, wide grip pull ups are another matter entirely. I still use a band if I need to do those for reps. I think...

I only wish I could get a wider grip on the pull ups. That's me, never satisfied! Love the idea of commando illustrated. Think it'd sell? Advertising sales would be funny. Anyway, today was leg day for me. Back squats, walking lunges, hip thrusts, good mornings and calves. This programme has...

Tom, saw a meme today and thought of you: Legendary contains leg day Small things amuse me.... Decision well made on the deload It was upper body for me today- bench, rows, incline bench, pull ups, Lat raises, skull crushers and modified candlesticks. The highlight was pull ups- I've lost...

Roz, too funny! I really should learn to read. Still, that's a big number for deadlifts, too! Tom, many people come back stronger after deload.....remember that! I made a pathetic stab at ice metabolic. Heart wasn't in it. Looking forward to upper body tomorrow- grateful I don't have 39 sets...

Roz, that's a killer workout. The sumo squats weight is very impressive (I was only using 70 kg for mine- embarassed). My 10rm seems to fall in the 70-75% 1rm range. My workouts were all very short this first week, but I can tell I'll be feeling it soon. I'm glad I've just about finished my cut...

Stacy, meant to say- keep us informed! I'd love to hear what you do and what your results are. I'm very interested in comparing different styles of lifting and their outcomes. I've just started some physique work, and am loving it. If you ever want to check in with a group of us who primarily...

Hearing things like that just makes me so happy. It's the best sort of fitness gift we can all give ourselves- day to day health.

Lib, I can't put it better than the others have - cherish that family time. My semi-grown up children are always reminiscing about our adventures when they were little. Roz, wow. You're making me scared. What I'm really dreading is the 1/fail, rather than the number of sets. 3/fail feels like a...

80 minutes, lib? I'm already limping in sympathy. Tom, that day doesn't sound too much like bullpoo to me. With pullovers I always feel it in the upper abs. It's the sort of exercise (max effort at max stretch) which always gives me doms. As for the weighted push-ups- I stuck a weight plate in...

Roz, I'm with you on not doing a non-training day. I tried a cut 3 one. Never again. I was dizzy and lethargic all day. Anyway, I wrap up my cut this weekend, and will be about 63kg, which I'm ok with. I'll do a decent length of maintenance, and then maybe cut to 61/62, then mass. Yippee. Today...

Yes, Nia includes optional 'finishers'. The entire workouts inc finishers are only 40 minutes or so. Another thought would be to do a Cathe hypertrophy workout (eg gym style) but stop at 4 or so reps (obviously going much heavier), and just sit out Cathe's remaining reps, which would make the...

Stacy, I did a 6 month Nia shanks programme, which was more strength than hypertrophy based. She's tiny with wiry muscles, but can deadlift 3x her body weight. I got great results from it, both in terms of gaining strength, and not gaining too much muscle size. Of all Cathe's stuff, meso #3 STS...

Thank you for the recommendation! Could hardly bear to put it down.

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Roz, yes, I heeded your warning about underestimating fp!!! I also ate moderate again today, but I've clearlay underwater during HTS. Oh well. Today was legs: squats, good mornings, hip thrusts, BB walking lunges and calf raises. 2 sets of each (3 for calves) once again 3 from fail. I'd totally...

Tom, too funny about the missing plates. 225# is an amazing weight. You'll get full rom on it soon, I'm sure. I felt a bit meh about my new workout today. Thankfully Roz has warned me that week 1 seemed a little lame. I'm now worried I've overdone the carbs....I've eaten for a 'moderate'...

Hi Stacy, Funnily enough, this email came through today (quote): Unless you’ve had your head in the sand the last few years, you’ve probably heard about the 5×5 workout featured on Stronglifts 5×5, Starting Strength and so on. Although Mark Berry was using something resembling 5×5 in the...

Yes! A foam-roller add on like the STS extended stretch, maybe?

http://me.evsuite.com/foamrollingdemo/ I found this quite useful - maybe until Cathe creates a rolling dvd?

Hi Lisa, great to hear from you. I won't be getting a tower or the DVDs. Whilst I'm a fan of a lot of stuff Cathe produces, my workout tastes only partially overlap with her stuff, and this is just not one of those areas! I have a squat cage- Lisa, I can't tell you how much I love it. It's...