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Yeah, that's Meso 2 - and I do recall Denise saying "I have the lightest bar" - so, I think she fesses up to not having a challenging enough weight. I have to admit seeing some of the lighter weights the guys were using during the Muscle Endurance phase sometimes got me feeling a bit resentful...

Thank you - this was helpful, too. And you're right - I'm not in that wonderful phase of "Newbie Gains" - which, when I look back at when STS first came out, this was a pretty new concept to a lot of Cathe's followers - I think a lot were doing workouts more in the muscle endurance category (me...

Resurrecting this old thread as I'm finding it super helpful in relation to what I've been experiencing right now with Meso 2. I recently went through and charted all my 1RMs to a spreadsheet - it's helpful for me for a complete overall look at my 1RM results instead of scrolling and clicking...

Curious what the "final phase" means - if you don't get it all out at your 65% off mark, are you going to further mark things down or are you going to be donating the rest?

My chriopractor/sports doc recommended this exercise for me after I came in last week expressing tightness across my lower back. This is a problem I've had for years and years - it sometimes subsides, but it can start to get aggravated again when I bump up the amount of physical activity I've...

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.