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Thank you. Thank you, ALL, for your wonderful words of comfort. I am really glad now I shared my grief with you. In a way it helps to know you have the same love for God's special little animals. I'm sorry for all the loses you have experienced, too. Tears are making it hard to see right...

Don't quite know if I should post this, but I will anyway. Some of you may understand. My Lark died last week. She was the best little dog I ever had. She was only 10 yrs old, had surgery for liver tumor which went "well", but did not recover, I don't know why--I've asked the doctor for a...

I have 98 % of my equipment in the family room. It's where my TV and workout DVD's are, too. The room is small, about 17' X 11'. I use part of my warm up moving weights to "convenient" spots, etc. I USED to feel "bad" about all the stuff in that room, but one time when my sister was here I...

I like cardio drills, too, pyramid was a lot of fun ;) As for the step, 30/30 is super easy to modify into using NO step! and still get a terrific workout--well, I did, honest. Now if 40/20 . . . .. Haven't tried that yet, maybe I'll use a 6" step??? :D

Thanks I'm encouraged by you all though I KNOW I will modify 40/20 big time, but at least I intend to try to do it. I love 30/30! Second time I did it, just after Christmas, I ran through it twice, it was so much fun :D I modify it just a little, to stay safe. This is my third time with...

Plan to, hope to! Yes, I started 4 Janurary with STS, but "cheated" a bit on the Shock Cardio. Did my own picks last week. I WANT to do the rotation, but am afraid I'll never be able to do 40/20 HiiT. I haven't watched all the cardio DVDs yet, so don't know how those will go. I do have to...

I agree I'm 5'3" and use my dining room chair, never measured it but it's higher than the length from my foot to my knee. Maybe that's why I'm usually able to do this. I also "sit" VERY close to the edge and only just slightly "tap" down before standing, if I'm down too long it's very hard...

Great answer and well said!

When I first put the tower together it looked so huge, and I had company coming for dinner the following day--could NOT leave it sitting in the middle of the family room (my workout room). Took the top off and easily moved it to my office and closed the door. I do like the spring clips...

STS Tower! Got an e-mail notice this afternoon that it was on a truck! Can hardly wait. I started STS for the second time this month and it's still a fantastic workout. I'm using the red tubing for back "pull ups" now, but ... oh, NO! I'll HAVE to try real PULL UPS soon, ouch! Thank...

So Sorry. Janie, {{Hug}}. My mother-in-law means the world to me. I still have her in my life 17 years after her son, my husband, died. Some mothers-in law are extra special, expect yours is one of those. God bless you. And yes, your Cathe Family cares--I do. Janie

Thanks. Sounds like good advice. My lower back has been hurting since I moved those 6 yards of mulch around my flower gardens. I've cut back on the depth of the deadlifts, but today I still feel sore/stiff. I know it's not from STS, which I loved, or the other workouts. In fact, working...

I've been trying to use my "5% stronger" weights when doing my favorite Cathe weight workouts since I finished STS. Most of the time I do fine. I have to remember so many of the older ones are endurance with little rest time between sets. Today I did Gym Style Back, Shoulders, Biceps and was...

Yes! Stronger! I finished STS almost 2 wks ago, passed the "test" and felt great about that, but I was afraid it was simply a part of STS. The recovery week was welcome (and necessary). This week so far for weight workouts I've done Push and Pull, and Muscle Max with HEAVIER weights than...

Great job! I hope to finish tomorrow. I KNOW I'm stronger than I was 3 1/2 months ago, STS is a wonderful program. I'm looking forward to a week "off" and then a summer of trying some of my old favorite weight workouts--as a personal test. And LOTS of garden work. I want to start STS again...

Interesting As I don't have a printer, I've been using the Guide and a calculator to figure the weights to use (like 1.05 X 43 = 45.15, so I increase my weight to 45 lbs.). I wonder if that's why my weights this week are right on target. I did disc 39 squat rack legs today and 6 reps were all...

Nope. And I hope I'm not repeating myself. My weights were right on. Could not have gone heavier, would not have wanted to go lighter. Disc 31 was tough, naturally. I chatted at Cathe a bit more than normal, couldn't help it. :) I won't know if the muscle soreness will be from the...

Me, too. I wondered the same today, and even as I prepared for this week's workouts. I think it will be "easy" to figure out the weights we should use, assuming we ARE "5% stronger". Our 1RMs should be 5% higher, so we could back off from there, or when doing endurance workouts we could use...

Cathy, You SHOULD be sore all over!

I do love this mesocyclye 3 and want so much to have a great workout tomorrow--but I hurt myself doing yard work yesterday (I transplanted day lilies and bleeding hearts). I'm trying to rest and recover today. These first nice days of Spring always do get me. I can't imagine how sore I'd...