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I agree! I just finished Week 2 of STS (for the first time) and I am lifting heavier than I ever thought I would. My legs feel it for sure.

I'm not using bands yet, I'm just planning to switch but I haven't shopped for bands yet.

Yes! Sometimes my sister and I would need to use pliers to grip the zipper pull in order to get those tight jeans on! Haha, no wonder my mom thought we were crazy!

I remember reading somewhere on the forum that they are out of stock of the towers right now. If you ask about it in the Ask Cathe forum, you'll probably get an answer from SNM or Cathe about when they'll be back in stock, how much they cost, etc.

I'm only on Week 2 but I've been thinking about my first active recovery week... I'll probably make it a point to take my dog on longer walks, and do yoga dvd's that have been gathering dust since I discovered Cathe a year ago.

Ditto on the band recommendation. In fact, I have a pull-up bar but I'm thinking of switching to a band, because I can't do any pull-ups so I've been doing "assisted" pull-ups and chin-ups and I'm not sure how effective they are. LOVING STS though! I'm on Week 2, Meso 1. :)

Now that I'm into my 2nd week of STS, I just wanted to bump this thread to say, STS leg DOMS are the most intense I've ever had! I did my first STS leg workout last Friday. It's Tuesday night now, and I'm just now getting back to normal, but I could feel my hamstrings during Athletic Step today...

I just finished Week 1 of STS. I wouldn't worry about repeating it because of not keeping up with the push ups. The only reason I completed all the reps is that I did them ALL on my knees, and even then, I was really struggling to finish the last few push ups. We'll get stronger!

Thanks for sharing this, it just made my day!

Yep, sugar withdrawals. They'll go away if you hang in there! And about your second question, I do premixes all the time. No guilt! 30 or 40 minutes of good cardio is nothing to feel bad about!

Gobias, the user's guide does has spaces to fill in your 1RM, what weight you actually used during each workout, etc. But the guide suggests using the online manager to print out workout cards, and it's easier to do that if you have access to a printer, because the cards are printed with what...

I was thinking about a check-in thread for STS too, I'm going to check out the New Year's STS Challengers one that Nancy mentioned, above. I completed Day One today and it was a blast! So fast-paced!

Anyone else taking advantage of this week's 30% off sale on any/all Shock Cardio? I feel like I just got the best deal! The only Shock Cardio I already have is Hiit (love it!) and Travel Fit (use it in hotels, love it!) so I just bought all the remaining Shock Cardio. Between the 30% off...

Today is my first day of STS, I'm excited but a bit scared as well! I definitely agree with above advice -- use the Workout Manager. I did my 1RM over the course of several days during the past few weeks, entering the info into the Workout Manager as I went. It does all the calculating for...

Abs/Core are not included in the 36 main STS workouts. Ab Circuits is the STS dvd (sold separately) that has many (six? eight?) different ab workouts on it. I love Ab Circuits, but if you don't have it and don't want to buy it, you could sub other thorough ab workouts you might have (Core Max...

Yep, sounds like I have a little more variation but not much, Nancy! I have oatmeal almost every morning, the fruit in it varies but is usually blueberries, banana, or apple. Soup or salad almost every lunch. I eat apples year-round, other seasonal fruit varies. My dinners are variations on...

Love the Teddy Roosevelt quote! "Just Do It" is something I say to myself regarding exercise and other things that I need motivation for. Also, I recently read "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield, and based on this book I'll tell myself "The Resistance doesn't win today." (Probably makes...

I bought STS at the awesome sale price too, and I'm starting Monday! Can't wait, I've been wanting to do it for months, one thing or another kept preventing me from investing in it, but when I saw the sale price I knew it was now or never! Plus, I'm as ready as I'll ever be, coming off of a Gym...

I was under the impression that Mr. Bikram sues the pants off of any studio that tries to conduct "hot yoga" classes that aren't officially Bikram trained/certified. But there might be new legal information on this front, I stopped paying attention several years ago. I know what you mean about...

Haha, you modify to make it harder, I modify to make it easier so I can finish the whole workout! I hope that someday I can be more like you! My modifications are what you'd expect - going low impact from high impact, decreasing reps.