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As Jane posted, check out the Gym Style series. I have the ones below and they really prepared me for STS. GS: Back, Shoulders, Biceps GS: Chest and Triceps GS: Legs Many of the exercises in these only use dumbells. Make sure to get the green resistance band though - that'll be perfect for you...

Wookiemouse, too funny on the epic fail. I'm right there with ya! Here I am flying through all my 1RM and then I come to the sit and stands - and everything comes to a hault! I just found myself sitting their laughing as I couldn't even do one! :p Jane, fantastic advice on the high step...

Toni, I just have two sets of wrist weights (1 pound and 2 pound). That let's me increase from 1-3 pounds on each hand - which worked perfectly. They are really comfortable too. :) Pam, yes I thoroughly enjoyed Disk 3 - legs! I've been doing GS Legs and Lower Body Trisets leading up to this -...

Lrusso, me too - the idea of blood test makes me cringe! Don't know how I made it through three pregnancies with all that blood work! Though it's weird, things going into the vein like an IV doesn't bother me nearly as much. Anywho... Tracey, you know you've arrived when a vein pops out on your...

SO very true about Photoshop! Oh good - as long as they are normal - I'll wear them with pride! :)

Hi All, How many of you are noticing/have noticed a significant increase of veins in your arms and hands from strength training? The warmer weather we're having is really making them pop out. Veins from strength training is normal, right? See, the "problem" is I'm not a big fan of veins...

Pam, yes I did get the squat stands. I had NO idea what some of those pieces were either until I watched the video! I have to work on getting the perfect height to use it as both a bench rack and squat rack so I don't have to keep adjusting it. Trying to adjust those at the same time was tricky...

Yes Pam, I bet you were happy to see that rain! My back is feeling so much better already. I wonder if it wasn't half just stiffness from sleeping. I think I may hit the HiiT workout this evening after all. :eek: For those of you who typically trained your upper body more than twice a...

Nancy, thanks for checking in! So, I wasn't sore at all after Disk 1 but today my back is talking to me for sure! My intention was to do HiiT today but I changed that to a walk on the TM and Yoga Relax! LOL. I think what got me was the pull downs with the tubing. I don't do that exercise...

Pam, I bought the Cardio Supersets as well - I did it once - and I like it a lot! Though certain moves with the disk make my back feel funky - not all of them, but some. I'll just have to be aware - and replace those moves with something else. So, I did Basic Step today! Well, I started it...

Yay Pam, I'm glad we're in this together. I'm so glad you said that about a few weight #'s were off. I found that too. One of them was WAY too high. I was wondering to myself "what were you smokin' when you were calculating THAT 1RM?" :) ! You're like me - trying to figure out what to...

Pam, so did you start today??! :) I did! So far it's everything I hoped it was going to be and more! I was a little slow in switching the weights and learning the next exercise (I used the remote a little more than intended I'm sure!) But that's my own fault as I didn't watch the DVD...

Stacy, you convinced me - I downloaded LIS Cardio Supersets as well! I have LIS Total Body Trisets and I really like it so I'm thinking I'll like Cario Supersets as well! Natasha, thanks for your input on Basic Step. I can imagine it will be really fun when I get the moves down! Big week...

Actually, no. I started with doing the 5 stars first. But then I thought if I did it randomly there would be a better chance I'd finish them all. Otherwise I could see getting down to the one and two stars and thinking "I don't really need to do these." I just finished yesterday. In the end...

Oh good to hear that about the vest! It's been something I wanted for a while now - may have to bump that up the list. They have so many different kinds of ankle weights now - I would imagine ones with sand are available somewhere. I'll keep an eye out for you. Metal rods hitting ankles...

Bummer Nancy, I still can't see them. There is blank space when I view the post here on the forum. In my email alert I do see that you posted three pictures but when I click on their links I get a blank page. Weird. Thanks for trying though! :)

Julie, Thank you SO much for taking the time to write this up. It is so helpful! I went and watched the clips of all the DVD's you mentioned. I wouldn't haven known where to start without you. :) So, I just downloaded Basic Step, Hiit 30/30, and CCC - and got them all for $23.94. So...

Hi Everybody! I'm starting STS in a couple of days and I'm trying to plan my cardio routines for the days in between. The only thing I have lined up so far is running (which is what I normally do for cardio). My collection of Cathe DVD's consist of all strength training but would like to...

Hi Toni, I am just finishing up my 1RM "project" today. I replaced my regular workouts with it for the past week. I started 7 days ago alternating upper body one day and lower the next. Today though I want to finish it up - so I will do both upper and lower. I actually enjoyed the process...

Hi Nancy, I don't see the pictures....? :)