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Here's a thread we started a while back with an article on the various types of rotations including the undulating one: http://www.cathenation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=261191 Hope you find it helpful. Chris. :D

HI Cindy! I'm doing the 5-month rotation, repeating each week twice (will do Meso 3 only once). I am taking the rest week as prescribed (;)) after each mesocycle (8 weeks), otherwise I'd be cutting the meso in half, right at the point where my body is adapting to the 5% increase in weight...

Oooookay... The "reviewer" obviously ignored the muscle confusion principle... same exercises mixed around and intercepted by new ones... I wonder what she'd write IF she had actually followed the program... hmmm.... Besides, I think that editing the same exercise to appear as a back-off...

Just read in one of the threads that Cathe will put up a post-STS rotation for June. It would be a great idea to intercept STS rotations with this one, I think. I'm finishing the 5-month STS rotation on August 1 and go on vacation for a couple of weeks. I was planning to start the STS...

Almost there... almost there... one more week with discs 16, 17 & 18 and I've hit the mid-way point!!! :D:D:D All I wanted to say about Disc 18 is that I am in a Suricata/Meerkat stance! You know the little cute desert animals? They stand with their arms bent in front of their bellies... Well...

Hi! I got Wii and Wii Fit for Xmas. It's great! Definitely a console game NOT for the couch potato! Usually Wii comes with Sports, which is a nice collection of games & activities and the Wii Board comes with balance games, Yoga, cardio and weight training programs. You even get to choose...

These "end of season" finales are so depressing.... Lost, Heroes, Fringe, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty... :( TG True Blood starts in less than 1 month!!! Chris

Just when I thought it was safe to doze off during Season 3... on came Seasons 4 and 5 to wake me up!!! The writers are brilliant!!! (Fringe, also by JJ Abrams, is interesting but not as good...) Lost will re-write TV history. Season 5 is by far the best, IMHO... And the 2-hour finale was...

No problem Laura! Glad to help. :D Disc 36 shows up on my browser with only two clipboard edit buttons, too... Maybe we should let SNM know about it in the WM thread. I think that when I modified my 1RM using the edit button, I had the same issue. I closed WM and reopened it. See if it...

You need to go to your workout sheets through the calendar. Calendar --> click on the specific day --> show details (on the right side) --> Edit Workout --> Edit (the little notepad icon). From there it's all pretty easy. Just follow what the text says. Chris.

Hey Chris!!! Good to see you back! I love Meso 2!!!! Get a really good pump! I used my barbell the second time for triceps and used a decline bench... one word: "OUCH!!!" Today was my second take on Disc 15 and managed to up biceps failure sets by 1 or 2 reps... Forearms were...

Kris, here's what I was thinking... Since Meso 3 will make us 5% stronger, I will probably adjust my 1RM weights by adding 5%... I know, I'm lazy... :D Chris.

I tried Body Max 2 with 60% of 1RM... no can do!!! :D:D:D I was thinking that 50-55% would be a good place to start and move up from there if needed. Note that the rep patterns, speed, rest periods and reps vary with other Cathe workouts. So the weight load you might use, e.g. for Gym Styles...

I'm doing the 5-month rotation and this week I redid Disc 13 & 14. One thing I have to note: Last week when I first did Disc 13, I couldn't lift my arms to type... :eek::eek::eek: I didn't have DOMS in my armpits, by I had them in my lats (shoulders and tris were fried of course)... that's a...

Way to go Kevin! I was sure you'd be able to fit in a workout somewhere!!! I redid Discs 13 & 14 this week, and I am proud to say that I didn't use my lifting hooks for today's leg workout!!! Those forearms are getting their money's worth in endurance training!!! Also, no DOMS this week...

Mari, I'll be probably doing total-body workouts for the remainder of August (maybe using my 1RM at about 55%-60%), then move on to STS on 8/31. Laura, I think it would be great to start an undulating rotation thread as soon as everyone's ready!!! As Cathe said, we shouldn't be STS-burnt...

:( I'm still in Meso 2... doing the linear 6 month rotation. It ends on August 1st. Then I'm taking a couple of weeks off for vacation. I think of starting the undulating rotation on August 31st. I might stick to yoga, stretch and cardio for the rest week, since a circuit workout falls...

Michelle, Cathe suggests that once you finish STS you must take a week off before moving on to another STS or any other rotation. You are not missing something ;); I haven't included any rest weeks in the undulating rotation because we are still discussing it here... for me, I would take a...

Hi! Will you be working out with STS 2 times per week doing 1 DVD a day? If so, and if you start on a Friday here's what your workout rotation would look like: WEEK 1 Friday: Meso 3 Disc 25 Tuesday: Meso 3 Disc 27 WEEK 2 Friday: Meso 1 Disc 1 Tuesday: Meso 1 Disc 2 WEEK 3...

Yeap! Exactly... one or two body parts per week, either using push/pull (antagonist muscle groups such as chest & back, bis & tris) or synergist muscle goups (such as chest, shoulders & tris and back & bis). You might intercept the upper body work with lower body, although I'm not sure where...