sts muscle & recovery

The barbell you see in the picture is made and sold by us on our ShopCathe website at (https://bit.ly/3zH4wv5). Each weight plate is a different color so you easily visually determine what barbell weight Cathe is using in any of the STS workouts. (Black = 10 lb, orange =5lb, and grey = 2 1/2 lb)...

Pictured here are Cathe and Kristin doing a wall anchor lat pull-down with both green & black tubing () in the STS All Upper Body#2 workout. Doubling up the tubing makes the exercise extra intense for those looking for the ultimate back challenge. Options will be shown for those who don’t have...

Pictured here Cathe and Jenn are doing elevated lunges in the Single Body Part Leg workout. Elevated Lunges strengthen the quads, hamstrings, glutes, and calves. Also, as a single-leg exercise, your core is forced to work in overdrive to maintain your balance. Pre-Order Cathe's New STS 2.0...

Here is a picture of Cathe, Jenn A, and Brenda enjoying a hamstring stretch in the “Total Body Stretch” recovery workout. Stretching is a wonderful compliment to (and just as important as) your weight-lifting workouts. It decreases muscle stiffness and increases range of motion. Stretching...

Pictured here are Cathe, Al, and Kristin doing a seated overhead press with an isometric hold. This is an intense combination compound exercise that simultaneously combines an isometric front raise with a dynamic overhead press. There is so much intense muscle-building going on in this one...

While all forms of squats work the lower body very well, each type of squat hits it from different angles shifting the focus to different areas of the lower body. In a plié squat, there is a little more focus on the inner thigh and quads because the weight is being held in front of the body...

Pictured here are Cathe and Jenn A each doing a glute bridge in the Solid Lower Body #2 workout. Cathe is showing the dumbbell option for anyone who doesn’t have or wants to use a barbell. Both versions are equally effective. You also might be noticing that glute bridges are very similar...

In this pic Cathe does an assisted dip using a blue Boss Band on her new STS Pull-up & Dip Bars. The Boss Band makes this move easier and more comfortable to do and also allows an exerciser to work through a greater range of motion than they normally would. But don't worry if you don't have an...

Pictured here are Cathe, Jenn D, and Kristin doing a Half Kneeling Windmill in the Mobility 2 workout. This exercise promotes shoulder, core, and hip stability while also promoting hip, shoulder, and scapular mobility. It is also excellent for promoting coordination between the upper and lower...

STS 2.0 Legs / Shoulders DVD - This DVD includes two complete single-body part routines. Each of the 2 workouts will stay focused on one muscle group. This type of training gives you the opportunity to focus entirely on that muscle group to give it the time and intensity that it needs for muscle...

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This DVD includes two recovery workouts. The first will feature relaxing Yoga stretches and postures performed entirely in a seated position on a chair. The second recovery workout will also feature Yoga postures focusing on length and deep stretches, but this time they will be performed down...

Pictured here you see Cathe, Jenn A, Brenda, Jenn D, and Kristin doing the “World’s Greatest Stretch” during the “Active Recovery” workout in STS 2.0. This dynamic total body stretch is used as a warm-up (though it need not be exclusive to the warm-up) in the workout because it stretches the...

In this workout, we will work the Chest in both flat and incline positions with slow, heavy reps. We’ll finish the routine with some resistance bands and body weight exercises. Most exercises are followed by a full one-minute break to allow you to power back up and go heavy again on the next...

STS Muscle & Recovery comes with 8 recovery workouts, two of which are foam rolling workouts utilizing our orange 36-inch roller. As we age, we lose some of our flexibility. As a result, we no longer have the joint range of motion we had when we were young. Remember how easy it was to do a...

Some good news to share this week. We have now finished filming all of the STS workouts!!! And now that filming is complete, we will have more time to post updates and information about all of the new STS workouts. Today we wanted to share with everyone a pic from Cathe's STS Mat Yoga recovery...

In this pic Cathe is doing a Pendlay Row. A Pendlay row involves the same sequence and movements as a barbell row except with the Pendlay row, you place the barbell down on the floor at the end of the sequence rather than holding it above the floor, as with a standard barbell row. So, you pick...

Pictured here is Cathe, along with Al, doing a side-lying hip raise with a medium tension Boss Loop during the STS 2.0 Muscle & Recovery Phase #3 "Body Parts" Leg Workout. Though this is a heavy weight workout, Cathe didn't forget to use her Boss Loops for this exercise which complements the...

In this pic Cathe is doing supine pull-ups using the new STS Adjustable Pullup/Dip Bars. This new optional product will be available in our shop.cathe.com store in December. We also show other options in the video for this exercise including the Turbo Tower, Resistance Bands, and Dumbbell...

The short answer is yes! As an example, in this picture, Jenn D. and Al have their resistance bands attached to a wall anchor while Jenn A. is using her foot to secure her band. Kristin is using dumbbells. We've added wall anchors to our new set so that we can use our resistance bands more...