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Hi there, I have not posted in years. Hello again! I am pear-shaped and want to reduce my lower half (and realize how important diet is - especially since I am in my forties now and my body is much less forgiving). I keep reading that I should do a minimum of two leg workouts per week (I...

Before I say anything let me say that I love all of Cathe's workouts and this is in no way a critique of STS. However, I have been feeling over the last little while pretty worn out with the STS workouts. I find that some of the workouts that are close to an hour in length (and sometimes...

Before I say anything let me say that I love all of Cathe's workouts and this is in no way a critique of STS. However, I have been feeling over the last little while pretty worn out with the STS workouts. I find that some of the workouts that are close to an hour in length (and sometimes...

Hi everyone! I love my vitamixer and have started making green drinks. I have become pretty hardcore and I am only using vegetables except for a bit of ginger and lime. Has anyone else found some good vegetable drink recipes? It is such an efficient way to get more vegetables into your...

We are planning a home gym in the basement which does have some moisture issues. I have read tons of posts saying that a sprung floor is the best way to go and it seems that Dricore would solve both those problems. Has anyone used it? What do you think? Also what is the best material to...

I have been doing a three day split for quite a while now (3 days of 60 minutes cardio and three days of weights about 60 minutes - one day of legs and two days splitting up the upper body muscle groups) and I used to do a body part per day. (I never really noticed a difference in results...

Can anyone tell me if the exercices in mesocycle 1 (chest,shoulder and triceps) are alternated between body parts (i.e. one set for chest, one for shoulder and one for triceps and then repeat) or is one body part done separately and the other two supersetted? I won't always have the time to...

Hi everyone! I read that Tosca Reno and Monica Brant boil their chicken breasts. I tried it out with boneless, skinless chicken breast and they landed up being fairly tasteless and rubbery. I was told that it was because all the flavor was now in the water and that I had essentially made a...

Help! I am trying sooooo hard to lose some weight and have actually, for the first time ever, calculated my caloric consumption. I have been slim all my life until my mid 30's when after my third child I had an extra 15 pounds that wouldn't go away! I don't want to work out 2 hours a day...

Has anyone ever done an 8 day rotation? What are the pros and cons? I am considering doing an 8 day rotation so that I don't have to double up workouts in one day and I can add a circuit workout as a finisher. I was going to do the rotation 4 times (a bit over 4 weeks) and then take another...

Hi Cathe, Are you still running? If so, how often do you run and what other cardio do you do on top of that? I tried it for 30 minutes this week and was going so slow that it took everything I had in me to pass an elderly man who was walking. My hip flexors are killing me! Just so you...

Can circuits be included in the STS rotation either during the recovery week or the training weeks or would that impact the results? With 3 cardio days and 3 weight days it would appear impossible to include since a circuit workout is neither a true cardio nor a true weight workout(and I...

Since my regular routine has been cardio 5 days per week plus one body part per day is there a chance that I will gain weight with only doing 3 days of cardio on the STS system and still comparable amounts of weights?

Hi Cathe! If I am trying to lean out my legs, thighs, and bottom is it more effective to do 2, half hour leg workouts per week or one hour-long leg workout per week? I currently do 2 and it seems that my legs are always sore and its hard to get the energy to do cardio and upper body on...

I read in one of the posts that you didn't recommend doing total body workouts while on the STS program as it would compromise results. Do you think it would compromise results to include one of Cathe's circuit workouts in place of a cardio workout while on the STS program? Thanks!

Hi Cathe! What would be your best guess as to the length of time you will spend on each bodypart in this series? In the 4 day split for upper body it was probably 12-15 minutes and the lower body was about 30 minutes? The one thing I missed in the 4 day split was that you couldn't...

Hi Cathe, Of the 12 weeks of workouts is it accurate to say that 3 weeks will be completely original footage and 9 weeks will just be premixes of those originals (with a bit of new footage? If that is correct can you tell me roughly how much it might cost just to buy the 3 weeks? Will it be...

I feel that I am never doing my circuit workouts and I love them! I also really want to do the 4 day splits. How can I do a 4 day split rotation and include a circuit workout while still giving my muscles sufficient rest time? Thanks!!!!!!!

I am in Canada and still haven't received the preorder I made for the new dvds. Are they still being shipped or should I be concerned?

Hi Cathe, I was wondering if you could recommend the best order for splitting up the upper body over 5 consecutive days. I was wondering if there was an optimum order to ensure maximum rest between muscle groups. Thanks!