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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...

XTrain's Tabata workout might be something to consider as an add-on - nice thing is she's got each one chaptered out so you can just pick a particular one or two and go with it.

Agree - there's no way I'm going to exactly match some of the weight increments that get spat out by the calculator. I'm opting for whatever's closest that I can manage... trying to push myself if my closest match is a slight bit heavier. Bright side of this program is that I get to use my...

The 1RMs were kinda tricky, I guess, in that I did all those tests completely fresh - so I wasn't already fatigued from doing 50+ pushups beforehand. I know I can do 30# flys, as I learned during STS 2, but of course that program was slower, less reps, and longer rests (at least compared to...

Thank you! Super helpful. I'm not sure I'd have figured that out without spending a ton of time digging through the various old discussions in the forum, so thank you for sharing your experience!

Finished Disc 1 with Chest, Shoulders & Triceps. As I suspected, although it suggests that 60% of my 1RM for incline chest flys should be about 25lbs, I was dubious I could do 15 reps of them at the speed she was going. I only managed 13 reps. So - my question here is this: Next week when I'm...

My tennis elbow likes the sound of that. lol If you have weights all set up on a stand that's about as tall as your thigh, I'd also argue rear delts become accessory helpers for all the heavy weights, too. My SelectTech stand is about that tall, and whenever I'm doing any workout that has me...

Oh I had no idea the workouts in the mesos use repeat footage. I was assuming each workout was unique and freshly filmed. Thanks for the heads up on that! :D

Same - I usually preview workouts before I start them, but I'm a bit overwhelmed thinking of previewing 36 workouts. Definitely not a task to complete in an afternoon, for sure. Think I'll have to just try previewing the three workouts for the upcoming week on the weekend. More manageable that way.

Received my last order in full yesterday.

Wised up from my experience with not actually reviewing the workout first so I popped in Discs 1 & 2 last night to better acquaint myself with what was coming up - and glad I did because I had some of my data entered incorrectly in my spreadsheet for Disc 2. Spared myself some frustration there.

Officially started today - I decided to start with the Legs (Disc 3) workout first while I'm fresh in my week so I don't risk skipping it later in the week - though since all these workouts are brand new to me, I really don't see myself skipping any of them because I'm excited for new (to me)...

Finally gave this workout a try - this is the last of the LMRE series workouts that I've done. While I felt her usual oomph was kind of missing from the other cardio titles, this one was definitely HiiT, but you get little mini breaks between cardio sets with some standing weighted core work...

Got a notice my latest order is being shipped and should arrive Tuesday. Fingers crossed. Didn't get a refund notice.

Coming back to mention that I went ahead and washed the mat with some mild soap and water and that seemed to do the trick - wasn't quite so... oily feeling and my hands weren't getting all sweaty despite that it's a warm day today. Now... I didn't wash the backside of the mat... hopefully that...

I'm in the latter category of people you describe when it comes down to tracking. I've spent too much of my earlier years being abusive to myself by measuring and weighing to try to fit into our society's toxic picture of what women are "supposed" to look like. I've fortunately moved on from...