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If it were me, I would either redo M2 legs (which made my legs super sore!) or I would sub other Cathe leg workouts, like GS legs, SH, B&G, etc. Cathe has said that what makes STS work is the sequencing, and that the power moves are supposed to build explosive strength. So if you have to skip...

I'm so sorry for your loss. And I don't think you are being too emotional. You bought those flowers because they meant something to you, they are a symbol of your relationship with your MIL, something you did to honor her. Of course you want to keep them. If your family didn't know that...

Mine have always been more like 8 days, because I end on a rest day. You need to do what works in your daily schedule, so if that means ending on a Saturday and starting on a Tuesday, so be it. Personally, I wouldn't worry about an extra day or two of rest, but if you want, you could always do...

I definitely took the rest week, with yoga on a few days and then several days off. And those days off felt great! I am in my rest week now, and my body needs it. By the time I got to the end of a meso (especially now that I am doing a 6-month rotation), I was/am exhausted. So the days off...

Hi Kariev - I just wanted to mention that heavy lifting helped me lose a lot of weight. No bulk (as far as I can tell). I had lots of pounds/inches left to lose, did STS (3-month) and by the middle of M3, had dropped 3 clothing sizes (without big changes to my diet). I was really skeptical...

SNM recommended redoing the 1RM once a year. When I restarted STS, I didn't redo all the 1RM tests, but I did increase my weights on nearly exercise. Anytime I could go heavier in M2 or M3 (for STS round 1), I updated my 1RM. So when I printed out my workout cards for round 2, most had gone...

I start M3 in a week (so grateful for this recovery week!), and am thinking of switching the order of the workouts. So for each week, I think it will work better in my schedule to do chest/back on Tuesdays, Shoulders, Bis and Tris on Thursdays, and save the Plyo legs for Saturday (so I don't...

any other suggestions? Unfortunately, the vinegar solution didn't work, at least not well enough. It still reeks of smoke, to the point that it can't even be inside my house. Does anyone have any other suggestions? At this point, we are looking into replacing the belt (which is the stinkiest...

Thanks everyone, I will definitely try a cider vinegar solution. And the irony of smokers and a treadmill turns out to be really sad. The couple got rid of the treadmill because the wife has cancer and the husband has heart disease, so neither can use it. But hopefully we can get some...

After the death of our old treadmill, we bought a used treadmill. I just got it home and it reeks of smoke! Apparently, the previous owners were smokers, and we didn't know that in advance. So now it's too late -- we own it. Does anyone know of sure-fire ways to get the smell out? I cleaned...

not exactly I squished each mesocycle into 3+weeks by ditching a cardio here and there my first time through on a 3-month rotation. By the last few workouts, I was dragging myself through them and was definitely needing my rest week (I skipped the last leg workout in both M1 and M2 because I...

me too! I did BM2 after a 3.5 month rotation, thinking no way would I do the whole thing with 5's and 15's. I started out heavier with everything, and ended up right back at 5's and 15's, and it was hard! I'm in a 6-month STS rotation now, and am looking forward to all the other videos to see...

less cardio I just wanted to add that my strategy for the exhaustion was to cut down on the cardio. I simply couldn't do 3 tough cardio workouts each week in addition to STS. So I have been doing only 2, and taking extra rest days where needed. I also deviate from Cathe's suggested cardio in...

thanks! Thanks everyone. I have been eating a little more, which has helped. I also added in a few more rest days for the remaining 3 weeks of M2, and will definitely do M3 only one time through. I really appreciate all your input!

This turns out to be a crazy complex issue. The chromosomes start the process of sex differentiation, but then hormones come into play starting at 7 weeks after conception, and keep changing things up through puberty and beyond. And what you see on the outside doesn't always correspond -- 1 in...

The Plyo leg workouts are supposed to be a sub for those who do not have a weight rack, and can't do the super-heavy strength lifting in Meso 3. But of the 37 DVD's, only 4 are plyo (with no substitutions on those videos). The leg workouts for Meso 1 and 2 don't have any plyo movements in...

My non-STS days are all Cathe cardio workouts, 2 or 3 each week. So far, all of them have been at least 50 minute long, no real easy days. I am squishing the 8-week rotation into 7 weeks by eliminating a cardio here and there. Other than my workouts, my days are pretty sedentary (college...

You are probably right. That's how I have managed to lose so much weight while still building muscle (or at least the muscles are becoming more visible and defined). OK, time for an early lunch! :-)

Hi everyone - I did the 3-month rotation over the winter and loved it, but was definitely feeling like I needed my recovery week after 4 weeks. Now I am halfway through M2 on a 6-month rotation and I am totally beat (same thing happened in M1 but not quite as bad). I am desperately trying...

I would repeat week 1 if it were me. That said, I don't think I would double up on M3. I did the 3 month rotation, and am now in M2 of a 6-month-rotation, and I know I will not do M3 as an 8-week cycle. I think I recall Cathe also saying that this works well as a 5-month rotation, with M1 and...