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I ordered the day they announced the sale and got my stuff about a week later. I did just place another order last week. I’m assuming this go-round will take longer because of the volume of back-orders they have. Speaking as someone who works for a business that does DTC business, backlogs...

Coming back to this workout a second time. This time I had my Exer Tower (just arrived before my workout!), so was able to utilize it a little where needed. I think after having done this again, I feel like the original LMR's lower body balance challenge is actually a bit tougher than this one...

I've been watching this story over the last year or so and it's so inspiring. Makes me glad I started with weights back in my late 20s. Although at that time I wasn't doing much in the way of progressive loading, and certainly not lifting as heavy as I do now, but I at least had the foundations...

Finally visited this workout for the second time since it came up in my LMRE 30-day rotation. This was a nice change from the more metabolic/endurance-based workouts in the main series. Was nice to remind my muscles they can go slow and heavy. I liked this workout better after a second time...

Agree - also, I've not really tried it, but I doubt downloads have the special audio options. Grr, so bummed DVDs going away. I know OnDemand "solves" all of those, but I'm still not keen on subbing to streaming and dealing with random lag or drops right in the middle of my workouts.

Oh you're such an enabler. (Okay, you didn't know I was trying to not spend more money, to be fair, lol). I detest barre, so probably won't go for the LIS workout - but I did go ahead and buy all the Fit Tower series - I'd never looked at them before since, of course, I was thinking I'd never...

Haha - yes, I was thinking that, too. I was "cheating" and using my risers (three on each side) to set myself up to do the heavier hip thrusts (I do them on my stability ball, so no need to worry about not having the risers under my step). The exer tower will definitely be useful there.

Discovered there's really no way around it - I really need something like the FitTower in order to do barbell bench presses. Tried with no success to heft a barbell from the floor across my torso to do some 1RM testing of an incline bench press yesterday. Just was not going to happen unless I...

I found this alternative on Dick's Sporting Goods - seems almost like the exact same product, just branded differently. I was't having any luck finding Cathe's FitTower online, which I've come to understand I'm really going to need for STS (if I want to incorporate barbell presses, especially)...

Finally tried this workout today. When comparing to her other kickbox workouts, this is definitely her easiest, and I did all the high impact moves when they came up. Like most of the other cardio workouts in this series, she keeps the high-impact moves very brief, so I feel like this workout is...

I'm seeing partially why I've held off on the original STS for so long - it's all the preparation work necessary for this series. The 1RM tests are fundamental, but holy crap, it's a slog. I'm making it a point to only do one body part max per day of 1RM testing with good rest before I move on...

Finished this workout for the first time today. Definitely a circuit-style endurance workout with PHA layering (upper, lower, cardio). It's a good quickie workout - Cathe knows how to get your heart rate up when she's only got 30 minutes to do it. The cardio "blasts" are pretty brief. Just kind...

I'm getting kinda nervous with these 1RM tests... lol. I'm finding I'm stronger than I think, which means that it appears for a lot of my workouts in the past, I've typically been working in my 60-70% range - and I thought THAT was challenging. From doing these tests alone, I can already see...

Finally had a chance to do this workout as I'm now starting the rotation with the bonus downloads today. I really enjoyed this workout. I alternated between her heavy suggestions and her light suggestions depending on the exercise and how I was feeling at any given moment. I can for sure see...

I was reassuring myself today, thinking about all the push-ups, that I can do them just one day a week for four weeks. It's not forever... but I'm sure it's gonna feel like forever when I'm in the middle of them. Thanks for the heads up on the band alternatives for the chin/pull-ups!

Okay - good to know I can rely on my bands. Glad I invested in that setup from STS 2

OMG - I was going over the workout cards and saw all the push-ups. Holy hell. Oh - and chin-ups and pull-ups. I don't have an STS bar - does she show modifications to do those - like doing barbell rows or something instead?

Also - this might be obvious - but I'm also testing my 1RM against my weakest side for anything unilateral. Or, where my tennis elbow is concerned - because it HATES traditional bicep curls with either a barbell or dumbbell - I'm testing up to when that arm says "no more". Should I instead be...

Yeah, the testing is pretty straight-forward. I started working on my 1RM calculations yesterday, and am realizing I'm actually quite a bit stronger than I thought. Like... I was thinking, oh I'll test my 1RMs for flat Chest Flys with 25#s - well... crapola, I got to 20 reps before I finally...

I saw that - weird that Meso 1 is sold out. I'd have assumed from most of the feedback that that one would be the set left over. Sent an email to CS about the user's guide. We'll see what they say. I suspect it's an out-of-stock issue. Glad I have the PDF at least.