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Just finished week 1 of Meso 2 - good grief! At least with the first two workouts - Chest, Shoulders & Tris, and Legs, I felt absolutely wrecked. Not quite so much with today's Back & Biceps, thankfully - though I did hit failure pretty consistently. Even couldn't squeeze out all of the...

This has probably been suggested in some form in the past, but I'm going to throw it out there again, anyway (and the forum search feature always errors out on me because "1RM" is "too short" of a search term). I think it would be nice if Cathe put out a series that does a guided walkthrough of...

I found that interesting, too - wonder if some of his obstacle course training assisted with that (quickly jumping, ducking, etc - like plyometrics.)

I thought this was an interesting watch. (Warning - contains cadaver images). I know the differences between Muscle Endurance, Hypertrophy, and Strength have all been explained thousands of times, but I liked this guy's approach to explaining it. He also provides an interesting rotation...

I'm late to the conversation, as I only just started STS for the first time last month. After completing Meso 1, my first rest week was last week and I chose to do some light yoga, go for casual walks or a casual bike ride, and that was the extent of activity. I took "rest/recovery" at its word...

This is a super late reply, but posting here in case anyone else sees the question. I think this is referring to the workout called "STS Total Body", and the "#1-normal-total..." descriptor is simply the workout in its entirety (no premixes). STS Total Body was sold separate from the STS series...

I thought I was done then saw this and thought "eh, why not". I bit the bullet and bought the RWH series. Still not a fan of HiiT overall, but the strength workouts look really good - and who knows, maybe sometime down the line I'll get the urge for more HiiT workouts in my rotations. I do...

Agree on that

I'm just wondering out loud here. Correct me if I'm wrong - I wonder if there's a lack of Cathe doing full UB-only (non-split) Strength workouts because it's difficult to get all muscle groups effectively due to fatigue setting in? Like no more than three muscle groups is optimal, since they do...

I used to consume a carb-rich "snack" before I did my runs while training for a half-marathon and found it was pretty beneficial then. For those runs I'd have 1/4 cup rolled oats cooked with some added honey and half a banana. All quick energy sources for my body to pull from. And because those...

Finished Meso 1 today! Yay! I got a little discouraged this week when I was doing Chest, Shoulders & Biceps. Just kept feeling like I was weak because I wasn't hitting the full 15 reps consistently. Then I remembered I'd upped my weights to 70% of my 1RM, so of course I was a bit extra...

Just finished this workout today after having not done it in full for probably a couple of years. I've done the step-only premix a few times, but wanted to make sure I was including the blasts and wanted to push myself to do the full routine instead of a time-saver. Forgot how much I love the...

I think I understand why so many people dislike Meso 1 - For me, especially, the first two weeks felt really rough. I was still kind of fumbling around with weight selections, and the quick moving around from one body part to the next meant a lot of swapping equipment - and as short as I'd like...

Haha - yes! Join the insanity! I had fun setting the rotation up and especially customizing the two rotations posted by Cathe (May 2022 and January 2019) since I didn't have all the titles she listed. I've determined I won't worry much about the two weeks of cardio - I think you're right, in...

Thumbs up to that. Out of all the lives I was attracted to and have downloaded, it was these in particular and 458, 459, 460, 461, and 465 the "Strong and Fit" workouts.

I think I'm going to be setting up a series of rotations that are going to take me through the entire year after I've finished with the 15-week STS rotation. When I was poking around looking at other optional rotations that included STS, I came across the Body Building rotation thread. I was...

I was doing some digging around, looking for more video clips of STS since, with the gradual discontinuation of DVD sales on Cathe's shop site, the product description pages and accompanying videos have been disappearing. While searching on YouTube, I came across this entire playlist that Cathe...

It's a bit early yet for me to provide feedback on its uses with the above workouts. I've so far only used it once for the Back & Triceps STS Muscle Endurance workout in week one. I'll be using it again for week 2 today, at which point I'll remove the padding on the bar and see how it goes...

This workout as the combo premix today felt especially good after starting in on STS for the first time. Very appreciative to have this option to add in on my recovery days, especially following pretty intense weight training.

Alright - week 1 is in the bag. I feel much more prepared for week 2 coming up knowing the following: 1. The workouts in the following weeks will be very similar to week 1, just with some variation. 2. For any exercises where I had to lower/raise weight and did fewer reps, re-calculate them in...